Paris Kids ♥

Paris Kids stocks a cornucopia of cute accessories,

be it earrings, necklaces, hair accessories, bracelets, straps etc,

and everything's 315yen!

Paris Kids has only one store, at Harajuku's Takeshita Doori.

It's on the left side, near the beginning of the street when you exit from Harajuku station.

Their shopping bag looks like this.

First haul!

Super big black bow, floral scrunchie, faux pearl necklace,

pink chiffon flower clips, plastic flowery bow handphone strap,

teardrop necklace, beige hair clip, "love" clip-on earrings.

I really like the plastic handphone strap! ♥

Second haul!

Heart-shaped keychain with rosette and blinged bow details! ♥

Clip-on mini straw hat, sakura hair clip, lace headband/neck ribbon.

When I first bought these, I didn't realize they were clip-ons :(

I really like the design, but clip-ons are kind of painful for me,

it's like squeezing your ear lobe :/

Bow bracelet ♥

Teardrop and bow necklace ♥

Clip-on mini straw hat ♥

Love the pink flowers and the lace!

There are two clips underneath, on on each side~

Beige hair clip.

I like filigree designs ♥

Earrings.

Lace headband/neck ribbon.

I guess you could wear this on your head or around your neck!

They update their range of items in the store pretty quickly,

so if you step into the store and see something you like,

you'd better grab it while you can (:

The quality is pretty decent, none of the items I've bought have broken yet^^

Paris Kids has a Rakuten store if you wanna see more of what their accessories look like.

It actually seems that their online store has more variety than the physical store.

However, it does not ship overseas directly :(

But it's still nice to browse though! ♥

Sun With Moon ♥

Sun with Moon is one of my favorite Japanese restaurants, the food is great...usually. This was the first time encountering such disappointing dishes. Though the rest made up for it, now I know what never to order, and to be wary of the servings of certain ingredients.

First, take a guess, how many people this meal is for?

You might that think this looks nice,

but you'll be fooled, just like we were.

And we ordered two of this.

Kurobuta (pork) okonomiyaki - Disappointment #1

I was craving okonomiyaki, but ended up feeling cheated.

This was dry, flavorless and empty.

For all the slices of kurobuta, at least 70% was fat and not meat.

The bottom of the okonomiyaki was a tad burnt.

There was too much flour and hardly any cabbage!

Needless to say, I could only stomach less than half of mine, my friend fared better and finished 3/4 of hers.

Mentaiko cheese yaki - Disappointment #2

Total ripoff. Guess where the mentaiko is?

It's the miniscule, hard, brown bits at the top, I was cheated.

But the kitchen said it's been "cooked".

The mentaiko was supposed to be inside/under the cheese, not on top!

All the other times I had it, it was not like this.

The picture in the menu is totally different from this.

Niku udon

After the previous two disappointments,

thankfully the udon and soup were nice! ♥

But sadly this was not my dish T_T

Sukiyaki!

Best dish of the night~ ♥

Loved the flavor of the soup too!

Golden mushrooms are my favorite, and so is beeef!

But the beef slices were so thick though.

Chirashi sushi

This was good too; roe, salmon, unagi ♥

Not mine though T_T

Came as a set with chawanmushi, soup, vegetables, soft shell crab.

Hahaha, the meal was for 3 people. Greedy little pigs aren't we? (:

Fancy Pocket is great on the pockets! ♥

Introducing Fancy Pocket~

It sells mostly hair accessories produced by Sunhoseki.

They also sell items for decorating bags, keychains, stickers, deco goods.

This store is the one on Takeshita Doori in Harajuku.

It's located on the 2nd floor so you have to climb up spiral stairs.

The interior is an inviting pink, just welcoming you grab more and more! You might think that it's targeted at younger middle school kids, but adults can find things they like as well! They have lots of cute stuff (: You'll often see mums and daughters shopping here together, or groups of young schoolgirls shopping together.

Section by the window (where the girl with the backpack is) is where they have tubs and tubs full of moco moco (fluffy material) pompom hair ties! In a variety of different colors~ I was tempted to get all cos they're really cheap, but I knew I wouldn't use all the colors so...I restrained myself. On hindsight, I should've just gotten them!

(Small) bunch of hair accessories I got on my first visit~

The shopping bag is pink!

And has lotsa cute little motifs on it (:

Bears, bows, musical notes~

Stuff I bought the first time I went there! 18 items!

