My personal gal faves from 2025/Jan 2026

 Hi everyone!! I should be going to bed, but I wanted to share some items I personally really like and add as a gal staple to my life. Some of these might resonate with you dear readers, but some might not! And if you're wondering what you could experiment with, here's some of mine to maybe be inspired by!!

1. Magazines!!!! Scans and physical versions!! Ofc there's gal revo and internet archive, but there is something so fun to just open up a magazine and flip through it in person. In general, if you're looking for a specific type of inspiration, it's fun to look through a magazine. I also personally believe magazines are better than pinterest as there's a lot of scans from the mags that doesn't really seem to make it to pinterest. I also think collecting physical magazines is great when you can't find scans of magazines or if you're looking for reiwa mags, which aren't typically scanned.
2. Self tanning lotion!! This has been a january 2026 purchase I actually really like. I got more serious with the self tanner last year, but just kept running into issues of keeping it maintained. I personally find the lotion to be great, there's no residue you worry about putting on, and it's very gradual so it's not like a super big jump. I personally use the tanologist in light to medium right now, I might experiment with the darker shades later.
3. LENSES!!!!!!!!!!!! This sounds like a nobrainer, but as I only got into lenses last year, I feel like they've made my makeup look less jarring. My recent favorites have been my pinkyparadise Geo Princess Mimi Chocolate Brown and my Geo Mimi Waffle Grey.
• I will say daily vs yearly can depend on your scenario. I find wearing daily lenses is good for environments where I plan to discard my lenses to swap to glasses (aka at the end of a swing shift or after drinking awhile). I was actually using daily lenses pre-tariff law changes but moved to yearlies. I did just order a ton of dailies and some half yearly to play with.
4. Colourpop gel liners/gel liners in general. I mostly use the black and white, black for my water line and white for the eyebright portion. I also have a loreal peach gel liner I also use for the eye bright portion too. I also like sparkly gel lines... so good. I do like colourpop a lot personally as the quality is good for the price.
5. Diamond Lashes, Dollywink Lashes and Decopara Lashes - I love a good spiky lash, and ofc I like to go for diamond lashes, but they're kind of hard to get now. There's a cute spiky dolly lahses from dollywink I've started seeing at maruichi stores, but if a gal needs a nice big spiky pack from the states.. Decopara is the way to go. They're super cute and gal owned brand yes!! yes!!!! 
6. Dollywink lash glue. Jules recommended it to me and it's godly. GODLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And that's like all I can think of. Really with those 6 items you can do whatever with your clothes and hair... its all good

Ok!! good night!! and don't forget to watch a video on how to play craps at the casino! you don't have to gamble. don't gamble. But just become familiar with craps ok. And then tell your friends to learn about craps. I told Bob I wrote about it on my blog so I'm writing it again.