..Hong Kong getaway.. Part 2

Sasa shopping in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong island

Second part of my little getaway to Hong Kong!
Although I could only stay for 5 days, I really wanted to do the following:

1. Hike the Hong Kong trail (see previous entry)
2. Eat at my favourite sushi chain (see previous entry)
3. Get cute gifts for Christmas
4. Refill my make-up vanity
5. Get inspiration for my next dress-up games and check the latest fashion trends

Cute gifts

Generally speaking, I find it hard to buy 'small presents' in France or UK other than food such as wine, chocolate boxes and tea. Anything else starts to be quite expensive when you want to offer brands or good quality gifts (scarfs, jewels, etc.)

In Japan and Pacific Asia on the contrary there are so many mascots and cute things. You can not lack inspiration!Lately my friends are really into LINE, the Asian version of Whatsapp with cute characters such as Cony the rabbit and Brown the bear.

So naturally when I found these...

LINE character plushies selling in La Foret (Causeway Bay, Hong Kong island)

La Foret shopping mall looks like an outlet with a lot of designer shops. Despite its name and unlike Sogo, the mall is specialized in Asian stuffs and has a lot of shops dedicated to Japan, Korea, etc. It's definitely a must-go when you visit Hong Kong!
How to go there:

Name: La Foret
Address: 24-26 East Point Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Fashion trend watch

Unfortunately I didn't have time to try any regional brand, so I just wandered around. I felt totally in love with this shop in La Foret, called Sugarman. Yes I know the clothes are made for kids below 5 years old, but when I see them I feel like doing a chibi dress-up game with very colorful and hip-popish items (most people would probably think of having kids instead haha).

So cute and colorful

Sugarman shoes selling in La Foret (Causeway Bay, Hong Kong island)

Make-up hold-up

Last but not least, cosmetics hold-up at Sasa!! Sasa offers huge variety of beauty & health care products and can be found in numerous areas of the city, a bit like Boots in the UK and Sephora in France, except that you can find both Western and Asia brands there

I could easily stay a day in Sasa but I managed to buy everything in less than 1 hour!

• Dolly Wink Black Mascara 02 Volume special set
• Dolly Wink Eyelashes 10 Sweet Cat & 11 Pure Sweet
• Dolly Wink Eyelash fix
• B & C Browlash Ex Water Strong Liner (Deep Brown)
• Narisup Long Lasting Eyebrow Powder (Dark Brown)
• Angel Aqua Moisture CC Cream
• 10 x random aburatorigami (oil blotting paper) - because I can't find any good brand in Europe!

I also managed to get a bunch of green tea products and Koala's March (Lotte) at a random Seven Eleven store. A colleague also gave me some snacks and face masks she brought back from Seoul.

Sasa hold-up in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong island

..Gyaru strips..#3

© 梅宮あいこ in コミックランズキ（v．1）
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In agony...

① it's the time when I invited my boyfriend to my room

② ugh? There's something under the pillow...
② eh!?

③ oh God! My hentai comic for single person ecchi!! I forgot to hide it!!
③ this... is...
③ ah... my brother's~

④ I came up with such an excuse but that book was a super erotic Boy's Love book...
④ sorry brother... I made you look like a gay

..Decogal for iPhone..

Name: デコガール (DecoGal)
Seller: Sockets Inc.
Price: Free
Language: Japanese
Link: http://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/id433341931

This app has pretty much what any gyaru would want for a diary

In addition to the main function (writing journal entries), it offers many other interesting features that I review below


Summary:
#1 Design
#2 Writing journal entry
#3 Additional features
#4 Conclusion

#1 Design
The design is fairly well made and you can choose between 3 journal skins according to your gyaru style:

1. Romantic Jewelry, for popteen fans
2. ナチュラル(natural), for onee gyaru girls
3. カラフルpopスター(colorful pop star), for cocolulu advocators

My favorite is the onee gyaru style
I don't like the pinkness of the popteen style, but since it is the default skin, I keep using it for this review.


#2 Writing journal entries
You can write journal entries for each day in a different colors and check a list of corresponding activities such as cinema, karaoke, shopping, school, traveling, payday, etc.

But there's more:

  You can attach photos to the event and manage them in the diary's albums
  To complete the customization of the entry, you can decorate the background with cute stickers
  You can stamp today's humor with cute gyaru expressions. There are 9 expressions in all: happiness, sadness, anger, shyness, normal, dull, surprise, excitement, panic.

I tried to write an entry (yes that's me in the little picture on the bottom right of screen!! but I will explain that in another article)

And the result is...

As you see, the activity icons and sticker decorations are also displayed in box of the corresponding day of the calendar


Additional features

The app offers a health care follow up about:
  girls'stuff (periods)
  temperature, weight, sleeptime. If you register the data frequently, they will be displayed in a chart.


AND the big plus according to me, a clinic section with a sexy gyaru doctor

This section is extremely well done. You have a dictionary of all kind of illnesses (mental ones are also included), Q&A with the clinic staff and interviews with different doctors.

You can also address your questions directly to the staff (on the screen, the requests are closed though).

I like...

  gyaru illustrations
  clinic section
  import/export option to backup diary entries
  synchronization of entries with iPhone's calendar

I don't like...

  no emoticons in the diary entries
  limited choice of stickers
  no preview of the entry in the calendar boxes

This application is not available in English but you can use it without understanding Japanese (except for the clinic section) as everything is very visual and intruitive!

of review

As for me, I already use CanimalsDiary since March and like it pretty much so I'll stick with it
You can see a review of this app here.
Look how I decorated April and July!!