Upcoming Tutorials!

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you are doing well~ What do you think of the new revamp on my blog? :D I decided to change a few things up again and went with a more Victorian-esque/ Retro and 'professional' design this time round - also showing off some of my attempted photography!

Recently I haven't had as much time (as I would like) to cosplay, since school now occupies pretty much 99.99% of my time! However, I have been keeping up with most of my social networking and online sites...just haven't really posted anything new of the sort. Exams are quickly closing in and teachers are drowning us in homework, but nevertheless here are some of the WIP and future cosplays that I have partially worked on for the past couple of months of which include mostly MAKEUP trials:

Upcoming Vids/ Possible Tutorials:

I've been thinking a lot about the videos I make recently in regards to my YouTube Channel and want to start incorporating other videos such as "How To Make" and "Basic Skills" segments where I just focus on particular aspects of the cosplay scene. It's an idea, but I would love to know your thoughts on this so please let me know~
***Also in terms of requests, currently I am not really taking any since I've already accumulated quite the list from the last year or two xD But by all means request through comments or even PMs if you want to as I will consider all suggestions!

Kaguya Kimimaro from "Naruto"
As many of you may know, I am a HUGE Narutard
and with the recent events of the latest manga chapters
an epiphany told me that it was about time I filmed
YET another, Naruto character look. And since I've had
Kimimaro on my list for quite some time now, I decided on him!

Simple SFX Gashes/ Gackt from GHOST (PV)
Yet another tutorial that I've had on my list of future ones for a while now,
but since I do not, nor will I ever resemble Gackt's beautiful form
I've kept this one a bit of a secret ;)

• Generic "Bishounen" Cosplay Makeup
• A new 2 in ONE styled tutorial (Two looks in one video)
• More SFX
• Less frequent uploads (as exams are looming!

Recent WIPs and Cosplans:

Daenerys Stormborn (Targaryen) from "Game of Thrones"
YES. I do understand that I do NOT resemble Emilia Clarke
in any way, fashion, shape or form but I absolutely had to do a trial
for this wonderful character after being captivated by her in Season 1!
I might make a tutorial out of it maybe, and possibly cosplay her someday...
but for the time being I'm pretty content with this makeup trial :)

Lance Corporal Rivaille (Levi) from "Shingeki no Kyojin"
AKA. Attack on Titan.
I too have been swept into this fandom as some of you might
know (I've been spamming my Tumblr with it for a while now
an decided to do a makeup trial for chibi Lance Corporal! It's quite
funny that I'm the same height as him! :D Bonus for cosplay? Originally
I actually lost quite a bit of motivation to cosplay him since many of my idols
(eg. Reika, GreenMakakas) also decided upon him however, each person can represent
a character differently so I picked up the motivation again! (That and also because
I want 3D Maneuver Gear xD)

Colossal Titan from "Shingeki no Kyojin"
You are in fact seeing right.
For those of you who watch and follow me on DeviantART as well as Tumblr, you
may or may not have noticed the photos I've posted of this particular WIP. Relating to the photo above,
I could not decide which character I wanted to cosplay from this series as all are so admirable and in general, I couldn't
find one that I could identify with. Hence, 1 bottle of red face paint, 5 hours and a lot of blood, pain and tears later...
- BAM. Colossal Titan. I actually hope to get a morph suit by the end of this year to cosplay him, so look forward until then!
More Photos of Colossal Titan!

ANYWAY! Until next time my dears, look forward to more new work coming soon seeing as my holidays are a little less than a month away now!

- Rai



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Latest Video: - Vlog #3

REVIEW: Ciel Phantomhive "Faustian Contract" Lense

Hello my dears~

My my, it has certainly been ages since I posted anything (interesting) on here ;A; I apologise for my absence as of late as I've been pretty occupied from all the school work I've been receiving as well as my part time job at Myer! So I recently bought some new lenses at my all time FAVOURITE contact lense provider mukuCHU who are sadly closing down due to unforeseen circumstances. I've been a long time customer at their store now (ever since I fell into the cosplay scene), so when I saw that they had Ciel's contract lense I had to get my hands on it.

