Make gtk3 applications look nice on xfce4

Gtk3 apps have the windows 98 look on my fresh xfce4 install.
In order to change the looks of qt apps I use qtconfig.
What do I do in order to make gtk3 apps look nice because gnome-tweak-tool doesn't work.
[root@sb1r3ak-desktop sb1r3ak]# gksu gnome-tweak-tool
GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL)
Aborted

wonder wrote:
@Awebb yeah, i didn't want to make fun of that
root in root, is like Inception
We need to go deeper
I had two terminals open.I tried gnome-tweak-tool in the first one and the other one with su.After that I was supposed to try with gksu in the first term not the second one with su /facepalm.
Thanks to the following post
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=116451
I have all the needed info now just one thing.What's the name of the elementary theme?( using egtk-bzr from AUR)
I tried elementary,egtk,egtk-bzr ..

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