Kawaii Nails!

Nails are always an accessory for kawaii outfits and they can also be either soft or loud depending on how you decorate it! The best part also are the accessories that you can use with your nails. The kawaii tofu item of the day is the cute monkey nail drier! Other than in the nail salon, I've never seen nail driers  in other places. This item makes drying your nails so much more fun!

It's powered by 2 AAA batteries and tiny! Easy to use anywhere, perfect for sleep overs :3

Cute Monkey Nail Drier // $13.50 from lifeday

If you're trying to find some more kawaii nail styles, here's a cool tutorial from Creativenailart on youtube on how to decorate and make your own kawaii nail art:

Don't feel like painting and making your own nails?? Buy kawaii ones! Like these:

Kawaii nails, Japanese 3d nails, octopus, tentacles, blue french tips // $20.00 from Aya1gou

And now some cute kawaii nails for inspiration:

Fairy Kei?

Kawaii can be so much more than big eyes, frilly dresses, and pink everything! I'm still learning some of the separate genres, but one of the most kawaii-est style of Japanese street fashion that I like is fairy kei. So what's fairy kei? I've heard it described as kawaii style meets 80's pop. So you'll see tutus, scrunchies, famous 80s characters (care bears, mlp), converses and leg warmers - all awesome and just a small part of what you can find in these outfits. From what I seen, they usually come in pastel, or bright pinks, blues, whites, and polka dots.

Paving the way for this fashion is a street popular designer, Moco. She's the most adorable girl (pictured above), that attends a design college in Japan. With her partner Tomo they create fairy kei and kawaii fashions that they sell in their pop-up shop in Harajuku. Definitely a must see if you're ever in that area!
She's also been featured in a couple of magazines!

Visit her blog here: http://ameblo.jp/oo-moco-oo/   (their store is currently under renovation, I think).

Now onto more fairy kei stuff:

Here are some REALLY cute orbital tights that have an ombre color from pink to purple. Adorable! 

Bishoujo // $25.00 from Lunar Discoveries

Here's a pink tutu skirt that would finish off any fairy kei outfit:

Pink Tutu // 1,380 Yen at ManiaQ

Last, a really kawaii, chibi drawing of a fairy kei girl! Pretty accurate ^3^

Fairy-kei by stefne

More styles!

Bows Bows Bows!

Nothing makes an outfit more girly than - you guessed it - bows! Another staple to kawaii life is having cute ones, and tons of them. I love that bows are able to come in so many different colors, patterns, and sizes and still look adorable. I think they look great with almost anything - in your hair, on your shirt, on leggings, and on your purse - it all looks good! The Kawaii Tofu item for today is the Bow Back Pullover. 

This pullover is super, super kawaii because it's modest in the front, but a surprise of bows in the back! It also has small slits between the bows which gives it a certain "point". Not only that, but it also comes in light yellow (along with salmon). 

To be honest, I'm also reviewing this pullover too - I got it the other day in the mail!! Wheeeee. It's super cute and looks just like it did in the picture. I tried it on (no picture yet - sorry!) and it wasn't too tight or awkward fitting, just right. :)

Bow Back Pullover // $14.80 at Forever21

More bow stuff:

This is another bow accessory I also own! I love it because it's different from your regular earring, but still has that kawaii pink bow that are on your ears! ^^  It's also adjustable, so no worries about it not fitting around a certain part of your ear. 

Peace Bow Ear Cuff Pair // $11.15 from OfLovelyThings

Of course, adding bows in art makes it x10 kawaii too. The artist from Crowded Teeth used lots of bows in one of many of her adorable illustrations! I suppose all the bunnies in this picture helped too! 

Bunnies and Bows Lady Bun Bun at Crowded Teeth

And lastly, for those of you that just have to have a bow NOW - pick up some scrap fabric and get to it!! 

A Bow Tutorial by Lauralyn