Hi all! I am sooooo excited that I have my second session today and I need to tell someone!

Since the first session was just the getting to know each other, rough plans, aims and so on, I am excited to see what this session brings.

I am hopeful that we can work out a proper plan for the future and that I am not just in a phase. I am low key hoping that HRT is going to be discussed soon because I ordered yesterday in a slight dysphoria filed shopping spree a coat and if it fits I’d transition just to wear it!

The coat for the interested

Also also, where can I pick up basic makeup skills? Like I need a 101 and ELI5 because I only know (and love) eyeliner + eye shadow. I know nothing else.

  • captainlezbian
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    3 days ago

    So basic makeup skills can be learned a few ways. A lot of people swear by tutorials like on YouTube/tiktok/wherever, but I never did. Alternatively or additionally look at communities like makeupaddiction on reddit and when you like something seriously look at what they did in order to do it. You’ll start to notice techniques that you can adapt for your own purposes.

    Practice is going to be the most important thing, just try it out on nights you’re staying in (there’s a faction of us who learned while recovering from bottom surgery for that reason).

    And in that vein, learning what looks good on you will involve learning what colors work with you. I looked awful in the first lipstick I tried because I went with something moderate and ordinary. However with my skin, hair, and eye colors if I’m not going subdued (at which point I personally don’t wear any makeup because my face is plenty fine as is, yes I did read a lot of feminism while transitioning), then I’m better off going with dark colors, including lip shades that I’ve had to give cis women courage to try.

    So yeah, trial and error, if you’ve got any specific questions though I’m happy to share some of what I’ve learned

    • MapleFawn@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      3 days ago

      Thanks, I will get back to you once I hade my first hand on experience. Any tips on how to judge what is a good fit and what is not? Because ATM whenever I see myself I am not exactly happy with the face and I worry it will transfer over to when I try make up for the first time, as in that I will be hypercritical or not a good / reliable judge of what I see.

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        2 days ago

        So doing a swatch against your arm skin can help, but unfortunately there’s no real alternative to trying it. And yeah that’s why I didn’t really get into it until I was a few years into hormones