It feels like it’s been forever since I’ve done anything here un-related to Gacha Gacha crate. I kind of had to take a moment to step back and remember how different these were, but I’m excited because I missed doing them; checking out new makeup items, eating yummy snacks~
With that let’s get started!
“Can you believe it’s already September? We’re sure you have been working so hard all year long so you deserve a break! Gather your friends and go for a weekend getaway! You deserve it! To help you with your trip we’ve put together a box of travel items that will make your trip more enjoyable and of course more kawaii! We hope you love this month’s Weekend Getaway box and have a great trip!“
Photo Contest
This month the contest was a simple selfie pic with one of your favorite items in this months box. First place could win a Pokemon Pouch and face towel, while runner-ups won a Pokemon File, all featuring an adorable vacation-themed Pokemon image.
Yume Prize
September’s Yume Prize features a lovely combination of Cinnamoroll and Little Twin Star products; such as a cute plush, ramune, figurines, pouch, a really cute ballpoint pen, etc.
It might just be me, but I feel like at the tail-end of summer, these items have a cooling feel to them. Looking at them makes me think light, refreshed, and I like the mix of practicality with them.
Sumikko Gurashi Plushie Bag
Our first item is a necessity whether you’re going out, shopping, or heading out for a little trip; not only is it very roomy, but it’s super-soft and snuggly during those less-than fun moments. The plushie comes on a pair of straps, which can also be put onto one hook rather than both, or removed entirely to transform the plush from a bag to an adorable cuddly friend~
From this line is the basic 4 Summiko; Shirokuma, Neko, Tokage, and Penguin?. I say this all the time I know, but for the sake of anybody new around here, I love Neko and Shirokuma the most, but besides them I usually get Tokage, then Penguin? Tonkatsu I rarely ever see. But sometimes I don’t like Neko’s color scheme, and Tokage’s is always really pretty looking.
Maybe I have a secret third favorite Sumikko and didn’t know~
- - - -
(I miss my cute ♥ ranking, so I think I’ll be using it again.)
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
The plush fabric is very soft, the stitched details are perfect and clean, the inside is a nice, soft lined fabric. The straps are kinda meh but I think the kinks will work themselves out once I let it stretch out (I’ll be hanging the purse somewhere after this).
I’d love giving this a 5-heart (which means perfect or amazing in my ranking system) but when I originally got this I had problems with the zipper. By that I mean it wouldn’t work, because it wasn’t connecting the zipper-track together. But somehow, I fiddled with it prior to working on this review and now it works. No clue how or why, but I’m going to be very careful with it. I’m very excited to use it~
Sanrio Travel Bottle Set
Next we have these cute little travel bottles, which come in handy whenever you go away or visit someone, or just want to compact the items in your car or purse. They can be filled with lotions, shower gels, shampoo, oils, etc, and because of the little stopper on top the hole the product comes out of is blocked when the lid is on to ensure it doesn’t accidentally spill out.
In the box, the sets were My Melody or Hello Kitty, both featuring a basic character head topper with a cute, simplistic print on the bottle. Hello Kitty has pale pink dots, brown lined text and images of hello kitty, and cute bows colored light blue or pink.
- - - -
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Right now I’m not someone who has a use for an item like this, but you never know when something might come up- and because I hoard/collect anything of Hello Kitty I’m not frowning at a brand new item I don’t have yet~
I think these are cute and fun, and like I said they can be really versatile even if you aren’t going somewhere. Like, if you were lending someone some product until they can get more, or maybe they wanted to try something you have so you wanted to give them some. I don’t know, the point is, there are numerous things you could do.
Kawaii Reversible Pouch
This nicely sized pouch is perfect for all kinds of things; stationery, makeup, toiletries, etc. It has 2 separate pouches allowing for some organization too, and I’m sure you noticed those buttons right?? Well, besides have 2 separate drawings on each side, you can also open it to reveal 2 different sides : D so essentially you get 4, really cute images to play between. It’s like doubled, four separate pouches in one!
These are just 2 of is sides because I didn’t realize this feature until just now while I wrote this.
Besides my Doraemon, there was also a variety of Sanrio characters and Pokemon too.
- - - -
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
It’s a thin pouch but it’s plenty spacious, and I like how there’s 2 sides to it rather then it just being 1 big pouch because you can organize the items a little. I also love the pretty gold zipper and buttons, which give it a nice high quality touch in my opinion. The images are very sweet looking and fun. I usually don’t use my pouches (not because I don’t want to, I just never think to. It’s a weird habit I really wished I stopped because I have several items I never use cause I’m used to shoving what I need in my pockets), but I’m going to try to use this one. I really like it!
Shiba Luggage Tag
For travels a luggage tag is one of your best friends :3 they come in handy to keep track of what items belong to you in case of some freak mishap or if someone just happened to have the same set of luggage. They include a card or slip of paper that you write down your personal information on, along with whatever little details you think matter (like if you’re at a hotel you could write down its name, or the room #).
These tags feature an adorable shiba design. Each costs 480 yen from wherever they were sold (according to the tag on the package), and are rubbery.
- - - - -
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
I’m rating it high purely because its a perfectly fine lugging tag. I don’t really care all that much for it because I have a few others already and I probably won’t be using any of them. But they make great gifts and my friend loves dogs, I might give this one to her.
Also this is just me being nit-picky, but I’m not a fan of the... art style for them they use. I don’t know why, I just don’t like it.
Rilakkuma Bonjour Hanger
Our final item made me pretty nostalgic for the old YumeTwins box because we used to get blind box items in them (and some of the others). I LOVE adorable Japanese blind box items (we need a blind box box now :D) and I miss seeing them.
Anyway, this one is a cute Rilakkuma series featuring the group in Paris, France! There was 7 in total; 3 Rilakkuma and 3 Korilakkuma, and 1 Kiiroitori. My favorite has always been Korilakkuma, but how can you not love Rilakkuma too? But I’ve never been a huge fan of Kiiroitori, there’s nothing wrong with him but he’s never really struck anything with me either.
- - - - -
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
This item isn’t necessarily a travel necessary item as much as it is enjoying someone on their own travels :3 it’s kind of cute in a way when you think about it like that. The charm is a nice quality metal and has bright, clean colors; and I’ve always had a soft spot for France (next to Japan I’d love to visit it one day).
If my current phone had a cellphone strap piece I’d definitely be using it now.
♡ Cutie Ranking ♡
Content - 5 out of 5. Keep in mind I rate these items based on practicality, if they work as intended, quality, etc. Besides the purse giving me slight issues (which might have been my fault, I don’t know) I felt like everything was great. I don’t see myself using a few of the items but I do like the items.
Theme: 4 out of 5. The items fit the theme very well, as did the Yume Prize items, but I’m kind of bothered by the fact this was a september box and it felt more like a summer one to me. I also feel like I’ve seen this theme a handful of times and I was kind of bored with it.
Total Rank: 9 out of 10. The items were fine, but I was a little disinterested in the theme for this month. It’s not bad, but I want something different.