I must be honest and say that although I read the Twilight series (all but the last book since I figured I could only be driven 75 percent mad by three books) and despised the books on every conceivable level (bad writing, bad plotting, bad fantasy, bad character names, bad smell of the paper the books were printed on), I have quite enjoyed the marketing efforts (nice book cover, great photos from the movies, cool soundtrack) that have been tied in to the Twilight brand.

In essence the dark gothic Lolita feel to everything Twilight seems somewhat kawaii to me (there it is again my very broad interpretation of kawaii) so imagine my excitement to find a very classy new cosmetics line debut called Twlight Beauty.

Twilight Beauty has two options – Luna and Volturi. Kind of the light and the dark side if you will. The products are high quality, innovative and unique as well as packaged beautifully.

Take a gander:

These gorgeous palettes contain 2 eyeshadows, 2 lip colors and a blush and are named for the female characters in Twilight (from top to bottom: Rosalie, Bella, Alice and Victoria). These are portable in a classic black imprinted case, reasonably priced ($28) and really do ring true with the characters they are named after. At least in what has been shown in the films thus far that is. The Alice kit is my fave and the most kawaii in my opinion.

The Luna  Moonshadow eyeshadow compact comes in a variety of pairings each with a cream shadow and a glimmery powder. I love double duty cosmetics!

My favorite product that I purchased is the Mortal Glow blushing creme. This is a new product for me in that I have never used a creme blush that has such an unusual texture. It is a creme but also a mousse and dries to a powder finish. Absolutely gorgeous on but takes a little getting used to. Make sure you glaze your fingers over the product and don’t dig into it (oops!) because you’ll get too much product on your fingers. A foundation brush might be a good way to work with this but I love the tactile feel of it.

These two Volturi lipglosses are bolder than they go on. They are perfectly sheer so you will not end up with black lips. The pink shade is raspberry flavored and the black is licorice. They are yummy and non-sticky and give an interesting tint to lips.

This is a tie-in with DuWop’s Lip Venom, they’ve made a Just Bitten shade that looks like drops of blood in a vial. Very cool looking. This is a blood red lipstain, so be careful when applying. Once it sinks in the color stays for quite a while. You need to shake the venom up to get the best color for your lips. It is spicy and gives you a bit of a bee-stung pout but it’s not a painful tingling. And really it is a conversation starter too when you take it out to re-apply!

The Volturi Reign Body Mist comes in four great scents and has a gorgeous shimmer suspended in the gel like spray. I got the Bella scent – a pure, yummy vanilla. It comes in three other scents too: Forbidden Fruit– woodsy fresh and fruity, Wicked – Spicy cinnamon delight and Romance – Fresh flowers.

There are a few other products that I haven’t tried yet that you can discover for yourself on the website. Considering there are two more films to go I believe the line will be around for a while. The products aren’t cheap but they are of superb quality. They are quite different from other cosmetics I have and I love the direction the line is going in. I am excited to see the evolution.

You know I love to shop and love my kawaii goodies. I was talking with my Mom a couple of days ago about how the word kawaii applies to other things other than what is truly considered kawaii (like Hello Kitty stuff for instance) and I told her that in myopinion, kawaii can relate to many things. To put it to the test I did a search on kawaii shoes!

Don’t you love shoes? For many women this is a huge part of their wardrobe (think Imelda!) and for kawaii lovers it is a downright obsession. I found some incredibly adorable shoes out there ranging in prices from pretty reasonable to totally ridiculous (almost $70 for a pair of custom kawaii Keds? Puhleeeze!).

Speaking of cute Keds, here was a pair I found at a Zazzle Shop called Mashusik. They are cute for sure, but for $67.50 that’s a bit steep for canvas shoes.

You can get these Hello Kitty Chooka rubber boots for only $67.00 at shoes.com. These are pretty adorable but unless you live in a pretty rainy place I have my doubts about wearability.

These sexy Harajuku Lovers punk rock plaid platform heels are too cute for words. I would absolutely break my neck if I wore them but I can still think they are super kawaii. You can find these at endless.com.

