Gyaru Makeup Basics

 

Gyaru Makeup

Hey~! Let's have a talk about gal makeup.

Is it actually so important?

Before we start, I wanna establish that everyone has a right to have their own opinion and the modern gyaru (2020s) is a bit different, I'm refering here mostly to the 2000s and 2010s as previous to that the makeup didn't pay such a big role.

Soooo is it really important? Yeah, it is. 

"But on TikTok there was this song Gal is Mind so being gyaru is a mindset"

Yes, it it but together with the appearance, you need to remember that gyaru is a fashion-based subculture. So anyway, let's talk about it~!

The most common attribute in gyaru makeup is the droop. The droop is a makeup feature focused on making eyes appear bigger or droopy by creating a space between the waterline and the lower liner. The space can be either left empty (or filled beige/gray) or filled black, however filling it white should be avoided as that's what differs gyaru from dolly makeup.

It's important to remember the droop's purpose is to enlarge, round or droop the eye shape, not make the eyes appear slanter, so I drew this to know what makes the difference:

So as you see, the important thing is to follow the eye shape to the outer corner before starting the droop instead of starting it above.

There are many ways to do your droop and you should experiment with what fits your features the best! You can do the sunrise droop (blue one) which makes your eyes look smiling and approachable, the green enlarging droop or the classic yellow one, and remember that all can be longer or shorter (vertically), and with rounder or sharper tails.

You can create the droop in many ways too! A simple line or a droop made of lashes, that's up to you~

Did you know it's possible to be gyaru without the droop too? Yeah! But it all depends on the substyle, while you can pass on the droop with softer styles like for example himekaji, it wouldn't be possible with flashier styles like tsuyome.

In some styles it's also ok to do makeup without the droop but with darkening the lower lid, like rokku.

    

Circle lenses play a big role in every substyle. Yeah, technically you can be gyaru without the lens but just like false lashes, it simply won't look so good. Usually you should go for the enlarging effect, however manba, yamanba, tsuyome and banba often go for unnatural flashy colors.

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For the lashes you should look for the ones with spikes! While you look for them, try to find also lower eyelid falsies, they aren't necessary as some gals don't include lower lashes in their make but if you do, it may save you time instead of drawing them on.

So what's about the white nose and stuff? If you're into gyaru you surely have seen the white makeup on eyes, nose, lips and sometimes even forehead or as whiskers! This makeup is mostly common in manba and yamanbas, ganguro, banba and sometimes tsuyome. The original purpose of white eyeshadow in ganguro was to create the contrast with skin and make the tan more flashy. Manba makeup includes the white makeup around the eyes while yamanba only does it on the upper eyelid.

The lips in gyaru are almost always light color (preferably pink but coral appears too sometimes) or even white, the exception being mature elegant styles like Onee and Mode.

The eyebrows in gyaru differ to each individual gal but they are usually on the thinner and straighter side, expecially in flashier styles, they also tend to make brow ends higher.

I think that's all I wanted to share, try to experiment to create your own style that suits you the best~

Byeeeeeee~☆