Kay T. the Slavic Gal in Cali

Kay T. | 33 | Orange County, CA | Married ⋆✮⋆ Bright colours, bedazzling, and fun - mainly Gyaru and McBling, with a touch of kawaii :)

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Greetings! Thank you for checking out my humble abode 💞 This is a gyaru blog, so expect all things gyaru. There is standard stuff, like posts with magazine scans, my own amateur mug, and about the makeup I'm getting. However, I want to also make this blog a place of discussion about gyaru subculture, so there are posts about my opinions on what's going on in gyaru and what we can do about it. I totally solicit opinions, so please share yours always! I also blog about just whatever happens in my very ordinary life... gals are allowed off-duty days, right?

Name: Kay T. (read as Katie)

Community: ★ Slav gaijin gyaru 4 life ★

Gyaru styles: Onee main one, Agejo, Mode, Tsuyome, Amekaji

Inspo: Heisei Gyaru, McBling, Reiwa Gyaru, Synthwave, E-Girl, Barbiecore, Cyberpunk, Yakuza (Ryu Ga Gotoku) games, Euphoria, Grand Theft Auto III (yes, really)

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Location: Orange County, CA Place of origin: Moscow, Russia Age: mid-30s (onee gal) Relationship status: married Occupation: graduate student/researcher at one of the UC schools

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In my free time, I like to: sift through my extensive wardrobe, take hot girl walks, exercise, window shop IRL and online, play video games, or just veg out on my phone or computer, scrolling Tumblr or playing games for AliExpress credits, with smth playing in the background on YouTube.

Dividers by wonderful dollywons!

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b.tan: the self-tanner that WORKS

Ever since I learned about UV rays aging you faster, I decided to avoid tanning in the sun, to use sunscreen, and most definitely, to not ever set foot in a tanning bed. However, your gal loves to be tan, always did, even before joining the ranks of gyaru. So, self-tanners are an obvious answer, right?

First, I tried the L'Oreal Paris Sublime Bronze Tinted Self Tanning Lotion Luminous Bronzer, this one over here.

It was okay, I actually finished the whole bottle. However, there were a couple things that made me unhappy with it. First, the streaks. Sometimes more prominent, sometimes less. A friend suggested a tan mitt, and I considered it, but never got around to buying one, so w/e. And second, the smell. You love the smell of oxidized apple? It lingers for a couple days after applying. It got old pretty fast, and boo wasn't fond of it at all.

So I took to the Internet to see what self-tanner I should buy next. My requirements were simple: it works and little to no smell. Turns out that the smell is pretty unavoidable, it comes from the chemical reaction that happens when the tanner is in action. People recommend low PH body wash afterwards, but the instructions didn't mention any washing off, so I felt that it wasn't for me. Nah, I'd rather try a different tanner… and a few recommendations strongly suggested b.tan for a non-smelling one.

b.tan it is. I took to Ulta and lucky me, it's a Buy 1 Get 1 50% off promo for sun products, and b.tan stuff was in the promo. I bought two tanning mousses in two shades that they had available: one is "tanned AF" (lighter) and the other is "too tan to give a damn" (darker) - the latter is no longer available at Ulta though.

Upon their arrival, I started using the "too tan" one… It's perfect!!! The tan is smooth, even and beautiful shade of bronze. Zero streaks, the smell goes away after the mandatory rinse. Just gotta watch out for the cap, it unscrews pretty easily and sprays the liquid around when you shake the bottle, so make sure to tighten it if you feel it leaking. So yeah, this is my recommendation to all of you girlies who want a tan but don't want to risk melanomas or age your skin prematurely.

b.tan is an Australian brand, and is even available in Russia, so it's very likely that you can find it in your country as well. It's on the pricier side, but you're paying for actual quality, for something that delivers on the promise. I will try to track how many uses I get out of one bottle, so that you can compare it with the cost of a tanning bed.

