Hopeless Romantic under the dim light

Hello, hello!

It's been so long since I've updated this blog...

I've been just too much of a workaholic over the past few... weeks... months... yes months.

Today is 31st of October and it's the birthday of the most beloved, important person of mine.

We are far apart but let me wish you a wonderful, blessed day from Tokyo, Japan♡

I have been chasing my dream, as well as working hard lately.

When you find a living purpose, living everyday becomes much more meaningful and simple.

Because you know exactly what you want, and what you don't need...♡

Anyway!

I am excited to announce that

I have been collaborating with this amazing blogger team from Italy - Not Only Mama

I write blogs in English and Japanese, and Not Only Mama makes it into Italian as well!

How wonderful! Italian - Japanese blogs :)♡　You can't find many of them!

Wine red is always my favorite in Autumn and Winter...♡

And flower print long skirts is ... my thing♡

It's everybody's thing! Of course!

It's so hard to find a perfect skirt though, need a couple of them for the winter♡

As well as I love wine red...

I am deeply in love with knit sweaters♪

Winter's necessity!

Everytime I go to Yoyogi park, I see trees in different colours.

The whole view is different. It's really romantic.

The sunlight shining through from different directions.

The leaves are sometimes thin- sometimes so heavy that sunlight doesn't come through-

Nature is wonderful.

Next month will be the businest month of this year.

Then December is a ... PARTY♡

Of course it is! It is every year. It must be.

The year is almost ending... it's surreal.

May the rest of your year be filled with wonder and joy♡

I love you all, good night for me, have a great time to all of you♡

Anna Kirishima

Beautification♡

Sometimes...

All you need is a Sex and the city...♡

I own the whole series of drama and movies

I just want one whole weekend off and want to watch them all but

just never really got time to...

#HopelessRomantic

Only if I was so good at taking selfies and filming myself

I don't really think I can do a make up tutorial or any of the sort so well so

I can only introduce these beautiful products by describing and by photographing but...

I have been learning a conservative everything,

conservative make up, conservative hair do,

conservative outfits...

and this Estee Lauder lipstick is a sheer masterpiece.

I won this lipstick at a party so wasn't really aware of the name of the color e.t.c. but

it says it's called Sakura blossom♡

How cute!

This is really smooth and moisturising, and it's pretty pink even though it looks really beige.

Perfect for a conservative situation I usually wear it at work♡

Have you heard of this cosmetic brand called RMK?

It's a Japanese brand, they have beautiful pastel colors and foundations.

And of course their brow powders are perfect color for Japanese faces...

RMK was the first brand to advertize eye brow mascara and 

today all the stores started selling eye brow mascaras

their brow mascara certainly is wonderful.

You should use a brush when using the mascara too to comb through your brow♡

I was sort of addicted to MAC lipsticks at times.

Whenever you see a MAC store there are a shelf full of lipsticks right there!

Who wouldn't be addicted to!

This lipstick is "Candy Yum Yum" which is as the name says... Yummy.

( And that's the very reason why I bought it. )

It's very matte and I like the non glossy look.

I before liked NYX vivid pink but this texture is great too.

My Clinique cheek color ( there is a daisy blooming in the case♡ )

is "Ginger Pop".

I was avoiding the sun but I started getting tanned slightly and

I saw my face and I didn't really mind it so

I rather bought a cheek color that matches the slightly tanned skin for summer♡

As everybody loves, I was going to get Melon ( The new color came out in April )

but Ginger Pop was more solid and orange yet pinky.

I introduced this cheek color to my bestie Mina and she (never worn cheek color before) bought it straight away

I think it's a great color, at least it is in summer!♡

Should I slow down?

Recently my model friend introduced Helena Rubinstein mascaras to me.

She said it brings your lashes really up and keep the curls the whole day.

I tried all the Helena Rubinstein mascaras at the store and...

ended up falling deeply in love with this girl.

Lash queen mystic blacks

As you can see there is a brush on one side.

and another side is a comb.

So you brush through your lashes and comb it.

It stays firmly around the eyes and when you comb them...

you can't believe how long your lashes are!

It's really fun to test it even.

I fell in love at first use♡

Hope I can show you sometimes...

By selfie or something... (ugh... giving a try!)

And lastly!

(Thanks for reading such a long article!)

Maybe they only sell these products in Japan.

