2026年6月21日

Yesterday was a very special day! 

After more than 10 years of friendship, I finally met my friend Bruna in person 

We met each other on Facebook on the online pinup community back when we both were into it, but we stuck together due to other similar interests (such as Batman ww). She's originally from São Paulo, but when I got in here, she moved away to a different place a short time after.

Bruna watched me graduate high school, grow up, end my almost-marriage and a lot more, but it was our first time actually seeing each other!

We made a quick meet up at the downtown before she went to a concert so we could finally hug each other! 

We made a quick stop at the city theater to take some pictures ~ unfortunately you can't get further than the hall if you're not going to watch something.

Then I brought her to my favorite place in São Paulo that I often show to many of my friends because it's a somewhat hidden street and not many people know about it (not even natives!). If you come to São Paulo, make sure you check out the Avanhandava street!

This street is inspired by Italian streets and is maintained by a family of Italian immigrants. There are a few restaurants and bars, a huge antique shop that mimicks a theater, carnival ride "horses" spread through the sidewalks and little notes you can pick up as a souvenir behind a bar. It always feels magical there! 

More pics 

Bruna snapped me writing down on her scrapbook lol

We took some puri too ~

As you can see, we're both so different of each other, but at the same times, we have a lot to share! As she said herself, we're like the Bratz girls  And we have some very special upcoming projects together, soooo... Stay tuned! 

 Diamond Lash "Sexy eye", Off-brand lowers;

 Jasmyne "Eu Amo" blush duo in 02;

 Mary Kay lipgloss in "Pink Ballerina"

I took some more pictures when I got home just because I was really feeling my makeup, including one being twins with the new Kitty-chan mirror ww

Shirt: Tralala

Skirt: Shein

Belt: Shein

Purse: Second-hand Off-brand from Trixxie Shopz

Shoes: Off-brand inspired by Vivienne Westwood

Acce: Off-brand

I'm not going to lie though, this is almost the same outfit that I wore for Larie's birthday almost two years ago  I'm terrible at coordinating winter outfits so I put my pride aside and wore it anyway ww

New deco: Hello Kitty mirror ✨

 

I finally have a new deco project to show! 

As I've said in the previous post, I had returned a skirt I didn't like. It was a very cute skirt, but not made for my body type and didn't look nice on me at all 

They gave me a voucher instead and I spent hours scrolling through their website but I didn't like any of the other clothes. I ended up getting a Hello Kitty hand mirror 

I don't mind most of Kitty's merch because I don't really like the white/red/blue color scheme, but this one was pink and very gyaru-coded  As soon as I put my hands on it, I knew I had to do some deco to level it up!!! 

It's already super cute as it is, but I really felt like it could use of some bling bling! I decided to go for an "accent" deco instead of doing a full deco. I like it when they cover the entire thing with rhinestones, but the plastic feels a bit too light and cheap and I wasn't sure it would handle the weight + I don't have enough rhinestones for it.

So I started by the eyes, nose and whiskers...

And when I got to the bow, I had some issues with it. I had a certain idea on my mind that didn't translate really well onto the real thing and I chose the wrong rhinestone size for that. There were many gaps around the borders and I tried to fill them with smaller SS3 rhinestones, only to hate how it turned out. I ran out of the hot pink SS3 rhinestones and had to order more.

I used excessive sprays of WD40 to take it all off and start all over again. It all came off in a hard shell, very satisfying ww

It took a few days but the new rhinestones were finally here by yesterday! I was kinda insecure about it in the beginning...

But as it progressed, I was starting to see the vision!!!

Almost there...

And the sides of the bow were done!

I originally wanted a really big heart gem in hot pink for the middle, but for some reason, it's impossible to find this kind of crafts gem in Brazil  even on AliExpress or Shopee, I can't seem to find it. The only time I found it was more than 10 years ago at Daiso, but they discontinued the Big Stone series and I've already used the ones I had got back then. So I just had to play along with it.

After I was done, I still had the feeling that something was missing.. And I thought I could make Kitty-chan a bit more reminiscing of myself! My "signature" in my makeup looks are the face gems around my eyes, and lashes would make Kitty-chan more gyaru-looking. Unfortunately, I ran out of black rhinestones and I could only do one single lash on each side, but it turned out super cute nevertheless! 

I sprayed a lil bit of WD40 after 20 hours to get rid of the white glue residue over the rhinestones...

Aaaaand it was done!!!

I'm SO proud of how it turned out!  I almost can't believe I made it myself ww

I'm very fond of my hime hand mirror, but unfortunately the handle has broken long ago and many of the rhinestones have fell off already, so I put it to rest now 

How do you like it???