What Is Gyaru Anyway?

For a while now I've been pondering...what makes someone gyaru?

Is it the makeup? The hair? The outfits? I know some people say it's a lifestyle, but how is it a way to live your life? Do gals live their lives in such a way that it's different from a normal person who just likes to look good? Yeah, it can be expensive if you do it everyday but why else is it different?

I think some people praise Japanese gyaru models and random people a little too much. It's like they think they dress like in the magazine every day when in fact they only do it for a photo shoot. Yeah, some may dress gyaru in their every day life but some people just don't have time to or just don't want to.

To me, if you have the eyelashes, contour, and circle lenses then you're gal enough for me. Of course, they have to look good but other than that you're good. Some people like to follow magazines to the last detail and that's perfectly fine, but they fail to realize that you can just mix and match stuff not following any one particular style and still be gal. I know I had a moment where I felt that if I didn't follow close to what was popular in Oneegyaru or Rokku gyaru fashion then I wasn't gal enough. But I feel I needed to follow it closely to get a better understanding of the style and now I don't want to look exactly like the latest issue of Jelly or Soul Sister or something like that. I want to wear whatever clothes I like and still appear gyaru (that's why I prefer to emphasis on makeup and hair and not clothes)

So what makes someone gyaru to you? Also, if you follow or believe in a "gal lifestyle", please explain it to me in your own words so I can better understand it :)

Moar Shopping!

As some of you know, I'm on vacation in Texas. So far, it is boring as hell lol but I gotta say some of their clothes and jewelry is on point! They LOVE chunky jewelry out here and it's EVERYWHEEEERREEEEE!! Also studded shirts and bags and blinged out flip flops are in every store. I haven't seen this much shininess since I visited the store Buckle back where I live lol it's like that store threw up all over this city xD

Anyway, I got some shirts and jewelry from Wet Seal and my stepmom bought me a pair of jeans from Buckle for $79. Yeah, $79 jeans wtf. They say they're expensive because they're more durable or some bull. Also got a turquoise necklace from there. I also picked out two necklaces from some store I can't remember...it seemed like a small business filled with handmade jewelry. I don't have pictures of those because when we went to check out, their register kept saying that when we swiped the card it didn't go through but it came up on the bank statement. So we have to go in tomorrow when they fix it to get a refund and then repurchase them.

Here's some pictures of the other stuff and the makeup I did today~

Review: Maybelline Dream Fresh BB

Ello Ello~

Today I will review the BB cream by Maybelline. First, let me say that I had very little expectation for this product because I'm not sure what BB creams are supposed to do except perhaps to lighten your skin (I think).

On the front of the bottle it says BB cream is an "8-in-1 beauty balm skin protector [with] Titanium Dioxide sunscreen" (SPF 30) and on the back it says "enhances skin with eight benefits in 1: blurs imperfections, enhances, brightens, adjusts to skin-tone, smoothed, hydrates, SPF 30 protects, and 0% oils and other heavy ingredients." I'm assuming that this brand of BB cream is for protection of skin rather than enhancing it.

I bought the deep sheer tint (cost about $8) and it blends very well with my skin tone and matches it epically. However, I don't see it doing much of anything else it listed :/. My skin type is moreso on the dry side but only in certain places like around my nose and between my eyebrows and this cream doesn't make those areas feel smooth or all that hydrated. I have to put on my normal moisturizer then layer this on top.

As for the blurring imperfections, it covers the very faintest of imperfections. I have dark spots on my cheeks and chin and it kind of makes them not as obvious but not by much. It does make the pouches under my eyes brighter so they don't look obvious.

Overall, I recommend just using it as tinted sunscreen under your makeup or by itself if you just want protection.

Pictures at the bottom:
1. Before I used it
2. The products
3. After I used it.

What The Glob?

Yeah yeah, I didn't post those pictures n stuff. Well, tomorrow I'll be doing a review on products for joo all :D I'm currently not in my home state and am visiting family so I can't say you can expect much from me in the next two weeks :/

But AWESOME NEWS!!!! I've got 21 followers! (my blogger thing is telling me 21 so I'm assuming one of you brilliant followers are doing so privately or Blogger is trolling me) I've never had more than 8 followers on my old blog and that number almost tripled! YOU GUYS ARE THE MEANING OF THEBOMB.COM! Thank you ever so much and also to those of you who simply read or glance over my posts ^^

Alright, now I go sleep this headache off and I'll see you all tomorrow!

My Gal Progression

I know I said I'd be posting something else after the previous post, but I meant to do this post last week and I'm just now doing it. I wanted to show my progress in gyaru style makeup (not really clothes because I just wear what I want to wear and it works for me). Don't poke too much fun at me lol we all had to start somewhere xD You'll have to forgive me for I am lazy and am unsure of the exact dates of everything lol so it's all based on guestimates lol. Also I can only find photos from 2010 so...I guess that's when I started really getting into it. Actually, that sounds about right because before that I was into a group called Udoli in 2009 and because of that group I got into Gyaru. So, onto the pictures!

2010

^Here I'd say wasn't super gal, but was an attempt without lashes

^My computer's telling me I took this in November 2010 for Manba Day

^I'm not sure if you can tell, but I was also into scene lol so my appearance is scene but my makeup with an attempt at general gyaru and I was duckfacin hella hard for the LAWLS

^These were taken in December 2010 when I was on Christmas vacation at my grammas. I did a lot of practice while I was out here and I felt that I was getting the hang of it, all I was missing was bottom lashes

2011

^These were all taken in March ranging from the 11th through the 28th. Now you can start to see me kind of getting better :D

^Here I focused more on shaping my eyebrows

^This was done for another Manba Day in April 2011 lol. Tried to be more dramatic but still needs hella work

2012

I must say this is by far my best year for makeup lol

^You can also see I began experimenting with hairstyles and fell madly in love with light browns and blondes lol

Whelp, that's it for my progress post ^^ Hope you enjoyed and some of you find inspiration from it knowing that when you first start out at anything, not just makeup, you're not going to look like a pro the first go 'round. You have to practice and believe that you can do it! :D

Thank you for viewing ^^

Heads Up!

Later tonight/tomorrow I will be doing somewhat of a haul post of things I bought in the past two days and also review some of the things I bought (not clothes, of course)that includes:

1. An eyeshadow palette

2. A hair product for those with natural hair

3. A brand of lipstick

4. Glitter eyeliner kit

5. Blush

6. A B.B cream/creme

7. A concealer/coverstick

There may be something else for me to review but I can't remember right now. FINALLY! You guys can learn about products and not just see me post about hair or nails lol. Also, note to self, remember that with OOTD pictures to list where the items were bought in case someone is interested.

So, you guys will be hearing from me real soon!!

Ciao~

B-Gyaru OOTD

What's uuuuup ya'll?

As you know, I just made a new wig a few nights ago and I liked it. However, once I wore it out in public I realized that it was waaaaaaaaay too tightly curled and short and made my face look manly and just...ew.

So, today I ran a straightener through it >:D The curls are a lot looser, so much in fact, that they just look like waves now. It definitely framed my face better and I love it 23095850692443059x more.Due to my being madly in love with it, I decided to come up with a B-Gyaru outfit. I think it came out awesome with the hair :D

Close up of the hair and my makeup without circle lenses.Yeah, I know you can't see the eye makeup at all.

What do ya think??? Ya like it??

P.S Here's another picture of my makeup, hopefully you can see it better