Nice things come after bad ones

Oh my, another month has passed :D oh, it was whole two???.. Time sure flies fast. All half of year seems like a month to me. Crazy crazy, but beautiful month. With some losses...some finds... and things to think about.

Well, the losses... I'm single again. As much as I want to contemplate on it, I must move on. I loved this human the deepest. But love itself is not always enough. But thanks to this time I learned some things about myself. I still love... I just don't ask anything in return.  And expect nothing. I just sit and watch how it all melts away. It's like a fire that you simply stop kindle one day and just sit and watch how it  goes out little by little depending on how big it was made.

Some finds.... Well there are quite a lot of those. My new room mate, that I really like. Not to interested in my life but understand my obsession with bj dolls, oriental culture and doesn't care for bats on every corner in our flat :D Always up for a good chat or a movie...and some vine :)

Also my new doll. Limited beauty from Soom. Got it this summer, never had a chance to brag :D

Soom Ender Dream Walker

Just look at those nails!!! <3 Must love those :3

As demon lord he demanded blood sacrifice right away...

He still has no face up but I'm going to paint him like my first anime crush Lord Sesshomaru from anime Inu Yasha :P

Another find is my lovely new bag that has everything I wanted in one :D It's perfect in every way :D

Got it from Banned. I love those little skulls on the fabric :D

It has long handle as well so you can wear it as shoulder bag. 

Next is my new favorite artist Chiara Bautista. Check out her Facebook ;) I just love her.  And it had nothing to do with me trying to eat my heart out... Well maybe a little :p

Ok. I think it's enough for this time. I promise to get back by another week. I really do ;)

Oil perfume of Midnight Gypsy Alchemy"

Hello!!!

Whats new? I added new items to my "Midnight Gypsy Alchemy" oil perfume collection :)

I started gathering it a year ago and have a little collection by now. And just few days ago I was lucky enough to win a give away of scented candle and some perfume samples from her :) 

My last purchase was solid perfume of "Me Corozan" and Darkness Divine"

These were St. Valentines day special edition and I'm so happy I decided to get them the last minute. Especially "Darkness Divine" since it's the most wonderful scent. It's creamy, sweet, rosy, sour and deep. I will be getting a full bottle next year for sure. For me it's now the most Gothic scent I have and it fits me. Usually sweet scent do not feel right on my skin. They become to heave. But these ones are perfect :)

I have one roll on buttle I don't use and it's "La Mariposa". It's simple to green for me. "A blend of delicate florals, a hint of green grass and sweet nectar. A beautiful blend of blue lotus and vanilla absolute, labdanum resin ,essential oils in basil and grapefruit infused with grapefruit peels, basil leaves, vanilla beans and blue lotus petals."

It's just not for me. Maybe some one wants to trade?;)

I also discovered beetroot, tomato and carrot juice. It has such a lovely red color and very nice thickness. I just can't get enough of this wonderful color. I hope drinking 1l a day will benefit me somehow :D

Cheers!! 

Stocking up some simple jewelry

The winter is coming to the end hopefully and I decided to renew my everyday jewelry box with few simple jewelry pieces I found on Ebay. The origin country of these is China, they are quite cheap and perfect for everyday use since you won't feel to devastated if you loose it :D And I happen to do that quite a lot.

What  I got is this Bat pentacle on a long chain. The quality is quite good for the little price I paid. It looks lovely and love to tangle in things like other people hair :D

Second purchase are these loooovely kitties earrings. The details of these are not at perfection.... But they are alright. I wanted the black ones by they were out of stock so I got them in silver color. And that was a good choice for they would disappear in my black hair background. They fit perfectly as you see and there are no gaps. The lock just seems a little bit loose and I'll have to do something about it if I don't want to loose them on the first day of wearing.. 

Next are these black crosses earring. They reminded me of old school a little bit so I ordered them thought I'm not a super big fan of cross earrings :) They look best with my hair up since it disappear due my black hair color if my hair hangs loose. I ordered them in silver color the same day I got the black version. 

My coworker wasn't impressed with the "hanged kittens" as she expressed herself and liked these much more.

And last but not least is this big vampire cross pendant. It came with rubber band but I wear it on a long chain... and sometimes on short if I don't want to poke someones eye with it :D The little bat has no face, but everything else looks good. I like the details on wings. And this is A VERY BATTY CROSS. And I love it!!! But I got a feeling this might be originally from Alchemy Gothic. Not sure, but let me know if you know something ;) 

And something hat haven't arrived jet is the bracelet of bones in silver color and a bronze skeleton  hand...

