Nekocon 2025 cosplay plans

Hi everyone~!
And yes, I'm a bit late with this post but trust me, I have a good reason for that. I mean... One does not simply publish a cosplay plan post when said plans change twice an hour or so lol. I had intended to cosplay Dragonair at Nekocon but yeah, the magnets - which would have been used to attach the wings to the wig - never arrived and that meant the death of that plan. Well, can't help it.

But yeah, a plan B was very much needed - and it was actually Shiro Samurai who came up with it, thanks a lot for saving my Nekocon!
So yes, here they are, my Nekocon cosplay plans!

Tanemon from Digimon on Saturday

I mean... I have always liked Digimon too, not just Pokémon, I just hadn't thought about cosplaying from it before! So yes, on Saturday I will wear a Tanemon gijinka; I have been joking about being rather a plant than a human (considering the amount of water I drink on a daily basis) so this kind of fits too xD And, well, Tanemon is a literal ball of cuteness - who am I to say no to that? <3

Espeon from Pokémon on Sunday

Yes, another gijinka it is! On Sunday I will cosplay Espeon from Pokémon. Even though I like Umbreon and Vaporeon more I have to admit that this cutie also has a place in my heart 💜
...and, well, I get to borrow some stuff for this cosplay from Shiro Samurai so yeah, easy af lol. 

So yes, here are my Nekocon cosplay plans!
We will leave for Kuopio tomorrow or actually today oops and I sure do plan on debuting both of these during the weekend! The only "but" is that it's actually going to be very warm and everybody who knows me also knows that I practically melt when it's more than 20 Celsius degrees outside so yeah, let's hope I don't get cremated by the sun or anything lol. 

See you guys at Nekocon!
Oh, and the pics were found on Google.

Until next time.

-Firith

Circle lens review: I.Fairy Moonlite Red

Hello everyone~!
As the title says, it's time to review I.Fairy Moonlite Red - it's bold, it's intense and it's so red that I could've passed as a Volturi if I lived in the Twilight universe. Want to know my whole opinion about this lens? Read further~!
Shiro Samurai kindly took the pics for this review, thank you! ^.^

Important note: I got these lenses from someone who totally lost interest in wearing and reviewing circle lenses. These lenses had a wrong prescription for me and I think that these were close to their expiration date/already expired so I can not grade the comfort. However, I will say a few words about the comfort in general - pretty much my first impression of these. Remember: wearing lenses that are past their expiration date/broken/have the wrong prescription for you is a dangerous thing to do and it can damage your eyes for good so seriously, don't do it. I wore these lenses for half an hour and then threw them away so I had these on only for this review. Thank you.

No sponsors this time either.

The vials of the lenses.

The lenses in their vials.

Base curve: 8,6 mm
Diameter: 15 mm
Water content: 42 %
Life span: 1 year (I recommend 6 months)

I have to say that I don't remember much about how inserting these went like - it's been quite a while. However I assume that it went pretty well since I.Fairy lenses are quite easy to insert in general. What I do remember is that I checked multiple times if the lens was the right side up or the wrong side up on my finger - as you can see, there's not much difference.

One lens in to show the enlargement.

Okay, to the "enlargement effect is very notable" category we go! That was kind of to be expected tho. I.Fairy lenses - or at least most of them - have a very notable enlargement effect and the I.Fairy Moonlite series doesn't seem to be an exception to that. So yes, if you want huge eyes with a red twist, I seriously do recommend these!

The shade of red is very bright; I mean, it can't be mistaken for any other color and it's very vibrant and  bold! I must admit that before inserting these I had mentally prepared for flagging these as "boring" and "flat-colored" but instead I got a very nice surprise - these aren't boring at all even though there's basically just one shade of red. The red part of the lens is also very opaque and doesn't let your own eye color through basically at all even if you have light eyes.
Note: I spoke about the red part of the lens. Design-wise I'd say these - at least in this particular color - would look better in dark eyes. I mean, it's not ugly in light eyes (in my case gray) either, but as you can see the pupil hole is very big and that means your own eye color will be very visible in the center. The design itself is pretty unique or at least I haven't stumbled upon that many other lenses that would be similar to these. So yes, probably not my favorite design - at least not combined with this color - but it's pretty in its own way. Also very unnatural: I wouldn't wear these at work or school. I'd say that these are great for cosplay, costume parties and alternative styles; I mean, unique lenses you can spot a mile away? Yes, please! 💅

To the lens photos that probably tell you more than all of my rambling combined lol!
These photos were taken on a sunny summer afternoon. And yes, these belong to the "house in the south" batch that I've been going through in a few reviews now.
(If I checked correctly, there will be three more reviews with these light conditions - but that doesn't mean I'm anywhere near done with the reviews, nu-uh, nope.)

Bathroom light.

Bad corridor light.

Natural light through the window.

Flash photo.

Room light, shadowy side of the house.

Facing the sun.

Back against the sun.

From the distance.

• The color is 10/10. No joke. It's bright, it's bold and it's just awesome af.
  
  
• The design is 6/10. I don't really like the "pupil hole is so big you could fit the damn Saturn there" design overall, but for these it works better than average. 
  
  
• The opacity is 10/10 - in the colored parts, mind you. The red parts don't let your own eye color through. However, as you can see you can't expect these to have good coverage overall.
  
  
• The naturalness is definitely 0/10. I don't think this really needs any explanations :'D
  
  
• The enlargement is 8/10 - or, well, closer to 8,5 if I gave half points lol. But yes, definitely very enlarging.
  
  

And that's it for now, folks~!
I just realized that my next post is supposed to be a cosplay plan post for Nekocon and I'm still having a cosplay crisis, sos!! Well, I have 10 days to figure that out :'D Also there just might be a WIP post anyway during the autumn - not telling you yet which costume I'm about to sew but let's just say that I sure will need some blue fabric... 👀 Let the summer & autumn part of the con year begin! ❤

Until next time.

-Firith