JJsHouse Wedding Dress Honest Review

I started the search for a perfect wedding dress in early 2016 and came upon JJsHouse. I wanted a dress on budget, but I also had very high taste. I looked at the regular vendors and even designer brands which at all at $800 above and nothing stroke my fancy.

I decided to order this gown:

The dress is listed as $196 at the time and it was $20 to customize it.  I am fairy short, so I customized it by entering my complete measurement.

If you want the dress customized, it will take an extra week. I ordered on Jan 7, 2016 and it send me a shipment notification Jan 16, 2016 and it arrived a week later with expedited shipping (Extra $24.99)

It came in a very compact box. (I lost the photos I took as my old phone broke and somehow it was not uploaded to my Google photo.) But the box was so small that I was not able to put half of the dress back in after I unboxed it!😓😮

My first reaction is it was heavy! I was very worried about the cheap filmsy quality, but it turned out to be in excellent fabric (satin).

All the beads were just as pictures. I was very happy. But when I tried it on. It was way too big and hard to hold because it was so heavy and it had no boning. So despite having it "customize made," I still needed to alter it. I guess it's good to have more fabric you need than less.

I did find a very professional wedding dress alternation person in my area (Toronto at the time). We did:

• Add boning (The hard sticks that hold the dress up on the side and make it easier to shape for your body)
• Hemming the dress slightly
• Add bustle
• Make it smaller at the bust and waist. 

That costed me $350, but it was worth it. I heard stories of people paying much more to get it done.  I also need the dress quick. She did it in 3 days!

After alteration: Front and back with bustle done 

On my wedding day (The dress was steam ironed) 

It held all the way through my dance.

My rating of the dress from JJsHouse:

Quality ★★★★★  5/5  

I have to say was very, very surprised by the quality of the dress. The fabric was heavy and the satin was very smooth. I am not sure if I ordered a chiffon dress, it the quality will be the same. 

Likeness to the picture★★★★★  5/5  

The dress looked like the pictures online. Some small difference can be seen, but overall you are not getting cheated with this dress. Again, I heard some very bad reviews of people's dress doesn't match the description. So it might be a case by case basis. All I can say is that this particular dress I ordered looked the same as the picture. I was not disappointed. 

Fit ★★★✩✩ 3/5

Don't expect your dress to fit out of the box. Just remember you will still need to alter your wedding dress no matter what. So if I knew, I would just went with the standard size and save the $20. However, I heard that some tailor charge each alteration items separately. So if you are short, it might worth it to hem it. Although my alteration lady still needed to hem the dress slightly. 

Ordering Process and Shipping  ★★★★✩ 4/5

Ordering the dress was easy. Shipping was fast. However, it is shipped through DHL (duty tax applies) I cannot remember how much I paid. I am sure I paid about $40 duty tax to ship it to Canada, which was a huge bummer. 

In conclusion, I was pleasant surprised with my dress, especially after reading a lot of negative reviews about the site. 

*I also bought a super cheap gown from ModCloth on sale for my city hall wedding (US visa reasons) I will post something about it too. 

Have you purchased from JJsHouse for a wedding gown? Please let me know your experience!

Contact Lens Prescription vs. Spectacle Prescription

Contact Lens Prescription vs. Spectacle Prescription 

This is an article forward from http://biofilcon.com/contact-lens-prescription/#more-800

Contact lens prescription does differ from spectacle prescription, mainly due to the distance between the spectacle and your eyes.

For those with spectacle prescription less than -4.00 D, the difference is insignificant. Patients can choose to wear either the same prescription or slightly lower. Spectacle prescription of -4.00D above, the difference with contact lens prescription will become more significant.

The chart below, is a conversion chart of spectacle prescription to contact lens prescription.

(-) Minus prescription is refer for short sighted or myopia. (+) Plus precription is refer for long sighted or hyperopia.

Besides that, a simple calculation can be done to determine your contact lens prescription (as the diagram below)

_________________from this part, it is my opinion _______________

What if the prescription you are looking for is not available?

1) Try to keep the left-right eye balance 

For example, I am shortsighted and have a left eye spectacle prescription of -6.00, which according to the chart, it is -5.62, my right eye is -5.25, according to the chart I need -5.00. 

I would like to keep my left - right eye difference ( which is now by a 0.75 difference) 

So I choose  -5.75 for my left, and -5.00 for my right. 

2) Try to choose the power closest to your prescribed power. 

