Brand Feature: Cat's Broom

What is Cat's Broom?

Cat's Broom is a quirky Taobao brand that has some really fun and playful sweet Lolita prints. Above you see their 'Pig Chef' Print series that features little pigs in chef uniforms, bread, sausage, tomatoes, ice cream cones and other food items! 

 They have a lot of fun and pretty unique prints, I think a lot of them have a bit of a vintage feel that is enhanced by the way they style looks. Their Pizza Print is such a nice idea for a theme, it would be fun to see accessories to match that.

My favorite of their original print series is their 'Sale 50% off' print! This is just such a funny and clever idea for a print and just an adorable print too. I've just loved it since the first time I saw it. You won't need a 50% Sale to afford their dresses though, since they only cost about $50! 

You might be thinking "yeah ok Mint that's interesting, but do they have Angelic Pretty style super sweet prints in a cut that doesn't make me look like a sack?" And the answer to that is yes, indeed they do have those too. If you are a fan of the typical Angelic Pretty style 'The Secret Garden' or 'Bathroom Toy' might be the cheaper indie brand option for you! 

Gnomes. They have a print with Gnomes, with miniature cows and nutcrackers. I have no idea what's going on there but its great. You should definitely have a look at their shop and see what more fun styles they have to offer.

I hope you enjoyed this look at a brand you might not of heard of before. I want to make lots more posts about all kinda of Lolita or other fashion brands and sort them into an index to make it easy for you to find new fun brands!

 Thanks for reading!

//Love Minty

Angelic Pretty: My Favorite Room

My Favorite Room is an adorable dress from Angelic Pretty made in collaboration with Imai Kira. The all over print is pretty toned down, its not as sweet as I would prefer my dresses to be but I still like it!

My favorite colorway is the blue one, I just think the chest bow on the jsk looks so cute on it!

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Your Highness: Constellation Gradient

This gorgeous dress called Constellation Gradient is made by taobao brand Your Highness! I love the layered skirt, the style of the dress goes perfectly with the print. This dress would look cute both with a blouse or just as a super cute dress without.

It's too bad that from what I can see this dress had no shirring, which would improve comfort a lot and would not throw off the design since the back is quite simple. Though considering the price tag is only about 50 usd I think its okay, but don't forget to check the measurements. There are several sizes which will help a bit with that too!

It comes in three dark colorways too which look really nice and I think a lot of people would like them! But of course the cute pastel one is the only one for me.

It's an adorable and affordable dress and I definitely recommend checking out Your Highness on taobao!

//Love Mintyfrills

Angelic Pretty: Snow Glass Dome

So its winter and that means winter themed prints! This winter season Angelic Pretty released Snow Glass Dome, my first thought is 'I wish this was a boarder print'! Could they not maybe scale up their prints a bit? I feel like a lot of prints have been looking cute on the close up but when its small you can't see any of the cute details.

The only colorway I like is the light blue one, the others are just make the print even more meeeeeeh. The grey version looks like it's just some small darker bows on it. I get that they have been going for grey colorways lately but can we have some contrast? The lavender isn't horrible, but I feel like something about the shade is kinda off. This could be just the photos, it might look okay irl.

The OP looks cute with the white collar, since it looks like snow. But otherwise I don't like coordinating with white usually. The layering of the jsk is a bit cute, but could use more frills. This just feels like a discount Sugar Dream Dome.

Thanks for reading! I feel like I sound more grumpy than usual but I'm sure its fine. I should try to have some more fun with writing these. Leave a comment so I know you read my posts and didn't just look at the pretty picture, either is fine, just curious.

//Love Mintyfrills

Angelic Pretty: ★ Toy Dream Luckypack ★

Its almost new years and that means luckypacks are coming! This years luckypack print dress from Angelic Pretty is just so adorable! I think it might be one of the cutest lucky pack dresses they have done. It's a pretty simple cut as the luckypack dresses usually are, they make them more simple so they can sell them for the cheaper price.

For those who don't know luckypack dresses are sold in sets, this one comes with a white blouse, headbow and totebag! It's a great option for someone who is starting to get into lolita! They have some non print sets available too. It's nice getting a set though I never wear white blouses myself. I think would be cute to match it with colors from the print instead.

It's an adorable dress and I hope Angelic Pretty will be making more cute dresses in this style next year! Can't wait to see their upcoming collection.

