Author: Simonette

A year and a half ago my husband and I moved to Korea. I wanted to write about my life and experiences in Korea along with my current interests. Initially we came to Korea to use it as a stepping stone to immigrate to another country. But now since we’re here we are thinking of making it our new home even if it is just for the next few year as no one knows what the future holds. If you told me ten years ago I will be living in Korea now I would have called you out for bullshitting me. My brother always quotes Robbie Williams by saying “I sit and talk to God and he just laughs at my plans”. This is absolutely true. We have made so many plans with our lives but in the end its not up to us, no matter how much you try to take it into your own hands. So… here we are in Korea, living it up

DIY Mandarin Sugar Scrub

September 21, 2017Leave a comment

Since its getting colder and colder I’ve been eating a lot of citrus type fruits recently and I just love the smell of oranges and mandarins so I thought that a mandarin sugar scrub would be a great way to prepare my skin for the dry weather that’s on the way. Its also a great handmade gift for a special friend. You can read how to make your own essential oils from my previous post.

Mandarin essential oils have some great benefits. For centuries its been produced in Brazil, Spain and Italy. It has also been used to relieve stomach aches and cramps in children.

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Workout of the Week #2

September 19, 2017September 12, 2017Leave a comment

Since I’ve been in my 20’s I’ve been too scared to use a jump rope as I felt heavy and unable to jump, but a few years ago I saw this lovely little exercise routine and decided to give it a try. It was much easier than I expected even though I hit myself with the rope more than once or twice.

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302 Advanced Techniques for Driving a Man Wild in Bed by Olivia St. Claire – Book review

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017Leave a comment

This is one of my all time favourite books. I bought my first copy in 2004 after I left school (and I’m still using it 13 years later). My high school sex experiences consisted of missionary and more missionary with the occasional doggy style. I thought that the best way to spice it up a bit would be to buy a book from an “EXPERT”.

SO there I was in the bookstore trying to find a book that seemed interesting and without too many pictures at the front in case someone saw the outside cover. And then I saw it….what more can you ask for than 302 advanced techniques.

I consider this one of the best books I’ve read because of the first few chapters. Before you even get to all the advanced techniques they have a section on Passion triggers and the art of seduction. Truth be told. If you cannot feel sexy on the inside, how do you expect others to find you sexy. Passion triggers are those things that reminds you of something that made you feel sensual and lusty.

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Monster high face-up Sagittarius

September 15, 2017October 14, 2017Leave a comment

A few weeks ago I was watching a Live Instagram post from “Dollightful” ( she’s an amazing artist check out her channel here’). She was busy talking about her progress on her Pokemon doll Umbreon and was asking for some ideas from her viewers for her channel. One person commented that they would like to see zodiac inspired dolls and although “Dollightful” didn’t comment on that I thought that it was an amazing idea.

Doing up your dolls like the signs in the zodiac seems like it could be a lot of fun. I tried to look online for some inspiration and whether or not other artist have done this, but I mostly found that people only make their own sign and that’s where it stops. Being narcissistic I also decided to do my own sign first since that is the sign I know the most about.

She’s an archer born under Jupiter. She is a strong fighter with a big heart who wants to see only the good in others. But don’t cross her in the wrong way or her arrow will shoot straight through you, with deadly accuracy. She is always up for an adventure and although she sometimes seems aloof she has the capacity to care deeply. She believes that showing your emotions is a sign of weakness therefore you won’t easily see her broken, but when you do, consider yourself lucky as this means she trusts you.

I have also decided to model some of my future dolls on my friends and their signs 😀 with their input of course… My next zodiac dolls will include Leo, Scorpio and Capricorn. Unfortunately because of all the humidity here in Korea at the moment I have to wait until the end of August before I can do another face-up, but stay tuned 😀

How to make a doll wig- First attempt

September 14, 2017October 14, 2017Leave a comment

As you know my new hobby involves customising dolls. I have done a few face-ups but I want to expand into doing more than just the faces. Therefore I decided to try my hand at hair. There are 2 ways to change the hair on a doll. The first is to re-root the doll the other is to make a wig. Since I was too scared that I might ruin my doll by re-rooting her hair I decided to make a wig first. I used my Cloe Minifee doll for this as I don’t need to remove her hair since she had none to begin with.

Please note this post contains some doll nudity

I had an old purple wig from last years’ Halloween so I decided to use the hair from that.

It was already wavy and I didn’t need to style it in any way. I started off by cutting pieces of hair to the length of about 15 cm from the wig.

1. I used a piece of plastic and lay it flat on the table. I then used glue and a paintbrush and smeared a line of glue on the plastic. I then proceeded by placing strands of hair on the glue and giving it another coating of glue on top.

2. When it was dry I covered my doll with clean plastic and placed a wig cap on her head. I covered the whole doll so that I wouldn’t get any glue on her.

3. I then cut the rough edges off the dried hair pieces.

4. Next I then started at the bottom of the wig cap, applying some glue to the cap and placing the pieces of hair to the glued areas working my way up until half of the wig cap was covered with hair.

5.Then I drew a Line in the middle of the wig cap and proceeded by making the middle part ( watch this video for detailed instruction on how to make a middle part)

6. After the middle parting has dried I proceeded filling in the rest of the head with hair.

This process took me a few days because I didn’t realise how much hair would be needed for this specific doll and I could only work on her after work. This means that as soon as I ran out of hair I had to start at step 1 again and wait for the hair to dry before continuing.