Unusual places I find gal inspo

Warning: Picture-heavy post

This post will be a little unusual (no pun intended ).

Although a gal's main reference always come from the magazines and street snaps, I believe that finding inspiration outside of these two is just as important, especially when developing your own style.

Take Deedeedoo, for example. She calls herself the "cyber gal". It's not an already existing substyle – she made it herself. And she's extremely unique! Many gaijin gals often worry too much about fitting in a specific substyle and forget about developing their own signature style and making themselves unique within the subculture.

So these are my non-gal references that help me compose my own style 

Sanrio Suntan blind box ~

 Hey!

So I've been super exhausted and I don't want to write a long post so this will be very straightforward...

I got my Suntan series blind box, and I couldn't believe my eyes when I opened it...

I GOT CHARMMY KITTY!!!!! 

I really wish this post was longer, there are some cool stuff from the past weekend I wanted to talk about, and I have comments to reply too... But I'm really too tired and I'll be super busy for the next three weeks because of my birthday, so I hope you guys understand (⁠･ั⁠ω⁠･ั⁠)

I'll try to blog though, because I'll have a lot of stuff to tell! Such as the haircut I'll be getting soon!!!

Yesterday + about Nemoyayo's engagement!

I had a very fun day yesterday 

I had enough time to do a simple makeup!!!  I didn't draw my brows on but I had a nose contour, namidabukuro and an eyeliner... So I feel like it's enough considering I did that at 5AM 

Right above my office there's a printing store and I did a sheet with some of the puri I do on my Nintendo DSi though Sparkle Snapshots – in photo sticker paper, as the purikura gods intended! I also printed out a picture of my Gyarusa at Ronron's birthday last year for the purikura keychain I got at Daiso a few months ago 

I loved how it turned out! I can't wait to do more puri and print it out in the future! I'm totally bringing my NDSi with me for every meetup!

With Trixxie, Akei, Larie and Nana (Nana is a non-gal friend ). I printed two of each puri so I can give one to the person I took it with.

I made it small on purpose and it looks surprisingly convincing after being cut out! 

Isn't this keychain adorable??? I hung it alongside my Diamond Lash gacha and Suntan Kitty-chan on my makeup bag 

After my shift I went to the mall to get my nephew a present and I stopped quickly at Daiso to get one more Suntan Kitty sticker blind pack. I got the sheet I wanted!!! 

SUNTAN MIMI = ZARA LARSSON 

Obsessed with Kitty with the lei too!

Saw these SUPER CUTE wooden sandals on sale!!! But I can't buy them atm 

I'm seeing my nephew for the first time tomorrow! No, he's not a newborn  he was born in the US and I haven't been able to meet him yet! He's almost 5 years old and it's his second time in Brazil. The first time he came, I unfortunately could not see him because of work  so you can probably wonder how excited I am!

I really wanted to talk about Nemoyayo's engagement...

We all know and adore Yayo. Iconic ex-Eggmo, current Ane Ageha model, gyaru icon.

She was just proposed. And not by a man.

Nemoyayo is in a lesbian engagement!!! 

This is really huge! As a fellow lesbian gal, not only I was surprised, but so, so happy for her. For all of us. In 24 hours, a queer woman won an Olympic gold in my favorite sport (CONGRATULATIONS, ALYSA LIU!) and Yayo announced her engagement to another woman! WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!  We sapphics keep winning!

I didn't know Yayo is a sapphic so it was so shocking. Knowing this great gal icon loves women and being so open about it in a mostly LGBT-phobic country like Japan... I'm so proud of her and her beautiful fiancee! 

They met 16 years ago when Yayo was still modeling for Egg and her fiancee was also a gal!

Yayo... If only you could know how happy I am for you and how meaningful this is for me... I hope we get to see more sapphic gals living their happily ever after! 

ねもやよ大好き!!!! 

Weekend look ~

 

It's Carnaval weekend and I went out to see some friends at a BBQ yesterday ~

Did you know? Brazil is the only country in the whole globe to not celebrate Valentine's day in February, but in June instead. There are a few reasons for that, and the Carnaval holiday is one of them. It's the most important holiday and fest of our culture and although you might think that it looks similar to Halloween because of the costumes, it's a lot larger than that. In southeast, celebrations can last about a week, but in a few states in the northeast they can go for a whole month. There are many ways to celebrate Carnaval, whether it's by going to the so called "blocks" (street parties guided by a small float that you're supposed to follow around), traveling with your friends and families (most commonly to the beach), attending private parties, watching the samba schools parades or throwing a BBQ at home. Traditions can differ from state by state too.

Samba schools parades are aired on TV and you should definitely watch one someday. They get even more impressive every year! Every school presents a specific theme and as the holiday ends, they're judged and scored as in a sport and a winner is chosen. The judging is aired as well. The preparations for the next parade start as soon as the season ends – there are A LOT of blood, sweat and tears involved. Although I've never been in a school myself or can't even dance samba, I have a lot of admiration and respect for these artists! Not to mention that they're born from the Afro-Brazilian communities, so there's a deeper meaning to it than pretty girls dancing around. Definitely worth researching and learning more about it 

Now to my look... 
I think this is the most hime I looked in a while  I couldn't take any good pictures of my co*de though 

 Diamond Lash "Glamorous eye"

 Shein

 MAC "Fleshpot"

The only "outfit photos" I took was in a glass door at the train station 

Idk if you can even see anything but...

Dress is Shein, shoes are Vivienne Westwood-inspired off-brand, purse is Petite Jolie 

I have a good picture of the shoes though 

NGL... I was very happy with my hair! Although it was not curled, I managed to create some volume with teasing 

It's crazy to go out as a gal during carnaval, because everyone will assume you're in a costume  I think it's a delightful time to try manba, though! Maybe I'll do it next year!