For a long time I put a ton of effort into it, but at some point I started to relax- a lot. I still put in way more effort to my presentation than I did pre-transition, I will say that!

It's definitely easy to go overboard... dolled up to the point where it totally highlights you. If you are just trying to blend, it will make it harder.

I think a lot of it has to do with your surroundings. At least it does for me... I live with several extremely attractive females and it is easy to become inspired to explore new possibilities with presentation

Quote from: Jennygirl on April 16, 2014, 12:20:49 PM
For a long time I put a ton of effort into it, but at some point I started to relax- a lot. I still put in way more effort to my presentation than I did pre-transition, I will say that!

It's definitely easy to go overboard... dolled up to the point where it totally highlights you. If you are just trying to blend, it will make it harder.

I think a lot of it has to do with your surroundings. At least it does for me... I live with several extremely attractive females and it is easy to become inspired to explore new possibilities with presentation

Jennygirl you have been one of my biggest inspirations as I continue my transition. I know you hear this alot, but I think your beautiful with or without being "dolled up," as you put it. I see how happy you are and the glow you seem to have about you, the way you carry yourself, and you along with a few others inspire me along no matter what difficulties I encounter. I watched one of your You Tube videos last night documenting your transition that was very insightful and inspiring. As for me I just be myself and strive to blend in which, for me has been working so far.

Quote from: Allyda on April 16, 2014, 05:26:06 PM
Jennygirl you have been one of my biggest inspirations as I continue my transition. I know you hear this alot, but I think your beautiful with or without being "dolled up," as you put it. I see how happy you are and the glow you seem to have about you, the way you carry yourself, and you along with a few others inspire me along no matter what difficulties I encounter. I watched one of your You Tube videos last night documenting your transition that was very insightful and inspiring. As for me I just be myself and strive to blend in which, for me has been working so far.

Well you pretty much just made my entire day! Thank you Allyda, I couldn't help but have a big 'ole grin reading your words- they warm my heart!

And I'm so glad that things have been going well for you. Knowing that I had some part in that really cheers me up a lot. Thanks again

Quote from: Jennygirl on April 16, 2014, 05:37:21 PM
Well you pretty much just made my entire day! Thank you Allyda, I couldn't help but have a big 'ole grin reading your words- they warm my heart!

And I'm so glad that things have been going well for you. Knowing that I had some part in that really cheers me up a lot. Thanks again

Well It's all true Jennygirl. But I'm happy I was able to brighten your day a little also.

for me it is very important, even though i didn't start transitioning yet, i hope i do look good in the future and i will try to look good, i think a lot of people want to be and feel attractive, whether they are trans or cis

It would be nice but it's not going to happen.I was an OK looking guy(I looked like a cross between Sons of Anarchy's Opie and Motorhead's Lemmy).I make an OK woman,not ugly not beautiful but in the middle and I'm good with that.I haven't the money for FFS and even if I had I don't think I would go there.I make the most of what I got,I have a hair free face,long ash blonde hair and wear clothes that hide my food baby belly.I see a lot of UK women who look so fake with fake tan,false eyelashes,hair extensions,false nails etc,they look more fake than a lot of trans women!

It's pretty important to me. Perhaps that makes me a shallow person, but that's just who I am. Every tiny flaw about myself bothers me.

I know that beauty is subjective, but what I want is to look in the mirror and see someone who's beautiful by my own standards. If I met someone who thought that, say, my nose is attractive, I would not only disagree with him, I would actually consider him to have very poor taste. My life would be a lot easier if I weren't like this, but it's just how I am. The best thing for me to do is to work around it, i.e. find ways to make myself more attractive.

Hmm. I'm one of the few people who put that it wasn't that important. I hoped I'd get tons of support, but the people of Susan's have spoken.

I DO like thinking that I'm beautiful, but it's just low on my list of priorities. I don't put a lot of time into learning makeup/fashion/hair/accessory tips. Might be some of the reason why I'm having trouble getting a second date from any of my online meets.

Quote from: suzifrommd on April 18, 2014, 07:23:04 PM
Hmm. I'm one of the few people who put that it wasn't that important. I hoped I'd get tons of support, but the people of Susan's have spoken.

I voted the same way. So, you don't fall in line with the opinion of the majority?

Big deal.

Think for yourself.

Quote from: big kim on April 17, 2014, 01:52:42 AM
It would be nice but it's not going to happen.I was an OK looking guy(I looked like a cross between Sons of Anarchy's Opie and Motorhead's Lemmy).I make an OK woman,not ugly not beautiful but in the middle and I'm good with that.I haven't the money for FFS and even if I had I don't think I would go there.I make the most of what I got,I have a hair free face,long ash blonde hair and wear clothes that hide my food baby belly.I see a lot of UK women who look so fake with fake tan,false eyelashes,hair extensions,false nails etc,they look more fake than a lot of trans women!

I'm visualizing this and have do ask: do you have Lemmy's facial moles? 

I guess my answer depends on your definition of beautiful. I have no interest in being classically gorgeous, but would very much like to be adorably cute.

Quote from: Mia Jennell (Gwynne) on April 18, 2014, 07:53:51 PM
I'm visualizing this and have do ask: do you have Lemmy's facial moles? 

I haven't got Lemmy's moles but unfortunately I have his voice!

I like to look decent. I only do it up if I'm going on a date or an interview.

Quote from: big kim on April 19, 2014, 01:56:23 AM
I haven't got Lemmy's moles but unfortunately I have his voice!

I love Lemmy's voice! Ace of Spades en femme would be sexy.

It depends, I have two sides to me. One is like, nah, I just want to be normal, and the other is like OMG I MUST BE DROP DEAD SEXY!!!11!!!!!1!
Yet another conflict to my conflicted life.

I think I am the same way. On one hand ya I wanna be beautiful and i guess it is kinda important to me. On the other hand, it would be a pain in the butt, so much attention and yada yada. I think ideally i would like to be like a 7/10 or somewhere around there.

Oh, don't get me wrong! I'd love to be a 10/10 without trying. But that's never gonna happen. I'll settle for a solid whatever-I-can-get as long as I don't get ugly looks!

I'm excited to look nicer soon & maybe beautiful for my age. Facial surgery for a neck & face lift with upper eye lid work is scheduled for June 10th. I gave them a nice deposit so no going back. Plastic surgeon does excellent work on women's faces. One of the best in my entire area. He likes my feminine beginning facial structure & with his improvements I may actually be beautiful again. That would be just great. 

I think worrying about how well we look is part of being women. Even as a kid & through adolescence I always tried to be pretty fixing my hair this way and that. It's hardwired into our brains.