Advise for baby gals part 1: CoOrds

 

Hey welcome back,

So I've noticed in my time online that a lot of baby gals seem to ask the same questions over and over at the moment so I thought I'd contribute with my advice.

So what is today about?

I don't particurally want to make this a QnA per say and I have already written a kinda quick answear "can I be gal if" post and whilst my advice in that still stands and it should be followed I thought it good to do a post about topics I think deserve a bit more talking over and longer answears, so lets get into it shall we.

Where can I get gal clothes?

This question lowkey grinds my gears (Im sorry lol) as I feel like it's been talked over so much but recently I had an interaction on reddit with someone who thought gal was brand based and it made me realise that maybe we need to talk about it more and in diffrent ways. Now whilst old gal brand like dia or alba rosa are the holy grails theyre also old cheapish fast fashion, and for all the talk of how shein supposedly falls apart after 2 washes the same is lowkey true for these 20/30 odd year old pieces. Now don't get me wrong I'd sell my newborn for some dia pices but these are not the end all be all and frankly for the prices they are going for it's not worth it and I highly encorage everyone to just not buy from these scalpers and let the prices fall back down (let the bubble burst frfr) coz frankly paying £100+ for a belt thats holding together by 3 threads and dry mould aint it. 

Now all that to say I do understand why we all want brand, theres nothing else quite like it esspecially in a ever more clean girl aesthetic world (or whatever the current it aesthtic is called) but the challange should spur us on more so then discourage us, at the end of the day we have ways of geting "gal coded" clothes still and honestly maybe we should just make them ourself.

That gets me nicely to my first proper point thats actully reated to the heading (would you imagine) and thats learning to break down what we see in mags and then working with what we have. 

Now lets do a little bit of work shall we?

Say we wanted to recreate this hella cute outfit I found in the Co&Lu 2009 collection  what do we do if we cant find or afford all these pieces? Well we break it down (inset gif of that olympics woman that was super bad lol), so if we look at this outfit what do we see? We see a yellow top (probably a tank) with a slogan detailing, a button up shirt of some sort with logo detailing a lot of whitch is round, a red belt with a big buckle, acid washed disstressed jeans, vans like shoes and white and red logo cap with mesh backing, oh and some small accesories like a wierd hairtie looking braclett amd a green wrist sweat band. Now with all that broken down we head to good ol uncle google (or whatever search engine you use) and type in your keywords and press the shopping tab and lets see what we can find.

After some scrolling and adjusting of filters to suit my needs I found this shirt on ebay that had similar vibes to it and you could easily diy the red neck hole hem as well.

Now the top layer shirt.. this one is the difficult one and the one I'd say yes to buying brand of, now I culdn't find a exact match like the top so were going for the similar vibes tequnice, tho Im sure you could find a custom fabric printing service and get custom fabric Im not gonna go down that route.... however we can find fabric that kinda loosly matches the vibes like so 

Now of course pattern not exact but I think a colourfull poka (polka?) dot pattern will do fot the purposes of this, and if you dont wanna saw or can't?

BOOM!! (This took me way too long to find) now again it's not exact to the pic but honestly it's the closest thing I can think of off the top of my head and if you fancied the challange you could crop it too. And this is aso the perfect moment to say that sometimes you just wont find something super similar to what your looking for and thats ok and to be creative... now if someone can find something more close to that shirt let a gal know.

Now Jeans are gonna be easy here coz honestly you can easily get away with diffrent jeans but also it's jeans iykyk go wild really and if need be look up tuts on how to distrss your jeans. Now from a quick look and I do mean quick I found these shein ones that will get the job done but honestly as I said any jean will imo.

Now lets quickly do shoes, these are vans/converse look alikes which means yet another easy thing to grab really, now the pattern can be a challange so for this I would reverse image search (a skill that's apparently being forgotten), so I did this and fell down the rabbit hole of vintage skate shoes, these are two I found that I liked:

Now both of these are in usd (which if you havent realised I don't use lol) now for my gals outside the usa this is a good lesson in we will probably have to import way more stuff but honestly this is Gyaru we will all import at one point. Now obviously this is a guide thats supposadly also budget friendly and this is where I say, go get some cheap vans like and diy it, we all used to do it in the scemo scean back in my day lol and honestly these don't look too hard to diy either and even if you grow out of loving them coz they were your first attempt white vans like shoes will always be here for you to retry them.