So some contact brands does not have -5.75 prescriptions. They only have -5.50 or -6.00. 

So I decide to go with -5.50 instead of -6.00, because my real prescription according to chart is -5.62 (closer to -5.50 an further to -6.00)

3) Go with your feeling. 

Sometimes you just need to try to know which one is better. Just try and feel it out. Order both prescriptions and try them out for a day. 

Hope this helps and Good Luck! 

i.Fairy Ruby Red Circle Lens Review

i.Fairy Ruby Red Circle Lens Review

Hello! I bought the lens for Halloween and quite surprised about how comfy and bright they are. These lens are really red. These ones have a black ring outside. Got them for $21.95 from Candylens
Some basics:

Diameter:

14.5mm

Water Content:

42%

Base Curve:

8.6mm

Replacement Period:

12 months

Design: ★★★★☆ 

The design of these lens are nice bright red colour, with a black ring on the outside. I love the intensity of these lens, they are definately not natural colour. (Well, if you are thinking about getting a pair of red lens, the chances are that you don't want natural colour!)

Comfort  ★★★★★
Extremely comfortable! Wear these for 6+ hours and still felt alright. 

Enlargement★★★★☆ 
These are 14.5 mm, the enlargement was big enough for me, but my eyes are on the small side. 



Check out my Halloween Black Nail Polish article. 

Casual Black Nail Color for Halloween

Casual Shinny Black Nail Colour for Halloween

The Halloween is coming in two days, I am just as excited as a little kid. I used to feel Halloween is boring and was never a party person, but this year, something in the air make me feel spooky and fun.

Casual Black Nail Colour for Halloween

What did I use? 

COVERGIRL outlast glosstinis color: black heat (Base coat) 

Coverage: ★★☆☆☆
I needed to apply 2-3 coats to get nails covered. So really low coverage, the instruction also tells you to apply 2-3 coats. So I am not too surprised.


Application: ★☆☆☆☆

Really hard to apply not smooth and it was a little chunky, feels like an old nail polish passed expiration date.


Color /design: ★★★★☆
Color is not bad, the black heat color ended up a deep black with small golden sparkles. Although it is more black than shine. So that's why I topped it with a sparkle coat.


Hardness: ★★☆☆☆
It was kind of a soft coat, I was afraid that it was going to be easily peeled off.

Sally Hansen, GEM crush # 03 big money (Top coat)

from Pinterest (What Gem Crush big money looks like) 

This review is for Gem crush big money to be used alone. 

Application: ★★★★☆ 
Really easy to apply. Quite smooth (Not as smooth as OPI, of course).

Color /design: ★★★★☆ 
Love the color, one of my favourite from last year. It is a beautiful colour for winter holiday.

Hardness: ★★★★★
It gives a very hard coat. One thing to know is that it is very hard to come off. It took me so much time to clear it out.

As a top coat, it is excellent, because it gave me a really hard coat that prevent chipping. I love the sparkles. I only did one coat of it. 

Coverage: ★★★☆☆ 

I needed to apply 2-3 coats to get the effects in the picture, but that's what all sparkles, shinning nail polishes are like. So no complaints.

Vassen Rainbow Eyes Grayish Blue

Hello!

I finally got some time to take pictures of my new circle lens from Candylens.

There is a review of Vassen Rainbow Eyes Grayish Blue. I always wanted a pair of light grey lens. The colour looked great. I was worried that it may look weird close up because they looked so fake. However, from distance, the contacts looked wonderful, and I am really happy with the purchase.

Some basic information about the lens:
Brand:Vassen
Disposal: Yearly
Water Content: 38%
Diameter: 14.5 mm
Base Curve: 8.6

Vassen rainbow gray

Vassen Bottle	Vassen Rainbow Grayish Blue in Bottle

Vassen Rainbow Gray in Lens Case	Rainbow Gray in my hand (inside colour)

Rainbow Gray from a little further away

Vassen Rainbow Grayish Blue: a closer look

Vassen Rainbow Grayish Blue: Close up

My lite Halloween look with it. 

Ratings~

Design: ★★★✩✩ 3.5/5  There are a little unnatural looking when you look very close. But from distance, they are very legit gray contacts and opaque. I like the design, but do not love them. The black rings are quite visible, but not in a bad way. 