These kitty-cat platform heels from Irregular Choice are some of the cutest shoes – ever! Irregular Choice is hands down my favorite kawaii shoes I’ve found available in the US thus far. You can find these at endless.com.

Here are more from Irregular Choice:

These below are from Betsey Johnson and are also available from endless.com. I love Betsey Johnson and the plus side is I find tons of her stuff at TJ Maxx and for clearance prices (yay clearance!). These are more spring shoes so I believe they were on sale too. Here in Florida I wear shoes like this (only not as high!) all year long:

Finally these shoes are from the Japanese brand Wano Nano and are especially unique. I don’t know if you can get them here in the US at all because the site is in Japanese but I really thought they were terrific! I love these moccasin style shoes the most – they look so comfy!

It is no secret that I do a ton of online shopping! I love to shop indie at Shana Logic and other cute boutiques online, as well as on Etsy for kawaii goods of all kinds. One of my favorite places to shop might surprise you though – it is HSN!

You might be thinking – what? Do they even have anything kawaii?

Well, listen up and listen good kawaii lovers – you will be surprised to find that in HSN’s CLEARANCE section  you can not only find adorable and fun things to satisfy your kawaii-loving self but for CHEAP too!

Here are a few of my recent finds from HSN:

This is theBalm Read My Lips Kit in Nude on Clearance at HSN for $10! (from regular price of $40). I don’t know if the company is still in business since I saw some of their cute cosmetics for sale at Sephora too. You cannot beat this price though for 2 lipsticks, a lip pencil and lipstain. Holy Kawaii Clearance!

Along those same lines is this sweet little kit from theBalm for your eyes. It comes with a luggage tag and is portable itself with a wee little mini-brush. You can actually use one of the shades as a blush if you’ve got a teeny tiny blush brush. This was originally $18.50 marked down to $5.00. No mistake there – that’s right – five bucks!

This Barbie Loves Stila Collection (in Jewel Doll)  comes in a paint can (so adorable) and includes a Barbie palette, yummy lipgloss and gorgeous black mascara. The original price was $40 and is on sale for $13.98. You must trust me that you will never find  even one single Stila item for this price let alone, three! These are full-size products too and you get a blush and two eyeshadows in the palette. Worth every penny!

They offer another kit too, so if you can just get both! This is called Foxy Doll kit and comes with a different mascara, palette and lip glaze. The kits mimic the make-up on the dolls to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of your favorite girly-girl Barbie.

I know it’s not Easter but since when do kawaii bunnies have anything to do with holidays? To be fair these are more retro kawaii. These are perfect for springtime or just to put out something cute. The plates are unfortunately sold out but the bowl is on clearance for $19.00 from $49.00. Great value. This comes from the catalog company Grandin Road on HSN.

This is the Garden Party ring from Hot in Hollywood, a costume jewelry designer brand on HSN. The enamel flowers are so sweet and the crystal stone looks like a piece of candy. This is on sale in two colors for only $29.95.

Also by Hot in Hollywood is this saints crystal bracelet. So completely funky and cool I just had to have it. It is on sale for only$19.95 and comes in four crystal colors.

Next time I will focus on finds from QVC, Sephora and whomever strikes my fancy. And has CLEARANCE! Polish up your credit cards girlies!

I looked around to see what I could find that seemed kawaii to me that had to do with Halloween and I just couldn’t find all that much online. Perhaps Halloween by its very nature is somewhat kawaii (well it could be if you took the spooky scary stuff out of it) but I was really looking for very specific examples.

I did find this (on another site)(in essence yes, I cribbed it):

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Kitty looks like she is dressing up as my Lucy!

Yay the winner of the Eyeko Beauty contest is: KawaiiKrazy! Congrats my dear – I have sent you an email and I will just need your mailing address.

Bonus winner: Gaby Montero! Eyeko was kind enough to send me an extra tote, an extra Eyeko Tinted Cream and Minty Fat Balm, so these are all yours!

While I did purchase the prizes myself it was very kind of Eyeko to send the extras. They are a wonderful company to work with!

A new update to follow!