This is how I apply it:

Take a shower, so that you get a clean skin to apply it on.

Wait about 15 minutes after the shower, so that your skin dries up, your pores shrink, and all that. Don't put on moisturizer though.

Change into your birthday suit, put your hair up so it's out of the way.

Apply the mousse all over your body - it tells you to use the mitt, but I use my hands and still get zero streaks in the end. Wash your hands afterwards though. You can put your clothes back on about 10-15 minutes after applying.

Wait at least one hour, or 4 hours for a darker tan. Some girlies say that they keep it on overnight and have no issues. I wait slightly less than 4 hours.

Have a quick rinse in the shower. You'll literally see the excess being washed off, it's pretty satisfying.

Apply moisturizer of your choice.

Enjoy the perfect tan! It'll last a few days, I reapply it every 4-5 days. Moisturize your skin daily or as needed.

And this is how I look with it (left), compared to without it (right). The lighting is slightly different ("without" is taken in the middle of the day, "with" is taken closer to sunset - you can tell the difference in light from the colour of my eyes lol), but I don't wear any base in either picture, only light eye makeup in the "without" one. Also, used the same sticker for both pics, so that's another shade reference. Still, my camera just cannot capture how prominent the tan is IRL - so, like, just try to trust me on it!

I'm not paid by b.tan, didn't even receive the product for free - I paid for it with my own money. I am simply excited about the results, and your gal doesn't gatekeep 💖

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Maddy Perez's outfits from Seasons 1, 2, 3

source 💅💄

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Smug faces of Western gyaru, vol.2

Previous: Vol. 1

Disclaimer: Everything I say here is my personal opinion; I'm not claiming any kind of authority on gyaru, am simply drawing from my personal experience. Also, please don't harass anyone featured in this series: the main purpose of this series is to push back on elitist attitudes in gyaru, not to gang up on specific individuals.

Guess who had to come down with a cold on the hottest month ever. Idk what it is, aircons blasting everywhere, or me eating or drinking something too cold, or just getting it from somebody else? Don't know, don't care, all I care is to get better, there is a deadline I need to meet at work by the end of this week.

While I'm recovering, let's react to one more Western gyaru who is here to educate us all (lucky us). Her Insta page is a treasure trove, I picked one of medium difficulty.

The video is mainly her talking to the camera, barely any text or visuals, so I'll just summarize it for you fine lot.

Basically, she is addressing people who claim that "Gyaru has no rules", and that their argument is that gyaru is about rebellion, and rebellion is the opposite of rule following. But she's here to inform us that gyaru DOES have rules and you HAVE TO follow them to be gyaru. She, of course, uses herself as an example of a proper gyaru - she does hime, and talks about how she may not follow some rules, but she understands "the elements and the rules and guidelines for hime gyaru to be able to coordinate this", so it's okay for her. But she is oh so tired of Western girls who disrespect the rules. She cannot even call them "fellow gyaru" because she doesn't consider them as part of the community. Her hypothesis? That the "gyaru has no rules" crowd is just jelly of Westerners who can "pull off these looks and can stand side by side to a Japanese gal" - like her, I reckon. She also points out that the "gyaru has no rules" crowd "either have no photos of themselves, so we don't know what they look like, or they, they can't coordinate their clothes good, and they can't do any type of makeup". She's really tired of these weeaboos who put down Westerners and glaze Japanese OGs, "as if, you know, they also wouldn't try to hold these people to, like, a high standard". There is more, but I can't be bothered - let's stop here. Honestly, she is a riot, maybe I'll revisit her page for this series another time.

First of all, I REALLY struggled to get a clear screencap of the video. I really wanted to cap when she was showing her outfit, and the camera was shaking and moving around so badly throughout the whole video. I understand that it's not easy to hold the camera still in your hand, but for somebody who is confident in her point of view, who KNOWS gyaru inside and out, who will not be overthrown by all these nasty wannabees - she was very, very shaky. Just thought I'd point that out, because I really wanted to cap her fit.

