How Often Do You Wear Makeup? How Often Do You Wear A Skirt Or Dress?

[Miranda Catherine]

In nine days I'll have lived every day for the last two years as a woman. I was injured pretty badly, breaking my back in 2001, and three times in 2010, so I'm on SSI, but I take my mom to her medical appointments, we go shopping or out to eat sometimes, and I have my own things I do basically every day in public. Still, I wear makeup every day, even on the rare days I don't go out. I also wear a dress or skirt virtually every day I go out in public, partly because I couldn't wear a dress after the age of 4 to age 57, other than my rare outings in public dressed as an old boyfriend's girl, which I was. The other reason is from another injury and surgery, and my left leg doesn't straighten out completely. I'm self conscious in pants, but it's not as evident in a dress, so I don't think about it much when wearing one. Really though, I just love the fact that I can wear makeup and dresses, got a late start, and I love being a girly girl. It's just me.

What I'd like to know is how often do you girls/ladies/women wear makeup, and how often do you wear dresses or skirts?

[kelly_aus]

Hmm.. Makeup.. I think I've worn it maybe 6 or 7 times this year.. Skirts and dresses? Maybe 2 or 3 times a month - excluding special events like weddings.. If I'd turned up to the last wedding in pants, I'd have gotten in trouble - I was Mother of the Bride..

[big kim]

I don't wear make up very often now.I stopped using foundation/face powder many years ago when my electrolysis was finished.I wear eye shadow/mascara & eyeliner rarely now.I last wore it  at the punk festival and  my nephews wedding 3 weeks ago.I laid off eye make up when I got an eye infection last year.I wear clear lip gloss when I can find the make I like.I've gone from a daily make up wearer to just special occasions,we're having a decent summer in the UK so I wear sunglasses a lot.
I don't wear skirts or dresses as I have varicose veins and celulitis which has left me with a swollen right leg.I hide my legs under pants and jeans as they're not very nice to see.

[DanicaCarin]

I wear make up a lot. Just some tinted moisturizer, lip balm/gloss, and some eye shadow to highlight my eyes. I never get to wear dresses cause I never have an occasion to wear them.

[kathyk]

I never use a lot of makeup when I have it on, and keep it pretty simple, but wearing it goes in cycles depending on the work I'm doing. Didn't leave the house without it for two weeks, but due to heavy outside work I won't wear makeup for maybe two more weeks (except for a couple dinner engagements).  I work alone, but still try to improve my appearance on days when the physical activity and dirty conditions are low. 

I put on a skirt or dress for a few family events where relatives don't mind if I'm still a little fat, and of course on hot days I have a skirt on around the house for comfort.  Also used the summer tunic and skirts for a cover-up during drives to the beach, but I will not wear them shopping or to restaurants because they look awful on my still overweight body.  That weight thing better change pretty soon.   

[Christine167]

Well I haven't started make up yet and I dare not venture into public except for transgender specific events. I do have a dress and a skirt and I do like wearing them though. I suspect that once my beard is finally gone I will start going part time hanging out with my friends and such. I will likely wear a flared skirt on those occasions. As for a dress I have a fairly casual striped one. And this thread begs a question is there a need for a soecial occasion to wear a dress if it's not like prom or wedding dress style? I realize cocktail dresses and the like are pretty much evening wear for appropriate company but casual dresses are pretty much anytime right?

[Renee]

I wear makeup every day that I have to work and if I have to go to town, I'm pretty ugly without it, although I don't wear it heavy.

And I haven't worn a dress or skirt in over 8 years unless you want to count a skirted two piece swimsuit as one, lol. I have awful legs and just feel too self conscious in them. Not to mention, no real occasions to even bother in the first place.

[Jenna Marie]

I wear (long) skirts maybe 2-3 times a month in warm weather. Too cold in winter! And makeup... hmm. I think I last used it for a party in June, and probably less than a dozen times a year now. I just don't have the patience.

