Ken's Gadgets

Chop Sabers – LightSabers War on Your Food

Ken Xu — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:10:37 +0000

Funny, the mighty lightsabers from Star Wars has been minimized as a chopsticks so you can let them war on your food. Perhaps they should start another series with “Food Wars” as their title because this chop sabers is really funny and cool. Provided up to 3 color to choose from, RGB or Red Green Blue, pick a pair of them and do your Food war over your Chinese food / Japanese food. Unfortunately, you can’t pick it up now since there is no release date reveal yet. Price is also unknown.

(via 2DayBlog, CraziestGadgets)

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Buzz Lightyear to Dance with you: the iDance Buzz Lightyear MP3 Player

Ken Xu — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:05:28 +0000

The classic toy’s story super hero, Buzz Lightyear is getting a resurface by turning the character into your music companion that will dance with the tunes. Sadly, there is no Woody version. This iDance Buzz Lightyear will start dancing once you’ve connected your MP3 player to the Star Command base where Buzz standing. There is some naming weirdness though. This stuff is not a ‘MP3 player’. Instead, it’s kind of an external speaker because iDance Buzz lightyear MP3 player doesn’t come with the ‘MP3 player’!

Leave the weird stuff behind, iDance Buzz have 3 modes available to switch: Dance mode, Action mode and Talk Mode. I’m not sure how is the different between the three modes, let’s hope someone will do the video recording on youtube when it finally released. iDance Buzz Lightyear MP3 Player require 3 AA batteries to start his dances, and it’s available for pre-order only at the price tag of $49.95 at DisneyStore.

(via ChipChick)

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Plastique Designer Jewelry

Ken Xu — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:51:05 +0000

Guys at Etsy has created cool plastic jewelry called Plastique with various kind of shape, starting from photoshop tools, RGB necklaces and other related designer stuffs.

You can obtain these cool plastique designer jewelries for various prices starting from $7 to $24.

[via Etsy]

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Winnie the Pooh Cell Phone Looks Cute

Ken Xu — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:31:34 +0000

Disney Winnie the Pooh now comes into Cell Phone. The latest C92 mini phone has the face of the cute Pooh, but it seems there is no legal license from Disney.

C92 Mini Phone is a Dual SIM Card Clamshell phone with a little 2 inch display screen. You can also use the mini phone as your portable media player because it is intended to have the double function as both cell phone and MP3/MP4 player. C92 Mini Phone also has 1.3MP camera, FM tuner, 3D Sound effect on its dual speakers, Bluetooth connection and one microSD slot for expansion. It’s now available for $121 a pop at iPmart.

(via 2DayBlog and Craziest Gadgets)

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Apple and Pear Post it Notes – The Non-Standard Post-it Notes

Ken Xu — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:23:40 +0000

If you have been freaked out of your yellow notes sticking on your monitor side, trying changing the look and feel with this Apple and Pear fresh post-it notes. It’s a fun office gadget by D-Bros, a Japanese Company. Perhaps by changing its looks, you can at least fell different toward your piling tasks written on the notes.

It’s just too bad, I can’t find any price tag attached on this tasty looks Post it notes. Looks completely like slices of apple and pear, reported that they could be bought individually or in crates of six. All you I can see is a cool flash animation, and a green box inside a black screen! Well, we’ll wait for the detail soon. Check back again if you really need this unique looking Apple and Pear Post It notes.

(via Geeky Gadgets)

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Why Cry Baby Analyzer: No More Hassles, Really…

Ken Xu — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:35:29 +0000

Finally, a gadget for parent to analyzer their baby’s intention. Why Cry Baby Analyzer will help you figuring out what’s your baby needs when you’ve completely out of the idea. With this gadget as your assistant, you can actually have a better night sleep because you can calm your ‘Godzilla’ easier than before!

The Why Cry Baby Analyzer is the baby monitor of your dreams! Its advanced frequency analysis technology only needs 20 seconds to let you know why your child is screaming to the heavens. Whether your baby is Stressed, Sleepy, Annoyed, Bored or Hungry, this device will identify it on its LCD screen. In addition to being very portable (adjustable velcro strap for easy attachment), it comes equipped with a symptoms chart and guide with tips on how to properly stimulate your child’s development. Not to mention being your ticket to some peace and quiet!

This Why Cry baby Analyzer will be yours for only $99.99 at Thinkgeek. Get one to help yourself.

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Tengu – The AllStar Series!

