Helpful Manny: Product Review *UPDATE*

Sup Killjoys!

Remember last month, I reviewed this shop called Helpful Manny? They made those kick ass Power Ranger shirts, and I managed to do a whole review around my Power Rangers in Space shirt. I also made a comment that I wished he sold Power Rangers Dino Thunder shirts.

WELL! It turns out that he read my blog and within a week started producing Dino Thunder shirts. As a thank you, he sent me this AMAZING yellow Dino Thunder shirt. It's just as amazing and comfortable as the last one and fits perfectly. As always, they are available in a variety of sizes (both men and womens) and a ton of colors (not just the accurate ones) and can be found HERE. He's been pretty busy and has added some other seasons as well.

I also wanted to post a few photos of the packaging. It came in a cardboard envelope along with a thank you card. I thought it was a nice touch ^-^

So if you're a Power Ranger or Super Sentai fan, go check out his store and get a morphenominal shirt!

xo Jeanne

Kutie Krafts: Product Review

Hello again, Killjoys!

I can't believe summer is over and September is here already! Looks like I'll have to do a "back to school" post next!

The first post for this month is going to be a product review for an etsy shop called Kutie Krafts. They are a handmade jewelry store based out of the US.

Because this was a review, she wanted to make me custom pieces. I wanted to be surprised too. I'm not fully sure how long it took her to make everything, but it wasn't very long. Maybe a week or two, which I think is amazing for the amount of items she sent me.

She kept in contact with me through the whole process and even sent me a tracking number once she shipped the items. They arrived in about 3 days. They came from Colorado and arrived to me in New Jersey.

I was amazed by how many things came out of that envelope! She sent her business card, some gift bags, a hand written note, and two packages with necklaces.

I thought the Chinese-food box was the cutest thing. Inside were all of the clay necklace charms (you can get a better view of the stuffing on my YouTube review. There were so many and they were so cute!

There were two X-Men charms, an Ibuki Mioda, and my personal favorite, Sailor Moon. All of these are so cute! The detail in Serena and Ibuki is still blowing my mind. Inside the box was also a chain to attach to the necklaces.

The plastic bag contained two plastic 8-bit necklaces (I'm not sure of their exact name, sorry!). One was the Incredible Hulk and the other was the tri-force from the Legend of Zelda

Everything she made was adorable and seems pretty sturdy for clay. All of the clay necklaces were also really smooth and had a lot of detail. You can tell she really put a lot of time in everything she made. The items on her Etsy all seemed to be really reasonably priced. She also does custom orders, so if there's a character or charm you want but can't find, I highly recommend Kutie Krafts.

Also, I thought it was really nice that she included a hand-written note. Very thoughtful. Overall, I had a great experience with Kutie Krafts and would recommend them to other jewelry lovers, both nerdy and kawaii as her store had some creepy-cute items as well!

You can also find Kutie Krafts on FaceBook and Instagram!

Thanks for checking out another awesome product review and a HUGE thanks to Kutie Krafts for all of the amazing and kawaii items<3

Check out my YouTube to see an more indepth review of Kutie Krafts!

xo Jeanne Killjoy

Gesshoku Designs: Product Review

Hello again Killjoys!

Today's product review comes to you from Gesshoku Designs, a US based Japanese and Otaku inspired fashion company. Their site has hundreds of shirts, bags, hoodies, pants, accessories, and a ton of other items in a variety of prints, colors, and styles.

I placed my order early last week and was quickly told that Thursday that my item would be printed and shipped within the next day. By that Friday my item shipped and arrived on Monday. I was extremely happy with how quickly the items shipped and arrived.

The items came in a standard parcel package. They were wrapped in a purple tissue paper along with my order form and a coupon. I thought the stamp on my order form was adorable!

The first item is their Pixel Drop Heart shirt in hot pink. This shirt was available in various colors, cuts, as well as this print on various items of theirs. I am extremely pleased with the color and fit of the shirt. It matches the color on the site perfectly (my camera had a hard time picking up the vibrant pink) and fits well, but not too snug. They have pretty standard prices as this shirt was $17.99

The second item is their 3-Tailed Baby Kitsune Zip Tote Bag. This bag was a bit bigger than I expected, however it was my own fault since the site does list the size of the bag on the page.

In hindsight I probably would have picked out the smaller tote bag for daily use, however this bag will still get a ton of use whether it becomes a beach bag, travel bag, gym bag, or something else entirely. It's super spacious and is made with recyclable materials. The bag is pretty thick and the zipper seems pretty sturdy as well. The bag is also water resistant and was available in several colors.

And as an added bonus, Gesshoku Designs threw in these super cute pins! Maybe I'll decorate my new tote bag with them ;D

All in all, I was very pleased with Gesshoku Designs from start to finish. They had a great turnaround time, were very pleasant to speak with, and have some pretty high quality kawaii products. I would not only order from them again, but recommend them to my readers as well.

As I mentioned earlier, there is a huge variety on the site and includes everything from visual kei, lolita, yaoi/yuri, anime, gamer, gothic, and a ton of other genres of items. The also offer gift pack/bundles.