Now lets speed run some accessories:

BOOM, accessories done just like that and all easy to find, could you find stuff closer to the og? Idk maybe. Will this work? Absolutly. 

Now as I've demonstrated you can easily recreat a fully brand outfit with just some simple google serches using keywoeds or reverse image search, you don't have to spend hundreds on one coord for gal and honestly you can so do gal with just stuff around you (maybe with a bit of the devil that is online shopping) I can't recommend yall enough to go to things like dollar/pound/deadstock shops for accessories esspecially as all of these shops will carry "out of date" styled things which is what gal is now unless were doing reiwa (which like 99% of us don't do), go thrift if you can and same with diy. Basically be creative look at none brand shops you might find something and if you do find shops/brands that scream gal share them with us all. 

I also wanna dedicate a paragrath to my fellow plus sized gals and say that you are doing amazing and doing gal whilst plus size is not easy and do not let people bully you about doing your best with what you have available in a world that is not for us and the sad truth is that very few places make clothes for us let alone clothes that aren't grandma core and don't feel ashamed of having to go fast fashion if that's the only way for you to get things coz like I honestly get it and feel you girl. There really is bigger things to worry about then where you get your clothes from sometimes and like to say to not get fast fashion in gal is hypocritical anyway since gal is consumerisim 101 really lol. All to say I love all my plus size gals.

Now imma leave you all of with two coords you can practice this breaking down with, feel free to leave your breakdowns in the comments... Or dont Im not the boss of you lol.

Question for next post: Whats a holy grail piece you managed to get your hands on?

Polish word of the day: Strój

Meaning outfit, in a lowkey formal way but yk. Strój dnia would then mean outfit of the day.

 

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With thanks to GalRevo for the Scans

Trying normal make

Hey welcome back,

Today's a bit of a wierd one as its not really gal focused lol.

So what is today about?

So today's post is a bit short but recently I had my first feeling of not really having the energy to do gal, but I was going out to a weekly event I go to and like all my confidence really does come from my make there idk how to describe it, so I had a bit of a dilemma on my hands of what to do. So I said I'd do mininimal make, now minimal isn't very minimal in my house (mostly just means I don't wanna do full contoured and conceler/foundation) so I accepted fast that I probably wasn't gonna do gal, and honestly taking a step back and doing "normal" make is honestly probably a really good exercise anyway, focusing more on fundamentals instead of just key gal aspects like droop shape, plus it's OK to have an off day if you will.

Now I was genuinly shocked when I did this make and saw how much I have genuinly improved in my make skills through doing gal, I was shocked to say the least and honestly I was also wielded out a bit seeing my face with none gal make again (I did kinda like it tho I have to admit), I think this little divergence honestly gave me such a confidence boost and reassurance in my skill improvent and honestly just gave me some ideas I could implement into gal and helped me get a more fundamental scope of my eye shape again... and reminded me I don't need a full face of conceler for it to look decent. I honestly can't wait for the summer when my freckles come out more to try something like this again coz I lowkey wanna show them off a bit.

This also let me try some lashes I got in a multi style multi pack that I've not touched coz I thought they'd be too full and whispy for gal but honestly I think I might have been wrong and I think they might just work lol. Anyway I won't keep y'all forever so heres the  collage lol.

Anyway I hope y'all enjoyed this one and my little divergence and one night stand with none gal make lol, cant wait to show y'all more gal make on my blog after this. 

Question for next post: Apart from gal whats some other styles you like?

Polish word of the day: Makijaż

As in im doing my make up lol 

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Birthday 2024

 So August 16th marks yet another birthday for me and like lowkey I feel old lol, but with the massive change of me being with my good boyfriend and healing it means that for the first time in well a good 10+ years my bday was actually something special and not just a day of me grasping for attention for the day before being pushed aside again (sad but that's my life lol) anyway with this it means I actully got to do something amazing for my birthday, my boyf took me to a capybara meet and greet, now for yall that dont know Im so totally normal about capybaras and they are deffo not autisim go brrrrrrrrrrrrrr fav animal deffo not (thats sarcasm im not at all normal about these animals. But of course coz it's me and also boyf came over for the whole week (he lives on the litteral opposite end of England to me) we had to have one more trip (mostly coz the capybaras werre sold out on my actual birthday) and we went over to Bristol to get the FFXIV mount code and then ended up on a beach in Wales (so I technically went abroad this year lol). But with that summery aside let's get into the photos and such <3

Day 1 (15/08)

So as I said above the day before my actual birthday we went to the zoo (only a small one but still) and we littrelly drove up pretty much to the half way point between where me and boyf live lol. But it was still super fun and like compared to the other zoo we were considering this one was nice coz it was doable without spending littrelly the wole day there but like we still spent a good 5 hours there having fun including eating a meal deal next to a animetronic t-rex (many a fnaf jokes were made coz were cringe and also I dont think Ive seen a animatronic irl before this), the zoo is called All things wild near Evesham, Worcestershire.