Next - holy strawman. I've been on the gaijin gyaru side of the Internet for 4 or 5 years now, and not once have I seen a genuine "gyaru has no rules" claim even from the staunchest rule breakers. Don't just take my word, put that phrase in the Web search of your choice and let me know if any genuine claims like this come up. All I get is fellow strawman fighters quoting this from each other.

What I do see, and quite a bit, is claims like "gyaru rules are flexible", "there are many gyaru substyles", "don't need lashes/droops/brows to be gyaru". To which I say - where is the lie? There are indeed a ton of gyaru substyles, they all have heavy eye meiku in common, but the rest, and the eye meiku itself, it all comes in so many forms that you, indeed, become convinced that there is no rigid way to "be a gyaru". The only rule I derived from years of observation, experimentation, and conversation is that you do some heavy eye meiku. And even that is debatable, as the very early gals from 1990s settled for nothing but a heavy tan. But for the sake of the argument, let's say that eye meiku is essential, as that seems to be a consensus among all gals.

So yeah, gyaru rules are all over the place. What rules do we follow, and what rules are negotiable? From the way she talks about it, I can conclude that the rules that must be followed are the ones that she follows, and negotiable rules are the ones where she gives herself leeway. Why? Because she knows gyaru. We should just take her word for it.

So, the rules that she stated that she didn't follow with this 'fit of her is that, first, it's a tracksuit and she doesn't see that many hime gyaru in tracksuits. Yeah... neither do I.

But it's okay for her because "she understands gyaru". She states that she has the hair on, and not many accessories in it, but again, it's okay because "she understands gyaru". There is also a comment on another video by her where she addresses her brows and how they aren't done in a gyaru way, but it's okay because...

OK, but where does this authority on what's gyaru and what isn't come from? Who assigned that authority to her? Other than herself, I cannot think of anyone.

However, this level of self-aggrandizing gives me a very different vibe... that she is actually not particularly confident in her own "rule-following ability" and this is her way to preemptively strike down any "you aren't following a number of rules yourself, you're in no position to judge other gyaru" pushbacks. Which is super embarrassing. Just be confident in who you are, but humble about who you aren't. Say it with your chest: "I don't follow some gyaru conventions, and that doesn't make me less of a gyaru". Otherwise, what will this attempt of being the "proper rule follower" achieve for you? Being accepted in the narrow circle of gatekeepers? Why would you want to be in a community where one small misstep will summon an avalanche of judgement, snark, lecturing? Stay with us, with rule-breaking gyaru. We're having fun here.

Oh yeah, one more thing. Now that I disagreed with her, I'm one of those people who "either have no photos of themselves, so we don't know what they look like, or they can't coordinate their clothes good, and they can't do any type of makeup"...

Come at me, love. I'm an onee gal, and I'm wide open over here. Look, no lashes, no highlighter - not because I "understand gyaru so I'm allowed to skip those", but because I always prioritize eyeshadow in my meiku, and being short on time that day, I skipped them. That's the way I do gyaru. I'm not gonna claim that I am a go-to example of what a textbook onee gal is. But the eye meiku is there. The MIND is there. I'm an onee gyaru.

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Just ordered something by Flower Knows!!! 🪞 There was a glitch, so am praying that the payment did go thru and I'll get it 🎀 will reveal what I got once it arrives, feel free to try and guess what it is in the meantime (^_~)

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and there she is!!

02 Black Swan from the Swan Ballet Series! I picked this one because other options looked more... muted, which is not of much use for this euphoric gyaru. I love the colour story, the beautiful case, everything! The rightmost white shade broke in two, but it's for personal use, so I'm not too bummed about it. Overall, very very happy and excited to put it to use!! 💖

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✨ Gyaru Emoji Ask Game ✨

💖 : What made you fall in love with gyaru?

