Maid Neko gives fashion advise, Pastel Goth, Ulzzang & a Tofu recipe

Hi there (^-^)v
I've tried out my very first maid outfit a few days ago ♪

I love maids & Japanese maid cafés so much, so I really

wanted to try this out. I'm totally looking forward to improving my 

outfit and to wear it at a convention in the future.

I got the maid dress at the Dokomi 2013 in Düssseldorf.

The store also has an online-shop :

untot.org
Their clothing is really cheap, but looks totally sweet.
I think you really get the best value for your money there.
The clothing of course isn't perfect, but like I sad I think you won't

get more quality for such a low price anywhere else.

If you use a few little tricks here and there to make the clothes
look better it's more than worth the money.

I think the fitting is very often a huge problem with such rather

cheap "cosplay clothing". The maid costume I'm wearing for

example was way too big as it's one size, but I just added

 this pink ribbon to make the outfit fit better and now

I'm totally pleased with it.
I also want to address an issue I see here in Düsseldorf a lot

and it's really important for me to get this message out

again and again :
Especially if you're younger or just started wearing Japanese fashion

please keep a few of these very basic things in mind :

• Always, ALWAYS please iron your clothing/ dress / cosplay

before you wear it.

This goes especially for Cosplays you got at ebay, online etc.

Lots of Cosplayer of course sew their clothing on their own

but even then sometimes they do not really make sure

that the outfit is neat. Please don't forget this, so all the effort

was not wasted ~♥
Especially the Cosplays you get at ebay are mostly 

rather thick cotton fabric (like my maid dress) so it's fine to iron it.

• Please make sure to wear make-up when you're Cosplaying

and even more important when you wear a flashy coloured wig.

You don't need to overdo it even simple nude-look make-up

will improve the whole look more than you might imagine it to !
I often see young Cosplyers with blue, pink,green etc. wigs

that really put some effort in their outfit too but don't wear

any make-up at all. It just looks really strange as the extreme hair

colour lets you look more pale and if you got dark circles like

most humans do you look rather sick if you don't at least

use basic natural make-up. Of course circle lenses wouldn't

be a bad idea either ;3 But I guess that's not a must.

In my maid photo above I also almost wear no make-up,

just simple brown & white eyeshadow + foundation +
 mascara + blush.

• Pin up your hair if you wear a wig even if it's short !

I've been a member of a musical theatre for 7 years

and we had professionals who showed us how we

were supposed to do our make-up, hair etc.

They also worked at big musicals like "Dance of the Vampires"

or "Starlight Express" in Germany. So they showed us how

the professionals use to do it.
This is the way we had to do it :

I used to part the hair in much more smaller sections as I had such
thick long hair. Nowadays I do it another quick way quite often
as my hair isn't so thick anymore. I do my hair into 2 braids and
put the left one over my head to the right side and pin it to my 

scalp as close as possible. I do the same with the right braid

and put it over my head to the left side.

You should always use this little cap even if you have
such short hair that you can't  do a pigtail.
You can just cut the food part of tights and use that.

• Don't be afraid to change or customize your outfit.

If you put on your outfit and it seems like it

just doesn't fit your body shape right don't be afraid to

change it. Maybe use sewing as a tool or ask someone who

can sew to help you with it. If it fit's to the outfit

you can also use a thin scarf to define your waist better.

Like I did with my maid outfit. I think this trick is also

really useful for Pastel Goth outfits or Mori.

• Just keep in mind that your outfit should be
neat and not looking like it's going to fall apart
any second. That will also make you look way more
authentic. You should really look comfortable in your outfit

and know how to move in it. If you plan on wearing a cosplay
at an event, maybe practise wearing it at home for some time
and do some tasks. The more complicated it is
the more important it will be to know how to do

the simplest things wearing it & still lokking good and like it's easy.

♥ I hope those tips were useful for some of you ! ♥

This was really fun, I'm thinking about doing this more often.

And whenever some tips & tricks come to my mind I wanna share them.

When I find the time in the future I might also give some more

detailed advises.

Pastel Goth / street fashion  inspired outfit ~♪

I wore this at a show at the Bootshaus club in

cologne that my boyfriend Virtual Riot did.

And nope that's not in London, I'm just lucky

that a pub right next to my house has this as decoration.

♥ My beloved Enter Shikari  shirt that I cut in shape ^-^

At the club I met my old friend Hendrik \(^-^)/
He also works at a German Host club called :
"Sweet Spice Host Club" 
Check it out, these guys are so cool & nice  ^^

The evening was really great ~♥

A few days ago also another brown wig arrived *-*
With that I tryed to go for a more korean or even

"Ulzzang" like look.
I really love to try out many different looks and I really love
to coordinate outfits around brown hairdos. My natural haircolour

also is brown but it's not so intense, it's darker and kinda ash-grey/blond.
Really not so nice sadly. But I love intense brown or reddish shades.
I'm doing looks like that in daily life and for university more often
lately. I really enjoy it.
I hope I can acheive a better K-Pop idol inspired look in the future.
[sorry, this is just a low quality web-cam photo on my

facebook page it's a little bit better]

Cooking time with Neko :

I'd like to share another recipe I really like which

my friend Rebecca showed me.

Rice with Shimeji mushrooms,carrots & Tofu

You need :
• Sushi rice

• 2-3 carrots

• 1 box shimeji mushrooms (or other)
• spring onions
• Tofu

•flour

•starch

• sunflower oil
• soy sauce

How to : 

First let the Tofu dry, put tissues or a kitchen towl

around it and press the liquid out of it. Put something heavy

on it and wait a few minutes ultil more fluid is pushed out.

Cut the tofu in little squares like in the picture above.

Take 3 big spoons flour and mix it with 2 big spoons starch.

Roll the tofu squares in the powder until they're totally covered.

Meanwhile you can cook the rice (I have a rice cooker).

Put some sunflower oil in a pan and put the tofu squares in the pan.

Fry them until they are a little golden. When you're finished you
can put the mushrooms and the carrots in the pan and fry them a little too.
When the rice is ready put it in a bowl or on a plate.
Add the mushrooms and carrits to it. Put the Tofu in another bowl.

Of course you can use any sauce for it you like, I use to dip the

squares in soy sauce. I also use to put black sesame
and spring onions over my meal.
There is also another sauce you can make for the Tofu,

but I need to ask Rebecca for that again as I've forgotten it.

Enjoy your meal ! ♪

Recently I stumbled across this little website 

where you can create a word cloud related to
your blog or any website you want ! 

www.wordle.net

I created a word cloud for my blog ^^
The bigger the word the more often it appears on my blog.

I like how " totally,much,boyfriend" are rather big :D ♥
As I know I use those words so much.
It surprises me that I use also so often, though xD
♫
Neko's music : 

• Enter Shikari- Rat Race 

• Enter Shikari- Paddington Frisk

You got to check out the music video 

it's not fully on youtube yet.
It looks like a Kyary Pamyu Pamyu video ! :D
The guys have great humor, it's really funny.

I must admit I like it and think it's cute, although it's not meant serious.
They even got one of those typical Japanese Perfume dances !

Thanks for reading !
See you next time (^-^)v nyan ~♪