I've had a couple of requests from subscribers/ watchers to talk about where I buy my lenses from, so I thought why not start off with a contact lense review!

>>> Let's go~

~*~*~*~* CIEL COSPLAY LVL UP!!! *~*~*~*~

Image 1: Taken in artificial indoor lighting. No lighting was edited in this photo, therefore the colour of the lense is shown true to it's description and opacity. The blue lense I am wearing here is from the Max Series in 'Pure Blue'

Image 2: Photo taken in natural lighting inside the house and
NOT near a window. Closer look of the Faustian Contract.

Image 3: The packaging in which the lenses arrived in.
Photo also taken in natural lightning.

Lense Name: Ciel (from EOS range)
Diameter: 14.2mm
Water Content: 38%
Usage: 1 year



Price & Packaging - 5/5
The lenses came package securely in bubble wrap to prevent damage and in separate lense bottles as per usual and arrived safe and soundly. Shipping took about a week for me since I am based in Australia as well with the price at $20.00 (AUD) a pair which is super affordable in comparison to other sellers.

Comfort - 4/5
Comfort wise for this lense really surprised me as in my experience with these smaller EOS lenses, it
usually takes a while for them to settle in completely. They're quite comfortable to wear, although I found that it began to dry out a little faster (around the 2 hour mark) as the water content is low - nothing some eyedrops can't solve though! I also found that after the removal of them, my eyes weren't pink/ red like they are usually so that's definitely a plus in my books. As for the pentagram design on the lense, this proves to be no distraction at all as I could see very clearly like normal.


Colour/ Opacity - 5/5
The colour of these lenses is absolutely stunning! At first I was a tad sceptical as I wasn't sure how the lenses would perform on my dark brown, nearly black (asian) eyes but as you can see in the images, the contract showed up amazingly well. Photo 3 was taken in natural lighting - not even in front of a window with the contact staying very true to it's description and opaque colour. In contrast, Photo 1 was taken under artificial indoor lighting, but the colour still shines an eerie lilac colour.

Enlargement - 1/5
As these lenses are 14.2mm in diameter, they quite obviously do extremely little to enlarge if not at all. This is quite fine by me however, seeing as I only use a 14.5mm blue lense for Ciel anyway. However if you use a large diameter lense for Ciel then it might become a slight case of alternate sized eyes... Also if you are looking for enlargement, this lense is definitely not for you.

Overall Summary - 5/5
If you are a Ciel Phantomhive cosplayer, then these lenses are a must have! Not only do they live up to their description as a brilliantly opaque lense, the Faustian Contract will add that extra eerie and mysterious effect to your eyes. Seriously guys, I've had them for about a day and I'm already in love! Definitely recommended to lvl up a Ciel cosplay and add that extra little something~

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Happy CNY + Versailles -Philharmonic Quintet-

Just like the title says...Happy Chinese/ Lunar New Year!!! Wishing everyone another prosperous and lucky new year to come~

Totally "didn't" use my Ciel wig for this xD'

Anyway, nothing interesting has happened in my life since school started because I'm in my final year of secondary school! >___< Freaking outttt. That's kept me preoccupied for now, but soon I'll need to get started on preparations in regards to my cosplays for Melbnova (Supanova Melbourne). I'm unsure as to whether I'll attend both days over the weekend yet...but I'll see. Main reasons are:

1. There's a super secret cosplay I want to debut
2. I'll be cosplaying as Kirito from Sword Art Online (SAO) with my bishoujo Asuna (Midgiee) and ikemen Klein (Dat) on the SUNDAY and there's about 50 other people doing the same thing "OTL

Now can you see why I'm so unsure? xD I mean I'll still go ahead with the plans for Kirito, because we've been organising it for a while now...but I want more of a challenge - hence the second day.

Fast tracking a bit >>>

As some of you may have read in my previous post, I've started following a workout video in hopes of losing weight for a couple of cosplays I will be doing this year. It's been really good, and I've managed to work my way up the 'levels' of exercise! xDD I'm aiming to get down to around the 48kg mark as far as weight goes so...need to keep exercising! Here's a completely unflattering photo of me/ my progress so far :P GRADUALLY GETTING THERE.

