Jbox Back-to-School 3x Points Special

For those of you who are just getting back into the groove of studying, Jbox is offering 3x points rewards for purchases involving items used for studying! For those of you who don't know how the rewards points work, you accumulate them through purchases and can use them to get money off future purchases.

So, what all is included? Oh, y’know… The usual hiragana/katakana/kanji workbooks, fancy pens, pencil bags, stamps, erasers…. and some totally random stuff!

There’s also MLP FiM folders/notebooks/stickers/pens, kits to make erasers that can be worn as cute jewelry, ninja pens, guide books on youkai, and lots of other stuff you won’t find in the typical Back-to-School section of stores in the states.

 

 

If you’re into collecting the paper clay kits, they have a bunch of Mousse-chan Paper Clay Kits and refills that qualify for the 3x points special. I haven’t actually gotten to play with any of these kits yet, but they look like a lot of fun. You get lots of little molds, cutters, and a little push handle pump thingy to make all kinds of cute things that you can make into jewelry, faux desserts for display and photo props, phone charms, and lots more.

 

   

Maybe… if enough people would be interested in it…. I could give one of the kits away? How does that sound? If you’d like the chance to win one, please show your support in the comments, and maybe I can convince Jbox to sponsor a giveaway for one!

iVi Scents Going Out of Business Sale

Unfortunately, I have such sad news to share. iVi Scents, one of my favorite stores for body-safe (no parabens, phthalates, GMO’s, mineral oils, triclosan, or cruelty) bath and body products is going out of business… Everything is 50% off right now, and things have been getting close to selling out FOREVER!

Their soap is some of the best that I’ve ever bought. It smells wonderful, and fills the whole bathroom with scent even when not in use. ~ Come back home from a bad day. Smell the bathroom. Mmm…. Life is now 20% better.~ It lathers with little effort, and it’s great for my sensitive skin. They come in loads of awesome scents like Ozone, Sandcastle, Hawaiian Cake, Milk and Honey, and Peppermint Kissed. These are what I’ll be stocking up on soon.

They also have pretty awesome body butters, but they do contain silicones. Dimethicone, to be exact. At one point, they actually carried bath bombs, perfumes from Demeter Fragrance, and I think they had some lip balms, too.

So, why are they going out of business if they have all these awesome products? Well, once things were taking off to the point where the owner and creator of the line couldn’t supply the orders by herself, she moved to a lab. This eliminated the products besides the soaps and the body butters, and it also drove the prices up. Even though I adore her soaps, $6.99 per bar was just too much for my wallet. Unfortunately, I think maybe she just priced herself out of the market. (Or Apple went after her because of the lower-case ‘I’ in everything…) And now that she’s having a going out of business sale, the soaps are cheaper than they’ve ever been.

If you’ve never signed up with iVi Scents before, you can get a $5 eGiftcard when you signup for the newsletter, which is enough to get one of the soaps, with almost enough left over to get one of the towel treats. If you have any loyalty points accumulated on your account, now is the time to cash them in for gift cards.

I have no idea when the store is actually closing. There’s been very little information put out by the owner about the business closing. So, I guess, once everything is sold out completely, the site will be gone.

J-List 16th Anniversary Sale!

J-list is celebrating their 16th Anniversary right now, and is offering customers double points on all cosplay/fashion items and English graphic novels! So, if you’re gearing up for Halloween, a cosplay, or just want something cute to wear this month, it’s a great time to buy! (To learn more about their point system, click here.)

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If you’re interested in traditional clothing, there are plenty of geta, beautiful kimono, tabi socks, and more.

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If you’re more into cosplay, there are plenty of costumes and accessories, including ninja sword umbrellas and the brainwave-powered Necomimi cat ears that you can twitch and move like real cat ears! (I have a pair. Review soon!) Don’t worry. They have other colors besides the white cat ears.

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And then there’s all the gothic lolita and cute Japanese fashion items, which I wish I could pull off…