... that I intend to spray in silver or black since there was no option for these colors. I think I'll stick to silver it's the best color when you wear all black :D

I still want a big ankh and I have laid my eyes on this Alchemy Gothic beauty :3

Well this one will not be a cheap one :D

Autumn coat obtained

So yes yes yes, I found myself a perfect coat for an incredible low price and I'm just so happy about it, because it's exactly how I wanted it to look and the color is perfect to :D!

 It's a high waist coat that get much wider at the bottom and is perfect for all fluffy skirts I have as well as for less frilly ones. I'm now wearing a simple skirt for work so you cant see much volume, but I'll show you it in the future:)

 It even has a little bump so I am able to wear it with any bustle skirt :) I have one for now. I counted that I have 20 skirts and no trousers at all. So I'll try to stop on purchasing more skirts.. I'll try.

 It goes really well with my new Antique Clock purse from Restyle.pl and I love those protruding shoulders. It's made from wool and acrylic. Not the warmest thing but it should do it's best for next couple months. It costed me $4 so... yeah :D

How more perfect can it be? :D

New purse: Antiuqe Clock from Restyle.pl

It’s already two weeks since I got my Antique clock purse from Restyle.pl. I do love the style but was a little bit disappointed in quality. 

Here it is :)

The sides of the clock face is uneven. One side is sewed closer to the edge then other. It’s not that noticeable, but when you see it it annoys you constantly as well as the fact that the cord to keep the bag round was not linked together at the correct place at the bottom and the shape is a little weird when you actually carry it. But again, that’s not so noticeable. I thought it could be a little more bigger… But it will do for now. After all it’s not made to carry your groceries :D I love the design. The short handles could be thinner thought. Now they don’t look very elegant. Inside is made very neat and it has a small pocket  with zipper. 

Would I buy again? Despite all little defects, I would say YES.

Why? Because it’s in Europe, so no custom problems for me :D It took less that a week for it to arrive, the price is not that bad and the designs are interesting and original :) I just wish who ever sew those would do a better job next time :D

A TIP:
Take a measuring tape and check the measure of your desired bag on it to see how it actually looks, since  they look bigger in pictures, then you think it would be ;)

Decorating my home

While people are complaining about rain and chill weather, I can't stop enjoying Fall. And this Fall I decided to improve my home decor. It's already a year since we moved in so I want to make it really cozy.
Is spotted these pillows at m local super market and decided to get them.

I love the deer pillow the most. I would love the same one with deer gentleman looking to the opposite site. But it's the only version. The pumpkins pillow is just for Fall season. I find it cute :D

Next new decoration is the red hand tree I got after our exhibition. Sculpted the hands and made tree as well as painted it  and glued the leaves.

It looks nice and took a place by window :D

Looks nice from outside too :D

 The plants I started to gather are also "living" by the window". I got purple orchid this week. I always forget to water my plants and I've lost many of them. I hope to be a better host this time. Any on easy caring tricks??

And the last thing that appeared in our home is this antique chair. I don't know how much antique it is, but the arms have bronze metal work and other "golden" parts are just paints. I'm leaving it as it if for now, but I'm thinking on recovering it latter.

For now it will be good at it is.

Midnight Gypsy Alchemy perfume oils review

It's not a first time that I'm buying perfume oils from Midnight Gypsy Alchemy. I love the scent and package and the seller is a really nice one to deal with. I was looking for a cherry and chocolate perfume for quite a time now and was really glad to hear that MGA has such scent as a St.Valentine scent which is sold only on February. Here's the description of it :) 

LOVE ALCHEMY-A hypnotic potion of natural cherry and almond extract, cocoa absolute, essentials oils in sweet patchouli, lavender and chamomile blended with hand ground cardamom, chai tea, patchouli leaves and infused with real cherries.

 Luckily the owner offered to make it for me and I ordered a big butte plus dusting powder of this scent. I was told it should be ready to ship on August 1, but the date passed and I got no messages so I contacted seller on August 9 to ask how it's going on. She was making it special for me so I was OK with delay. I got an answer that it's ready to ship. So I was waiting happily for the message to appear in my email, that "your package has been shipped". But it didn't. I checked my Etsy account and saw that it's marked as shipped. The seller just did't send me notification but that was really not so important. But something inside still got annoyed. Just a little bit. All others purchase from MGA wear perfect. I buy, wait for a it to be shipped ( and it's always shipped on the term), get the package, open it and enjoy the heaven of scents :) This time there was some kind of interference. The Midnight Gypsy Alchemy perfume oils works as antidepressants for me. The bottle, the scent, the consistency of the  oils. It's like magic potions to me. And I use them as ones :D I love them. So I chased my unhappy thought away and happily waited for it to arrive. And it did.

