Rune Boutique @ Royal/T, Culver City, CA! 12/9/11

Hey everyone!! 

I'm taking a break in between studying for my final on Monday to make a post about yesterday's event at Royal/T here in L.A., specifically Culver City, which you may have heard about... the:

"Rune Boutique 
World Debut Party
Roots of Kawaii"

As far as promoting goes, I know TokyoFashion.com did some on their main website, as well as a good amount on their Tumblr as well, the event organizers, and even Kyary herself did some promoting!
I also know that Yuka and Vani of 6%DokiDoki went around Hollywood to places like Meltdown Comics and Amoeba to drop off flyers, so this was definitely one of those events that was expected to get a buttload of people- and it did!!!

The rest under the cut, cause lots of big pictures!!



I started getting ready around.... maybe 3pm? The event was open to the public around 8pm, but we were on the VIP list, so we could get in at 6pm to get to the VIP party! So 3 hours to get myself AND Midori ready was the perfect amount of time, if not then cutting it a bit short. XD
I finished within a good amount of time, but Midori took FOREVER to get to my house because of traffic. I told her to leave a 2:30, but she insisted on 3:30- so she hit AAALLLL the traffic that is always around that time through ~5pm. She finally got to my place around 4:30, and then I had to start getting her ready.
We left around 6:30- and got there around 7pm.... XD
As I said before- there was a lot of people- in fact, there was a HUGE ASS line outside for all the regular attendees! I think it went from Royal/T's doors, the whole right side of Royal/T and then some! So we're just like- AHH- get to the front and get in!! Luckily, we got there just in time to see the start of all the VIP events, and we got our swag bags! The swag bag was/is a plastic purple Rune Boutique bag, which included an event T-shirt, A big Rune Boutiqe pin, TokyoFashion.com pin, Mighty Harajuku pin, a heart shaped 6%DokiDoki pin, a sample of Sugarpill eyeshadow, a Rune Naito postcard, those squishy, 3-Demensional stickers from Rune Boutique with all of the characters- Candy, Beauty, Savon, and Drugs, a Bubble Punch sticker, as well as fliers from Bubble Punch, the event, and 6%DokiDoki.

So as soon as we got in, Andi rushed us to the back where they were just starting the event with an introduction. After a few minutes Kyary came on and started performing!
She sang "PONPONPON" and her new song "Tsukema Tsukeru"

After the two songs she got off stage for the fashion show!
While we were waiting for the fashion show to start, I started singing the lyrics of Tsukema Tsukeru:
"Tsukema Tsukema Tsukema Tsuke~" like Kyary, and this Japanese woman in front of me turns around and says "Good!!" XDD
I actually didn't like this song at first, but after last night, I now love it. HAHA- And I just learned the lyrics after she sang it last night. XD
A bit later, the fashion show started, and a new Men's Line from 6%DokiDoki was introduced!!

I like how this picture came out!

After the boys did their thing, Vani came out and kicked of the Women's Line!

A little bit later, Yuka came out!

All the models and Sebastian!

After the events were done, we went to the front and took some pictures!
So my outfit was a take on the "Drugs" character, and Midori (now "Hakuei", and now male) was the manager.

We can only be serious for so long. XDD

I told Anya and Midori that these are gonna be our Christmas cards that we will send to everyone.
If you are interested in a Christmas card, let me know!!





J/K.
LOL.

Then we got in line to take a picture with Yuka, Vani, and Kyary- while we were waiting, there was this  shit faced dude ahead of us talking to this Japanese mom in front of us. I think she was just being polite by talking to him, but was actually annoyed by him. After a bit, her kids and her friends came up from I guess walking around, and the woman said to the guy "These are my kids!"One of the kids says: "DARE?" (Who's this??)
I STARTED CRACKING UPP!!!!!! OMG.  I think it was the tone, delivery and formality that did it- so casual and just like a kid- even though they didn't say it, I totally imagined them thinking 'Who the f is this dude?!' HAHAHAHA.
That was my favorite part of the whole night!!
We ended up not getting a picture by ourselves with Kyary, but we did get to jump in the last one they took!

After all the General admit people came in (I heard that the line went around the block!), they started the fashion show again. This time around, we were in the back and couldn't see shit. LOL. Also afterwards, they had a dance party on stage with all the models, Yuka and Vani, Kyary, and members of the audience!

Then Kyary performed a second time, singing the same songs- 'PONPONPON' and 'Tsukema Tsukeru'. In between the two songs, she said she wanted everyone to do the eyelash/blinking movements during the chorus.

After that, Michelle and Yume announced the Fashion contest, and told everyone that wanted to compete to get a number. While waiting for the contest to start, we went to the front of the cafe to cool of from all that body heat, and grab some eyeliner from Andi so I could draw on "Hakuei's Manager-san mustache". XD

HAHAHA- It was funny because she was freaking out while I was drawing it on, because all the people walking by were staring, and I was saying they were staring because they were interested in what we were doing, and that she could trust me because I'm an artist. LOL. Which is true- my mustache was not crooked! I've had plenty of fine line painting practice from painting and makeup! XD

So, we didn't win, but my friend Marie and her partner won third place, and Julie and Ari won 1st place!! YAYYY!! Congrats!!

We went home around 11:30- all in all, a fun night!!
I took a couple of pictures when we got back to my house-
A full body where I could adjust the lighting- but it still looks dark....

and a makeup shot-

I'm pretty happy with my blending- this was the first time I actually did that using more than one color, and I think it's not too shabby! I'm kind of disappointed I didn't get to put on any false eyelashes cause I was busy taking care of Midori. hahahahaha.
Hair wise, I wish it stayed up more I sprayed it with hairspray and poofed it out a bit, but I know the cause of it's demise was definitely the heat. It was pretty epic looking before we left. HAHA.

Okay, that's all!
Thanks for looking!
-okanmuri