Heres some pics of the animals

Obvi I took way more but these are some of my favs.

The capy meet and greet

Now when I say I almost cried I mean it, I was so hype for this trip since I even knew this opertunity existed like I dont know how to describe to yall what I feel towards these animals on a deep personal level like yall don't understand how much I relate to them too. We met 3 when we went with one being named Bagel (this will be important later), we got to feed them as you can see in the pics (we did give them more then just carrots I promise lol) we got to give them some pats and scritches including some belly rubs and the fantastic zoo keeper gave us an amazing QnA as well, we also enjoyed a lovley chat from one of the capyies which honestly same girl same. It was honestly an amazing experiance and oppertunity and honestly Id love to go and do somrthing like this again (thogh true petting zoos/ cafes for capies are like none existant here) but like not to be dramatic but I don't think I'll ever forget this n my life.

Speaking of things I loved

This place had a little dino zoo type area (reminds me of ther one I used to go to as a kid) and it was the first time I've ever seen an annmetronic (que the Polish Freddy Fuzbear meme and on that note) as I mentioned above and honestly I know get where Scott got the idea for FNAF from coz like this guy scared the living shit out of me when I first turned the corner lol

Now don't get me wrong he cool as heck but when you dont expect it yk, but he wasnt the only dino so heres some highlights:

We also learned that if I was a dino Id be a Hypsiloophodon which is one of those little guys in the last pic.

Day 2 (16/08)

My actual birthday, and all I wanted was to go to a sandy beach (I know big ask in the uk) and we kinda did, not before we went to Bristol... Why Bristol? Well you see dear rreader me and boyf are cursed with this little thing known as FFXIV the mmo brain rot and there was a mount event where you had to get bubble tea from a specific franchise and it was either London which Im sorry ew or Bristol so bristol it was so you might be thinking oh fun just 2 teas to which my response is:

Lmao tbf the guy did do us a solid and did give us a spare code for a friend who didn't have one local (and he cant have any sugar either atm) so if anything we technically didn't get enough lol, nah but fr praise the worker for that solid honestly. Anyway onto the beach so after this we baically ended up in Wales after this on a totally sandy beach and just kinda watched the sunset.

Fun fact though we almost died on our way there lol, we were behind this truck and like yall know how cars have the red lights on the back that are just always on? Well for this guys truck to show he was breaking those light up slightly brighter and add sun into this and it means you couldnt see him break at all meaning we almost ended up in the back of him. Anyway after that we stopped for a bathroom break and me being me I got a cassual mojito for the ride after almost dying lol and of course we had to rave with Mr. Turtle

And now the looks, selfies, my cake and that mojito

Btw did you spot Bagel the newest member of my plushie capybara family? Yes named after Bagel from the zoo, told you it would be important later lol. Anyway with that all being said its time for our favs:

Question for next post: What did you do on your last bday?

Polish word of the day: Urodziny

Meaning well birthday lol, there is a theme to these lol.

Anyway with all that being said as always friends,

                      Do zobaczenja <3

P.S. Were not gonna talk about how late this post is shhh

Previously unpublished

Getting back into blogging

 

Hey welcome back

So negl I've not been blogging cos of life and stuff, but this year Im trying to improve and therefore get back into blogging so hopefully heres to actually posting lol.

So why tf did you stop posting?

Negl part of it was trying to find the "perfect" blogging platform and like none of them really did it for me, all were missing something or other, even here I cant do like slideshows or grid uploades for pics so please endure my best attempts with collages, till I get a better grip on it the aspect ratios might just have to be all over the place (also side note why tf is everyone obbsessed with Canva it just stressed me out ngl). But yeah as I was saying the stress of trying to find this perfect site that doesn't exist took me out and ive kinda just accepted defeat lol. Apart from that honestly my life got busy and health came down hard on me but hey what can you do, life is still not the best atm but hopefully soon it'll sort itself out... Hopefully. Also I have to open a whole separate browser to blog coz my main one really doesn't like blogging sites for some reason lol. 

