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───⠀chikawa pngs

all sourced from pinterest no need to credit me ,, f2u feel free to repost anywhere

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my only goal in life is to be famous on jiraiblr

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me and my pink blog against the world

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normalize having favorites. in fact, normalize me being your favorite. normalize loving me more than you’ve ever loved anyone else. please please please please please please

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HELLO FELLOW JIRAIS!!! ♡♡♡

me and my girlfriend have decided to make a jirai discord server together!! its system-friendly (but anti-endo)

if you dont know what that means, no worries! you can still join, if ur fine with learning about new shit lol ^_^

'jirais' who just wear the fashion but dont follow the lifestyle are not allowed.

(reblogs to boost server are appreciated)

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Discover the Striking World of Yuka Mannami’s Contemporary Fashion Portraits

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General Jirai Makeup Tips

Hi! Here's a general list of jirai makeup tips that i want to give to any baby jirais in the community. Here's some housekeeping before we begin:

This blog post may be regularly updated; please check the original blog for any updates regarding this post. I am currently trying to look for tutorials and TikToks made by darker-skinned jirai, but I do not actively consume jirai social media aside from jiraiblr (nor do i have a TikTok account—I just linked the top results from the desktop/website lmao) so PLEASE comment if you know something. This is an open resource for anyone who wants to learn how to do jirai makeup.

These are tips that worked for me when I was starting out, mostly self-taught and modeling myself after what I saw and what I liked, then finally branched out and focused on what I liked AND looked good on me. There are plenty of other places and resources where you can find makeup tips. If you have any tips that worked for you, please let me know and I'll add it here!

The most important tip of all: Most jirais online are editing their photos and/or using beautifying filters which can change how their faces look. You will be hard-pressed to find any photos of jirai online that aren't edited. You might have luck looking on Reddit (yuck, I know) because most beginner jirais post images of their makeup there and ask for tips, or some people just generally show off their makeup because it's gorge. But just know that if you are a beginner at pien makeup, you will NOT get it right the first time and it takes a ton of practice. Don't get discouraged!

Info below, long post!

EYES

EYELASHES

If you have dark and thick lashes and want to make them have the manhwa lash effect, use mascara and then use tweezers to clump them together while they're still wet. It gives the illusion that your eyelashes are thick and separated.

As for bottom lashes: no one in real life or online will notice your bottom lashes unless they're a nitpicking jerk. (Also read my related tip for bottom lashes in the "eye shape" section). Most jirais draw lashes along their bottom eyeliner to give the appearance of eyelashes. Here's a tutorial that found my Instagram feed.

EYE SHAPE

There is—in my opinion—no wrong way to do jirai makeup... aside from a few details. Exaggerated eyes (mainly pien, but we'll get into it) is a core feature of jirai kei makeup and their main identifying feature; similar to gyaru, a huge basis of the style is your makeup and you wouldn't be identifiable as a jirai without the makeup. (That being said, if you identify as a jirai, you ARE jirai. Makeup isn't necessary to prove anything to other people!) There are plenty of tutorials around for pien makeup—and tbh, as someone who did gyaru before, the makeup process and tips for jirai and gyaru makeups are pretty similar. There are MANY ways to do your makeup as long as it identifies as adequately "jirai".

If you were previously gyaru, the eye shape should feel very familiar!!! The only main difference between the gyaru droop and pien makeup is that jirais tend to droop their makeup down to give the illusion of a sad expression, whereas gyarus tend to draw out and exaggerate their eye shape to make their eyes look bigger. It sounds the same if you think about it on the surface level, but they are incredibly different in intention, motive, and practice.

For those practicing with the droop, squint your eyes and draw the droop in the outer part of your eyebags, then connect it inward to the inner part of your eyes and the outer part of your droop/top eyeliner. (It's hard to explain without imagery, I'm sorry! But this is how I prefer doing my droop.)

If you aren't comfortable going full-in with eyeliner, use eyeshadow to plot out where the eyeliner is going to go and use your favorite eyeliner to trace over it!

It is incredibly tempting to look closely at one eye and tilt your head accordingly, however looking straight-on could make your eyes look strange. This is just a general makeup perspective tip, because I've noticed that i look really strange at times, even when taking photos. >_>

Experiment with shades of pink, red, and brown—especially if you have darker skin tones. Softer pink tones don't look good on me though they'd look good on lighter-skinned people (as most jirais online, and makeup tutorials for, are generally lighter-skinned), whereas vibrant reds do, and therefore I use that to do my makeup (I have a medium skin tone with neutral undertones, currently incredibly pale though from lack of sun exposure. Pink, although a close color to red, looks horrible on my face). here's makeup i like

Additional tip for bottom lashes: If you're worried about the awkward space between your waterline and your eyeliner, you can fill in the spot between your eyes and your eyeliner with eyeshadow to cover it up—or you can leave that space completely blank without makeup. Genuinely most people don't pay attention to that part of the makeup. Additional additional tip: Similar to gyaru, whatever you do, do not put white in the droop. it looks weird and cartoonish and makes that area of your face stand out more than the pien

I WANT TO DO JIRAI MAKEUP, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO THE DROOP FOR PERSONAL REASONS (ISN'T WORK-APPROPRIATE, WOULD ATTRACT UNWANTED ATTENTION AT SCHOOL, SIMPLY NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT, ETC.)

