Kawaii Box October 2014 Review

Kawaii Box is a monthly subscription service containing hand picked items from Japan and Korea. I have been receiving a Kawaii Box subscription for four months now and am extremely impressed with it's contents. For just $18.90 a month you receive 10 - 12 unique kawaii products, usually themed, which are shipped at the beginning of each month and arrive about 2 weeks later. I was super excited to receive my first Kawaii Box and even more so this month. October's Kawaii Box featured a total of 11 adorable items!

Each Kawaii Box comes with a cute handwritten note! I also received another 10% discount voucher for the online store Blippo which sells kawaii items similar to those featured in the Kawaii Box!

Puccho Gummy Candy (grapefruit): These candies looked so cute I couldn't wait to taste them! So, I'm sorry for the open packet in the photos (ˆ ڡ ˆ) This candy has a similar consistency to gummy bears and taffy.. inside the candy are small gummy balls which are slightly more chewy than the rest of the candy. They've captured the flavour of a grapefruit well and the candies are slightly bitter and very very yummy! I'm not sure how many are in the packet but they are all individually wrapped similar to Hi-Chew candy.

Jewelry Seal Fashion Sticker: These sticker sets are a very common item featured in the Kawaii Box. These pink pearl stickers are quite large although there are some smaller stickers included. I may use these as a laptop decoration given their size, but I'm sure it'll look cute all the same (・ω・)b

Rilakkuma Phone Charm: The Kawaii Box is yet to disappoint me with their adorable monthly phone charms! This month I received this dessert themed Rilakkuma phone charm. Rilakkuma's head appears to be sitting upon a dessert with cream and berries ԅ(¯﹃¯ԅ)

Furyu Phone Charm: The Furyu Corporation appears to be a business which manufactures cat plushies and I was lucky enough to receive this cutie in this months box! It's so fluffy and cute, I can't stop rubbing it on my faaaaace!

╰(*´︶`*)╯

Neko Pencil Sharpener: I was thinking, just the other day, that I almost had a whole set of kawaii stationary.. All that was missing was a cute pencil sharpener. But look who arrived today?! This cute yet sturdy pencil sharpener is just the thing I needed to complete my set!

=＾● ⋏ ●＾=

Bow Hair Bobbles: So how cute are these? Okay, so my Mum may have neared conniption while tying my hair with these when I was little ('cause they're so gosh darn difficult!) but how can I resist when they're just so sweet. The perfect pigtail accessory ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

 

Patterned Face Cloth: I'm afraid to say that this doesn't trump the Harry Potter face towel in the bathroom.. All the same, it's a very cute and bright pattern and I'm sure it'll add some colour to any bathroom!

Panda Note Set: This is just too cute for words! The set includes one panda note card and one envelope. The cutie who receives this from me is very lucky, just saying (◔ᴥ◔)

Sweets Parade Cupcake Stickers: Okay, so not only are there tons of cute cupcakes in this sticker set but they've also included forks! Forks! I cannot wait to decorate something (everything) with these adorable stickers.. and forks ✺◟(∗❛ัᴗ❛ั∗)◞✺

Pencil Case: I'm not sure where this comes from as it doesn't have any kind of logo written anywhere on the bag. I'm not even sure if it's a pencil case, actually.. Anyway it's super cute and has now become my new makeup travel case. I was fooled, however, by the two zips at the front. There's only one pocket. They both lead to the same pocket. That's almost as bad as pants with fake pockets. 

SRSLY?(ﾟ┏Д┓ﾟ ;)

Well, that concludes this months Kawaii Box, which I was super duper happy with! If you have a chance, pop on over to Blippo.com and browse their super kawaii products (I also hear they've got some amazing DIY Candy Kits) (っ˘ڡ˘ς)

Have an amazing Halloween and hopefully I'll be able to film some tutorials!

Totoro Plush Backpack Review

Aliexpress is an online wholesale store created by Alibaba.com. Sellers purchase items in bulk and are able to sell their products at very low prices. The majority of products featured on Aliexpress have free shipping and are shipped using China Post Airmail, which takes on average 15 - 30 days (including weekends). There are, of course, faster posting options at a higher price. 

This adorable Totoro backpack is currently my 6th item to have been purchased from Aliexpress, so I have been able to review the site accurately. I tried to put off writing this review for at least a month so I was able to test the quality of the bag, which I can now say is 100% reliable.

I purchased and paid for this item on the 20th August 2014 and received it, approximately, 2 weeks later. it was wrapped securely and tightly in its packaging. Once unwrapped, I determined that the product was in perfect condition and identical to the photos featured on the sellers page. The bag cost US $16.00 and the shipping was free.

There is one large pocket in the middle of the bag and smaller pocket at the front. The zipper for the larger pocket is a large gray pompom which is very easy to find and open. The smaller pockets zipper is just an ordinary zip. Both have stayed firmly attached to the bag throughout the month I've owned it and I have been using it daily for school.

The bag is made of cotton and is very soft and comfortable to wear. It also has adjustable straps, so you can wear it at any length and a hook so you are able to hang it up.

My only complaint for this product are the very limp ears. In the pictures above I have attached safety pins connecting the ears to the bag which cause them to be stiffer. However, without the safety pins, the ears fall limply forward. This isn't uncommon in bags of this kind though, therefore I wasn't particularly surprised. 

The rest of the bag definitely exceeded my expectations and I am very happy to have bought it. I love the bag and you'll look very cute while wearing it! I'd recommend this bag to anyone looking for a cute novelty backpack for school or daily use.

Thank you for reading this review! ♥