🌺 : Who is your gyaru style icon?

🌟 : What’s your personal definition of gyaru?

💄 : What’s one gyaru makeup trend that you can’t live without?

👢 : If you could bring back one dead gyaru brand, which would it be?

👙 : What’s your favorite gyaru trend?

👜 : What’s the most gyaru thing you own?

🍹 : What’s your favorite substyle of gyaru and why?

🖤 : What do you think is the biggest misconception people have about gyaru?

🔥 : What’s a gyaru trend you secretly dislike?

⚠️ : What’s your most controversial opinion about gyaru?

🚫 : What’s one gyaru thing or activity you don’t do or don’t like?

🆕 : Should gyaru continue to evolve into something new, or should it try to stay true to its original aesthetics?

🏴‍☠️ : Do you think people gatekeep gyaru too much or not enough?

🌀 : Should gyaru be more inclusive, or is it important to keep certain style rules?

🔍 : Do you think gyaru influencers are helping or hurting the community?

🚨 : What’s an overhyped brand or trend that people act like is essential for gyaru but really isn’t?

🌴 : Do you think gyaru is still about rebellion, or has it become just another aesthetic?

🤯 : What’s something about gyaru that everyone believes but you think is totally wrong?

🍉 : What’s the biggest mistake people make when they first get into gyaru?

🛑 : Do you believe there a point where someone isn’t gyaru anymore, or is it simply a state of mind?

💢 : What’s something you wish the gyaru community would stop doing?

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💖: What made you fall in love with gyaru? The sheer level of being able to relate to it! The day I learned about gyaru, EVERYTHING about it, from bold looks to larger-than-life personality, to para para and Eurobeat appreciation - that all was me nearly my whole life, or at least the part of it when I was able to break free from my mum's influence! So I rejoiced that my mindset has a name and a community and embraced it!

🌺 : Who is your gyaru style icon? The one and only Maami-chan! 🥰

🌟 : What’s your personal definition of gyaru? Two words: Unapologetically shallow. A woman who enjoys life and doesn't feel the need to excuse herself for that. A woman who loves simple pleasures of life and doesn't feel like this is something she should be ashamed of, something that she should hide. A woman who enjoys putting her bright, bold self on display for everyone to see and invites the rest of the world to join her in it.

💄 : What’s one gyaru makeup trend that you can’t live without? White inner corner highlight! As heavy as can be! That's a cheat code to make your meiku look much, much more gyaru.

👢 : If you could bring back one dead gyaru brand, which would it be? Magic Monroe... the beauty of their dresses is unmatched!

👙 : What’s your favorite gyaru trend? Animal prints (˶>⩊<˶)

👜 : What’s the most gyaru thing you own? This "not D.I.A." belt I got on AliExpress. It's out of stock now, but there are similar ones.

🍹 : What’s your favorite substyle of gyaru and why? Onee and agejo, hands down. Overall, I gravitate towards mature, more sophisticated self-expression, but the one that still rewards being flashy, and these two substyles is where it's at! Mode as well, but it's a bit too toned down for me.

🖤 : What do you think is the biggest misconception people have about gyaru? That it's a subculture that aims to make a mockery out of the Black American culture, especially with kuro gyaru. I see it as a celebration and appreciation of said culture! Especially in the country like Japan, where dark skin is so terribly stigmatized - going against the grain and purposefully choosing to make yourself darker is a choice that will get you side-eyed there, so making that choice AND turning it into something beautiful should be encouraged, not shamed.

🔥 : What’s a gyaru trend you secretly dislike? Footlong nails. I get the appeal, but they're so impractical!

⚠️ : What’s your most controversial opinion about gyaru? Ooh, entering the hot waters here, haha, well... here goes... I think it's okay for gyaru to have a deep, black skin-like tan, to have their hair in box braids/dreadlocks/cornrows. I think Momoa Seto's controversy was blown out of proportion: that stunt was merely about the colour, not about mocking the black race or culture. Like I said, gyaru explicitly shows appreciation for the Black American culture, so them purposefully choosing darker skin and presenting it as something beautiful is a show of celebration, not mockery!