Comfort ★★★★★ 5/5 Very good! You can't feel them at all. I am very surprised by how comfortable these are (I have heard mostly good reviews on comfortableness about Vassen brand, glad they are correct!). I have really sensitive and dry eyes, so these are great. Haven't tried to wear them for a long period yet. So cannot give my word on how long these will last yet.  

Enlargement ★★★★★ 5/5 These are 14.5 mm, give you decent enlargement without making your eyes look freaky. I have relatively small eyes, so these are great size for me. My clear contacts are 13.8 mm and my usual circle lens are 14.2 mm. 

Vision   ★★★★★ 5/5 Clear vision, no problem with seeing at all. It does not move when I look away, they stay in perfect position. No blurs. 

Overall  ★★★★✩ 4/5 I give these 4 stars because of the comfort level and its enlargement. It lost one star because they do look kind of fake when you look at them close up.  

G&G Dueba Puffy 3 Tone Turquoise Review

G&G Puffy 3 Tone Turquoise

I was very excited to try out the puffy 3 tone turquoise. I am a big fan of the turquoise and aqua colours. The puffy 3 tone is a great series with comfortable wears. I ordered these from Candylens 

The bottle cap says "sky", which confused me a lot.  

confusing label

What it looks like in bottle

Dueba Shinny Turquoise in lens case

G&G Dueba Puffy 3 Tone Turquoise: How the lens looks

natural eye color not sure why I look kind of evil in the picture

With contacts yeah, I think I am a little cross-eyed...

Close up

Ratings~

Design: ★★★✩✩ 3.5/5 Colour is not as bright as I thought, somehow I imagined these to be much more vibrant. 

Comfort ★★★★★ 5/5 AMAZING! Same as the Puffy Brown. I can't even feel them in my eyes. 

Enlargement ★★★★★ 5/5 These are 14.5 mm, give you great enlargement without making your eyes look freaky. I have relatively small eyes, so these are great size for me. My clear contacts are 13.8 mm and my usual circle lens are 14.2 mm. 

Vision   ★★★★★ 5/5 Clear vision, no problem with seeing at all. It does not move when I look away, they stay in perfect position. No blurs. 

Overall  ★★★★✩ 4/5 I give these 4 stars because of the comfort level, naturalness of the design, and its clear vision. Minus one star because of they are not as vibrant as I thought. But this would be a great pair for an enlarging natural look. It is opaque enough to let people see that you have a different eye colour.  

Dueba Shinny Brown (known as Puffy 3 tone) Review

My order from Candylens comes in, I have ordered the lens with their free Fedex shipping over $100 plus buy two get one pair free promotion.

Dueba Puffy 3 Tone has always been a series I wanted to try. I loved how it lighten up the eyes on all other people's pictures. However there were a couple things that I worried. One is the base curve ( these are 8.8 base curve), my eyes are 8.5. So I was worried that they won't be as comfortable or have a weird bubble. Second is the size of 14.5 mm. My normal lens are 14.00 mm or 14.2 mm. So I was worried they are going to look kind of fake.

In the end, I found that I didn't need to worry about these ones. Dueba Shinny Brow (Puffy 3 Tone) were super comfortable and my eyes did not look freaky.

So here are some pictures:

Puffy 3 tone brown

With my new bangs

Shinny Brown really lighten up my eye color

Dueba Shinny Brown ( Puffy 3 tone) facing natural light

Ratings~

Design: ★★★★★ 5/5 Love the pattern, it is very natural looking. There is a black ring, but not dominant (which I like because I prefer contacts without black rings)  They enlarge my eyes and lighten them up, make my eyes look like a natural medium/ light brown. The exact effect I am looking for. 

Comfort ★★★★★ 5/5 AMAZING! You can't even feel it. I have to say that I am very surprised by how comfortable these are. I have really sensitive and dry eyes, so these are perfect. Haven't tried to wear them for a long period yet. So cannot give my word on how long these will last yet.  

Enlargement ★★★★★ 5/5 These are 14.5 mm, give you great enlargement without making your eyes look freaky. I have relatively small eyes, so these are great size for me. My clear contacts are 13.8 mm and my usual circle lens are 14.2 mm. 

Vision   ★★★★★ 5/5 Clear vision, no problem with seeing at all. It does not move when I look away, they stay in perfect position. No blurs. 

Overall  ★★★★★ 5/5 I give these 5 stars because of the comfort level and naturalness of the design, and its clear vision. 

Think these ones are going to be my favorite lens.