Herabibi's Yap Corner

 HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE EVERYONE!!! I hope you all have enjoyed 2024, and we all have a wonderful 2025!!  I already did a like, general look back on my gyaru year and my 2025 goals in my intro post, so I thought it'd be fun to detail some stuff I learned / improved on this year thanks to the gyaruness of life. Some of these might be kind of out there, some of these might be a bit more relatable LOL. Learning to walk in platforms/heels! I mentioned in my first post I was suuuuper bad until my friend Katie told me "HEEL TOE BRENNA!! HEEL TOE!!!" and let me tell you, that helped. Walking in heels can be intimidating, I highly recommend you start with a thicker heel and walk around your house, and you will walk slower than normal. Also make sure you heels fit properly because an ill fitting heel is NOT good!!! I did notice I have gotten better in platform heels but like... mid-height heels are weird, since you kind of have to figure out how to angle your foot/walk.  Learnin...

 Hi everyone!!! Happy Monday! I hope you are doing well!!! I am trying a new thing where I don't drink Soda, so I am on my third cup of tea!! I wanted to document last night because it was so fun and I had a really cool co*de I posted over on instagram and reddit already!!! So first, let's start with the co*de!!! I think this is the closest to a hime gyaru look i've done.

Goooood Evening!! Happy weekend everyone! I hope you have been enjoying your holidays!! I was dog sitting this past week for a friend, so I had no gal items with me. I loved dog sitting and looooved the pup, but by the end of the week I was craving my own bed, my own pup, and my gal closet!!! I got home yesterday night, and ended up sleeping, but today I woke up and my mom asked if I wanted to join her for a trip to Michaels, so I thought it was a great idea to get back in the swing of putting on my make and getting all dressed up!! Dress + Jacket: Delyle Noir (thrifted via Mercari JP) Shoes: Dream Pairs (thrifted from Savers but from research you might be able to order these via Amazon) Wig: From the store Kalyss on Amazon Necklace + Headband + Bag: Thrifted from Savers I also have 3 lafufus (fake labubu) and 2 labubu on my purse!! I love these little guys but I think I have no more room for anymore lol.  I also did a little bit of a different make choice today. I actually tried a...

 Hi everyone!! Happy Sunday and Happy Holidays! I'm so happy we hit the winter solstice because that means more sunlight each day!! I need the sun to return.. and warmth... it's so cold here in New England!! I wanted to post my co*de for the day as well as talk about a reddit post I had commented on a few days ago. But, starting with the outfit! Outfit Details: Wig: Prisila Wig (2 FX-05, 2 VM-03, 1 VM-01 all in LiYe) Jacket+Shorts Setup: EmiriaWiz Top: Charlotte Russe  Tights: These were from Showcase (that shop that sells popular tiktok stuff) Boots: Dear My Love Headband + Necklace: Thrifted Bow: Might be MA*RS? Got with a MA*RS dress I bought Coat: Thrifted with modifications to all heart buttons I started out with the goal of trying to wear my new clothes I got this past week!! I wanted to wear this setup out and figured i'd use my fleece lined tights I got last year to keep warm! Since my boots were black and my tights were like a brownish gray, I went with a black shi...

 Hiyo!! Short post for today! I did lots of christmas shopping but didn't end up taking any pictures LOL. But I wanted to blog about how I made a mistake when shopping on Mercari JP, but didn't realize until today! I had the last two items of my christmas haul come in, and one of them was a dress from An. When I looked at it, I realized it looked quite familiar to the dress from Selina I got in the mail yesterday. I was honestly kind of confused... but also not heartbroken because I really like this dress so it's nice to have two different types of necklines! That just means now I need two hibachi dinners to go to (since I wanted to wear my Selina one to hibachi.) The crazy thing, is that not only is the lace the same, the fabric the same, but the tag placement on the inside is the same! Which is like... very interesting! I guess these two dresses both were manufactured at the same place! Which, I noted that there were a lot of gal brands who made the same clothing with the...

 Happy Friday!!!!!!!!!! I hope you all are doing great! I am still sick, but today is a great day for me because I had a huuuge package come in! I think this has probably been my largest clothing haul this year, and will probably be one of the largest ones I'll do in awhile in terms of volume. I was doing some searching for yumetenbo to dig for some cute items, and found something that started this haul. The theme for this haul was "it's missing in my closet/I wanted to not buy anything from MA*RS". My goal this January is to wear as much of the items I can to see if I want to get some similar items, or if this is just a one time piece (that I will continue to wear). Every piece in this haul was also under 30 dollars! I actually have two items coming next week that I originally ordered, but i'll post about those once later :) So... let's start! I'll try to group these since there's some similarities First! We have two Rady sets! I work from home, so a ...

 Happy Wednesday!! I am home sick with a cold so I wasn't able to go out today, and all my friends are sick too.😖 I'm hoping that I am able to recover and go out and see some friends this weekend! Two of my friends are getting back from a long trip in Europe and I want to go see them before xmas!! Since I can't go out today, I thought I'd talk about some more closet items.  Today's theme is pieces that aren't from MA*RS! I know when it comes to Agejo, a lot of people think MA*RS, but I also have been trying to collect pieces from other brands! I actually have a good chunk of Datura and Delyle Noir pieces, but those I wear more for work. I also wanted to include my born this way setup , but it's actually in my laundry basket at the moment 😅 Also, some of these pieces are more hime/non agejo, but wanted to share them because I like them!!! First, I have this mini onepiece from Glamorous Jane!! This was something I bought early on in my gal clothing buying da...

