Showing posts with label gyaru. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gyaru. Show all posts

Sunday, July 19, 2026

Saturday outfit!





 Yesterday I went out with bryan to breakfast and then I got my nails done! I decided to change from builder gel to acrylic so the appointment took a while. After that I just ran around trying to get some stuff for lashes but nowhere had anything I needed so I’ll have to order online. 


While I was waiting I took a look at the summer edition of egg from this year. 

I don’t really like the socks she used with the boots, but that reminds me that I saw a wide toe/barefoot cowboy boot that I’ve wanted for a few years. Might finally cough up the funds for that since I need the wide toe so I can’t do the regular versions. I’m glad someone is at least making cute styles of shoes I can wear though since I usually have to pass on anything cute.
 


My outfit was partially suggested by Alta, Tamiko recommended the app to me and I’ve been having fun with it. If you wanna friend me I’m Rae Melody there too! It’s kinda cool having a jumping off point for outfits. 




I’ve been feeling simultaneously drained and hyper recently. I have a bunch of creative ideas but work/life is also draining me, so I haven’t even gotten around to uploading Japan photos yet. I have to get some off my camera first.  

I’ve been looking at amekaji inspo images and I have some DIY ideas inspired by that, but with my own ideas mixed in too. I like the shapes and general ideas of the outfits, but the color schemes don’t feel like me, so I wanna make stuff that suits me. 

After my trip, I’ve been thinking a lot about how I can use inspo from the past and make it work with items that are currently available to me. Part of the reason I really like old school is bc gals were using what they had and incorporating that into gal looks and eventually setting the trends that way. They weren’t always using brands made for gals or following trends, they were doing their own thing and eventually those ideas became trends. So I wanna take inspo from that vibe of being creative with what’s accessible to you and bringing your own ideas. 

I’ve become a lot stronger of a person over the past year-ish and I feel like my style is stronger because of it. I wanna keep refining it and keep getting in touch with my true self through fashion ~ ~ 

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Today’s work outfit

 Hello!! 🌺


Today I promised my coworkers I would bring in this ridiculous hat I bought in Japan. The text was so funny I had to buy it. Mostly when things were in English I could at least understand what they were trying to say, but I have no idea what this could possibly have started as. 


This was my outfit today! I took off my jewelry before I took the photo but I was wearing a colorful bracelet and my usual blue baby g watch. 

And as you can see my fake tan worked ⭐️ I think it looks really cute and I didn’t mess up anywhere like I used to. I really think that the oils in my body scrubs and razor were messing up the tan development before and making it patchy on my hands and feet. I kinda wanna go darker but I might wait until over the weekend so maybe it’ll look more real xD as if a redhead could ever naturally tan anyways. 



I got my face tan today too, and I’ll try that tonight so that I don’t have to always wear makeup to match my body. Hopefully I like it and it doesn’t break me out because it’s the only affordable one I can find. I got a very suspicious cystic breakout yesterday that I’m hoping is just from stress and touching my face and not my bronzer because it was the only liquid bronzer that I could find without phenoxyethanol D: if it makes me break out I’ll have to shell out for another shade of my concealer. 

I still have to finish my Japan posts, right now there’s only three and they’re just photos and no text. Work has just been super kicking my ass and my summer class went from 0 to 100 right away. It’s super challenging but I hope it will help me, and I’m going to do my best!! ⭐️ 🌺 




Monday, June 8, 2026

Casual outfit

 Today I have my last night class and presentation for my design class this quarter! We also went to see Bryan’s family for dinner. I haven’t been dressing up at all since I’ve only been going to doctors recently but I did actually put on makeup today to see everyone. 



Same make as yesterday! I think it must have been that my eyeliner or mascara primer went bad because I didn’t use either of them today and my eyes have been fine. Strange. I also got a new eyeshadow stick for the black that works better than the powder. 


I love these baby t’s from American Eagle! I went to get socks there yesterday bc they have cute designs and saw that the tops were on sale so I picked up two! I think the pattern looks very 90’s. 


Saturday, May 30, 2026

Birthday party


I’m so behind on blogging! I have had some health issues and haven’t felt like posting. I’ve been focused on healing since I only have a few weeks left before my Japan trip and I really need to be able to walk. Anyways onto happier things! 

