MCM Comic Con London 2015! (PICTURE HEAVY)

Hi everyone! Hope you're all well~

Today I'm sharing a post that I've been really excited about and that has something to do with kawaii fashion! (woo!) 

Yesterday (Sunday 24th May) I went to my 4th MCM comic con in London with Corey (my boyfriend) and a few other friends too~ We had to get up at 4.30 am to get the bus from where I live at 5.55 am and arrive in London Victoria at about 8 o'clock so I think at the least we're all quite tired! 

We took the tube/DLR to the ExCeL center where the convention is held and had to wait until 11 to go inside (we played spot the baymax...).

I went in fairy kei fashion and Corey went in visual kei, whilst our other friends were in cosplay~ I met so many cuties and received a lot of compliments so it was a really fun time!

Before the con (there were no shots of my full outfit ;-;)

After the con (I've acquired a hello kitty hoodie from somewhere...) 

As well as taking a lot of photos of people in their amazing costumes and chasing after people dressed as Lapis Lazuli from Steven Universe and losing them (true story), Corey and did a bit of shopping. After all, there's so much stuff at MCM it really does feel like I should just address my paycheck to them and make it easier.

The first place I went to was Dreamy Bows (http://www.dreamybows.com/). 
They sell a lot of popular Japanese fashion/accesory brands such as Angelic Pretty, KokoKim and Chocomint.
The girls in the shop looked amazing, one of them was dressed in all Pom Pom Purin themed fashion and was soooo cute! (I didn't manage to get any photos of them though ;-;) 
There were so many things I could have taken home with me but, because I quite like the idea of having money to be able to eat, I restrained myself. 
I chose out a Listen Flavour T-shirt because the colours were so cute and the design was the best one I saw: 

The design on the back

I can't wait to wear it in a fairy kei co-ord (I think I might try fairy boy/boy style with it). 

The next place I went was Tofu Cute (www.tofucute.com) where I got some other cute bits and pieces, but I'll show them in a little haul video I'll be making soon!c: 

I also visited the Hello Kitty area where they had set up a lounge in a teepee and a little photo booth! (the queue was so long that we didn't get to have a go unfortunately ;-;) 
It was so magical and reminded me of Sebastian Matusda's Hello Kitty sculpture that is currently up in New York.

Besides shopping and sitting around surrounded by Hello Kitty toys, there were so many amazing cuties in cosplay and in fashion and everyone was lovely to talk to ^_^ so in no particular order, here's everyone I met:

Rose Quartz (Steven Universe)

Lolita girl in Bodyline's Carousel Print (so cute!!)

Peggy Carter!!

Another gorgeous Rose Quartz!

Two girls in lolita/kawaii fashion (met outside Roxie Sweetheart's booth)

Two adorable Lolita girls (one in a yukata dress!)

Another amazing Rose!

Trevor front Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

KOBRA KID AND PARTY POISON (i nearly cried!!)

Lovely girl who served me at Tofu Cute

Corey and Sly Cooper

A kawaii fashion girl with and Artemis plushie!

A lovely lady in Angelic Pretty's Wonder Party! (She'll be mentioned in my haul <3 )

Professor Layton!

A pink Harley Quinn and purple Batman!

Genderbent Joker and Harley

Finn The Human!!

... he had so many swords... o.o

Giovanni

Dr. Egg Man 

(my favourite one) Bee and Puppycat!!!

I had such a magical and wonderful day - I think it was the best MCM I've ever been to!
Look out for my post featuring my little haul where I'll talk more about the con and what I got/what I got up to~ 

See you soon!
Laura xox

Mini Lush Haul

Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a lovely day <3

I decided to make my first proper blog post about something that I'm sure we all know about (and love!) - Lush!

I commute to college in bath and it's always very hard to walk past Lush on the way to my bus stop without going in, especially when you can smell the Lush loveliness from across the street - and earlier this week I really couldn't resist the temptation of going in and browsing.

The girls in Lush are always so lovely and it always makes my day having a nice chat with them (and finding out about new products!). 

So, on this journey to the Lush wonderland, I picked up the following products: 

May Day Bath Bomb

 This lovely, sweet-scented bomb with an adorable badger motif was released in aid of the 'Votes For Animals' campaign in the UK which aimed to make people think about animal welfare when they were voting. All the proceeds from the sales of these bombs goes to helping animal charities to prevent animal cruelty in activities like fox hunting and badger culling. 

It fizzed really nicely in the bath and made the whole room smell sweet!

Sweetie Pie Shower Jelly

Whilst I'm not entirely sure how to use this jelly, it smells so good! It has a strong, sweet blackcurrant smell (a bit like jelly babies) and contains gold luster which gives it a magical sparkle. It lathers nicely and makes your skin smell super yummy. This was made for Lush's 10th birthday and is one of my new favourites.

Silky Underwear Dusting Powder

I picked up this product after hearing on the internet that it was lovely for making skin soft with a delicate scent - I also heard it was great for cooling skin off in the summer. As it's getting warmer, I decided to pick this up and try it and it's absolutely lovely. The powder has a very delicate jasmine scent and leaves my skin feeling very soft and not dry. 

I'd really love to try some of Lush's other dusting powders too!

As always, I'm very happy with Lush's products and my hands/room/bath now smell gorgeous!

Talk to you all soon, 

Laura xox

Introducing...

Why hello!~ 

My name is Laura (nice to meet you!), otherwise known on the internet as Magical Laura. I'm 17 and currently studying fashion and textiles and I'll be going off to university later this year. 

I've decided to start a blog to document my love for fashion - in particular, Japanese kawaii fashion. I needed a place where I could rave/rant/squee about all the things I love without driving any of my friends/family crazy. 

I'm not only here to talk about fashion though! Some of my other topics will include make up, feminism, shopping/hauls, art and anything else I can come up with along the way. I'll try my best to post regularly and try not to let watching anime/netflix/eating candy get in the way.

I hope you join me on my blogging journey - let's have fun!

See you soon, 

Laura xox