[Zumbagirl]

I wear makeup when I go to work in the morning, but it's actually not a lot. I use mineral makeup, some mascara,a teeny tiny bit of blush and lip gloss and I am pretty much good for the day. On the weekends unless I am going to something very formal, it's pretty much shorts, jeans, anything casual or comfortable. Sometimes I don't even wear bras on the weekend just for the sheer comfort factor. At work I have a few nice outfits (skirts, dresses, etc) that I can throw together for work. I would say I am about 75% pants and 25% skirts and dresses at work. At night I found I like pajamas the best. My favorite and most comfortable PJs actually came from Walmart.

When I first went full time I was afraid of getting read if I didn't have makeup on, but after I started walking out the door sans makeup is when I realized that it didn't matter. I was still correctly read as a female so I was happy. These days, outside of work, there is probably a 99% chance if someone bumped into me, that I would have no makeup on and about the same probability that I would just be wearing shorts, jeans or something simple.

[Sarah Louise]

I wear makeup (light application) any day I am going out of the house.  I wear a skirt or dress any day I am going to the lawyers office (I do paralegal work for him) normal attire there is a suit for men, a skirt or dress for women (employees).

[Cindy]

I'm a professional woman a Uni professor. I try to look professional, I wear a skirt/blouse or dress daily for work. Choose between a skirt/blouse or dress? Just how I feel.

I dress for me, no one else.

I look how I want to look. That is my prerogative as a woman.

I claim it.

And yes I do like guys looking at my legs, me everything.

But I dress for me.

[Teela Renee]

I wear make up everyday, but its usually simple, just some foundation to hide any remaining hairs, and eyeshadow/liner/       And I wear my gypsy skirts alot, id say almost every other day im out and about in a long skirt or a short skater skirt.

[Tessa James]

When I first started transition I wore dresses and skirts exclusively and felt like burning my man clothes.  Now I allow myself more latitude with some snug pants but find little interest in make up.  It already takes me much longer to get ready to go out.  Make up seems like another chore and I can too easily imagine myself accidentally rubbing it with my fingers or smudging it up somehow.

[KateConnors]

Make up and dresses only when I go out at night, which is a very rare occurrence given I have a 3-year old.  Jeans and tank top the rest of the time.

[Miranda Catherine]

It's pretty fun to read how everyone just does whatever feels comfortable for them as far as wearing makeup and dresses/skirts. Although I think I'd pass without it, I don't see myself ever not wearing makeup, and maybe that's because of my mom, who wears it every single day unless she's sick and so do I. It's what I saw as a little boy (girl) all the way up to today. For me, wearing makeup is fun and I love to change the way I look to coincide with what I wear. It's just part of being a woman in the Western World, and in Southern California. Miranda

[BunnyBee]

Mascara, eyebrows, never not, thin eyeliner sometimes.  More makeup than that makes me look worse imo.   I don't wear skirts or dresses that often, but I'll wear them if I feel like it.

[suzifrommd]

Makeup - every day, or people would clock me from my beard shadow.

Dresses - not yet

Skirts - I love short skirts. I wear them whenever I'm in an environment where they would be appropriate dress, and the weather permits.

[KateConnors]

.... It's just part of being a woman in the Western World, and in Southern California. Miranda

I live in SoCal also, and it's my experience that women here wear much less make up here than they do in other places (I've lived in NYC, Boston and the UK).  That's actually one of the things Iove about being here, tank top, skirt and flip flops and you're all set.   

[Zoe Louise Taylor]

I wear makeup every day, i just dont look at all feminine without it! and even though at the moment i wear it mainly around the house with only a couple of people ever seeing me, i just feel alot more comfortable with it on!!

As for skirts and dresses, i hardly ever wear them, i much prefer a pair of jeans or leggings, with a pretty top!!!

[pebbles]

Make-up... Never, I used to wear foundation to cover vestigial facial hair, but I don't bother anymore, I don't wear any other make up. I've been tempted to buy some to be abit showey on nice occasions.

Skirts, Often... Like 2 or 3 times a week, I wear them with leggings I just find them incredibly practical and stylish too. Same thing with shorts and leggings, it's often wet and raining in craphole England so skirts and shorts are ideal because they dry quickly as opposed to some of my other clothes (Cargo pants & Baggy jeans) which have a horrible tendency to drag in puddles or get snagged/rip on my bike cogs. ¬.¬
I don't like skinny jeans...