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Well hello, It has officially been ages since I've been online and given you guys an update. I guess I've been busy with work and trying to get my life back on track. Since quitting cosplay 2 years ago I've kinda lost my mojo and I need to get out of this rut. Also since going into full time work I've not had any opportunities to carry on with my photography unless it's been for my blog which you can check out here (www.shanylou.co.uk), I mainly post cruelty free beauty, lifestyle and travel topics but a mixture of other things as well. I've also been getting really into Year Of You and collecting crystals as well as bettering myself in any

So the usual follow up and review post from my recent convention is due.  As always: MCM London Comic Con is always the best convention I've been to! :D I went all weekend Friday to Sunday and I cosplayed Rockability Sasha Braus (Fri & Sat) and then on Sunday I did a mash up of my Sasha Braus wig and my Iki Hiyori outfit so basically Sasha Braus in a seifuku ><  I left home around 12pm ish and I travelled up to London all on my own which was a first for expo, I normally travel with friends but I made it safely and alive. I met up with Suzie and Kim and dropped my suitcase in their hotel room whilst we queued up to get ou

Hyper Japan has been awesome! I went on Saturday as Iki Hiyori from Noragami/Stray God with my friends Laura who went in Lolita and Siobhan who went in Gothic Decora :)  Waking up at 6am is a killer but doing it for a convention is worth it. Got dropped off at Siobhan's house and caught a taxi to Beaconsfield train station. Then got various trains to get to Earls Court. Got in the queue around 8:30ish. Queueing up didn't take very long which was very good for our general entry tickets, although it got super hot waiting in the queue.  Had a few photos taken of us in the queue. Got into the main hall just after 9:15am which wa