Ken Xu — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:19:06 +0000

Tengu is the classic toy, toy for geek who is also an audiophiles. Tengu will lip-syncing all your songs, its lips will chomping like a real singer, but in a digit-techno ways!

We’ve seen some amusing attempts at lip-syncing in our time (virtually every Top of the Pops performance in history springs to mind) but Tengu takes the techno-cake. This USB-powered desktop companion sits by your computer making different faces according to its mood. But here’s the good bit: Tengu lip-syncs to the music it hears so it looks like its singing along. Daft, eh!

Now, it’s even better in styling rather just a classic blockhead. You can find it in many funky form, from disco dancer to flowery Woodstock – The AllStar Series!

Tengu All Stars are Tengu characters with massive hairstyles and their own special stickers that reference different musical styles, from punk to glam. Simply pop on the squishy 3D ‘do’ and get busy with the stickers. There are safety pins, ‘taches, shades, peace signs and more. It’s just like being a manipulative music impresario, only you won’t have to wear your trousers round your neck and hang out with Sinitta. Nice.

This fun Tengu AllStar Lip-sync toy is now available at Firebox for £24.95.

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Gadget Gallery up to 06-30-2009

Ken Xu — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:05:29 +0000

Artillery USB Hub – Flash Drive as Your Ammo	Wafer iPod Shuffle Case – Protect You Shuffle in a Tasty Style	Novelty Fishbones 7-Port USB Hub	Ultrathin Wallet-fit 4GB USB Flash Drive
Cool Poseable Metal Figure: The No Future Companion	USB People Football USB Flash Drive – Looks fun!	Webcam with USB Flash Drive Combo	Super Mini 16GB Buffalo Thumbkey Flash Drives
Mississippi Clock – Stuffed with Mississippi	Electronic Toothpaste Dispenser ready with spoiled you	Wood iPod Mini – Looks Classic and Cool!	Crystal Eye Candy Shell Nintendo DSi Case looks freaking cool!
Solar Light Cap for Night Projects	Homage: Great Mashup between Transformers and Terminator	Foolish Gadget: The Jumbo StickIt Pad	Cute PUCCA figure Evoluted into USB memory
Mommy I\’m Here – Child Locator that looks like a little bear	Ken\’s Gadgets site is Alive Again!	Real-View 3D Scanner – Turns All Object into Digital Version	Akaishi Facial Massager – Unique Health Gadget
Elton John\’s iPod StarBurst – Extra Bling-Bling for iPod Lover	Desktop Vacuum Robot	iPhone Concept – DaVinci Style	Wi-Fi Fan with Wi-Fi Detector
i-Turtle – Sound Responsive Speaker	Second Gadgets Gallery – January 2009	Griffin iPhone Case with Macro Lens	Pick Up Chicks – Chopsticks Training Toys
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Artillery USB Hub – Flash Drive as Your Ammo

Ken Xu — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:53:42 +0000

Artillery USB Hub, funny twist on a hub with the flash drive pretended to be the ammo for the artillery cannon. This fun usb hub provided up to 3-port for your USB gadget, one at the cannon mouth, the other two at the side wheels. Looks cool for geeks who love to collect army-related weapon.

The Artillery USB Hub supporting USB 1.1 (too bad, not 2.0 yet!), but pretty cool because at the time you insert your Ammo (in this case, your flash drives), you will hear a 3-second long artillery sounds effects.

(Price: $12 at Gadget4All | via GeekAlerts)

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Wafer iPod Shuffle Case – Protect You Shuffle in a Tasty Style

Ken Xu — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:36:58 +0000

Watch out! Don’t crunch it with your teeth although it looks so tasty! Well, it seems the Tasty stuff has invaded the Suffle market and turning this mini size audio player into a mouth watering gadget. Wafer iPod Shuffle Case, yes, Wafer case is made of high density silicone, featuring anti-static coating grips and a conveniene cut-outs for easy access to controls on the iPod Shuffle.

Wafer iPod Shuffle case is available in brown, yellow and pink. Looks ‘nice’ and ‘tasty’. Good for those who have a good common sense, but not suitable for children under 5 years or so.

Wafer iPod Shuffle case is available at Incipio for $15 a pop.

[via Geeky Gadgets]

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Novelty Fishbones 7-Port USB Hub

Ken Xu — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:09:46 +0000

Check out this unique Novelty fishbones USB Hub. Despite of its childish looks, it’s pretty useful because you can plug in up to 7 USB gadgets in the ‘bone strip’ design ports. Looks fun and it’s very colorful.

