Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Harajuku lovers

Gwen Stefani sure knows how to market out Harajuku culture almost forcefully into Western consumerism....

"You can't deny I look more fashionable anyway with such ridiculous clothes"


After her solo from No Doubt and many hit songs later she started the clothing line LAMB in 2003 with inspiration from Tokyo fashion. Later in 2005 the Harajuku Lovers line was released, focusing on the cuter side of Harajuku. Many, manu girls must have been sucked in by those adorable products... ^O^

Today this will be about the HARAJUKU LOVERS line which retails slightly more than LAMB. However Harajuku Lovers it is a bit more childish and may not suit most people. But the bags, shoes, stationary and other accessories are still so adorable!! Also for LAMB and the price it's worth, the quality should be higher. But HL is ok priced.

Snowbunnies collection

Cute and punk!



These bags retail about $40-70.
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One of the most commonly known accessories of the Harajuku line are the perfumes.

Left to right:
LOVE , LiL' ANGEL , G , MUSIC , BABY .


From wiki lol:


Love ~ ♥ (Maya Chino)
Represents a nice, soft, caring person. Floral fragrance.

Lil' Angel (Jennifer Kita)
For someone who has always cared for others but is not a saint. It has floral notes but has a touch of fruity fun.

Baby ♡ (Mayuko Kitayama)
Innocent and exciting with floral and woody musk notes.

Music ♫ (Rino Naksaone-Razalan)
The strongest of the three fragrances, Music also has floral and fruity notes like Angel. But stronger and mysterious.

G (Gwen Stefani)
Floral/fruity scent, it has been described as "a modern and lively scent".


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Pre-Christmas sales are the best. =D

I got SUNSHINE CUTIES (2009) MUSIC but in a tester bottle for only $25...!

100ml bottle of EDT spray.
Haha I thought it was the original Harajuku Lovers MUSIC but in bra & undies to make this seem more like a cheap tester bottle.

It's not like anyone will see the actual pretty bottle in my room, unless I just want to show it off in the blogosphere..
But it was so worth it for 100ml even in a boring tester bottle!
For $30 you only get 10ml with the nice bottle:



Original HL MUSIC.

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For Sunshine Cuties Music, the notes are...

A sensuous floral Top: Juicy Pear, Granny Smith Apple, Dewy Freesia
Mid: Tiger Orchid, Jasmine Petals, Honeysuckle
Base: Cashmere Woods, Creamy Musk, Precious Woods Perfumer: pears

I don't know or care what that means & won't try to sound like a pompous perfume addict.
It is SWEEEET, for someone who is cute but DEMANDS presence. You know, those emo cute people. It isn't soft sweet but quite fruity. I can't get enough of that apple smell =D....
*delicious*
Someone said it's similar to the original granny smith DKNY.

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That's it for TODAY...

BTW fragrancex.com is a sham.. a SHAM!
They state "we sell no fakes" but I got a very dodgy looking bottle.
The return address was in Hong Kong for some reason AND it took 3 months to get here!


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Work is going to take up LOTS of time right now. I need to save up before heading to MELBOURNE! Yay, finally get to going outer state after all these 15 years of never traveling anywhere.. except Asia.

I calculated how much my supervisor worked and it went to FREAKING 60 hours per week! During our exam period I think she worked 70+ to make up for less people. She still gets classified as part-time casual even though full-time is already 35+ hours. Found out she was quitting today! GOOD for her seriously!! There is so much more potential out there for her. Working in an RSL has more than double our hourly rate... =( But excuses, , excuses. I just started anyway and the people are nice. I get free leftovers too and can't deny they make really nice food. Won't bother getting another job till I get access to the cd player lolol. Climb the ranks till I get to blast some jap rock >=D .

EDIT: I did get too lol and people were probably freaked out. As a joke on my ipod, I put Lilium (Elfen Lied opening) at the end thinking it will never get that far on the list before I remember to take my ipod out. Then it started playing and I was so embarrassed... the cooks were looking around because the atmosphere seemed to turn real emo like a funeral...

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Au revoir!

1 comments:

  1. i never knew that Gwen Stefani was the one who made these perfumes :P nice post Jaki!

    from Akibear :D

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