Just letting you kawaii folks know that I will be taking a little posting break through the end of November. I’ve been busy with work, family and getting ready for the holidays. I promise to post in December once I get everything squared away. It will definitely be a very kawaii Christmas. I plan on doing my Amy Brown Faerie tree as usual plus the traidtional tree, my Barbie tree and some super sweet Hello Kitty decorations as well. More on that in the next few days!

I love to find cute little games to mess with when I need to waste some time. I always think, ugh, I shouldn’t really be wasting any time – I should be doing something really important like saving the rainforest, cleaning the house, working  etc. But sometimes I just want to play a little and I have found some pretty darn kawaii games out there to do just that.

My new time-waster is a game I found on Facebook called SuperPoke! Pets. I am not really sure what a super poke is or what it has to do with keeping a little animated pet but they are super kawaii and I was able to adopt a Dragon!

My dragon’s name is Myridion and here is a snapshot of him in his new Spooky Bedroom Habitat.

Isn’t he the cutest?

You can adopt a bunch of different pets from a panda to sheep to little piggie. Then you spend time decorating your “habitat” and caring for your pet in a Tamagotchi-type fashion. You feed your pet, clean it, tickle it and arrange playdates with friends on Facebook who also have pets. I’m pretty sure there isn’t much else to do except spend more and more silver points on cooler stuff for your habitats and do some gardening. At least that’s what I’ve discovered so far. There may be more to it – they have a very active forum but I haven’t checked it out yet.

If you are interested in meeting my little dragon you can do so by clicking here.

This is the set for December, a small cakes series with 12 sets.

For Januaury, a Valentine’s Day series. When I get a larger picture so you can see the detail I will post it!

Also for Re-ment fans I discovered a great new blog on re-ment called Re-ment Fan Club Blog. This has lots of great updates and links. Check it out!

I’ve slowed down a great deal on my Re-Ment collecting for now. I haven’t been so thrilled with the new series I’ve gotten and I have a huge backlog of Re-Ment waiting to be cataloged and put into my special Re-ment collection boxes. I had really done well with this about a year ago but time just got away from me. I need to catch myself up again because I was able to get many of the sets I had wanted to complete a number of the series collections. Now I am just overwhelmed. My Mom calls my Re-ment spot in the office, “The Leaning Tower of Re-ment” which is actually is.

I need to do better organizing. I’ve barely even done a third of the Re-ment I have. I think I need a support group.

Someone send me a hug.

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.