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- Be known for being tough. Do not cry or show weakness in front of others. This does not necessarily mean you have to whoop someone’s behind with a Machete, just be known for not taking bull from anyone.
- Use your words as weapons instead of getting into physical fights. It will make you look even tougher to win with just words instead of actions.
- Listen to rap NOT hip hop. If you want a girlier image listen to the newer artists like Chris Brown and Ne-Yo. If you want a tough-girl rep listen to 2Pac, Biggie, Jay-Z, The Game, Eminem, G-Unit, N.W.A., Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, etc. Also try using the phrases “fo real” “Dat aint funny” “Yall askin fo the drama” as often as possible and you could refer to your mom as your “OG” or “moms” and your friends as “Homes or Homie”
- Learn: Singing and Dancing are good things to learn. If you cannot do these try to work on your other talents. Everybody has a talent they are good at.
Be a Gangster Girl!
- Wear appropriate clothes. If you are on a tight budget, you can buy part by part. Go buy a cheap but, nice looking hat, and a necklace. Go to the cheaper shops round your area and get jeans and a hoodie, and go from there. The usual clothing include tracksuits (not the ones from your team), jeans and hoodies (not skater hoodies). Brands such as Ecko, G-Unit, Apple Bottoms, Baby Phat, House of Dereon, Sean John, South Pole, Fubu, Davoucci, Mackavile and DC are popular with gangsta chicks. Pastry’s kicks are pretty cool as well. Also try the stores Nike, Reebok or Adidas for shoes. If you can, sneakers should be low-top kicks, with brands like Bathing Ape, G Unit, DC, Nike, Michael Jordans, and other popular but more expensive kinds. You can wear Aeropostale as well.
- Learn your gang’s colors. Dressing accordingly will help. Wear jewelery. Chains, bangles, hooped earrings, and cute sunglasses are popular. You can have different styles of hooped earrings, and a nice pair for special events, for example, plain big silver for school, twisted ones for shopping, and gold bamboo hoops for looking your best.
- Be ghetto. Their houses are usually in a ‘hood or Cul de Sac and are clean and tidy (often expensive), but looks effortless. You should also try to look effortless. If you’re going to the store, throw on a necklace, messed up hair, a pair of sweats and a T and just go. Don’t forget the flip flops if its a nice day.
- Wear make-up. Keep it light and natural around your face, don’t cake it on. Glitter around your eyes looks cute but don’t go overboard. There are two parts of your face you should focus on: your eyebrows, and your eyelashes. Try to make sure you get your eyebrows are waxed or plucked. You’d never see a ‘hood gal with a mono-brow, would ya? Also, wear mascara and eyeliner whenever you go out, even if you wear nothing else!!
- Take a shower every day. This will stop you stinking. Guys hate a girl with body odor. Also, try to shampoo and condition your hair every other day, unless you’ve got a weave, hair extensions, or have Afro-Caribbean type hair. If this is the case get your stylist to advise you on products you can put in to keep your hair nice in between washes.
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Choose a style for your hair. A lot of gangsta chicks have weaves or extensions to give their hair a thicker look. This is also popular amongst Afro-Caribbean girls, although wearing your hair in an afro is also gangsta to the bone. Some styles which are also popular are braids, cornrows (only get them done by people who know what they’re doing), dead straight hair with bangs, or just casually down with natural-looking, flowing waves. Depending on your hair type, you could:
- Apply gel or mousse or baby oil.
- Get honey-colored highlights in your hair, or get low lights if your hair is really light to give it depth.
- Colour your hair either chocolate brown like Rihanna, sandy blonde like Tyra, platinum blonde like Gwen Stefani (do NOT dye your hair this colour if your skin is a very pink tone, it won’t look good), red, or black.
- Wear sunglasses on your head, or wear a really thick headband that matches the shirt you’re wearing.
- Wear your hair down, afro, corn rows, braids, or dead dead straight.
- Wear your hair in a high ponytail or braid in microbraids.
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