🚫 : What’s one gyaru thing or activity you don’t do or don’t like? Decoden. It intimidates me T_T but I'll get to it one day!!

🆕 : Should gyaru continue to evolve into something new, or should it try to stay true to its original aesthetics? I think evolution is good! The world will change whether we want it or not, so we should adapt or die.

🏴‍☠️ : Do you think people gatekeep gyaru too much or not enough? I think that it averages to just the right amount of gatekeeping - for the majority of it, girls are encouraged to experiment and carve their own path in gyaru, but are also told not to neglect the basics.

🌀 : Should gyaru be more inclusive, or is it important to keep certain style rules? I believe it should be inclusive looks-wise, but not mindset-wise. There are many ways to be bright and bold, but if a gyaru takes herself too seriously, then the plot is lost. Gyaru is about having fun, not taking the fun out through rules and regulations!

🔍 : Do you think gyaru influencers are helping or hurting the community? Some are helping, way too many are hurting. Lots of them spew their own vision of gyaru with a smug face and not citing any sources. I think they should humble themselves a little bit and send more people towards the OG sources (magazine scans, historical accounts, Japanese sources). Not to mention insane gatekeeping through hair, nails, brand items and The Almighty Droop.

🚨 : What’s an overhyped brand or trend that people act like is essential for gyaru but really isn’t? Big hair! I can't believe how much gyaru is gatekept through hair. In magazines, on social media, I see Japanese gyaru sporting light and dark hair, straight and curly, puffy and flat, done up or done down. Gyaru welcomes all types of hair styles and textures, yet so many of us act like only huge hair makes a gyaru.

🌴 : Do you think gyaru is still about rebellion, or has it become just another aesthetic? I think that today, it's about rebellion more than ever. In the world that is turning flat and lazy when it comes to self-presentation, where neutral colours and basic "clean girl" makeup dominate everyday looks, doing bright and bold looks makes you stand out even more by sheer contrast.

🤯 : What’s something about gyaru that everyone believes but you think is totally wrong? That gyaru, at its core, is political. I think it stems from the Western "everything is poitical" mindset that is prevalent today among younger Westerners, especially young ladies, but it's unfair to project your cultural ideals onto another culture. For example, the amount of claims that I see that "gyaru is pro-thrifting and against fast fashion!"... have we forgot that the literal Mecca of gyaru is a shopping mall packed with fast fashion brands?

🍉 : What’s the biggest mistake people make when they first get into gyaru? Take the meiku part of it too seriously (and I think that aforementioned influencers are to blame for it). The amount of posts that I see where baby gals ask to qualify their looks, ask "does this read as gyaru?", feel like they NEED to nail the mainstream gyaru look to call themselves gals... the mindset and the external expression makes you a gyaru, the "reading as" will come with time! Or won't. Stay inspired, and find the group of gyaru that accepts you and encourages your growth in the direction that is the most you.

🛑 : Do you believe there a point where someone isn’t gyaru anymore, or is it simply a state of mind? I think that the state of mind is what makes a gyaru. You may have the most perfect droop and nose highlight, but if I observe my gyaru friend coming in one day with attitudes like declaring that liking shopping and popular music is shameful, or with political or religious views that facilitate negative outlook on life and other people, and overall adopting any kind of life outlook that demands her to take life too seriously and shun simple pleasures and fun... I will look her in the eye and say:"You're not a gyaru anymore".

💢 : What’s something you wish the gyaru community would stop doing? Focusing too much on perfecting their own and each other's looks and neglecting building a community.