This hair cream called "Scream"

is a wonderful cream I have met at a hair salon recently.

My hair is super thin and going everywhere usually but

this works better than any oil I have tried.

( I used to be a hair dresser, just saying )

If you are having a hair prob because your hair is thin and not really manageable and such...

you should find a salon where uses this cream and try it♡

( Maybe only in Japan though. )

I think I can go the rainy season this year with this cream♡

Yay!

Thanks for reading! Ask me any questions.

X

Anna

Shoeholics are...

Recent purchase list...♡

As I said long ago, somebody told me before that Yves Saint Laurent does the best pink.

So I always chase after the best pink.

And when I am after pink lipsticks I always go back to YSL.

Volupte Sheer Candy

No 9♡

Blush Volupte 2 Seductrice♡

The pink on the cheek looks really natural and glowing♡

When we were young people always said people who own a lot of pairs of shoes are sexually frustrated..

Or whatever, that rumor was going around a lot.

Are they? wait, are we?

Anyway, this pair of lacy high heels from RANDA ( Japanese shoe shop ) are just wonderful.

They first felt a bit strange but they are perfectly fit now and I just wish high heels were a part of my body.

Ah we gotta love perfect high heels♡

♡

Anna

Peony Saturday

Hello♡

Flowers are something special to me.

Just like coffee.

I like the smile people put on when they receive their coffee at the counter.

Flowers do that too.

Beautiful little special things♡

Yesterday I saw my girl friend who I didn't see since the beginning of the month.

She likes to decorate flowers in her room so, I wanted to give her the pink♡

Dean and Deluca Marunouchi

Usually Dean and Deluca cafes have marble tables and they are my favorite♡

Which one would you go for?♡

( Mine is the muffin on the right! )

I like to see people carrying around flowers.

It's just sweet to me.

Might as well do that to anybody I see from now on. hehe

My friend just got married and I am so excited♡

Life changing moment, that's so beautiful!

Nice, nice Sunday.

X

Anna

iPHORIA loves♡

Marble addict... I sure am.

I was looking for marble iPhone cases and

iPHORIA came up on the top of the result and I fell in love.

Then another iPHORIA caught my eyes for iPhone5S.

They are pretty good, I've never had cases that only cover only one side of the phone

( I've always had ones that covered the screen too. )

But they work pretty good as they look.

Favorite book and my lovely iPhone5S x iPHORIA♡

Another favorite book♡

My iPhone5S seems to be always with books♡

I am absolutely in love with Black, White, Gold and... other colors, don't know, pearl or greige now.

Or pink as every year.

Monday is over and 4 more days to go people♡

Let's enjoy it♡

Anna

Beautiful as my yet-to-see-future-daughters

Hello there!

Today I have met the most beautiful and the cutest pair of shoes at a store called RANDA. ( Japan )

I was just wandering around the store wasn't expecting to buy anything or looking for anything in particular at all then...

This just caught my eyes.

"Oh my..."

And I tried them on, 4 seconds later I was at the register buying them.

Seriously, if you bump into these shoes, you have no choice, you need them in your life really.

I didn't know but I seem to like pink,

or at least I like to surround myself in pink.

I used to be called "Pink", my nickname was.

I guess I like them really.

Shoes store : RANDA

Love

Anna

Laline Strawberry Milk

Laline is my favorite body care store of all times.

I dropped by there last night as I was running out of body scrub and I am a Laline addict.

How always so sweet is this store.

Just looking at it and staying here makes me happy.

( You can buy these lovely present boxes too! Which I am keen on collecting. )

 This time I bought strawberry milk body scrub♡

I still have the Vanilla body scream and they go well together♡

Can't wait to use them♡

Look at the Chanel Mademoiselle... I seem to really like these pale pink colours!

Laline Japan Website

Anna

Kick start of a long weekend

Good evening from Japan.

The most exciting thing about the long weekend holiday was the sleep over at my besties

even though we are great friends, we don't really get to spend two days together in a row so

and it turned out to be great!

We met at Omotesando station and went to Urth Caffe Omotesando.

I went there once when they just opened a store there and we thought it would be crazy packed but we could grab seats in the backyard.

Nice view♡

Even nicer view♡

We worked hard,

Mina has just started working in Japan for the first time in her life and

I got so much to do at work this year and...

we were exhausted, in a great way.

It was a huge break for both of us.