Fishbones 7-port USB Hub Features:

USB 2.0 7-Port hub

Cute fishones designed

Fully compliant with USB 2.0 specification

Backwards compatible with USB 1.1

Transfer rate up to 480Mbps

Plug and play

Support Windows 2000/XP/Vista

Dimension: 145 x 55 x 21mm (approx.)

Weight: 55g

This Fishbones 7-port USB Hub has several color selection starting from Orange, Red, Green and Blue. Each will cost about $19 and you can find them at Brando.com.

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Ultrathin Wallet-fit 4GB USB Flash Drive

Ken Xu — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:32:32 +0000

Nowadays data storage has become so interesting until they can actually fit on you wallet effortless as if a credit card. Top Tech Products has introduced us their latest Ultrathin 4GB USB Flash drive which you can ‘fit’ it effortlessly into your wallet.

The innovative Slim Data USB Cards are the slimmest, most versatile USB flash drives on the market. The same size and thickness as a credit card, carry Slim Data in your wallet and eliminate the worry of losing or misplacing your USB memory. And because you can carry one or multiple Slim Data USB Cards in your wallet, you’ll never be caught without it.

Your Slim Data USB Card is ALWAYS with you. Constructed of durable plastic, and available in assorted colors, Slim Data USB Cards are simple to use and are compatible with Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems. To use the card, simply lift the hinged cover and plug the card into any USB 2.0 or 1.1 compatible port to transfer or share your digital files. Ideal for storing, carrying, transporting, and sharing digital photos, videos, music, data, and documents, the ultra-light Slim Data USB Cards (only 9 grams) offer a level of versatility and usability not found in any other USB flash drives.

Consumers: Carry your valuable digital photos with you to show for family and friends wherever and whenever the occasion arises; Customize your Slim Data USB Cards and load them with special photographs, music, etc., and give them to guests at your special events. Everytime they use the card, they’ll think of you!

Businesses: Customize the Slim Data USB Cards with your company logo and give them out to customers and clients to generate long-term branding; Use Slim Data USB Cards to create and distribute digital marketing kits, eliminating the high-costs of printing paper-based materials and promoting your eco-friendly marketing practices; Customize Slim Data USB Cards and use them as ‘intelligent business cards’, to provide potential clients with a valuable USB storage device that gives you long-term branding. Please contact us for volume pricing and customization quotes.

This superthin credit card size 4GB Flash drive is protected by a durable plastic with several color collection to choose from. Starting from Orange, Red, Blue, Gray or you can even find the Clear series. Support all OS (Vista, Macintosh, Linux) and it’s just a flip away to access to your data.

[price: $24.99 a pop via Coated]

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Cool Poseable Metal Figure: The No Future Companion

Ken Xu — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:46:52 +0000

Check out this cool fully-possable metal figure, the masterpiece of Kaws and Hajime Sorayama which they named it the “No Future Companion”. Looks very sleek and glossy. You can virtually do any posse for it and it won’t break easily.

This ‘No Future Companion’ possable metal figure is going to be available tomorrow at the $980 price tag. You can get it a Kawstone if you have the fund to spend.

(via 2DAYBLOG)

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USB People Football USB Flash Drive – Looks fun!

Ken Xu — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:27:23 +0000

Football fans? if so, here is something fun for you to collect. This is the “USB People Football” USB Flash drive with a little storage room of 1GB for storing all your Football match prediction, wallpapers, mini games and so on.

You will need to executed their head the get the access to the USB connector. Kind of cruel, but looks fun. As their head is stuck inside your laptop if you plug them into your laptop USB ports.

You can get them in several variety starting from Italy team, Portugal team, Germany team, The Netherlands team, and Croatia team. One for $30, get 12 of them to form your own special football team (no goal keeper, though…).

(via Hardware Sphere)

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Webcam with USB Flash Drive Combo

Ken Xu — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:35:20 +0000

Check out this cool double purpose gadget: a Webcam and USB Flash Drive. It’s a nice combo, giving you more function then just a webcam.

The Webcam have 30fps VGA for video recording and it also has an internal 2GB USB 2.0 flash drive. Not really big and sometimes not sufficient, but that’s better than a sole Webcam with no other functionality. The Wecam head can turn 360-degree, swing in 180-degree, and it’s only for $33 a pop.

