Even I discover cute new stuff by following the SCK Tumblr as my sister helps fill up the queue with her finds. Yoyo the Rice-corpse is a recent favourite, an artist based in London making weirdly cute art that has a fairytale anime style with mushrooms, bunnies and pandas hanging about in surreal dreamscapes. You can buy her work as prints, cards, tote bags and more and there’s currently 20% off all orders over £12 with the code NEED LOVE.

I’ve been a space nerd for even longer than I’ve been a kawaii fan so I LOVE the new space-themed Rilakkuma products! They seem to be a tie in with the Lawson corner shops in Japan, but luckily you can still find a lot of it online. The plushes are all amazing, but there are also some cute figurines, cool backpacks and loads of stationery. eBay is your best bet at the moment, but hopefully some will turn up on San-X partner sites in the US and Europe too. I’ll take one of everything!

I always enjoy a cute cat illustration, especially when said cats are baking, speaking French, deep sea diving and going into space! You can find all that and more at Brave Moonman, a shop filled with illustrated notebooks, stickers, iPhone cases and more. Go have a look!

Perhaps you’ve already met Sanrio’s newest character, Kirimi Chan? I certainly hadn’t, but stumbled across him recently. Your eyes are not deceiving you – yes, she is a salmon fillet. Personally, I think this is a step too far, Sanrio! But there we are.

If you like the look of this fishy fellow, you’ll find her on all sorts of stuff soon, I’m sure, but you can already snap up this memo pad above at It’s Cute!.

And there’s also a sheet of stickers with all her pals, too, if you’re that way inclined. What do you think? Do you like Kirimi Chan?

Bonjour mes amis! I have another tres cute giveaway today from Cel’s Deconails. Bunny san reviewed some decoden products yesterday, and today you can be winning your own unique decoden prize!

Une lucky winner will receivez: a round decoden compact mirror with a summer theme, decorated with pink and clear Swarovski crystals, a cute bunny and cherries, and a silver filigree ring with a hand-painted glass centre full of glitter in pink and silver colours. The size of the ring is adjustable.

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Monsieur Le Bun will be along later with a brand new giveaway from Cel’s Deconails, but I’m sure you’re dying to hear who won the Tofu Cute giveaway. And the winner is….

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Congratulations to Nhiên! Look out for an email from us on how to claim your prize or you can email giveaways@supercutekawaii.com.

I’ve got something a bit different to review today – handmade decoden products by Cel’s Deconails!

If you’ve not come across Decoden before, it started out in Japan as sticking lots of shiny and cute things to your phone and now has expanded to include a whole range of products and nail art too. Designs can range from the tasteful to completely over the top 3D objects. Cel’s Deconails specialises in kawaii and gothic styles with a lot of bling!

Cel sent me a compact mirror and keyring/bag hanger and everything came nicely packaged in organza bags. It was all in perfect condition after the trip over from Greece and I even got some local sweets!

I was interested to see what the designs looked like close up and they look great with no visible glue. The compact mirror is covered in loads of pink and silver Swarovski crystals so it’s very sparkly! There’s also a cute bunny and a cake – two of my favourite things! Everything seems to be fixed on well so I would happily throw this in my bag.

I also got a cute heart-shaped bunny keyring. The bunny sits on a pink glittery background and is surrounded by yellow and pink crystals. It would be cute enough as a keyring or bag charm but you can also open it out and turn it into a bag hanger! The top part sits flat on the table (or bookcase as I’m using here!) with a hook below to keep your bag safe and off the floor.

Everything at Cel’s Deconails is handmade and one of a kind and prices range from £7 for hairslides to £30 for a fully blinged-out phone case, with keyrings and mirrors around £15. You’ll also find pendants, rings, nail art, pill cases and more with a big range of designs available, plus if you have something in mind, Cel can work with you on custom designs too.

If you like the look of all this, check back tomorrow for a chance to win your own decoden goodies in Monsieur Le Bun’s latest giveaway!

(Products were provided for review by Cel’s Deconails, but this is my honest review and the photos are my own)

I’ve gone off Hello Kitty a bit recently, but this darker side to me appeals much more! I love the Franken-kitty especially! These Funko figurines are available in blind boxes at Giant Robot, who have quite the selection of new stuff this summer. You should totally check them all out!

Those clever sausages over at Mimoco have got a whole new invention on the way – Power Tubes! They are basically little magic gadgets which will charge your phone on the go.

