Hello again~ ❤
I'm writing a review about a very popular shop on Global Rakuten as well as the Gyaru community known as DreamV. I've heard many great things about this shop as well as how cute their clothing is so I decided to check it out! (✪㉨✪) Personally I love the Gyaru style very much but on most online shops the clothes are crazy expensive!щ(ಠ益ಠщ) But DreamV's clothing price is quite reasonable, though some things tend to be pretty pricey but as I have heard they're worth what people have paid for. So I tried browsing for cute shoes considering I was in need of new shoes but to my disappointment they don't really carry a size 9 for most of their shoes щ(ಥДಥщ) ( I have very skinny, narrow feet (=ω=;) ) So I decided to search for dresses ( I have a huge dress fetish) which lead me to a super cute bow-tie floral dress ( web image shown below).
When picking the size the dress I was a Medium ( in US I'm a small but Asian sizing is much smaller. ex:US xsmall=Small, US small= Med, US Med=Large, etc.). The cost of the dress was 1,995 JPY ( $19.43 + $15.34 ship) so my total was 3,570 JPY ($34.77). The package was shipped via EMS (automatic shipping choice) and arrived within 2 weeks maybe even less. The package arrived in excellent condition inside a box ( I didn't get to take pictures of it in the package as I was too excited to see my dress ಥ⌣ಥ ) When I opened the package I was overwhelmed at how beautiful the dress was though the pleated part of the dress was a tad wrinkled up ,nothing a little ironing couldn't fix, the materials are soft and very colorful. ❤ I'm very happy to say it was worth my money ｡◕ ‿ ◕｡
NOW FOR THE IMAGES!
Pros:
♥ Accurate as Fawk!~
♥ Stretchy materials (◡‿◡✿)
♥ Colors are perfect
♥ Amazing fit
♥ Super soft, comfy materials
♥ Got what I paid for
♥ Fast shipping
♥ Excellent communication ( Got notification emails super frequent about my item!)
Cons:
✖ None (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
I give DreamV 5 out of 5 (◕‿◕✿)
★★★★★
Hello there all you cosplayers!!!~❤
I'm here to write about a cosplay store on eBay called Artistic Sprouts. I love cosplaying alot! I try to make my costumes with every oppurtunity I get but sometimes, which may happen to a few cosplayers, problems come up such as making it before the deadline or your budget for materials manage to sky rocket to an impossible price due to how accurate you really want your costume to be! Well whether you make your cosplays or not Artistic Sprouts is an amazing store even though they tend to be quite expensive ( Some costumes range from $99- almost $250 depending on the add on for your costume). I remember being super determined to do an Append Miku but for during my search for the materials I noticed that my cost was going to be well over $300! T_T While searching on eBay for my Append Miku wig (Append ver. has a different color tone) I found Artistic Sprouts Append costume as soon as I saw photos I fell in love with this costume but seeing as how determined I was to make the costume myself I decided to watch the item instead.
During my time of raising my Miku fund I was working as a server at Convention Center downtown from where I lived. I made good money but with horrible hours, due to favoritism at my work, within a month I had made about $200 off of just 2 paychecks. Another month went by and my hours kept getting cut shorter and shorter because of the holidays causing less events being held, favoritism along with drama was annoying me so I ended up leaving. my last paycheck was $50! After the holidays I decided to buy off of Artistic Sprouts, I was super skeptical on buying from them I was worried about getting something half assed made. But I decided to take a chance. I looked at the beautiful costume seeing that sizing was an issue with my body type I messaged the owner asking about custom sizing. The owner who replied was very kind and helpful and after getting the information I wanted I chose to buy the costume so with my $250 along with my $100 eBay gift Certificate that I got from doing an internship there. The whole total was $323 (Costume= $118, shipping= $39, custom size price= $28, Headset=$30, Waist pieces= $80, Anklet=$28 ) The shipping was fast and when I opened my package I was in love! ❤ My costume looked exactly like the photos in their store! (sorry better photos coming soon ; n ; ) *Note I oredered this during January 2013*
Pros (~￣▽￣)~ :
✰ Great materials
✰ Fast shipping
✰ Worth what I paid for
✰ Great communication with seller
✰ Seller was very kind and understanding regardless of the situation, wanting to help.
✰ The headset, anklet, and waist pieces are made out of a foam like material/plastic and look very fragile but are actually quite durable
Cons(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ :
✘Might be too expensive for some people's budgets
I give Artistic Sprouts 5 Stars out of 5
★★★★★
