It’s Friday yaaaaaas
Todays co*de is a little inspired by suzu but also what I thought would look cute together. I tried two buns as well which turned out kinda messy but with the curls it looks cute.
As long as my hair has this lenght I should do more updos cuz the next time I’m probably gonna let it be cut onto chin length. I’m actually very lucky since my boyfriend’s mom is a hairdresser *-*
I made some ramen for lunch! Well… I put some random things together that I had at home. I used white rice noodles. It was really delicious nontheless. And I used my cute san-x and sanrio chopsticks and spoon <3
My two mags arrived in the mail as well yaaaayyy. Sadly in the popteen something has been cut out which wasn’t addressed by the buyer… at least the ranzuki was fine!
Something else I wanted to talk about is social media and how I feel about it nowadays. The biggest issue is the unnecessary amount of time I spent on apps like tiktok and Instagram. I’ve never been a big fan of tiktok. I did upload for some time but I honestly never felt that comfortable with uploading there. It really bothers me to see all this misinfo about gal. It feels like some ppl wear it like some kind of cosplay. They wear coords that show a stereotypical picture of some substyles. Not like an everyday outfit but like a costume. What i would love to see is inspo I can get, but tbh the best place I get inspo from are magazines and japanese and gaijin gals blogs. I deleted tiktok a while ago. Yesterday I also deleted Instagram. I tried finding a way of only consuming content that I liked and inspired me by putting acc’s I liked into the “favorites” section. I still ended up watching alot of content in my feed, which in the last weeks, turned into more and more disturbing content that I couldn’t get to go. No matter how many times I chose “not interested” disturbing content kept being recommended. So I decided to finally delete the app.
And I feel relieved. Social media makes me sick. I need a break. I want to focus more on real life, on reading, on finding my style by looking at things that REALLY inspire me <3
Something I noticed as well (and this might be an unpopular opinion) is the amout of gaijin gals that wear really ott styles. Which is great. I love ott styles as well but it seems like that it’s beginning to get the standard of being gyaru. It’s not possible for some people to maintain an ott look all the time. And not only the possibility but also the want to do it matters. I like casual styles. I love seeing others in hime or yamanba but I don’t think it should be considered a standard. If I think about japanese heisei gals I have alot in mind that dressed really casual.
Let me know what you guys think about it!
Ah I feel the same way about social media and the amount of ott gaijin gals. I'm so happy I never got tiktok lmao. I'm glad you were able to create your own peace. No shade at anyone but I totally agree, I feel like gyaru has become really costume-y because of the amount of clout and attention you can get in these online spaces. It really feels like we've lost the essence of what gal should be.
ReplyDeleteI found that I was more inspired and motivated by looking outside of gyaru spaces so I worked on curating my feeds to show me different fashions and interests completely removed from jfashion. I'm also focusing on living in the moment and finding my personal style and it's made me a lot happier these days! I hope you are able to experience the same (⸝⸝ᵕᴗᵕ⸝⸝)
Thank you so much for your comment 💕
DeleteNo but thats so real!
ReplyDeleteI also don't use social media for quite some time now and I can guarantuee you. YOU GET SO MUCH TIME SUDDENLY THAT YOU DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I also prefer the casual inspo from magazines, the ranzuki you got looks very interesting!
I hope more gals switch to blogs tbh..it is so much more reaaaal and refreshing.
http://rinmero0818.blogspot.com/
I really agree with everything you said and it's why I was beginning to feel so sore about the gyaru community and withdrawn for a lot of years. I'm so super happy to see gals like you again who are REAL PEOPLE who actually live like this. It feels like maybe there's some promise for the future of gyaru still lol.
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