post moved herealong with the rest of the blog
post moved: herewith the rest of the blog at its new domain
Our own domain http://www.universal-doll.com and now in wordpress! For those who follow on Google Friend Connect it's all good. For others please change your bookmarks. ^_^v Let's trade linksThe...
New Years ResolutionsEveryone has them, and mine seem to be bigger and more concrete than usual.Coming home this time has made my disconnect even clearer. Although I grew up in Houston, I only moved ...
Happy~!Well the new layout still needs some tweaks, but I was happy to finally put up pics of real people. Most are staff-chans from Osaka. I feel we need to get more real people to connect to in gal...
Finger Lickin' SantaAre you enjoying your Christmas? Did you get your Christmas KFC?Crispy for ChristmasFamilies order weeks in advance to share KFC in Japan. Yes I'm weirded out by it, too. KFC and ...
Bra Huntmalignita posted that Peach John carried F sizes and so I decided to head out and see if D = F in Japan. I went to Peach John in 109 which is on the 3rd floor. Their store looked a little und...
Thanks for the tons of questions for the Ask Anything post. I'll be trying to do one every 2 months as long as the questions/suggestions keep coming in ^_^v School's Over!!!!After having a few ...
New look for the Doll. I hope to tweak it more, but I'm absolutely pathetic when it comes to coding. ^_^;;The current window display of a Gucci store in Shinjuku High + Low + EverywhereIt's very comm...
Carry Winter nailsMy butterfly nails were my favorite, but sadly too long to write papers with at the end of this term, so I went to Ikebukuro Carry for some nail love. My nailist and I lamented over...
Golds Infinity's display in Osaka OPA for Christmas <3 New and coming up on the Doll (in no particular order)Host FAQShopstaff - Blonde rantFukuoka reportKyoto reportKobe reportOsaka III reportAge...
Tons of gals sitting around Centaagai doing their make-up like old times.This was at 10:30 when trains wind down so they quickly dispersed after this picture and only so many were gathered for 10 min...
I've been wanting to talk about OraOra Kei for a while now. Actually my first post on the Doll mentions it, but I guess I need to dive deeper into it. OraOra-kei has kanji attached to it 悪羅悪羅系 the ka...
It's not Christmass or even X-mas, it's X-Madonna at 109! Christmas-time is a big shopping celebration at 109, but of course Christmas is a date night here. The #1 date night. That means party ...
Gyaru Ressurgence and MekasI have occasionally run into the Japanese English-language fashion blog Mekas when it was still going. I however didn't see their takes on NEW gal until a few days ago. In ...
First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who commented on the previous post. I hesitated on posting it because I worried how my statements would be taken, so I really thank the positive and construct...
the post has moved herealong with the rest of the blog
Hotel Little Chapel in Osaka (more pics below) Love Hotels, the whyWhen I lived in Koenji (a commuter train station on the Chuo Line in Tokyo) my bed creaked, my walls were thin and I have a steady m...
For me there is no greater happiness ATM than looking at my nails. I know it sounds silly, but I'm so happy with them!Love my nailist <3 I made an appointment at Carry for 4:00 on Saturday and it ...
After not doing a shopping post in a while it's downright intimidating to show how much I went crazy on. It got instantly cold here in Tokyo so I felt the need to stock up on winter pieces. And I did...
I picked up Cecil McBee's Winter Catalog sold at bookstores and conbinis. It's 920 yen, but you're gauranteed a scarf (of decent quality) so I took the plunge and got a cute hot pink scarf. The Winte...
I can without a doubt say that the biggest gal make boom is bottom lashes. Most makers now have models hawking their looks. Kanako and Romihi have contracts.So this week I've concentrated on trying t...
Heading to 109 or any other gal hive such as OPA, ALTA, etc... can be intimidating. Here are some tips to keep you looking fabulous as you shop. This can also be useful for shopping for clothes anywh...
The trends for A/W 2009 are easy to see into three categories.Mannish FeminineThis is a big trend affecting pretty much every store. Each store looks to this trend to draw upon it. Napoleon Jack...
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