Snake Bites and Crowns Don't Mix? G_S post. (Long Sorry)

Hello ladies and gents. This post is mostly going to be text, and it's gonna be mostly about how I feel about my style and Hime Gyaru style in general, so I'm sorry if it's long and kinda boring. So, to start it off, I got posted on G_S today and I'm not complaining about being posted because it wasn't the first time. Mainly, it was a pretty neutral post, mostly talking about how they thought my outfit was cute and that I should keep trying. I appreciated it, but there were some things that I wanted to cover and explain.

So first off, I want to cover the spamming thing. I do remember spamming the tumblr tag for Hime Gyaru a while ago, but recently I actually haven't been spamming my own attempts. I learned that it was dumb to just spam my crappy attempts without asking for advice on it and I really hope I didn't annoy people with it(I probably did). There was also a comment about how my attempts pretty much fluxuate from getting better to getting worse. I usually don't get much feedback from people about my attempts and I feel like a lot of new gyaru or gyaru who have been in the style for a while and still are struggling are like this because a lot of the more experienced gyaru won't, or choose not to give goo advice. Instead they will bash, or make fun of them. This really doesn't help at all. I am actually really glad that the person who wrote my secret was pretty nice about it and told me how they felt about my style.

That being said, I want to cover the snake bites comment. -sigh- Ok, so I know piercings aren't something Hime Gyaru's really have, but all in all, I'm not getting rid of them. I have had this said to me before, that I should get rid of my piercings or make them more subtle, but I like my piercings the way they are. There are plenty of pretty gaijin Hime Gyaru with piercings in that still look amazing. In my opinion, piercings and crowns do mix quite well.

And I the last thing I'd like to cover is the whole wig situation. I totally agree with this person on this actually. Lol. I have had that wig a while and I've tried my best to save it, but it is time to get rid of it and start a new. The thing is, I am on a budget and I do have bills and such to pay, so getting a new wig does take time for me. My actual hair isn't the best. I'm not gonna lie. It's really short, but I always wanted to try to do some Hime co-ords with my short hair and see how that works out. Hopefully I can pull it off and I won't have to rely on wigs so much.

The last thing I wanted to cover was the make-up comment. First off, I don't 'cake on' my makeup. I barely wear makeup. I only wear a lot of makeup when I do cosplay. I think they were referring to my eye liner and blush maybe, but I don't put that on too heavy. I'm really dark in the face and there isn't much I can do about that, so in order to make more make up show up, I need to add it a little heavier, but it's not caked on. I don't like skin lightening, and I am proud of my skin and the way my face looks. I know a lot of darker skinned, gyaru are doing the whole BB cream and skin lightening thing, but it's just not me and I don't think I'll ever do it. Not that I'm resistant to change, but I have good skin and I heard that skin lightening creams are bad for your skin. I will admit I do need to work on applying my lashes better, but that whole makeup thing... I don't know, I don't think my make up is that bad.

Now I'm not defending G_S nor am I totally against it. I really think that some of the secrets could actually help if the right people wrote them and they weren't all about how stupid, or dumb, or ugly, or fat someone is. If people would just use it as a tool to help people improve on their skills, it wouldn't be such an elephant in the room when people are having conversations about Gyaru in general. I know that I'm going to take this as a positive thing, and push forward and learn from my secret and try and be a better Hime Gyaru.

Again, I'm sorry for about how long and boring this post was, and I promise the next one will be more entertaining. Until then, have a lovely week.~