I wanted to share photos from my birthday party. I haven’t had a birthday party with friends in yearssssss but now that we have a house and space to host people I really wanted to!
 (づ。◕‿‿◕。)づ




I went to the craft store and found these tropical decorations! I also had tropical plates and napkins. 


Furry party guest 


I told everyone to use the umbrella straws and Bryan put one in his water bottle O(≧▽≦)O


Watching the party  (⊙︿⊙✿)


Right after my friend gave me presents she made for me, hats for my long furbys ♥╣[-_-]╠♥ so many of my friends brought me thoughtful presents 




Outfit pics ★~(◡﹏◕✿)

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Birthday dinner (~˘▾˘)~

 Today we went out with my in laws for my birthday! We went to a korean bbq place that opened several months ago. I was really excited because I haven't been there before!



Outfit!! 
Top: victoria's secret 
Skirt: Marshall's 
Bracelets: Hollister 
Necklace: American Eagle 




There was so much food, this wasn't even all of it. Everything was really good! I actually really liked the edamame, I never use to in the past. I also had a lychee drink that was just lychee syrup and sparkling water, so basically like lychee pop! 


When I came home I saw that my columbine flower is blooming! These are native to my area, like all of the flowers I have in my garden. They didn't bloom last year but they are perennials, and they grew up super quickly and super large this year. 


Wonderful birthday presents from my in laws (◕‿◕✿)


This water bottle is sparkly, I exercise a lot and I wanted a bottle with a straw that wouldn't leak. I hate fussing with lids during class. 


Roxy bag! Inspired by some old school looks I saw with mini backpacks. I love natural bags like this. 


This was a surprise!! :D It has so many cute lip glosses in it that I'm excited to try. There is also a really pretty smelling body lotion as well! These are the two categories I like trying most since my lips and body (and brows but i usually always do the same thing to them) aren't sensitive like my face/eyes are, so I don't have to worry about ingredients. The only thing I can't use is the setting spray, but I will pass it along to a friend. 








Saturday, February 28, 2026

Bryan’s birthday ♥╣[-_-]╠♥

Today we saw Bryan's parents for his birthday! We ate at a seafood restaurant. I didn't get food photos since I felt weird about taking pictures with his family around haha. 




My outfit! I wore my tan ugg mary janes with this. It's finally spring weather, which is so nice



Reiwa inspired make today! I don't know why I look mad, these are all the selfies I took xD I really like how this came out, even though I didn't put lashes on today. I wish I could show how sparkly this shadow is on camera!

I forgot how good quality eyeshadows feel, this is a charlotte tilbury one I bought a few years ago and am close to finishing. It might need to get tossed though because my eyes are suspiciously very itchy..  The palette I normally use is Dior but the shadows are all pretty dry and not super pigmented, even though their other palettes are normally nice. 

 I also refilled my namida bukuro stick, I got the orange instead of champagne but I think I made it work by layering lighter glitter on top. The orange alone is too dark, but they were out of stock of champagne and the others were pink which I didn't want. I forgot how nice it is when the stick is fresh, it's not pulling on my skin anymore. Note to self to replace it sooner xD 

This is the liner I use! tbh if I keep doing 90's style I don't even care about the orange end since I'll just be using pure white, but I change my mind all the time about if I want current or 90's make.  



 I used a fancy lipstick today too but tbh I'm kinda disappointed in it because every SINGLE time I use it, it dries my lips out so horribly in a way nothing else does. It even feels so creamy going on, I have no idea why it's like that. 

This is the lipstick, it's by pat mcgrath. I bought it several months ago as retail therapy, lol. 

✿✼:*:༅。.。༅:*・゚゚・⭑


Here's Luna sitting in the box from one of Bryan's presents (✿ ♥‿♥)

✿✼:*:༅。.。༅:*・゚゚・⭑

I tried putting on the more natural of the lashes I bought earlier this week and ... they were super ugly. I hated them and removed them immediately. If I end up using the clusters more often I'll either go with the spikes or buy more "standard" looking brown ones. The spikey ones sort of freaked me out because when I washed my face with them on they started shedding tiny individual lashes, even though I was very careful like I always am. It makes me sorta worried to wear them for more than a day, because I'm concerned I may rub them when I'm asleep and those fibers could get in and hurt my eye o(╥﹏╥)o I think I can make it work with "regular" clusters, instead of the spiky ones, especially since all the reiwa gals with exte have more wispy looking ones and 90's gals didn't really wear lashes much and if they did they were the western wispy type. I'm trying to be more in the mindset of doing what I want anyways, and not always forcing myself to copy someone else's idea in order to feel valid in my choices. 