That's completely okay! some jirais also just draw their eye shape straight from the center of their waterline out to where their top eyeliner droops, without any further droop or exaggeration, so it just looks like their eyes extend slightly in a doll eyes-esque look. here is an example and here is a tutorial

here's also a non-droop tutorial with an emphasis on exaggerated eyes still, similar to gyaru.

Also, while the general style of "dolly eyes" isn't really that similar to jirai, i really think this tutorial is helpful for more daily and presentable jirai looks that aren't attention-grabbing and could make you feel more comfortable with the style before experimenting heavily.

I AM A DARKER-SKINNED PERSON AND I AM HAVING TROUBLE FINDING TUTORIALS AND IMAGES WITH PEOPLE WITH MY SKIN TONE

(please note i do not use tiktok and actively consume it for jirai content so if there are any videos i should include on this list please let me know. it is incredibly unfortunate that there aren't more darker-skinned jirais being highlighted in the community!)

tiktok videos, with droop: mirariiin mori_re

tutorials:

TL;DR: THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THIS PART OF THE MAKEUP, PICK AND CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE

AEGYOSAL

Squint your eyes to find your eyebags. Most people draw their aegyosal right on the place where their eyebag protrudes the most, right above the "shadow" of their eyebag—but i'm a big advocate of finding what you think looks good to you!

Glitter on the inner corner of your eyes and on the middle of your aegyosal is a huge game changer for how your eyes appear! It makes your eyes appear shimmery and gives the illusion of freshly-crying, which is kind of what the pien makeup is about anyway.

EYEBROWS

If you've shaved your eyebrows: Again, I'm a huge advocate of figuring out what style of anything look good on your face. Most jirais have them straight or tilted to give a sad expression, and (similar to other j-fashion styles like gyaru or lolita) have light brows.

If you don't want to shave your eyebrows but want to make your own eyebrows: Drag queens glue down their eyebrows until they're flat on their forehead and then put foundation and powder over it before going to do their eyebrows. Do that!

As mentioned before, you can lighten your own eyebrows if you want a "softer" look to your face. Gyarus and lolitas tend to lighten their brows and it's not any different for jirai–BUT, keep in mind most jirai are shaving their brows/making their own eyebrows, or maybe even editing them in.

BLUSH

Blush is a small factor in the look of the jirai. Most jirais I've seen put it on the apple of their cheeks, similar to hime gyaru; you can search this up, but it's the widest part of your face when facing front, underneath your eye(bag)s.

LIPSTICK

Admittedly, I don't have a lot of experience in the lipstick department so I can't give a lot of advice on this. I generally think that lipstick is less of an important factor for this substyle and leave this alone. Again, as long as you have the appropriate eye makeup, you are easily recognizable as a jirai. Anyway you want to do your lipstick is fine, though I've noticed some jirais match their lipstick color to the color of their eye makeup.

And also, reiterating the most important tip of all: Most jirais online are editing their photos and/or using beautifying filters!

Find what you like from others, and/or figure what works best for you and do it. Makeup is an art and an expression for us jirais. And if you don't do makeup, that's fine too! If you're jirai, I and anyone else can't take that away from you.

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girl i sit with in my lang course was drawing chiikawa during class. . . are we soulmates . . . ?

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omggg i forgottt(⁠╬⁠☉⁠д⁠⊙⁠)⁠⊰⁠⊹ฺ i use she they pronouns!!!

ok!

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Why aren’t you texting me back faster babe!!?

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Ahh sorry that’s not what I meant to say!! As I said before my tumblr really isn’t working as of late (◞‸◟)

this is such a sweet message, but please don’t worry, I didn’t hurt myself. thank you so much . . (´u｀)

by the way, you never ended up telling me your pronouns! it’s okay if you don’t want to share though, I understand

please try not to hurt yourself friend(⁠｡⁠•́⁠︿⁠•̀⁠｡⁠)

maybe your blood looking different is a sign from the universe to stay safe!!!!! trust me,,, hurting yourself is never worth it!!!!!(⁠｡⁠ﾉ⁠ω⁠＼⁠｡⁠)

its okay if you do, it is a coping mechanism, but please try to avoid it

-Worried🍡 anon