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I really like this one, even though I forgot blush AND lipstick that day 😭 but that's the magic of falsies! Quick snap outside my office from about a month ago 💖

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Been a hot minute since I posted myself - Photoshop refuses to cooperate, so I'll be using paint.net for anti-ID-theft stickers for now. This one is from about a month ago, just a lil outing, and fit check at Arby's restroom. There's more behind this one... maybe I'll tell you one day. But overall, I still was quite content with how the look turned out 💖

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I Am Euphoric✨

... uuuuh no-no-no, not this type of euphoric

yup, this one.

HBO's Euphoria needs no introduction on Tumblr, I reckon? A drama series about teenager girls and then young women managing life issues through any and every unhealthy coping method in existence. Welp, yours truly has come back to it after a 5 or 6 year break, and just went through the entirety of seasons 2 and 3 within the past 2 weeks. Making this post right after watching the series finale, in fact. Enthralling drama of the storyline (Season 3 went full-on neo-noir!), brilliant acting, captivating visuals, and of course, impeccable apparel and makeup - how could I not.

I swallowed it whole, and emerged on this side of history committed to channeling its energy through my personal style. In all fairness, I've been gravitating towards more artistic eye makeup for the longest time now, but at still learning to apply it well... it's a work in progress, and Euphoria inspires me to commit to it. As for my wardrobe, I'm still in discovery of my personal style, so it's bursting with clothes of all types of styles, and experimentation will be abound. The future is looking bold and colourful, embracing and amplifying every emotion, a little muted, with colourful hue depending on the mood, bokeh background, and lots and lots of glitter.

Inb4 are you leaving gyaru? Nonsense! If anything, Euphoria is bursting with inspo for gyaru, with so much variety of eye makeup and styling. I am drawing inspo from both now. Call me a euphoric gyaru. Yup. And let's see where it leads 💖

(Euphoric at Aesthetics Wiki)

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Make tut!

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Smug faces of Western gyaru, vol.1

Aka "I'm so glad those young women were not my introduction to gyaru".

I'm ragebaited. And it's heatwave in Cali, so I have some time to Tumblr. So, I decided to start this series to let it all out. Who knows, maybe I'll get lazy and this'll be the only volume.

DISCLAIMER: Only personal opinions here. I'm not speaking for all gyaru, only for myself.

So, for Volume 1, I have...

As you can see, we have a "stoopid Spongebob" meme, the alternation of upper- and lowercase letters - all related to the "Japanese gals don't care" idea.

In the video description as well. Clown emojis, you guys! That means that if you agree with that take, you are a dum dum. Clown emojis and stoopid Spongebob all agree with her.

As opposed to her being very smart. Look at that face beaming with "can you believe these people" emotion.

So, to spare you the torture, her video is about how whenever she talks about gyaru makeup or lifestyle, she gets "Japanese gals don't care" types of responses. And today, she is here to prove them all wrong once and for all! She lived in Japan for seven years you guys!

Her proof? A bunch of screenshots of Japanese media (text or captioned videos) - I counted 12. Let's check out what the irrefutable proof is...

These 4 are the ones of Japanese gals indeed stating that there are conventions to be followed if you want t be a gyaru. - First one is about how we need arched brows "and then you're gyaru" - Second one gives me headache at this point, as every gatekeeper Western gal uses that one. - Third and fourth one are all by the same creator.

So that's three Japanese gals. And what about the other 8 screenshots? They are instructions!! The existence of instructions for gyaru meiku in Japanese is proof that Japanese gals do care about makeup as much as she does!

Checkmate, all you smooth brains :)

Oh, and a sarcastic "maybe learn to speak Japanese before speaking for Japanese gals" send off. As if she didn't just extrapolated radical takes from 3 Japanese gals onto the entire population of Japanese gals - aka spoke for Japanese gals.

Right, that was exhausting. Now for palate cleansing - my take, based on what I watched, read, discussed, both on the Western and the Japanese sides of gyaru.