The mini pompom hair ties were....only 30yen (US $0.37)each!

Larger ones were 50yen each!

Big fluffball hair tie was also 30yen each!

Leopard print usamimi was 190yen.

Hairbands were around 200yen each.

See how amazingly awesome this store is~ :D

The stuff I bought the second time I went to the store.

(Yes, I haaad to go back on my last day to hoard more items!)

The scarves were only 160yen(black) and 320yen(white)!

The small polka-dot bow clips were 100yen!

The hard plastic ribbon clips were 360yen, they're really pretty!

The big polka-dot bow clip was 220yen.

These are badges to pin onto your bag to decorate it (:

But the floral bow has a clip on it too, so you can put it in your hair~

These were 190yen each. And they're quite big!

I had this obsession with moco moco items,

I really love how soft and colorful they are!

The 3 on the left column are from a 100yen store in Ikebukuro. In the middle column, the top bunch is from Fancy Pocket, the middle one, from Pink Latte. It's my favorite cos it has a pink satin bow and a gold heart charm on it too! But a tad pricey at 630yen. Pink Latte has loads of cute hair accessories, but they're quite pricey. The quality if good though, and the pompoms are dense and beautifully round! The bottom one is from SBY. This has the largest and fluffiest poms! The right column is all from Fancy Pocket!

My lovely moco moco family stuffed in a pouch. (I was packing my luggage and they all fit nicely!)

Granted the quality is not excellent, but it's decent and won't fall apart ☆

Antoinette ♥ at Penhas Road

Discovered a new place for tea and pâtisseries! Antionette at Penhas Road. It's at Lavender (farrrr) so I'm looking forward to the opening of the more central outlets!

Interior, spacious and pretty!

I love the purple seats and the huge pot of flowers ♥

Macarons ♥

Didn't try them, but they look tasty - big and generous with the filling~ ♥

Menu

If the color was green instead of blue I might've mistaken it for Ladurée.

(I LOOOVE Ladurée's macarons! They're like a piece of heaven ♥)

The design (motifs and borders in gold) is similar^^

Left to right: Le Royale, Saint Honore L'amour, Antoinette, Strawberry Shortcake, Religeuse Caramel Fleur de Sel, Montblanc

Left to right: Strawberry Shortcake, Religeuse Caramel Fleur de Sel, Montblanc, /forgot/, Baba aux Fraise, Brittany

Left to right: Antoinette, Strawberry Shortcake, Religeuse Caramel Fleur de Sel, Montblanc.

Meringue

Boulangerie corner

Chocolates corner

After a long time deciding, I got the Saint Honore L'amour!

(They don't have tiramisu or fraisier, my 2 favorite pâtisseries)

I didn't really like the cream outside,

but I loooved the cream inside the mini choux puffs, it was good!

Happily holding my lovely dessert~♥

It's pink! ♥ And has a petal!

Which I ate...and it tasted like salad.

The drops of "dew" are actually jelly.

The jelly was sweet~

Baguette with hammm, cheese and salad.

The hammm looks good! ♥

My friend got strawberry shortcake.

I think Antoinette's way of slicing cake is amaaaazing, the slices are so sharp, straight and neat! This slice is really a cube, even the cream didn't sag/droop after being cut, looking from the top the cake is straight, not lopsided and no need for the plastic sheets some cakes places like to wrap their shortcakes with. 11/10 for presentation!

And of course I got tea too!

It was called Petit Rose.

Of course it was rose-flavored! ♥

The pâtisseries are great~♥ They have lots of food on their menu too (crêpes, baguettes, meat, soupe, etc). This was just the kind of place I've been waiting for (for eons!) to appear! Singapore really should have more places like this!

But haha I can't help thinking that the person who wrote the menu probably doesn't speak French, lots of the agreements (singular vs plural, feminine vs masculine) in the names of their dishes are off. (I'm just odd and notice these things, okay!^^) Though I guess most people won't be able to tell or even care since majority of the Singapore public doesn't know French, and neither did the waiters!