I literally just posted on my story about the demons I fight on Mercari JP, and when it's hard to resist buying something, and I thought it would be helpful to just like document the demons and what I do to fight them. The simple answer for what the demons are is: it's cute and it's not overpriced.  Now, for various gals overprices may mean differently. My type of "its not overpriced" is if it's under 30 dollars, or under 100 dollars for a brand that is typically sold much more expensive (MA*RS is like my only example here lol). I also do a lot of comparison to the brands original selling price and the quality of the item, if it's with tags and under 100 I am like, losing my mind. Interestingly, I am not like this with Xianyu just because of how damn tedious it is to buy from there. The first piece I bought from Xianyu was cute, but I had no idea about the sneaker replica industry and how a forwarding/shopping service got raided by the Chinese government a...

Happy Sunday everyone! 😀 Winter officially begins in less than a week!! But here in Rhode Island, it's been suuuuper cold. Being a mostly agejo gal, I've taken the challenge of finding some cute new winter code ideas! I initially was just looking at coats online as well as stopping at the Savers in Attleboro and almost walking away with a coat (but then I saw the leather peeling 😓😓), however, I decided to take a look through one of my Koakuma Ageha magazines for inspiration, and here's what I snapped pics of! This lead me down the idea of using coats as dresses or as tops! Especially Himena's look with the skirt and the belt... ugh it's so cute. I think eventually I will still try to get my hands on a MA*RS coat, but with current finances, it made sense to try the thrift store and do a little modifying! Which leads to: the DIY of the coat! I thrifted a simple black coat for about 17ish dollars. I tried it on in the store and liked the initial fit, and there sadly...

 Happy Thursday!! Today has been a very off dayfor me, but I want to keep trying to blog to give myself something to do in the evenings when I don't have plans. I was kind of hoping I was going to be able to blog about a purchase I made earlier this month, but that hasn't come in yet! (Nor... do I know if it ever will lmao 😅) But, instead of doing my typical thursday night window shopping, I thought I'd take some time to appreciate some of the items I already have! I have a lot of items in my closet, so I figured I'd start with documenting them a bit at a time.  Today's items all have one thing in common: they're my most cherished pieces! These are in no specific order, I have a deep love for all of them!  First, we have this BEAUTIFUL MA*RS dress. I got this back in 2022, during my searching, I had saw someone list this on Fril/Rakuma for a... bit pricier than other MA*RS items at the time. But I was really drawn to it. The fur trim, the huuuuge bow, and the l...

 Gooooooood Morning! This week has been busy and it's only Wednesday! For the longest time, I only really went out and did things on Wednesday. This week is not like that though, since I am in the middle of busy season at work until Christmas. This is the first Wednesday in awhile we cancelled our weekly karaoke !! 😓 However, this Monday and Tuesday were pretty eventful! I'll start off with my outfits for the days! For Monday, I ended up not doing any make. I'm trying to find more of a casual style to wear, but I am also trying to work on timing to have time to get make done between work and events! I also just slapped on my alba rosa polo with some jeans, cowboy boots, and my alba coat to keep me warm.  I tried a bit harder for Tuesday by putting on some make!! It was... ok, not my best lol. I also tried doing something a bit more casual since I was going to a dental appointment. My top is a MA*RS replica from taobao, and honestly, tying the boat was the most frustrating....

Wow! It's time for a Yap session! Basically I'm going to let my mind wander on thoughts here, not a lot of pictures on these types of posts. Most of these are inspired by my own gyaru experience + talking with some lovely mutuals on instagram + discussion posts on reddit!! Please forgive me I cannoooot keep a straight thought and I've tried rewriting this like 3 times already. It's Yap. Hopefully the more I do this the more to the point  Ican be. Today's topic is surrounding the pressure to buy "gal brand". I put "gal brand" in quotes as some brands aren't made for gals specifically, but they're popular amongst gals. Ever since I started working on my wardrobe, I started immediately with buying MA*RS pieces. I took time to scour on Fril and Mercari JP until I bought some items I thought were cute, as well as just because it was MA*RS and it was cheap. This was in early 2022, so prices were not great, but still better than today.  I actual...

 I know I just did the intro post but I do want to ramble about what I did today, which was complete one of my many DIY projects! I want to talk about it from idea to fruition! For some general info, I am an absolute fan of setups. If it's a matching top and skirt, then that's one less thing I worry about when coordinating an outfit. If I see a decent listing during my online shopping that is only half a setup, I'm less likely to want to purchase it. At some point late in November, I was doing my annual time to look through all my clothes and see what I don't need, and I had noticed this floral tank in my drawer. I originally picked this up at the thrift store earlier this year for less than 10 dollars. I had worn it a few times on its own, but I had the thought of, "Hm, this could be turned into a skirt, huh?" And with that, I went to eBay to find another version of this top. I ended up paying 21 dollars in total for the new top including shipping, and it cam...

I am not an English Major so I have no idea how to best start off a blog post! Welcome? Hello? Hi! This is what I'm calling my yap corner, except instead of yapping I'm typing, but just imagine me yapping while you read this. A lot of this yapping will be surrounding my life outside of work, which includes any trips I go on that I remember to document, karaoke discussions, bingo events, gyaru clothing hauls, DIY projects, co*des, and other things to document! Mostly Gyaru! Now for some context on who I am! My name is Brenna, I'm 26, I currently reside in Rhode Island, USA, and I have a lot of varied interests, but I have been slowly learning about the Gyaru subculture since last 2021/early 2022. I do a lot of online window shopping and I also try to DIY some items! A lot of this year has been finally coming to terms that Agejo is my calling, but I have also been into wearing Ane Agejo and pieces that might read as Hime Gyaru.  In terms of other interests, I'm into almos...