Nice and dark package as always :)

 Inside was a box with a oil bottle in it and dusting powder which is quite big :)

 I newer used one. The consistence is like flour and it's doesn't get out so easy. I must first spread some on my palm and then rub it on my skin. The scent is nice thought. A little bit lighter then actual perfume but I really like it. And after reading more about it I think I'll be using it a lot. But I would rather like it to be in a flat container with a small dusting puff for a more easy use :) 

The bottle... So here's where the disappointment started. I noticed that the bottle wasn't full and it all was all slippery and covered in oil itself.

It must have leaked. It was a smelly mess. When I tried to opened it more stuff came out from the cap and there was oil on my hands and on the bottle. So I tried to rub it on my skin. The smell was fantastic and I didn't want to lose a drop. And I was already loosing it!!!

 Also I saw something that looked like not fused oils. "Season of the witch" had something like that but not in such big amount. But well, I just shacked it well and it was gone. But the cap got full of the oil somehow and it spilled on my hand again when I tried to open and smell it :( And it does that every time. So I lose quite a big amount of oil every time I try to open it. I'll have to find some other bottle to keep it or it will be empty in two week :( And I love this sugary Cherry spicy cacao smell. But it doesn't like me I guess. I wont' be opening it till I fount another container for it. I'm already all covered in it as well as things around me since I rubbed it on other things for not to waist the smell. The jewelry box, scarf, clothes.. :D 

I noticed that  consistence was strange. It was more watery then oily. And not as clear as my other perfume oils from MGA. Here's all three bottles.

 Season of the witch is the oldest. I use it quite lot ( for two months already) and there is more of it in a bottle then in the freshly arrived one.

 Here's the backs of it.

I hope it was some kind of one time misfortune and the consistence of "Love Alchemy" is the same as those two. And that this liquid was a karma thing :D I'm not gonna stop buying. I'll order again and even order "Love Alchemy" but maybe when it will be sold during it's season :) ( the smell is soooooooo good!!! <3). And I heard new Fall scents are gonna be out soon and I'm sure I'm gonna love it.
 I hope this won't repeat to me. I guess it's the bottles fault or the consistence of this oil. It just fills the cap and stays there. And that means it must stand all the time and cannot be carried in a purse. Maybe the bottle was defective after all. At least I smell like a most tasty spicy cherry dark chocolate pie. I'll keep the oily box in an organza bag and hang it in my wardrobe.

About the scent itself:

The first thing that hits to me is sugary almonds with a fresh cherry. That almonds in caramel coating scent with fruity note is wonderful. The sweetness itself is restrained with spices like cardamon and more tough patchouli and soften with chamomile and lavender  Later cacao absolute breaks its way out and stays with you till the end with sparkles of chai tea.

So when the season of Love comes I do recommend to check it out. This is a love scent for a darker souls ;)
And my favorite for now.

What is your favorite scent to wear ? ;)

Thanks for reading :)

Toxique Emporium devil/ram horns review

As title says, it's a review of my purchase from Toxique Emporium. I happened to come across a pair of gorgeous looking plastic  ram horns on Etsy. The price looked really good. 20$ for the horns and 10 $ for the shipping. So I added it to my list of favorites to consult with my mate before ordering. Few days latter I saw that the price has dropped to 17$ and I ordered a pair. Now as I think I got them really cheap:D Since after a few weeks the price jumped from 27$with shipping to 49$ with shipping. But the girl was getting a lot of orders so it's only normal since all similar items on Etsy cost even more. There was few negative feedback sin which people were complaining about the time it took to get their order and that the seller didn't respond to messages. Well, as a seller myself I know that sometimes personal issues gets to you because we all are humans and being a seller on Etsy doesn't make it different. So I ordered it since I had plenty of time and was not afraid to wait especially since they looked so good and were so cheap ( at that moment) I ordered the plain horns in black with no straps. 

