Herabibi's Yap Corner

 Hi everyone!! I usually post hauls and I think in the past I've posted in the past where I shop, but I figured why not detail the most up to date shopping spots! I'll start with the shopping and then detail my haul below for the first half of my xmas gifts. I usually spend a stupid amount of money on myself every Christmas because I work a really rough Q4 every year. I also gave into the lolita fashion demons so that's like... a lot of my xmas gifts to myself. Ok, the simple answer might be "mercari JP"", but I think the more important part is how I search on mercari JP. There is of course looking up specific brands, but I've also found some really cool stuff by looking up more basic terms like "pink one piece" or "kyaba dress". Sometimes I use just the categories or sometimes I use just the search terms. Not every piece is labeled w/ a brand, or has a brand name to it. Sometimes I'll even look up gal brands who moved onto jirai b...

Wow I accidentally published the blog on 11/11 WHOOPS!!!! I finished writing it on 11/14 but no one really reads unless I post on my story lol!  Today is a short little blog while I talk about my first attempt at a lolita coordinate in like....... 11 years !! So, this past weekend was Rhode Island Comic Con; even though I live very close to it, after 2023, I decided to swear off the con as it was just TOO MUCH!!!!! It's very crowded.  However... my friend Teddy asked if I wanted to come for a day, and I was like sure why not! EJ was originally going to come too as Data, and I was going to be a ... very youthful Picard.  However, EJ could not make it so I was like... no point in being Picard! I was struggling on what to wear, I own a lot of costumes, but due to the con layout and congestion issues, I didn't really want to wear a costume that would be big, bulky, or uncomfortable.  So that basically took like... all the options I had off the table. I did keep looking a...

 Chat. I have forced myself on vocal rest for the next few days while I wait for my humidifier to come in. My throat has been super bad and the cold makes it worse... the air is so dry here... augh... I am trying to hydrate but it's still not the best. So to calm my yapping tendencies I'm blogging again, and I was trying to catch up w/ blogs and saw Cindy post the Gal Blog Challenge - so I'm going to fill it out now LOL! I'll link to Cindy's posts so you can check them posts + check out her blog in general (insert nodding emoji) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 I'm stealing the questions Cindy used word for word 😊because I can. It's gonna be wild typing all these at once LOL Day 1: When did you start dressing gal I'll be honest I've been very wishy wash on the true start of my gal journey. Sometimes I say 2023, sometimes I say 2024... if anything 2024 I took it more seriously... but the first time I tried wearing it and documented it was May 27th 2022. I actu...

 Chat. I guess this one gets a bit personal at times, but in a way, my gyaru journey has tied itself to my current path. 2025 has been the craziest year of my life I think, and the year of most personal growth. This new year started with Prisila wigs on my head... and something about that made it crazy. Nothing in this is structured btw lol.  I'll start w gal stuff and then if any oomfs care... we can talk about the non gal things. I think in general my style has changed a lot this year and will continue to. I do still love ma*rs, but I think the overhype of the ma*rs himeagejo made me want to try other looks, the inner hipster in me I fear... But I think once the gal comm moves to another big substyle... I'll be more likely to wear the ma*rs pieces more LOL! I've also been into the non clothing parts of gal more, like hair, tanning, and lenses... it's been fun! And I think overall, I'm in the phase of finding things I want to wear and not just... what "looks...

 Welcome to a long and probably will be continuing post of the Agejo rabbithole. Where I force myself to flip through as many copies of Koakuma Ageha and document things I note in the magazines. The trends of Koakuma Ageha have changed over the years, and I'm going to do my best to cover as many issues as possible. I only have so few magazines, so many of my research is thanks to internet archive, galrevo, etc.  I also don't read fluent Japanese, so a lot of my items will be around the looks, clothing, etc, that I see. I'm going to end up doing this by year, and add months as I find them. I'll end up noting which month I start with first out of the year, as that is going to probably have the most comments, and other months will note any changes I've noticed or seasonal points. Hope that makes sense! Locating January-July 2008 still... August 2008 - First Issue Reviewed.  Bear with me, I'm writing this with cold hands so there's spelling errors galore.  It...