Newpark apparently is going through some renovations and all. I'm kind of curious to see what the end result would be. I wish direly they'd renovate the mall where I live because lord knows that it needs it.
Anyway, we were kind of doing some gyaru-esque shopping in Newpark. Now most of you wouldn't consider anywhere but maybe J-Town or whatever gyaru-y shopping but that's seriously where you are wrong. There used to be a Daiso for your eye lash fix along the way but that's gone now BUT there's a store across where the used to be that's called 'First Impression' that has not only super flipping cute unique kawaii clothing but at crazy cheap prices. Forever21 has went up in price a bit admittedly so whenever I am here I always hit up First Impression first and this is also one of Ashley's favorite stores.
Other than that you can find really good quality clothing too and at really good prices. I've bought eight dollar skirts and dresses that are very Onee-gyaru. I've bought gingham Swan Kiss esque tops or Liz Lisa-like florals here. It's a very unique find and I definitely recommend it for anyone who is just now getting into gyaru! A lot of the stuff I first wore when I first got into gyaru fashion was from this store and I still go here to wear my casual stuff so I can appreciate wearing my brand for events a lot more. So even if you're a gyaru who doesn't mind wearing off brand this is also for you!
Another really good clothing store that even exists where I live is called 'Ms Clothing'. A lot of the clothing there is 9.99 or so unless labeled other wise and the style varies. I've found a lot of 'mode' style gyaru outfits here and an occasional piece that looks like it would be from Emoda/Sly/Spiral Girl/Glad News depending. Ashley found a couple items that fit K-Pop style perfectly and not SNSD style Ulzzang but pieces that looked like something CL from 2NE1 would wear. I've found big bags that pass off as ma*rs-esque in the past but that day I bought leggings and some high waisted pants with buttons for work which ended up being super comfy btw.
Last stop at the mall was forever21 where I bought a floral print dress that I had been stalking on the website for ages. There was only ONE left and not in the burgundy color I wanted it in but you know what? I liked the cut and navy was still not too bad so I ended up settling for it anyway. I also got some sparkly over the knee socks that I'm not exactly sure what to wear with yet. Here are my purchases!
SO with that said, I can now see why Dollywink is carried more at stores than Candy Doll. The price of Dollywink is more logical than Candy Doll. But it was nice to swatch and just finally get an impression of what that line was about. The face powders are nice and soft but just.. not enough product in them for 30.00. Sample sizes basically for the price of a full size MAC powder.
But we DID however end the night with ShareTea which was pretty effing amazing and it was my first time trying. I got another peach green tea with boba, pudding, jellies, and ICECREAM. And it was by far amazing.
That day was for sure an experience so thank you Ashley for wanting to come out and play and all. I hope we get to see each other very soon!
This is the whole look together with eye lashes and I paired the look with the limited edition Mac Diva lipstick. The inspiration for that days look was 'mature'. I wanted to kind of channel Sakurai Rina but I think it didn't fully turn into that either really. I loved how I did my hair and I like how gradiented it is right now. I want to add more blonde though but I'm kind of keeping it as is for now. I dunno what my look was exactly but I dunno it just felt very lady-like and mature. I was pretty happy with it for the most part.
SO anyway I hung out with my bro Jett and headed to the Bay Area with Vale and Miguel who are always so open to like...going anywhere/doing anything. So it was a really great trip. First stop was the mall. We ended up accidentally hitting Oakridge instead of the other mall (gdi) but it was fine. We had a lot of fun derping around and shopping. Parking was a nightmare since people are hauling ass for the holidays and all... I was so aggressive saying shit that just ended up becoming inside jokes for years to come. I am horrible. Yeah.
Afterward Miguel hit up the Guess store and I usually never go into that place but after he strolled on out with a jacket, Vale wanted to see what all was in there too. So then in we went and I ALMOST bought the most cutest DIA looking shirt with sparkley wings. It was like....20.00 and I really wanted it but I thought we were hitting Forever21 in SF and ended up being like 'Imma fucking wait'. Looking back? Fuck I should have bought it. It was very DIA because of the sparkles and kind of badass because the wings were on the back and I just have a thing for things like that.
Afterward we ended up leaving to pick up our friend Charmie who got off of work and was going to adventure down to San Francisco with us. SO the intention was to go down town....we ended up meeting up with the lovely Jobi and eating and shopping in Japan Town because well...Japan Town is kind of a win/win. You can't go wrong with it.
They happened to have a Ma*rs jacket there too and I am a sucker for ma*rs but it was a beige jacket and not a black or white or I might have seriously came back and busted the bank on it. It was the fucking bunny jacket too. I was super tempted...if only it was in black. </3
Afterward we hit Kinokuniya and found Jobi. Looked through some J-Fashion mags, realized that Popteen as cute as the covers are? Are still bland and disappointing for an essentric glitzy girl like myself (Ageha/Egg I fucking miss you) and I almost bought Kera but nothing big stood out in Kera for me either. I seriously should have hunted down Men's Spider because Jobi and I had an intense convo about the death of gyaru mags and how Men's Spider and a couple of gyaru-o mags still existed. We came to the conclusion that 'host' style is what is keeping those magazines alive along with the J-Rock/V-Kei movement that's kind of latched on the aesthetic of what gyaru-o/host style is and have made it more suited to what visual kei/rock is. I think it's why brands like Glavil and Ghost of Harlem do so well for women because while they can be very gyaru they also delve into a completely different genre of fashion as well. However I will say that I am in love with Amihamu who I think is a Sex Pot Revenge shop girl. If I ever do rock gyaru her and SakuRina are my biggest inspirations along with a couple of other Ageha models that delve into that realm.
We also ran into a couple of cute girls that were there for MaruQ's Rilakuma event that was going on. I don't know who they were (Jobi did though) and they were super cute~!
We went downstairs to then fawn over anime trash because yeah...we all have cosplayed. Except for Miguel. 8D So that happened. Flipped through a couple of Sailor Moon things and found Card Captor stuff too. The calendars on display were adorable. Kinokuniya clearly needs more Sailor Moon shit because there are a couple of cute shits that I would buy if it was things I would actually use so I could justify it.
After that raid we hit Yamada-ya for ramen and goodies. I fucken love this place so much and I always end up going back. The staff there are always super kind and efficient and I just can not have ramen elsewhere in San Francisco at least. Now if it is Sacramento, we can talk about the many places I will clearly hit but SF wise this is my place and Sara had never been nor had Jobi so I was super excited to take them. Vale and Jett had been before so they were all set on what they wanted. I was suppper relieved they had vegetarian options for Miguel. That's the second place I've been too that had options like that but for ramen. Ryujin I think still takes first place for him and I was telling Sara and Jobi also about Ryujin as well since well...that's my go-to place in Sacramento for noodles. But the takoyaki here is amazing, the both is so yummy especially if you take it to go and have it a couple days later, they have really good karage and just....*A* I'm so glad we got to go with the group we did. Lots of lovely conversations occurred and the only missing bit was the fact that this was an evening trip and clearly didn't last long enough.
So boba occured-I got peach green tea with jellies and boba and another milk tea with matcha and pudding. I was pretty pleased with that and we ended up driving back to San Jose with our boba. And that's pretty much the end of that adventure. A lot more went on too but I was just trying to make this kind of fashion oriented for the post I guess? Haha~
It's been so much fun getting to go out and see friends and go places. I've been so limited to cons or solo trips that I really forgot what it felt like to just kick back and relax with yes people who hit cons but not in a con setting. It's super enjoyable and I'm hoping everyone else enjoyed and had just as much fun as I did.
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