Certain conventions in gyaru meiku are definitely a thing. Heavy highlighter, fake lashes, bottom lashes, tareme (puppy eyeliner, "droop"), namida bukuro (aegyo sal, tear bag). Same with outfits: animal prints, bows, hibiscus flowers, etc.

However... the claim that Japanese gyaru all collectively agree that the only way to be a gal is by following very specific gal conventions has never been my experience.

There is galture.com, which states that modern onee makeup is simply a cat eye. But that's just an appetizer. I see all sorts of makeup in gyaru magazines - wispy lashes (Popteen), smokey eye (Happie Nuts), different types of eyeliner (Soul Sister). They all have one thing in common, emphasis on the eye. But that emphasis comes in all shapes and sizes. Not to mention the very oldschool, 1990s makeup where oftentimes gals didn't even use falsies.

The "GAL is MIND" chant literally came from Japan. Not "GAL is MAKEUP". Not "GAL is BROWS". "GAL is MIND". Usatani-aneki emphasizes that idea in each of her videos where she talks about what being a gyaru means.

Look at this lineup, at the variety of meiku. I'm seeing at least 2 gals who would be proclaimed "not a gal" by experts like the star of this post (missing bottom lashes, eyeliner is the wrong shape, brows too thick etc). And all these "proper" Japanese gals accept them into their community and even into this photo op? Mind blown!

One more, because why not. The rightmost one has pretty much nothing but a cat eye wing, and... is that a STRAIGHT BROW?!?!

But I must've pinched these photos from a Western source that has "tarnishing the purity of gyaru" on the agenda? I guess, if we consider The Japan Reporter (formerly Nobita in Japan) YouTube channel one of these. Nah, wait, that's just a native Japanese fellow teaching us gaijins about different aspects of Japanese culture, mainly through interviewing Japanese people related to each aspect. This video of his was my intro to gyaru, and hoo boy, am I glad it was.

One more because why not... word of mouth and anecdotal, but I'll add it. I'm hearing from a lot of Western gals who are currently in Japan that "gyaru mindset" makes you more of a gyaru than conventional makeup. Over there, you can be gyaru with any type of bold eye makeup, as long as your personality is upbeat and outgoing, as long as you chase fun, as long as "standing out" is more comfortable to you than "blending in", and if you happen to feel that your meiku is not the boldest, you can amp your appearance up with hair, clothes, accessories, nails, etc, and still be a proper gal!

OK, to close off - gatekeepers exist in Japan, as it does everywhere in the world, so I do not dispute that there are gyaru who assert "rule following" to be essential for being a gyaru. However, there isn't some Japanese gyaru hivemind that makes all of them, or even most of them, collectively agree on these "rules" stated by the few of them. If you hang out in the echo chamber of gatekeepers who happen to agree with you, I'm sure it begins to feel like that's how all of them are, like all of them agree with you. So, the verdict is...

There are many Japanese gals who, indeed, do not care.

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Blue eye makeup

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Just ordered something by Flower Knows!!! 🪞 There was a glitch, so am praying that the payment did go thru and I'll get it 🎀 will reveal what I got once it arrives, feel free to try and guess what it is in the meantime (^_~)

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NEED the 1st blazer set 😍

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My Ipsy Original (Glambag) June 2026 reveal

aaand out of three products Reddit girlies were picking, I'll be getting all three - I picked the eyeshadow palette, and the mascara and eye masks were also top choices. Guess I'll be using eye masks? lol. Happy about the gel liner too, I do use the black liner a lot. And there is a makeup brush... it's a brush.

And got an add-on, too. I'm drowning in palettes, but this one is shimmery, colourful, and $3.50 (well, $3.87 with tax), so how could I not?! Gimme two, literally !!

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my Ipsy has arrived, and it is beauuutifuuul

the bag is tiny tho, a makeup bag of the usual Ipsy size (u can see the size in comparison to the brush under it), sooo not quite a free clutch 🥲 but she’s precious just the same and I know there’s a place in my life for her 💖