makeup to look more masculine?

[Thebothofus]

hey there.
if you didn't already know i'm bi-gendered and often wish to look male. i can make my facial structure look male but my eyes and lips are a dead giveaway! do you guys have any tips on how i can look more androgynous? (i'd link you to what i look like currently so you have an idea of what i mean, but i don't know if i'm allowed to post links ) thanks in advance!

[deviousxen]

sebum, mud, sweat,


uhhhhh...

You could try doing five o clock shadow with eyeliner pencil. I've seen a few people do it for a gay dance and it was very convincing until I got one foot near it...

Kinda amazing how we are masters of illusion... Artists and benders of light... Just to look like what we wanna look like.

[Nicky]

I think the whole fake stuble thing would be the way to go to looking more masculine, also think about making your eyebrows heavier or grow them out more if you can. That might help.

You can post a link to what you look like - or insert the image into your post -

[Chrissty]

Strangely enough...the cover make-up I use has a helpful hints DVD..

..and one of the sections is on faking stubble..

..I'm gonna try it someday...

Yeh..cover it... and then fake it back.....

Seriously...like Kara says there are ways, and kits to do it... Mine is "Rio Camoflage"



Chrissty

[Thebothofus]

thanks guys! here's me for reference:

http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af33/Youre-So-Classy/1copy.jpg

the thing is, i want to look more masculine...but like a girly boy! haha, i know that sounds strange. the eyebrows thing i think will help. my name is very tiny and i think that might have something to do with it. is there any way to make my eyes look less...ah, large and female? any makeup tricks, perhaps?

[deviousxen]

People I know wear musky stuff... And wearing clothes a bit longer...


If you know smokers, you'll smell more like cigarette than girl scent. So all of these things...


I know an FtM pre HRT

and he still strikes me as a REALLY hot guy. He has masculine qualities that really kind of epitomize it in some ways... And I'm not saying go grunge, or go smoke...

But I dk.... He certainly struck me hard when I saw him. D:

[Nicky]

I really love your look - I had a peak at your other pics too. Actually I think what you have a rather androgynous look, except you still look like a girl wearing it.

mmmm, I don't think the lips are the issue. I think it is the whole lot - the small frame, the jaw and chin...you just look so little with oversized hair - like anime (which is a cool look, but rather fem. As far as guys go I've only seen asian guys pull this look off really well). What do you look like without makeup? Maybe you try not wearing any or less, get a masculine cut - less volume, less scatered colored highlights, less layering and have cleaner cut edges. I think that would be quite a dramatic change to your look but in keeping with the genre you are kind of in. I'm thinking of the singer from 30 seconds to mars...Jared Leto



Whatever you do I think you will look cute pixie collective.

[Thebothofus]

thanks for the advice. i'm actually getting my hair cut within the next week or so and it'll be a bit more masculine, but still long enough that it's androgynous so i think that might help. :]

[Nicky]

I think it will just take some experimentation untill you find something both of you are comfortable with.

Best of luck!

[Thebothofus]

thanks nicky! :]
Post Merge: December 02, 2009, 10:08:09 PM
i just wanted to say thank you to everyone, i took your advice and i wore very little makeup today (just a very small amount of foundation to even out my skin and some light brown eyeliner against my brows to thicken them and on my eyes for depth) and i'm not kidding, i was turning heads. even my friends noticed and i had i think 3 girls hit on me (ha!). thank you so much for helping me feel comfortable in my skin. :]