Stock picture

I ordered on May 2 and it arrived an June 26. That took a while. After almost two weeks from ordering I   politely asked when approximately I should expect them to be done and got respond after 10 days that the  horns were supposed to be shipped today  but supplies needed to finish my horns have not arrived jet. I responded that I'm not in a hurry and I understand the problem. After a week there was another message in which the seller apologized for the delay since they had medical issues and told me that the horns will be shipped next Friday. But Friday came ant the were no notifications of shipping so  I asked about it again and  mentioned that I would love to get them before my birthday that is few weeks away. And the same day they were marked as shipped :) 

From her Face Book page I know now that she does everything by herself as well as I do. That's hard. I sometimes have no mood to leave a house even if there is a parcel to be taken to post office. That annoys but since I know the other side of this I kinda understand... And the product is good  :D 

They came in a simple soft post bag with no additional wrapping and I was afraid they will be scratched or broken.

But no, they were fine. So they really are durable :) And they are light. So light you can forget you are wearing them.

The pattern is really lovely and realistic. 

They lack the finishing touch but it's not that visible so I'm OK with that. And after I'll paint them to be more realistic that won't be visible at all.

And here comes the horns in action!!!

The horns are... fantastically comfortable to wear and hold so good on the head It's hard to believe :D I do love them. I would wear them daily but I'm afraid I seriously scare some old grannies by looking like that. You don't expect to meet demons while doing your grocery :D 

 I've seen  that now there is mentioned that it takes 4 to 6 weeks to make the order, so you must be patient. But even with the higher price this is still the cheapest devil horns on Etsy that look really good and have the perfect size and shape. I really recommend to join Toxique Emporium on Face Book, since she post there time to time, and it's easier to post one message on the wall that all followers will see then write personally to everyone on Etsy. 

So, If you need a pair of diabolic horns, I recommend it. But be ready to wait for two months before they are shipped.

Midnight Gypsy Alchemy: review

I was stalking a perfumer shop on Etsy for almost a year. They had those amazing scents with beautiful dark and Gothic descriptions that sounded so wonderful. But some how every time I visited that shop I would end  up not ordering again. And one day after during the same "visit, browse, add to card, leave without ordering" routine I decided to check for more shops the would sell perfume oils with wonderful dark descriptions ( when, those are the only way to try to imagine the smell) ans ingredients.

So I did, and the first one I checked was Midnight Gypsy Alchemy. And the same day I ended ordering four samples pack from it :) Why? I just could guess. Another shop had so many similar sounding perfume oils, that it was really hard to decide and MGA had less, but all were different.

Prat I -  choosing and expectations 

So I started to pick looking which one of them had my most lovable cents - apple, rose, patchouli, cinnamon and jasmine. So, by the most attractive description and consist I picked these four:

Season of the Witch - cinnamon, coriander,apple, rose, patchouli, lavender, frankincense, black pepper.

Raven Spell - Violet, orris root, blueberries, apple, dragons blood, cassia, sandalwood.

Chocolate Mystique - cocoa, chocolate, coffee, cardamon, vanilla, sandalwood.

Pavo Real - strawberries, rose, jasmine, Orris, orange, honeysuckle, patchouli, bergemot, cori.

I had very high expectations Chocolate Mystique since they had the most ingredients I love. Chocolate Mystique has all of them!!! Cacao is my happy drink. Whenever I'm sad I just make myself a big mug of cacao. So I  got all cozy just by imagining the smell. Plus vanilla and cardamons are most common spices for ginger cookies and the coffee should tone down the incredible sweetness of the smells and give a more sophisticated note. This perfume has none of my perfume smell I like, but it sound extraordinary having all smells I like particular.

 MGA takes 10 working days witch is about two weeks to make and send your order. I totally understand 10 days process of making it and have no complains because it's a delicate work and I bet the orders are coming all the time.

Part II The real thing

Everything was packed beautiful. I got card with printed descriptions of the perfume oils and one extra - the Music of the night, that I really liked.

So, does I got what I was expecting??? Oh yes.

Season of the Witch. First impression - frankincense. Then something fresh strikes and I guess it's apple and rose. After it, the cinnamon catches the apple and two of them creates a new scent - apple pie :) Then comes patchouli. It's really season scent  Autumn. That deep sweet odor of fallen leafs, the fruits that are ready to be picked. It's lovely. And it's magical. It's sweet, but not that bold sweetness. This one has many notes. The rose, apple, lavender are escorted by cinnamon, patchouli and black pepper. Black Pepper  is a wonderful note of this scent  This was one of the reasons I chose this perfume oil to try. It's deep and seductive, jet not to hard to make you feel dizzy.

