3/31 - New perspectives of gyaru (Fashion and mind side)

MONDAYYY!! I have some time before I head out for bingo and I wanted to type up a blog post of a few things i've been going through this past week. Aside from omg ... finally ordering circle lenses. This is just mostly a yap session about some personal things... but if you wanna read anyways feel free!! :D

There's two parts of this, one more on the fashion side but then one to two more on the mind side.

So for the fashion side... it all started with a dia setup... well, not really, but something lingering in the back of my head.

"How can I be gyaru 100% of the time?" As I still feel like I'm not there 100% of the time yet. 

Agejo is still my top substyle and I don't plan on changing it, but I also feel a few things. It doesn't feel like a costume, but still feels like mostly OTT, which can be tiring to do every day, so I only do it a couple of times a week. But also, in my head, I've got Agejo well established(of course, always things to improve on!!!) I definitely still plan to wear it ofc, and collect pieces (I have some florals coming in hehe).

There's also a less overly femme side to me I don't share often, which is just... I wear a lot of PJs and sweats, and tracksuits, I always thought if there was a way for me to establish my look when I'm not in my OTT agejo, I'll feel more connected with Gal. Then... I saw it... a Dia Setup... it was beautiful. Not the typical tsuyome look, but I thought it was, but then talking with Elin I realized hm... maybe I have the wrong substyle in mind here. And then I went on GalRevo and looked through magazines, and I was really resonating with the vibe of Soul Sister, and how they wear the damn tracksuits!! Oraora!!! I was like this... this is my key to looking gal in a more casual way... tracksuits in an oraora vibe 

DO NOT WORRY! I DID NOT BUY THE DIA SET. I decided instead to thrift a few items and see how the vibe would work. I will say, if you wear a tracksuit but do nothing else, you real like... bloke culture... lmao... so don't forget the hair make and nails. I'm hoping to put together my first real official co*de for bingo on Saturday, I don't think my circle lenses will be here in time, but I might put on my color contacts I got from my eye session. I think I'd defintely get a dia setup one day... but they're expensive. And my god are the setups from soul sister hard to find... I did find some more modern brands too, but they're like kyaba dresses, expensive. I think with oraora it's also easier to thrift vs agejo, but I have to not buy a bajillion tracksuits!! I was talking with Marissa today about adding some gold decals, and she sent over a black queen setup that had such a good vibe... may try to figure out how to commission some gold iron ons to say like "gal is life" or smth lol...

Now... fashion aside, the more impactful shit was the mind side of it. 

First, you should all head over to galdatalabs and subscribe for the gal data presses. 

I still need to read #1 and #2, but I read #3 and it was just... ugh such a GREAT read. I really love love LOVE hearing from gyaru and gyaruo about their inspirations, their motiviation, their lives!!!!!!!!!! That's why I love blogging. I really resonated with the quote of 

"True gyaru don't perform for the masses. They simply live their truth so completely that their authenticity is unmistakable." 

AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have had conversations with other gyaru about you can kind of pick up when someone is more of a "influencer" mode vs a "living the dream" mode. OFC, nothing wrong with making money, but ahh!!! It feels so much more genuine interacting with gals just sharing their lives, ya know? I joined the online community myself to meet gals, I've just been living life... posting about my thoughts on things... if I ever come off a bit too Dis-ingenuine pls tell me lmao... 

I think this also is important for baby gals to know, because I see a lot of "do you guys think I can do this..." I DONT CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO WHAT YOU WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now if it's a friend asking for crit I will give it but stop asking for gals to pat you on the back!!!!!! Just go crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

While also trying to find the link for the galdatalabs I also found... even more gal data labs... oh my god this is so exciting more to read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A Mid blog realization!!! I got entranced in this post right here and I wanted to speak on my thoughts after reading it:

I will say I myself have been heavily focused on the aesthetics of my gyaru looks in order to make it look perfect, but there is also an importance to understand the meaning behind gyaru and to truly be in the community. Once again I point at the "if you are becoming a gyaru for clout gtfo" board. There's such a community here, and I have been slowly chatting with more and more gyaru and just... making friends. At the end of the day, we're all just people, and we all have our struggles, if we come together life is good, ya know? 

Which leads to the final point. The Egg Afficiando themself Brilliant Nothing posted on reddit today a guide on how folks can get started in gyaru from their experience, along with Media to look into. I of course, took note of this. Also shoutout to Brilliant Nothing for helping me with an Egg question because I am like ... not very into Egg as much as one probably should be lol... I will get there.

One of the reading recommendations was No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai. I instantly went and bought the e-book because I was like "oh shit... there's a character named after him in bungo... ok cool I'll start here.". I sped read that shit in like 2 hours today. My god. It was a great read but also very depressing. I oddly resonated a lot with being seen as the "jester" or "clown" and making people laugh. There are rarely times where I have a serious vibe or am just... calm vibes and I've had some people worry. Also just the feeling of not fitting into society. Ever since I moved schools in second grade I changed my life's projection from being a popular kid into the weird kid people were nice to, but would talk shit behind her back. I don't remember my schooling days fondly. And it was just... a reminder that people out there struggle, and understanding a lot of gyaru were outcast, and it wasn't a fun and popular thing. It was people coming together and understanding the struggles of being outcasts together. I get... kind of emotional thinking about it honestly. 

Being an outcast can be super lonely. I dealt with a situation where I got outcast last year from a friend group, and it hurt. Even looking back at middle school where the friends I tried so hard to make decided one day they didn't want to be my friend and told everyone to stop talking to me, it hurt a lot, I felt in a way, similar to Yozo. As I've grown up, I always have a soft spot and understanding for people I see who have been outcast in their own way, because I understand their pain. I know everyone says "I befriended the person who has no friends and found out why" but there are also just people who just are outcast for a reason they cannot control, may it be something they were born with, the environment they grew up in and they rebelled against the expectations and are now trying to find friends as an adult, or literally anything else. I always have experienced the urge for a community outside of a gyaru specific sense, but I get it, I really do, but this was just really eye opening and just reminded me, it's not always the look, its understanding the mindset of you are an outsider, and you are in a community to support others who are outsiders too.

Gosh! Got a little emotional typing that one out. I am definitely going to be trying this "three month plan" to help develop my ora ora side, but also I have plenty of ageha mags to read too, so I can work on my agejo side further. Ah... I need to drink some water and clean up before bingo!!!

Tomorrow... SELF TANNING!