Tuesday 13 May 2014

Hair update

Current hair: Orange and platinum blonde ombre ends
After using L'Oreal Excellence Creme Light Golden Blonde: hair looked the same but was lightened up a bit with the 20V developer. Dark roots lifted too. However, my platinum blonde ends were darkened. After wash hair felt silky and conditioner helped treated dryness. I actually liked the before-colour serum that came with the package because it helped treated my dry ends and protected my hair during dying.
How I achieved my platinum blonde was using L'Oreal Feria Extra Platinum Blonde. The dye after wash made my hair feel dry and the feria conditioner does not help.
How I achieved orange was just using Garnier Nutrisse bleaching creme on my dark brown hair. Conditioner did not help treat dryness as well.

Monday 5 May 2014

Attack on titan harness straps

Got my package from Redstar Cosplay on Ebay 
Overall it looks nice but ill give it a 7/10
Size: Unisex small
Items: Straps with skirt
Price: US $59 = CAD $66*
*approx.

Notes: it looks really nice when put together but when I actually wore it to the convention, it was kind of uncomfortable for me. Maybe I guess I'm not too much into wearing crazy costumes but anyways the straps were a major problem for me. The straps around your thighs would fall down as you walk around a lot and the quality of the straps aren't too great. When people say that they will snap off, they WILL snap off. When they get caught on anything or are pulled at the straps will snap from the stitches. The material of the straps are sturdy but they are quite soft seeing that they can be snapped off easily. The skirt is fine because it's just synthetic leather but as a small it's quite big and stiff - fabric skirt would work best (cheaper too).
I would recommend probably making the straps out of belts (at least the quality would be better and you save some bucks) but if you aren't crafty then I wish you luck in finding quality straps online (do some research too). 

As of now, I don't really wear my Attack on Titan costume anymore so they just sit there... I'm not sure if spending that much for my straps and skirt was actually worth it...   

Full costume. Straps and skirt.