I'm waiting for my order from this other lash company to arrive. They have a really interesting product that is little sticky tabs to put on clusters instead of liquid glue. I had a really hard time finding cluster glue that I can use and this was the only one I could find. They also had one liquid glue I can technically use, but it only comes in black and I'm not sure how that would look with my brown clusters. I'm hoping the tabs work because honestly it seems like such a good idea and will take a lot less time. 

✿✼:*:༅。.。༅:*・゚゚・⭑

I've been in such a weird mood the last couple weeks, I think it's probably just a combination of all the different stresses in my life right now. I keep going back and forth on how I wanna look and nothing really ever seems right. It's driving me insane. Every time the season changes i'm never happy with my wardrobe and wanna change it somehow, but it's always hard to find things I really love. I'm trying to just take it one day at a time and just wear what I feel like wearing in the moment without taking it too seriously or worrying about how someone else will view it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             








 



Sunday, February 22, 2026

Valentines dates



Can you believe we are already almost done with February? I'm in such an odd mood today. I wrote a huge post and then deleted it. So much is going on in my head... 


Last week Bryan and I went on two Valentine's Day dates. We only planned one, but my sister had reservations that her and her boyfriend didn't end up wanting to use anymore, so we got to take their place on actual Valentines Day at an Italian restaurant! I actually remembered photos of my food this time too. 
 

I went for an onee look. My friend gave me this skirt a few years ago and I always pull it out for nice dates. ★~(◡﹏◕✿)


 



heart bag to be festive! 


I tried pairing it with this off the shoulder sweater since I saw some onee girls doing that. I think it worked perfectly!

First I had wine, this one was some kind of sparkling white wine that I absolutely loved. 


Then chicken with sun dried tomatoes. I'm so hungry looking at this o(╥﹏╥)o


Lastly a special strawberry shortcake they had for Valentine's Day! Everything was so amazing. 

✧・゚: *✧・゚:* 

Then we had our originally planned date on Monday at a steakhouse. This was why I got dark and elegant nails this month! 


Took forever deciding on the shoes, because the shoes I ordered weren't quite as comfy as i thought. I ended up keeping them though, once I found out I could switch the insides. These heels were terrible to walk in, never again. xD at least I looked cute. 


I loved this drink. It was similar to a wine spritzer, but it had strawberry puree in it. 


I had a steak, but this is the potato they gave me as my side. I don't know if this evenly properly conveys how truly ENORMOUS this potato was. It was the size of probably 3 regular potatoes. Much larger than my hand. You can kind of see my wine glass and the candle holders for scale. 


Bryan and I shared this amazing creme brule for dessert ♥‿♥


Sunday, February 8, 2026

Dinner with family ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚*

 Today Bryan and I went to an Italian restaurant with my family! My sister's boyfriend was there, so we had almost everybody! I forgot to take pictures of my food, but I had gnocchi and a tiramisu ♥‿♥



Bryan and I both got drinks! Originally I had the second one, but we liked each other's better, so we ended up switching. 



Finally wearing my Alba skirt that I got secondhand a few months ago. I washed it and noticed there were two very small holes, so I had to get around to hand sewing them shut. Same make as usual, this is honestly the first time I have a makeup routine that I intend on continuing for many months because I love how I look so much ♥‿♥

。・:*:・゚★,。・:*:・゚☆

I realized today that my white Mac liner is really dried out and my sprakly eyeshadow stick is maybe 7 months old??? I think I should get new ones, maybe I'll go tomorrow... need to get better about writing down when I opened stuff. I don't mess around with cream products and my eyes, they're so sensitive already. My ulta doesn't have the mac liner though, so i'd have to go to the further one. I'd just order online but every time I order from ulta the box is always kinda beat up and dirty inside and outside...  what problems xD 

 I hope you had a good weekend too! Thanks for reading ~

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