My skin is also getting better from the exercise/ stress relief and masks that I've been using lately :3 I might do a post on the stuff  I use because a couple of my followers/ subscribers have been asking!

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Moving on once again to more exciting things I guess?


Some of you may or may not know but I am a HARDCORE Versailles fan. As in the Visual Kei, Versailles -Philharmonic Quintet-. They went on hiatus last year on December 20th, and since then I've been earning a decent amount of funds from my casual job, which was enough for me to purchase some of their albums! *insert fangirl squee* So far, I've managed to collect the limited editions of both their "ROSE" Single and also self titled "Versailles" (Best of) CD, with the latter being the FOURTH last copy in the world~~ I must thank my older brother for that xP

And most recently, I bought their latest [ Anthologie ] CD in regular AND the limited edition...Hehe |3 Mostly because I didn't realise there was a limited one. I'll post more pics when they get here! xD

Well. This is a wrap up from me today xD It's currently 2.17am here in Melbourne, I have school today and decided to blog all this :D

Goodnight/ morning lovelies and until next time~

- Rai

New Start + Robin Ciel Shoot!

Salutations my dears!

My my, it's been ages since I've blogged anything on here! Well...that's mostly because school occupied most of last year as well as my life in general being pretty damn boring...haha >__>" Anyway, it's the start to a fresh new year and one of my "New Years Resolutions" is to blog more of my shenanigans and behind the scenes progress/ WIP of cosplay, because I've gotten feedback from my followers that seeing the process really helps! The other two resolutions are:

1. Exercise everyday A.K.A Get fit ---> LOSE THE CHUB xD'
2. Eat breakfast

Now I know that second one may seem a bit strange, but I haven't had breakfast in about...FIVE years now? So seeing as it's a new year and my final one in secondary school, I'm going to improve that part of my lifestyle a bit. As for the exercising part, I've been doing pretty well with that. I started following the same workout video as Youtube makeup guru Bubzbeauty in one of her latest updates...and I must say that it works like a charm!

The aerobics/ dance workout video is called "Ministry of Sound - Pump it up, Ultimate Dance Workout" and I believe it's the 2004 edition? I might be mistaken. However, if you want to find it on Youtube, just search "Pump It Up Part ____" and it should pop up. The entire video is split up into about 8 parts, with each running from about 9 - 10 minutes comprising of various exercises. Personally, I found that it's easier to work your way up the parts - for example; do all of part 1 today and gradually build from there. My muscles are STILL aching from all the dancing! xD Though I guess that means it's paying off right? It's easy to follow, and super enjoyable/ amusing, so definitely give it a try! xD

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Moving on!

On Monday, I was invited to do a shoot by my dear friend Trung, which was yet another Robin Ciel shoot. I've definitely worn this costume too many times, but I'm still looking for the "perfect" shot that captures not only the cosplay itself but also the character. So until then, I'll wear it again! Annnnd again... Anyway, this time I was lucky enough to have my Sebastian (Taylor) to shoot with me as well, as he is usually busy x.X"
For this particular shoot, we were accompanied by my super-bishojou friend Grace, who Trung was also shooting as a part of a Fashion shoot, as well as mini!FreddieW...well Jeff as the director. We began shooting at around 12 noon and actually ended up wrapping things up around 6pm! SIX hours of shooting @___@" In the end we did get it done though, so here are some of the shots from the day~
The photos really are all so well shot, but knowing me, I probably won't retire this cosplay just yet, as Sebastian and I still have so many ideas of possible shots up out sleeves ;)


Ciel Phantomhive (Robin Ver): KaminariNoRaikiri (Rai/ Myself)
Sebastian Michaelis: Taylor
Photo Credits: Trung


Kuroshitsuji © Toboso Yana

TWIRLLLLLL~~~ 8)

Photography ©  Trung Do
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Photography ©  Trung Do
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Photography ©  Trung Do
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Annnd that's a wrap up from me~ It's 3am here now so I'll probably continue with a bit more of holiday homework before I hit the hay. School starts on Monday for me, so hopefully I'll be able to balance that, blogging and all the other cosplay plans I have scheduled for this year. Looking forward to another great year everyone!

Until next time~

- Rai

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