(via GeekAlerts)

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Super Mini 16GB Buffalo Thumbkey Flash Drives

Ken Xu — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:23:00 +0000

Guys this is the super mini USB flash drive that looks like Microsoft’s Nano USB transceiver, very small so when you plug it into your USB port probably will have a hard time remove it. It’s from Buffalo – The Thumbkey flash drive is available in 16GB capacity priced at $136 a pop. very suitable for Netbook such as Sony Vaio P Series as they both are the mini-est in the market.

(GeekStuff4U via TechFresh)

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Mississippi Clock – Stuffed with Mississippi

Ken Xu — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:53:29 +0000

Mississippi Clock is sure one weird clock to have. Although the overall design looks pretty common, but when you walk close to this Mississippi clock you will know that the clock is stuffed with writing and hell lots of ‘Mississippi’ printed there! What the hell?!

[Price: $99.99 via Target]

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Electronic Toothpaste Dispenser ready with spoiled you

Ken Xu — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:41:06 +0000

I’ve been spoiled badly after the electric toothbrush appeared last several years. Now, my morning is going to become more practical with this electronic toothpaste dispenser. You see, no more grabbing the toothpaste, no more opening cap, no more press to get the paste and so on. Save energy, save time. Just a little push to the front with our toothbrush and the toothpaste will automatically drop like a sh*t.

Purely excellent! It’s only $19.98, and it’s yours. You can get this Electronic Toothpaste dispenser at TaylorGifts.

[via RGS]

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Wood iPod Mini – Looks Classic and Cool!

Ken Xu — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:23:01 +0000

Check out this cool Wood iPod Mini. It’s a Handmade case made from Australian Red cedar and a working Camphor Laurel Clickwheel. Turning the iPod Mini into something Retro and green. Can’t say it’s eco-friendly, but certainly a good one instead of silicone or plastic.

(via Crunchgear)

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Crystal Eye Candy Shell Nintendo DSi Case looks freaking cool!

Ken Xu — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:02:56 +0000

Nintendo DSi handled gaming gadget get a cool case treatment by Extreme-Mods.com. They turn the usually solid color case of Nintendo DSi into a transparent case using Clear Acrylic material. They called it Crystal Series of XCM’s Eye Candy Shell and it’s sold for $27.99 a pop. Quite cheap, but not cheap enough. Not recommended for children who barely touch screwdriver because you need to dissembled yourself and install the case all by yourself.

The XCM Eye Candy for the Nintendo DSi / NDSi handheld console is a unique aftermarket case thats sure to make your friends green with envy! Made from extremely high quality plastic these cases will stand out in any crowd. To make it even easier to install a special screwdriver is included for free! No additional tools required!

[The Awesomer]

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Solar Light Cap for Night Projects

Ken Xu — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:46:58 +0000

Have a night project to do? Well, it’s find to see your project sketch with torch or led lamp, but using something like this Solar Light Cap is more energy efficient and practical to use!

Wear this comfortable cap during the day, push the button and you’ve got two strong LEDs shining at a downward angle (lighting up about 6 feet in front of you) when darkness falls, to either show the way or illuminate whatever you’re doing.

The solar charging means you don’t have to worry about batteries – or the environment. And there’s more than enough light for most people, with up to 5 hours of full power operation from a fully charged cap. It’s even longer in the dim or flashing modes.

Solar powered – no need for batteries

Simple push button operation

Up to 5 hours light on full beam if fully charged

Self charges in normal daylight

Weatherproof

One size, fits most adults

100% brushed heavy cotton with a brass swing buckle at the rear.

Easy to wear, easy to use

The way to see and be seen

Hands free

Award winning design – Best Functional Design – NZ TechnoFashion Awards

Designed in New Zealand

You can get This Solar Light Cap for £29.99 at SelectSolar.

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Homage: Great Mashup between Transformers and Terminator

Ken Xu — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:00:23 +0000

I have to admit that I haven’t watch Terminator Salvation until today. But I’ve the clue of what the “monsters” looks like in the movie. And when Chipchick said that Homage is a Terminator-Transformers hybrid, I agreed immediately.

This Freaking cool killer robot which standing 17-inch tall could transform into a Jet like aeroplane that looks really cool. This Homage is selling on Etsy, but it won’t be a cheap stuff to take home. You must pre-order it (Takes about 3-4 weeks to assembled the whole parts together) and it cost 2 grand! Ops…!

(via ChipChick)

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Foolish Gadget: The Jumbo StickIt Pad

Ken Xu — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:48:45 +0000

Do you really need such a JUMBO StickIt notepad as your reminder? I agree we should label it as “Foolish Gadget” but I still think it is fun enough, and sometimes we really need such a HUGE reminder to increase our awareness on our important tasks.