Anyway that is about it this is not meant to be a long post at all lol, I did port my other two blog posts over to this blog with original upload dates at the bottom if you want to read those lol, anyway I will leave y'all to the rest of the format lol.

Question for next post: What do you wanna see my thoughts on next?

Polish word of the day: Przepraszam

Meaning sorry lol coz I feel like thats appropriate.

 

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Soul sister volume 9 (01.2013) magazine talk

Hey welcome back

So today were going to be doing a magazine talk post (aka just me yapping about some random issue of gal magazines), im sure youve seen this concept before its not supper unique but always fun.

So what mag is it today?

Im glad you asked, today were talking about my favorite issue of my favorite gal magazine, the 01.2013 issue of Soul sister (as if its not in the title). Soul sister is genuinly my fav magazine of all time esspecially in the gal spheare, the vibes, the looks, the models and the side bits are just chefs kiss , like when i first flipped through a soul sister issue my life was honestly changed so I think doing the first magazine talk on Soul sister is the best way to start so I hope you enjoy.

Wait Im new whats a soul sister?

Soul Sister is a Gyaru magazine geared towards ora ora and tsuyome. It's very much the edgier sister to egg (and imo way better then egg).

So whats in this issue then?

So as I mentioned this is one of my fav issues of all time, even starting with the cover omg beautiful, the colours and contrast is amazing imo and work with soul sisters brand so well, Mipochi also slays so hard here (when does she not).

I also love the specials in this issue these include:

💖Sisters model bible models personal belongings revealed

💖Motercycle and car specials

💖Phone special

💖And of course the ussual specials of love and "mama" corners as i call them (i swear that was a thing where we called them that) among other staples.

Heres the highlights

Moterbikes/ cars

I lowkey love the bike specials in soul sister mostly coz like my grew up near a race track ass loves car and motor customazation in general and honestly they pop right off with that in Japan, like look at the first pink bike with the gold lettering and wheel trims and the pink hello kitty its such a slay omg. i also love the one in the bottom left corner which is (if good ol uncle google translate is to be belived) "has been purposuly made to look like and old man". carrying onto the next page we see a close up of the Lum (from urusei yatsura) cosplayers bike who (from my understanding of the google translation) is the leader of the motorcycle group who can be seen holding the big flag in the right corner, her bike is also staning and the cute skull and crossbones flag just adds to it and to agree with her little description the tattoo all over her back is indeed really cool. and a quick side note slay that model making that car look cool as shit despite the car looking like that lol.

Tattoos

another soul sister staple fav of mine i love, i also love this as it really does break japanese stareyotypes and taboos which is the most gal thing you can do. I do love seeing that no matter what the heart and dagger with a ribon tattoo is a universal player no matter what lol. I am gonna leave this section mostly for yall to peruise as tattoos are art that deserve to be admired but heres some of my vauge thoughts. I love the line work on the oni tattoo on page two its so clean. not the inner lip tattoo trend of the early 2000s on show, they are such a slay dont get me wrong but the haling scares me. the big back pieces are also amazing omg i love them and the coloures and omg whos that why its the Lum cosplayer again (theres a reason i brought up the tattoo quote) the detail omg the sading even more omg, like im not big on bw tattoos but honestly this one is just jam dropping to me it looks straight out of a scean in folklore (it could be idk) with the unfinished cloudes going down to her legs i can only imagine what it would look like if she got it fully finnished and or carried it on down the back of her legs.

Rooms? ROOMS

Who dosent love a room special (ik I do), I know i struggle with making me room more gal so i always appreciate seeing into other gals rooms (that sounds creepy out of cotext) coz im just always so desprate for inspo (i also have i wanna change my room around every month syndrome). anyway apart from my ever growing need for room inspo i just love seeing the contrast between the first two pages; from the the pink and disney filled room to the black flag with Lead on it and just the black and white decore its a very nana contrast esspecially for pages that are next to eachother. I also love how this issue did a feature on a gal whos training to be an architect ( slides 3 and 4) from what i can gather at least she also gave a few qnas on how other people could get into the job but im not fully sure on the rest so if anyone who can read and translate this segment is reading this id love a summery as lowkey im very interested in what the segment talks about coz boss babe be boss babeing (let me reclaim that pls dont let the mlm huns win), no but fr shes slaying so hard whilst working good for her i hope she fuffiled all her dreams.