You can check out my video review of Gesshoku Designs on my YouTube as well!

Thanks for reading!

xo Jeanne

If your company would like to send me items to review for my blog and Youtube, please send me an email at jeannekilljoy@gmail.com 

Tea Cup Castle: Product Review

Hello my Killjoys and fellow Moonies!

Today’s product review is on an Etsy shop called Tea Cup Castle that sells a variety of jewelry and accessories including Sailor Moon inspired items!

It only took a few days for my items to arrive in the mail. Inside the envelope was a mint colored envelope, and inside of that was bubble wrap. Inside the bubble wrap, each of my items was inside of their own plastic bag. I was really pleased with this. It ensured neither item would be damaged, and they both look fantastic!

The first item is this Sailor Jupiter Tiara ring. The rings are available in all of the sailor scout’s gem colors. I believe the rings are only in one size. I think this ring is about a size 7 since I know my ring finger is a 6 and it was loose on there. It fits nice and not tight on both my index and middle fingers. It is also priced at only $4. It looks so nicely made. Most jewelry turns me green within a few hours due to my sensitive skin. This one took several days of nonstop wear and it was just a tint of green. Nothing a little nail polish can't fix! At least I know if I wore this for the day, I wouldn't have to worry about anything. Major plus!

The second item I’m still freaking out over because it’s so gorgeous! But for real, HOLY CRAP THIS IS FREAKIN GORGEOUS! Moon Crystal Power! It’s Sailor Moon’s locket/brooch from Sailor Moon R. Let me just say, how beautiful this is. Everything looks so well made and the gems seem to be pretty sturdy.

The brooch was available in 3 different variations and was available as a necklace, bracelet, or keychain. Any of those combinations still added up to only $10. This necklace is well worth the money. And I know this may not apply to everyone since everyone has a different height/body, but I was really happy to see that the necklace comes down to wear the brooch would normally lay.

All in all, I would highly recommend Tea Cup Castle to anyone that likes kawaii accessories and is looking for high quality, reasonably priced Sailor Moon accessories to help them fight the Negaverse!

I also put a video review up on my YouTube as well, so feel free to check that out to get a better view of the items.

Feel free to leave any questions/comments below.

Xo Jeanne

If your company would like to send me products to review, please email me at jeannekilljoy@gmail.com

Daily Style Post #1

I'm pretty excited! This is my first Daily Style Post on the blog! I hope this blog motivates me to dress up more often. Because of training/wrestling/etc, I spend A LOT more time in workout clothes than clothes to go out and about in.

At one point in time (especially when I worked in retail), I dressed up more often and got to show off my personal style, which tends to be a mix of punk, visual kei, and nerdy pieces.

I figured the best first style post would be with my most recent online shopping haul. First off, as much as I love buying name-brand Japanese clothing, it IS expensive, so I tend to fill my closet with lots of cute and inexpensive pieces for my closet. I am a HUGE advocate for buying cute, no-name, inexpensive clothing off of eBay and small online shops.

Though at times, I can be a bit of a name-brand snob, I also will buy knock-offs because well, to be honest, I find them cute and if I can get basically the same exact item for 1/4 of the name-brand cost, I will.

I wanted my first Daily Style post to be simple until I'm fully in the swing of this whole blog thing. I normally do links, but with eBay, I won't because they change so quickly, but I'll let you know how to search for it!

Looking at this outfit, you might be thinking "my poor wallet can't afford this!"

This game-boy style dress that most of you might recognize from Black Milk Clothing usually runs about $100. However, I found this dress in multiple colors on eBay for $12. For that price, I couldn't pass it up and ended up buying it in pink and teal. The downfall? The dresses are One Size Fits All...and let me tell you, one size does NOT fit all.

I'm pretty petite. About 5'1, 100lbs. This dress was really baggy and not a body-con dress like I hoped. However, about 30 minutes with a pair of scissors and a sewing machine made it fit PERFECTLY, so if you're tiny and don't mind a little DIY, I highly recommend searching for one of these bad boys on eBay. Search for "gameboy dress"

The spikey headband was also from eBay for about $5 after shipping. It's really comfortable and was on an elastic band as opposed to a hard headband. For this, I just searched for "spiked headband"

The necklace surprisingly cost more than the dress and headband combined. It's a Sexpot Revenge chain in hot pink based off of the anime Nana. I managed to find this one on CDjapan, but I believe Tokyo Rebel has them as well.

Last, but certainly not least are these Y.R.U. platform sneakers in black. While there are knock-offs for these, I happened to find these on Hot Topic's website while they were having a 20% off sale plus my 10% off coupon I had from them, which made these usually priced $100+ shoes around $60 after shipping. I noticed that while most stores have these shoes for $100-150, Hot Topic had them for about $80. I did find these slightly used on ebay for around $40-60, but didn't mind spending a few extra dollars for them brand new.

I love love LOVE platform shoes. This probably stems from my height only being 5'1, but they also remind me of the Spice Girls...paired with this dress, maybe I could be Nerdy Spice? Eh? Eh? No? Okay...

Feel free to ask any questions if you have them! Don't forget, you can always find me on FB and YouTube!

xo Jeanne