36 times larger than the normal post-it notes, you’ll absolutely notice what’s writing there. If you still miss the words, you’d better go check your eyes with your doctor!

The measurement is 12″ x 12″, get a pack of 80 notes for $8.95 at Vat19. You might also want to get some colored pencils to draw your notices because Color tend to be more stickiest for our brain to remember.

[via Foolish Gadgets]

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Cute PUCCA figure Evoluted into USB memory

Ken Xu — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:37:19 +0000

PUCCA, the popular cute doll face character has turned into a USB Memory by Korean manufacturer. They coded PUCCA with PUCCA U110, a super cute sitting Pucca doll with her usual red color theme.

Though there is no information about how big the USB memory can store, I can guess it should be around 4GB to 8GB because this stuff is launched in Korea where people are nerds enough to want more storage than anybody else.

The USB memory will be accessible when you plug it off from PUCCA body, and you can actually re-insert reversely to make pucca figure as the USB memory holder. Very cute, but no news when to hit US market.

(via AViNG)

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Mommy I’m Here – Child Locator that looks like a little bear

Ken Xu — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:19:51 +0000

Finding lost child is very difficult especially in a wide park. So it’s advisable to take an extra eyes to spy on your child whereabouts. But if you don’t have the extra eyes, you can use this “Mommy I’m Here” Child Locator that looks like a little bear… well, it’s a bear actually.

But be extra careful. Still never let your child go off range because the mother side of this device is only capable of detecting the Little bear in the range of 25 feet. Well, that’s the downside. But who ever you are, letting your child off for a soul adventure for that far is really not recommended!

If you’re in a big open park, you’d have to stay close to your child, despite that you’re in an area that they’d be safe to run. It would be nice if you could adjust the distance your child can be from you. When they do get outside that range, it gives a chirping type noise through your receiver to let you know. You can then activate the 86-decibel alarm on the child so that you can blow their eardrums find them quickly.

You can get this Little bear as your assistant for only $34.99 at Amazon. But never rely on it bluntly and ignore your child whereabouts.

(via Coolest Gadgets)

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Ken’s Gadgets site is Alive Again!

Ken Xu — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:03:25 +0000

Finally, after suspended for more than 4 months (OMG, 4 months!) I can find time to update this blog again. Well, let’s just shout some “Hurray!” to cheer things up and be ready for the upcoming Gadgets update that will absolutely blow your mind away~!

Okay, let’s just get to the point. The upcoming post in Ken’s Gadgets would be short, entertaining, as well as gadget-rich type of updates. You will absolutely find all the geekiest, the foolishest, the coolest and the hottest available gadgets posted here. So if you want to be updated by that kind of gadgets review, news and deals, hurry up subscribe yourself to my Free RSS Feed to allow me to connect with you via your Feed Reader!

Well, let’s turn the music on and start the Rock ‘n Roll!

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Real-View 3D Scanner – Turns All Object into Digital Version

Ken Xu — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:01:55 +0000

Now you can turns everything into a 3D digital format with this handy 3D scanner gadget. It looks just like an Alien space ship, or similar to the Star Trek ship, but with a microwave pan turning table to for scanning purpose.

According to the source, this Real-View 3D Scanner is the first real solution for cheap 3D scanning. The scan result can be exported into any web based document or online catalog.

The rendered result will be 360° viewable, which mean the data is in a 3D digital format and perhaps editable if you understand some 3D software. But still no word about the compatibility with 3D software such as 3DMax and no words on the pricing either.

[via Coolest-Gadgets, TechFresh]

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Akaishi Facial Massager – Unique Health Gadget

Ken Xu — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:46:21 +0000

Ever want to have a cool and unique massager that you can use it anytime you want to? Here it is, a Japanese Facial Massager called Akaishi. Though it looks a bit like the Aliens in MIB II, it could help you relax your face from the tensions that will hurt your skin.

Using four extensions and eight rollers, the Akaishi Facial Massager stimulates your facial skin and muscles with a soft touch designed to combat sagging and wrinkles. Even better, it’s incredibly relaxing! Used for ten minutes at a time, this popular Japanese massager has great design that fits facial curves perfectly.

It might be a great Valentines Gift, too! Well, just to show that you are care about your girl’s face health. You can get it for $48 at JapantrendShop.

(via RGS)

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