Look, there are lots of handy adapters for all sorts of devices. And, of course, they’re cute! They’ve worked with some really cool designers including Shawnimals and Tado to bring a touch of kawaii to the range. Neat! Watch out for them coming to a kawaii emporium near you soon.

We love getting emails about your cute shops so keep those submissions coming! Pincinc emailed recently and their shop is stacked full of kawaii! You’ll find Colette’s sweet characters on jewellery, t-shirts, prints and more – I think those burger bears are my favourite, but who can resist that pink bunny?

As promised, me and my sister Nicolette sat down and reviewed a whole pile of Japanese sweets and DIY candy kits at the weekend. Having visited Japan, we’re familiar with some of this madness, but new to some things too, so here are our honest reviews! With each item, we first gave our snap decision on whether it would be good, then tried it and decided whether we would buy it again. Most of these are available to buy from Tofu Cute, but I’ll provide some other links at the end.

Let’s start with the one we were most excited about - Kit Kat Bakeable Pudding! These are mini pudding flavoured Kit Kats that you chill in the fridge and then put under a grill for a few minutes until the top turns golden brown. We were certain these would be amazing, but were still a little apprehensive when they were melting under the grill. They did look awesome and tasted really good too – a caramel flavour with melty chocolate and crunchy wafer! At £1.50 for two we would definitely buy them again – you would never get something like this in the UK or US and we felt a real sense of achievement, baking our Kit Kats!

Continuing with Kit Kats, we had a gift box of Sakura Matcha flavour, which we also thought would be good. “Ooh it’s green!” exclaimed Nic and so they are! I couldn’t quite place the flavour, but eventually decided they tasted of pink, so I guess that counts as Sakura (cherry blossom)! The matcha (green tea) flavour was very subtle – you would only really guess that flavour by the green colour. They were a little bit sickly after a while, as white chocolate tends to be, and at £3.99 they’re a little expensive, but as they’re beautifully packaged they’d make a lovely gift.

Having never tried a candy kit before, we were very intrigued by the Popin’ Cookin’ Gummy Land kit. We were also doubtful of it being edible or tasty. I downloaded English instructions, but purposely didn’t watch any videos so we’d give you a realistic review! It was all easy enough to follow – basically mixing water with coloured flavour powders, mixing those with a dropper to make different colour combinations and then dropping water into moulds placed into the gummy powder.

Making the gummies turned out to be really frustrating though! The liquid seeped out of the bottom and spread and they took ages to set. We made a few and kept having different problems each time. When we eventually ate them, they tasted of nothing, just vaguely fruity. The texture was also off-putting – with bits tasting wet and powdery. All in all, it felt like a lot of effort for little reward so we wouldn’t buy them again.

We did watch a video after, and they made it look a lot easier so you might be better at it than us! We were quite enraged that they had a flat spoon with their kit instead our fork, which was useless for smoothing down the powder. Continue reading »

Some news from behind the scenes at Super Cute Kawaii today – little old Panda San (me!) is going to be leaving at the end of August! I hope it will be as smooth a departure as hanging onto these balloons and drifting off!

I’ve had such a great time since we started all those years ago trawling the world for the cutest of things to bring you, but the time has come to hang up my kawaii hat! Don’t worry, Bunny San will still be here and there may even be an opportunity for you to get involved yourself coming up – exciting!

I’ll be around a little while longer – be sure to check out Irene Gough’s illustrations – isn’t this panda so cute?!

It’s always nice when someone includes my products in an Etsy Treasury, especially because they’re usually alongside some cute shops I’ve never seen before, like BooBoo & Ted! They have a great range of laser cut acrylic, wood and paper products including clocks, brooches, magnets, cards and more. That sun clock would cheer up anyone’s house!

I stumbled across this herd of seals at Barruntando on Etsy and I want them all! Each one is handmade and unique with a random selection of colours. I’m sure I could never choose one but they all have cute little faces and fit in your hand. You can pick up a seal for just £6.50 and you’ll also find some cute bowls, planters, mugs and more.

As with so many Mary Mary Handmade pieces, the second I saw this sock monkey pendant, I mentally added it to the top of my wishlist. Silver jewellery – check. Necklace – check. SOCK MONKEY – ding-ding-ding, oh hell yeah, CHECK! Gotta have it!

Check out the rest of the Mary Mary range, which is equally adorable, here.