Phones

You cant beat a good 2000s and early 2010s phone segment if you ask me (tho i do preffer the flip phone days just for pure aesthetic and cuntyness) tho the early 2010s did lowkey also slay (I was there so Id know lol), like look at the pink leopard print, the bunny ears, the zebra print omg I live for phonecases like this none of this stupid plain stuff you see today like seriously take me back. though we do see some plain phonecases here too showing the slow decent into plainess and boringness (Im sorry but its true). i also really like the little wallet one too those are honestly so peak imo but Im also a grown ass adult so. Also so tempted to get a kuromi gem case after seeing those my melow and hello kitty ones coz even in soul sister we gotta have a bit of cute girliness coz its all about balance of the tough and girly cute (at least to me it is), also side note (coz negl as im writing this i cba google translate) im taking bets on if those gals in the bottom left on page 2 have actual designer cases or fakes (im going fakes negl).

Gal mamas

Ok so Im not gonna lie Ive been in a bit of a baby fever mode recently so maybe thats why I liked this segment so much but you also cant beat a good gal mama and with all the kogyaru mag discourse ( now thats a good blog post idea) its nice seeing the proper version of kids in gal lol. Anyway I absolutely love how these mamas manage raising their kids alongside being absolute fierce fashionistas', I also love the first buggy on the left black and pink is like ultimate combo ngl. I also absolutely love thencute little kiddie fashions and how stylish but kid appropriate they are which I feel isn't the same anymore (again I will do a post on kogyaru mag scandal I promise) and just the proof that your kids can be dressed appropriately but also absolutely slay as little mini fashonistas (and let's be honest that is a good life skill to teach early). Anyway I cant wait to review more gal mama segments in the future let's see how long my baby fever lasts.

Hair

What would a gal mag be without tuts and inspo, this time were gonna start with hair including tuts for sexy and wild hair styles with 2 each and I love the sexy one on the left I could imagine it working on short hair so well or being amazing for the scorching summer days. Now you cant go wrong with Mipochi for a good wild hair and of course she slays these I love how simple the right style is whilst also absolutely slaying the floor, also the slay of that pseudo mawhawk hair I would give anything for that amount of skill. From the inspo I gotta shout out the hight of early 2010s fashion aka the dip die man did that have a hold on me as a teen and like why does it still lowkey slay or am I just old. On the second page the one that instantly jumped out at me was the cheetah hair coz omg Im on the floor dead from it (and my ex scemo heart is screaming) we need to bring this shit back despretly, also the pink highlight in the top left on the second page screams to my little heart alongside the split dye which is probably one of my fav things you can do with your hair.

Nails

I love some nail inspo mostly coz there's so much you can do with nails that I get stuck lol, I also love the veriaty you see here, longer, shorter, simple, complex, there really is something for everyone here. I love the channel charm and how eye catching it is (again very real I'm sure lol) and how eye catching the nails are despite being purley black and white. On the next page I also especially love the rainbow tiger nails with the dis charm like honestly I need nails like this coz like look at them and the gems take them to a level of ott that just makes them iconic. In general the amount of cheetah and tiger nails in this spread is so good like maybe its just my bias but we need more tiger/zebra and cheetah nails out there. I also love how these spreads don't just focus on just long af nails cos like I know I struggle with them (I'm a busy girlie frfr) coz I feel like people often forget you can do gal with shorter nails and simpler nail designs not just ort long loalo spelled out on the nails in charms nails lol (tho i am a sucker for them too obvi) we do stan a gal on the go set of nails in this house.

Make

And with the last but deffo not the least of the main 3 we come to the make tuts, this time we have 3 tut including this first one which is a bit softer, and Id argue that it would be hella suituble for like everyday/ work (within limits obvi), I love the shape this make gives to the eyes, I also love her lip colour so much I need to get a lippie like that. Second tut instantly stands out with that lipstick colour, I dont think I've ever seen such a strong colour in a gal mag tut before I also love how unconventional this make is too. Last make also fetures a strong lippie colour which draws your attantion, I love how muh this make changed how this model looked like honestly shooketh I also love the focus and exaggeration on the bottom lashline and how strong it is, side note I also love how used all the products in the product images are like we love seeing pan like overconsumpton is hell so its a nice diffrence. Over all I love how solid and strong these tuts are.