But overall this place is great! If it were in my neighborhood I'd go there everyday for pâtisseries. Everything not only looks good, but tastes great as well~ ♥ My only gripe is that it's in some weird location not remotely near anywhere I'd go (other than to renew my passport) So...I can't wait for the more central branches to appear! :D

SBY love ♥

If you're a regular reader of gyaru magazines, especially Egg and Popteen, then you're probably not a stranger to SBY. SBY is a gyaru goods store, all the stuff they sell is made with gyarus in mind ♥

A lot of gyaru/model-produced cosmetics are sold in SBY. Most of Diamond Beauty's new releases are usually exclusively sold at SBY first. They have 2 whole walls and a revolving stand just for Diamond Lash, so they're very well-stocked. Lots of gyaru models (especially Egg models) visit SBY, you'll often see pictures on the SBY 109 blog ♥

And the main store in Shibuya 109 is awesome. (SBY is an acronym for ShiBuYa^^) Located on the 8th floor, there's a cafe corner where you can order parfaits/drinks and just chill, and the best is the makeup/mirror corner where there's a huge row of gorgeous vanity tables, large mirrors plastered on the walls, curling irons/hair straighteners and various cosmetics just lying there for you to use freely ♥ At no cost. You can just walk into the store and go to that corner to do your makeup or your hair! You can even charge your phone there! The staff are really friendly and well-dressed too!

They also sell cute accessories and small goods like bags, charms, hats, stockings, hair accessories, pouches, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and wigs.

In Shibuya 109, SBY is right across WC, Wakatsuki Chinatsu's brand.

This is their uber cute shopping bag! Front side is blue with the words "Love me SBY", the other side is hot pink with white polka dots. Best of all, it's made from recycled material and can be used again~ ♥♥♥

There's also a bigger size that's pink on the front side (picture of Itabashi Rumi, EdgeStyle model, carrying it. From SBY 109 blog)

Inside the bag~ From the 109 store I got legwear, Melliesh blushes, Bibo eyebrow pencils, a mirror, hair accessories, cute rose-print ribbon earrings! ♥

Pink leopard-print bow with golden star studs.

It has a clip at the back, as well as an elastic band so it can be clipped on or used to tie a pony tail.

Heart-shaped mirror with purple leopard print and golden bow designs on the cover.

Melliesh blushes in 01 上品ローズ (Elegant Rose), 05 小顔ブラウン Small-face Brown and 06 クリアーラベンダー (Clear Lavender).

There's also a branch in Harajuku's Takeshita Doori, named SBY Happy Room, which just sells goods. The selection is smaller, but they pretty much have the same basic things. I went to the Harajuku store before I went to the 109 store.

This was the shopping bag~ Hot pink

Love the hot pink heart-shaped SBY sticker! It's actually translucent, the color shows up well because the bag is white.

Stuff I got from SBY Happy Room, cute cuddly pink bunny, Diamond Blushes, Candy Doll Makeup Base, Decolog who's Sweet lashes, a pretty makeup pouch! The pouch has a layer of chiffon on the top (paisley print!), it's thin enough for you to make out the round gold things in the layer underneath, so it looks really pretty (: The inside is gold and there's one inner pocket.

Bunny! Extremely soft, has a cellphone strap and chain on the bunny's back so you can hang her on your phone or on your bag~ ♥

Got the Diamond Beauty blushes in Gold Jewelry and Apricot Pink. Forgot to get Honey Orange :/ But...anyway I just received my Diamond Beauty Cream Cheeks (got all 4!) and Cream Shadows (01 and 02). The Cream Cheeks are awesome so I won't be needing Honey Orange for a while! Swatches of the lovely cream goodies will come soon~

SBY Website: http://sbys.jp/

SBY Shibuya 109

Shibuya 109 8F

Tel: 03-3477-5162

Opening hours: 10am~9pm

SBY Premium Shop Tenjin

Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka City, Chuo District, Tenjin 1-11-11

Tenjin Core 7F

Tel: 092-712-5557

Opening hours: 11am~10pm

SBY 109 Abeno

Osaka Prefecture, Abeno District, Abeno-suji 1-6-1

Q's Mall Shibuya 109 Abeno 2F

Opening hours: 10am~9pm

(Despite it's misleading name, Shibuya 109 Abeno is nowhere near Shibuya in Tokyo, rather, it's located in Abeno which is in OSAKA!)

SBY Happy Room Harajuku

Shibuya District, Jingumae 1-20-11

(off Harajuku Takeshita Doori)

Tel: 03-6259-2258

Opening hours: 10am~7pm

SBY Happy Room OPA

Shinsaibashi OPA 6F

Tel: 06-6282-8036

Opening hours: 11am~9pm

Closed? It's not listed on the SBY site anymore.