Raven Spell. I expected it to be dark and cold. But blueberries change everything and it's warm and sweet at first. I feel like a little child in a forest gathering those blueberries and eating of them half right away. The scent lingers trough my finger sweet and fresh as the taste itself. Then comes the dark lady and takes me by the hand. And I'm spirited away to a mystical place. To the tale itself. In this journey I meet wonderful fresh apple and cinnamon ( cassia). Then something sweet and dark comes along - the sandalwood. A rich and magnificent odor. I feel like in those tales where little girls are spirited away and end up on a mystical ball being all grown up ladies in fancy dress escorted by a handsome spirit/demon.That is the perfume  - childish, warm and playful at first and turns into deep and seductive later.

Chocolate Mystique. Oh my Goddess! This scent is all I expected and more. It's so rich so overwhelming. It's sweet and bitter the same time. The first thing that strikes is cacao, then comes the cardamons and chocolate and coffee comes along. Vanilla and sandalwood are the final notes. I keep smelling my wrist as I write this. I must have a big bottle of this :D The odor is deep and that what I like the most. It's sweet, but it's dark. It's definitely Mystique :) It lifts my mood right away. Soft and spicy, jet sweet but with the touch of bitterns...

Pavo Real - I had no Idea what to expect from this one, but I was intrigued by strawberries having affair with orange and jasmine. And orange come first. It doesn't reveals itself for me so perfect as others, but it's still amazing odor. It's just not mine. I don't really feel the strawberries. Maybe my nose is already overwhelmed by all those scents it had a blessing to experience today...

EXTRA sample added  by seller Music of The Night. It's definitely a citrus perfume and a very pleasant one. It's fresh and green and I can smell fresh lime fused with Bergamot ant a hint of Tobacco.  Then comes something more sweet which is still accompanied by the light hint of lime. An odor of the flower-  yaang- ylang.  But the freshness do not fades. I like that it's not a bold citrus odor that strike  right away through all other scents, but rather a delicate one, wrapped in many other ones :)

I really like Chocolate Mystique, Season of The Witch and Raven Spell. They all are similar but have different main notes. Like a bitter chocolate for Mystique, blueberry and sandalwood for Raven and Rose and pepper for the Witch.

The Witch for it's pepper seems to most pleasant for everyday. The Chocolate is a must have during a winter to lift the mood to you and those around you. And Raven Spell... Well, perfect to put a spell on someone during an enchanted evening.

Now I want to order something light to. I loved the Music of the night a lot too. I guess, I'll order a sample with the full bottle of Witch and Chocolate for now :)

Conclusion

If you consider ordering from MGA, I say you go and order. Lovely packing, wonderful scents. And to know that it created and mixed by Nina herself. It's like ordering a magic potions from a sorcerer. And indeed she's a sorcerer of perfume oils :) And I've become another enchanted client :>

Bodyline Choco berry skirt

I finally got my Bodyline order. It's funny how I ordered with more then a week interval and the both package came at the same day :) One was cough by custom and another one went through quite simple.

But they are at home now and I'm so happy :) I ordered a JSK I had but wanted a size bigger, a choco berry skirt in black and a black classic Lolita dress.  This post will be for the skirt;)

Here it is. It's really beautiful in person as I was expecting. Colors are bright and the print is really detailed. You can see a little miss- matching when you look closer, but you really have to look :)'

Those repeats. But you have to look really close to notice them. So I don't see it as  problem. Misspelled name on my only replica was a worse case :D

My guess is that the black color is printed last, because black lace print looks super nice and there are no blur spots.

You see? Perfect!

The bow and waist ties are quite unusable for me. Bow is big and to stiff and the same is with the waist ties. They are really stiff. It's hard to make a nice bow from them. My advice is to tie them to make a beautiful  bow and sew it. You can attaches it by buttons on the side, so there is no need to untie it. I'm thinking to use them for another Bodyline project. I've already thought about a bag, a attachable top like here. I want to make something I will really use. You can share some ideas, if you have ;)

And here how it looks worn.

I used one of my hair bands to see how it goes with Lolita :)

This one is more classical Lolita inspire. And here is more my kind of look :)

I like both of them but I feel more comfortable wearing second one ;)

 I also got this dress in black.

The only thing is that the M size is to short and the L is to big. but... I was expecting that. At least the waist sits on my natural line and its long enough to cover my knees :)

But I'll write about it next time.