The comic

Now I love the comics in gal mags even if Im mostly confused about whatever tf is going on, anyway whats the plot? Well according to uncle google the girl meets this guy and invites him over, he falls for her but he has a girlfriend, but after a few days he comes back after breaking up with said girlfriend so he can get with mg (main girl), so she eventully askes him to take a day off work so they can go on a date (thre last pannel google struggled with but apparently twitter was mentioned, anyway onto page 2), so friday comes and he calles her saying he needs to work, mg getting upset says she wants to break up coz she thinks he lied (im assuming about wanting to go on the date) he insists he didnt and dosent want to break up, she then in anger says he'll have to swallow a thousand needles or toothpicks (I swear this is like a cultural thing) she then goes off and messes around with some other guys before getting a video from her fraind of him swallowing a shit load of toothpicks, she rushes to his house in shock before rushing him to the hospital where the doctor says hes fine... it ends in him shitting whole toothpicks as you do.

Heres some other stuff I loved

Heres a slidshow of some other cool stuff in this issue icluding some madstar ads (this is soul sister after all) where as always with madstar slay, some more Mipochi slay (she one of my fav models frfr) and just some clothes in general. Anyway enjoy them and remember you can click onto the slide show to expand. And with that we are done with this issue of soul sister and the first ever magazine talk on the blog i hope you enjoyed and this leaves us with just two things and those are:

Question of the post: Whats your fav gyaru magazine?

Pretty much what it says on the box lol, since im here talking about my fav whats yours and who knows maybe itll be the next mag for this segment.

Polish word of the post: Motocykl/Motocykle

Meaning: Motorbike/ moterbikes

IDK I think theyre pretty similar to the English, anyway with that as always;

Do zobaczenja <3

With thanks to GalRevo for the Scans

Originally published 09/08/2024

So you asked a question on the reddit? Here's you're answers:

Hey welcome back <3

So what is today about?

So this post is very much coming from the point of view of being linked to someone asking something frankly basic knolage on the r/actualgyaru reddit since I see the same few things asked there constantly and I think I speak for more people on there that it's tiering replying to the same thing 2993848 times, but at the heart of it all this is but the humble "can I be gal if" or gal basics post that's not unique or creative at all but if there's the market yk. Anyway let's get started.

Help how do I be gal I know nothing?

DO. YOUR. RESERCH. Omg negl to yall Im starting this off with the one that pisses me off the most, like I love the fact you wana be gal but for the love of the Gods do your own reserch dont just come to the subreddit and expect us to tell you everything coz youre too lazy to learn on your own. There's so many good resources out there like mag scans (thank you gal revo), Pinterest, Instagram, tumblr like use them for makeup and co ord inspo just whatever you do never trust tiktok. Also on that note:

I wanna be gal but my parents are srict meaning I can't do anything gal like how do I be gal rn?

You can't. Sorry I know its blunt but thats just life if you can't do 99% of what it takes to be gal (heck even 50%) its just something you can't do rn and thats ok sometimes we just have to be an admirer and appreciater first before we get to a spot where we can do gal I know thats how it went for me and like 90% of gals I know just use this time to learn all you can. With those out the way we can get started on the can I's and general q's.

Can I be gyaru as a teen?

Duh, most the og models in egg were like around 15-16, kogals (the age not the none substyle) created many of the biggest trends in gal as teen girls did in all fashion, now the only real disscussion here is around wether teens should do agejo due to it being rooted in sex work but thats a whole other post.

Can I do gal if Im not Japanese?

Yes, gal has nothing to do with your skin colour or nationality, Black diamond littrelly wanted to spread gal to the whole world lol.

Do gyaru have to drink/do drugs/be delinquents?

No.... wait am I exoected to write more? ok, so yes gal is very nightlifey (kinda) and was a rebelion but that dosent mean all gals did drugs or got in legal trouble. As for drinking the whole anti drinking thing is a recent notion and with Japan having a huge alcohol problem (that I wont get into here) you could argue for it but realistically that whole argument is just "well drinking is normelized", anyway partake in it or not thats up to you but take it from me don't overdo it trust.

Do I have to wear revealing clothing?