It was obviously a great breakfast and

the place was so... so relaxing.

Just didn't wanna get out.

That's how we started our incredible two day holiday♡

Aw how I miss it already!

I have been thinking about what exactly this blog is about and what category it belongs to

and I didn't think it belongs to fashion blog category or lifestyle blog category...

It is to me a blog of me blabbing all about my crush and how I am still mad in love with him after 4 months of just talking and just meeting every now and again and nothing happening.

I think I will be still talking about him for another few months, and this is where I let it all out I guess.

So... I call it either a #HopelessRomantic blog, or my-crush-and-I blog maybe.

I like to be inspired by all the fashionistas and lifestyle bloggers on instagram are just absolutely amazing and it's bliss to be able to interact with them.

But I am just a girl next door who is just fancying this guy who definitely isn't a Prince Charming or provides you a perfect movie romance, and I am loving it.

I am not a romance or lover addicted person at all.

This is the first time I fall for somebody in 5,6 years and I am feeling like a teenager again.

A workaholic 24 years old Japanese girl ( who has grown up in Australia ) now, going totally crazy for a 32 years old Japanese hair dresser, isn't that interesting? I find it is.

Well... I would appreciated it so much, if you could wish me good luck♡

Anna

Early Morning Glory

There is this friend of mine

who I met when we were 2, and hung out until 10 ish

then we didn't for ages... and

we got back in touch for the first time after 15 years ish recently.

He apparently works far away but he was back home for a couple days so

we caught up casually in the morning at 4 and drove to the harbor.

Random drive!

We literally didn't meet for years so I didn't know what he was doing but

he said he takes photos too so... we were hanging around doing some photos there.

Hmm sunrise♡

Cardigan : Forever21

Tops : ZARA

Jeans : ZARA

Accessories : Bershka and forever21

This is my favorite place to see the sunrise.

We often come here for the first sunrise of the year, I think I did in 2014.

Morning high.

This area is called Minatomirai.

Which is a part of Yokohama and Yokohama is my birth city so...

Basically it's like my home town!

I used to come here every week and hung around myself for hours...

just like walking around for 7 hours with my camera- or even without it. I am purely in love.

We all need that Heineken, don't we?

That always makes me pose next to it and take some tourist photos.

( I've done that a couple times ehehe )

Beautiful sunrise and... the morning glory I am deeply in love.

( The best spot to see the sunrise is Osanbashi-Bridge, check it out when you are up there! )

How I wished I didn't need to go to work afterward.

Waking up at 3 and finishing work at 6pm. huh.

Well I did it.

Photographers~♡

I am 5 foot 3 short/162cm.

My grandfather is a photographer and I use canon camera.

I work full time at the office.

I mostly wear pink and white and a bit of blue♡

A little bit about myself:)

Thanks for reading♡

Anna

Holy-Day at Canal Cafe

Hello there! Good evening from Japan.

Japan has these amazing random holidays around April-May ( a lot of them. )

and today it was a normal Wednesday and a holiday so

it was a time for my bestie and I to hang out to explore Tokyo!

Canal Cafe next to Iidabashi station.

It's a riverside cafe that I have dreamt of coming!

We waited a bit but patient Mina

"That's all right we can wait."

And we waited in a line.

It was a beautiful cafe, more beautiful than I have expected actually.

I have read about this cafe on my favorite blog though,

it was stunning, surrealistic even.

And how many years have I dreamt of having someone leaning on this fence thingy

looking out at the river in front of me,

and taking photos of them!

Such a dreams come true day.

Bitter sour iced coffee.

( My expression level; bitterness. )

Only if Tokyo rivers were more blue or transparent.

It was just deep green so, well, um it's good to see, not very photogenic.

That was also one of my dreams to stick my feet out of the fence and touch the water...

( Couldn't quiet reach the water... but they were close, to the boat. )

Pink♡

I am a white loving girl but I always think I like pink as well.

Well... it I was to pick between blue and pink I would definitely pick pink straight away anyway.

Today's ootd was a casual white-pink outfit ( mostly from Japanese stores. )

Pink gaucho pants : Auntie Rosa ( My fav clothes store. )

Accessories : Forever21 and Bershka

Tops and hat unknown but they are loose and white.

Today was a wonderful day.

We have two working days ahead and then we have a looong weekend holiday coming up!

Exciting! Thanks to May!

Happy Spring!

♡

Anna