//Love Mintyfrills

Angelic Pretty: Cookie Scallop

Really cute non print dress from Angelic Pretty. I always love scallops on dresses and these colors make it look like ice cream! Having two shades of Pink on the same dress is always really cute too. This dress is pretty simple, I feel like it could of had just something more on the skirt part.

The brown and beige colorways look like chocolate and vanilla ice cream, I'm personally not a big fan of these kind of colors but I'm sure there´s lots of other people that like them.

Been working a lot on getting my Etsy shop together so that I can launch it again soon! Also been a bit more active on my instagram lately, so be sure to check out that. I want to post more on the blog, I will do my best!

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❤Fashion Favorites [5]❤

The always adorable Larissa wore this sugary sweet lolita outfit for Disneyland Lolitaday. She's wearing the blue Sweetie Violet jsk from Angelic Pretty and matching it with lavender and pink. Matched with some really cute Stella Lou bunny ears and bag. Three colored lolita outfits are always adorable. Larissa always has super cute outfits and really nice photos.

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Airy always has simple but perfectly matched outfits, she looks cute as always in the Eternal Carnival special set jsk in Mint matched with mint wristcuffs and shoes. The light blond hair makes this look very sweet and soft. She always posts really cute lolita outfits!

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Amber wore this sugary sweet outfit with the Macaron Tartan jsk and Lovely Girl jacket both from Angelic Pretty! I love seeing outfits with Angelic Pretty's more casual pieces because they are just so adorable. She perfectly completed this outfit with the pink platform boots, this is just such an awesome look!

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Mahouprince wore this colorful and bright outfit that just looks super cool! The bright neon green that looks really nice together with the darker shade of green their hair is. Different shades of the same color can make outfits look really magical. The florescent yellow of the coat on the second picture goes really nicely with the shades of green. They always dress really colorful and is one of my fave decora kids!

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Nina wore this cute jsk from Baby the Stars Shine Bright with Disney's Snow White, which feels perfectly suited for Disneylands Lolitaday! Since the dress has red details in the print and red lacing matching it with red shoes and red headbow. The hairstyle also works really nice since it looks like Snow White's hair. Just a really pretty outfit!

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//Love Mintyfrills

Runway: 10 Fashion Trends for Spring 2019

Even though I mostly blog about cute street styles I've always loved runway fashion too. There's a lot of fun fashion going on now and I wanted to make a post about some trends for Spring 2019! I think you can easily take inspiration from some of these no matter what style you wear.

There's something really striking about wearing a monochrome outfit, especially when its bright pop colors! Pick any color you love and go with it. I think this can look really cool with any kind of style, what color would you make an outfit with?

These looks with lots of layers and lace really remind me of the Cult Party Kei aesthetic and they look so gorgeous! I really want a dress like the middle one from Ingle, the sheer fabric with little flower detailing look so dreamy. Hoods like that in sheer fabric should be more of a thing in Cult Party Kei or just with anything! 

Bubblegum pink is one of my favorite colors, especially when mixed in different shades. I need to find more bright bubblegum pink blouses to wear with my pink Lolita dresses. So I am very happy to see more of this wonderful pink coming into fashion!

Yes my frilly friends, pastels are very in style right now. These are just a few of all the gorgeous pastel looks on the runway for Spring 2019. I love the pastel gradient on the 5th look from Marine Serre, more of this please!

Pastels feeling washed out? Why not go for all neon colors! mix and match them in bold color combos and just have fun. Maybe try making a awesome Decora coord with neon colors!

Shiny shiny Silver, perfect for a Uchuu Kei outfit or maybe try wearing a silver bag and shoes with your space themed Lolita outfit. I think mixing neons with shiny silver would make the most amazing Uchuu Kei look.

Another colorful and fun trend coming is Tie Dye. Why not try doing some DIY tie dye with your favorite colors? I think I might try doing that myself. Another options would be looking for some cool tie dye at your local vintage shops.

Lots and lots of denim and mostly in this pale bleached color. Denim is not only for pants though! been seeing jackets, dresses and anything else you can think of in denim too!

While all kinds of colors have been present a standout color that I've seen a lot of is yellow! I've seen bright yellow, marigold, florescent yellow and pastel yellow too, so have your pick of which you like.

Personally I've been excited to see all the vaporwave aesthetic going on in a bunch of collections. There has even been tons of looks with bucket hats! So go get that 80's retrowave miami vice _s a d b o i_ look you know you want.

Hope you liked this post, its a bit different but I figured it would still be fun and interesting! Leave a comment if you would like to see more posts like this. Will be making posts about how to get these kinds of looks and much more!

//Love Mintyfrills