Yes but no, gal is a more "provocetive" fashion yes esspecially within like agejo and tsu but that dosent men more "safe" styles like amekaji or hime(kaji) exist where you could totally make them modest with practice, not to mention you can always make fashion work around you and I've seen some amazing muslim gals pull off the most modestly cunty ass coords. It's all about how you style your clothes and knowing the basics but also accepting that maybe some styles just wont fit your prefrence and that making gal modest is one bitch of a task.

Do I have to tan?

Well that depends, there are styles that deffinetly require a tan like kuro (littrelly named after being tan) and (ya)mamba but there is also styles that dont require a tan like hime(kaji) and agejo, that being said you can still do the shiro styles with a tan and if you do tan obviously dont over tan.

Do I have to be gal 24/7?

Yes but no it really depends, obviously dont wear your makeup on 24/7 or to sleeep please it's not good for you, obvi also you don't need to wear your make everyday (I don't wear mine out outside of trips/ going out) or just to go to the shops but also gal is a lifestyle so if you're serious about being gal you will end up being gal in one way or another 24/7.

Where can I get brand/clothes?

Firstly good luck lmao, second it's all second hand now, the easiest way but also the scalped way is Depop/vinted/any western site, the harder and less scaped way is yahoo jp auction/ mercari jp through a proxy service such as buyee but the shipping can add up so do watch out. As for non brand clothes well a lot of you might not like me saying this but the easiest most accessible way is shein really just look up mostly romwe stuff see what fits the vibe see what keywords fit with your substyle. Otherwise there is also thrifting which takes way more effort and skill as you will most likley have to diy stuff. Either way look at inspo from magazines and break down what makes the pieces the pieces (I'll make a whole post on this if yall want) and find ones that match with that or pieces that when put together can give off the same vibe.

Can I be gal without wearing makeup?

No.

What substyle would suit me?

Idk do your reserch and see what one you like and then boom that's the one that would suit you, and if you are the target demographic of the peroson sent this link in the comments of a post in r/actualgyaru then theres littrelly a pinned fun quiz there but here it is again ig.... man papillon didn't die for this.

Credit papillon magazine (rip)

Contact lenses general

The most trusted place to get contacts for as long as I can remember (mind you this is a good 10 plus years now) is Pinkyparadise you'll often see people complain about the price but in reliety the amount of sales pinky does is insane there is almost always a sale going on so, on the off chance there isn't one many big gals like Sei have discount codes you can use. Now you also wanna get enlarging contacts with the minumum 14mm diameter but before getting lenses I would highly advise having a lense fitting/ test appointment with your eye doctor as not everyone can wear them and if you have a eyeglasses perscription youll need to get your lense pescription. And coz this comes up also no you don't neccerly need lenses to do gal but it really does inhance the look.

Any gyarusa near me?

Most likley no. Plus youre probably better off searching on instagram for one. There is a boat load of discord servers tho.

That all said,

This post will be getting periodic updates as time goes on and I see more common questions so look forward to it and in the meantime feel free to link it as a resource to people <3

Question for next post: Do you have any gal 101 question you see a lot?

Polish word of the day: Pytanie

Meaning question lol it's on theme lol.

Anyway as always:

  Do zobaczenja <3

Originally published 31/08/2024

Intro

Hey yall,

Im Toxicc and I'll be your host for this blog or smthn. This will probs be one of the worst intros yall will ever read (Im shit at introducing myself lol) but Imma try my best so please give me some slack lol.

So who is this Toxicc person

So yeah Im Toxicc and Im a mid 20s (help Im getting old lol) autistic agender gyaru and practising witch/Pegan living in the UK (yay 2000s Polish immigrant boom)... yea im Polish and I don't shut up about it lol (I have a problem yes), I use She/Her, They/Them and He/Him pronouns (lets go agender gang), Im a relatively new gal (2 years in November), my all time fav substyles are Ora Ora and Tsuyome tho Im also partial to some general onee/ane inspo too. Apart from gal im also into fashion in general and want to pursue fashion design (only took me till 24 to figure out what I wanna do in life lol) so Im hoping to star school or something towards it in September which I'll also probs be blogging about. Im also into video games (mostly the cozy ones), anime (technically kinda), shopping, nature and general cute/kawaii culture and things. So basically im lowkey a boring extroverted introvert lol but I am working on it, I also have a severe social media addiction (please tell me we all do lol) and Ill be the first to admit I like a little bit of drama (mostly coz Im a Slavic afab so Im a loud opinionated bitch lol), like I've been known to read 30+ tweet threads of people arguing coz entertainment ig lol. But that's enough for now Im sure yall will get to know me know through the course of this blog (following my twt also helps lol gotta get that self promo in). Anyway if yall don't wanna read all that (ikik I waffle a lot) here you go:

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**Name:** Toxicc

**Bday:** 16/08/2000

**Gender:** Agender

**Pronouns:** She/Her, They/Them, He/Him

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**Sun Sign:** Leo

**Moon Sign:** Pisces

**Rising/Ascendant** Gemini

**Keep in mind:**Autistic

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**Substyles:** Ora Ora and Tsuyome mainly but also onee and ane

**Likes:** video games, anime, shopping, nature, fashion (duh) and anything cute/kawaii, Reality/Trash TV

**Dislikes:**pretty standard stuff NGL, people who judge first

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I hope yall enjoyed the little bit of flare there (negl its just my disc intro which layout I stole from somewhere lol.. I did also take the dm part out), now you might be asking:

Toxicc why the fuck did you start a blog

I mostly wanted to start this blog to archive my many a thought (coz twt is awful to search lol) as well as getting myself a hobby that's productive coz as much as I suck at writing (especially long form) I do enjoy it though I do have a bad habit of missing out words sometimes coz my brain is faster then my typing sometimes lol (I also randomly type in words I hear around me sometimes coz idk undiagnosed adhd or something). But yes this is mostly a hobby blog I will be updating whenever I feel the need to/ have something to say (which tbf is a lot of the time) and it's also gonna be very very informal, think of it as more of a girl/bff talk more then a proper blog, as I mentioned Im mostly here just to share the silly (and sometimes serious) thoughts in my small brain. Also as you might have noticed (I do this a lot) it's a bad writing habit yes but it's just me inserting my side thoughts (as I said possible undiagnosed adhd) or any technically/ not technically irrelevant or side comments (you know like the random details in a story that don't matter... man I suck at explaining this shit), is it probably hella annoying? Yes, am I gonna stop it? Most likely not I've done it for years and honestly my writing aint gonna change that much at this point (again hi Im literally 24 this year), I also use a lot of net short hands, you know like tyty or twt or disc, again social media addiction and I've been online since around 2008 (or at least 2010 idk I have a lot of trauma brain) so you know ~*the internet rotted my brain*~ (literally qualified for the internet veteran discount). Not to self promo more but please do check out my other socials (linked in my carrd) especially my insta and twt I care about them a lot ok.. Anyway Im thinking of doing 2 little segments each blog post (unless if they're not super serious posts (not me planning something).. oh look two thoughts in one) just to give this blog some flare and uniqueness (uniquality?) and they are:

Questions from last time

(Title pending) 

where I basically leave yall a question I will then pick around 5 of my fav answers to feature each post (feel free to mention if you want your name/handle included with the answer), obvi for this post (and maybe a few) I asked my friends a question to do with this post. that being:

What 3 words would my friends use to describe me?

The answers I got were:

1. Stylish, Polish, Witch 

2. Cool, Funny, Slay

3. Style, Beautiful, Fun

Question for next post: What is your favourite Gal Substyle?

Now I did say I would do 2 segments and that is true, what's the second segment?

Polish word of the day

I told you I don't shut up about it, but yea idk man (man is always gender neutral in this house) I just thought it would be cool (~its my blog I can do what I want to~) and I'll keep them relevant too (also side note if you see some of these ~ around something assume it's meant to be read to the tune of something (#*s usually mean im saying something sarcastically/ jokingly/ just in some weird tone) also I could have put the thoughts back to back no break but that's yucky) but saying all that waffle todays word is:

Do zobaczenia (Goodbye/ Lit: until I see you)

Buttt Toxicc that's 2 words I hear you say, but you see as we say Polska język trudna język or Poland language hard language in English, some words like do zobaczenia are just 2 but are used as 1. Also just in case Lit means literally coz sometimes stuff just translates like that lol. 

Anyway that waffle aside, well done you now learned to say goodbye informally or you can also now say the equivalent of see you soon, now I teach you this coz this is where this post ends (coz it has to at some point and I swear most future post will be less waffely) and with that dear readers,

Do zobaczenia <3