As we approach 2012 tonight, I've reflected how my beauty routine has changed this year once i began transitioning...

My 2012 beauty routine will consist of:

HAIR (from top to bottom):
Clarifying shampoo 2x a week
Conditioning daily
Deep conditioning 2x a week
Tweeze all over face including eyebrows 2x a week
Shave armpits, legs, and butt 1x a week
Shave pubic hair once in a blue moon (lol)

FACE:
Wash with a toner and antiaging facial creamer in shower
Apply eye cream under the eyes every morning to reduce and prevent puffiness/bags
Apply antiaging and antiwrinkle cream to face all over face every night
Use a cooling bead eye mask 1x a week to prevent puffiness
Use a facial peel-off mask 1x a week

NAILS:
Buff, polish, and clip both hands and feets nails daily
Get acryclics once in a while for special events
Get a mani and pedi once a month

FEET:
File down any dry or cracked skin on the heel and sole with a EggPedi
Soak feet in mineral oil in a basin 1x a week
Apply lotion to feet and slip in absorbent socks every night

WHEW! I think that pretty much cover it! lol.

What s yours?

Ugh. I envy you to have that much time. About all I can fit in for this year is a shower.. shampooing and conditioning my hair once or twice a week, flat ironing my hair afterwards.. or probably the day after since I don't have much time between getting home from school and needing to go to bed. I'll get my classmates to wax my eyebrows and give me a facial whenever possible but ..

Oh, and I'll be lasering my face until it's gone, then I'll move onto my arms, then my legs and torso area. Hopefully by the time I get to my legs and torso, the hormones will have eliminated most of my body hair. It's falling out but I have TONS of hair to get rid of lol! My eyebrows and other awkward places hair grows (like my ears) will be checked everyday and tweezed as needed. I'm probably going to slowly create a feminine eyebrow shape as the months go by.

In the mornings I'll probably slap on some concealer to hide the ugliness under my eyes.

I can't even touch my nails.. with my work I'm breaking them all the time. God I can't wait to graduate, I'll be a licensed cosmetologist hopefully by the beginning of next year! Then, hopefully my hormones have done what they're suppose to do and I can transition!

This is my current care routine.

HAIR:
Therapeutic shampoo daily - Desert Essence Tea Tree Replenishing Shampoo
Conditioner daily - Live Clean (Fresh Water) Moisturizing Conditioner
Blow dry + styling wax daily - Giovanni Magnetic Force Styling Wax
Hair cut once every 4-6 weeks
Facial electrolysis for 1 hour 3x a week
Tweeze eyebrows 2x a week
Shave armpits daily
(I'm currently letting my legs alone while I try to fix some ingrowns, but normally 2-3x a week)

FACE:
Cleanser, morning and evening -  CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser
Day moisturizer - Kiss My Face, Face Factor SPF30
Night moisturizer - CeraVe Facial Moisturizing Lotion PM
Day lip balm - Green Beaver SPF15 Lip Balm
Night lip balm - The Body Shop Cocoa Butter Lip Care Stick
Chemical exfoliator 2x a week - derma e AHA Beauty Fluid
Neosporin on FFS scars every evening
I also use Tend Skin on my face before and after electrolysis - it's an alcohol wash with aspirin in it

BODY, HANDS, FEET:
Wash: Aveeno Stress Relief Body Wash
Exfoliate with puff 2x a week
Tend Skin on legs 2x a day
Moisturizer, morning and evening (legs, feet, hands, tattoo): CeraVe Moisturizing Lotion
Hand salve to fight winter weather, multiple times a day: Burt's Bees Hand Salve
Foot lotion (replaces moisturizer in the evening): Burt's Bees Coconut Foot Creme
Clip nails 2x a week
Anti-bacterial soap on piercings each morning: Tersaseptic
Saline soak on healing piercings each evening

All the products are reasonably non-toxic (or at least as much as possible for what they do) and high quality. I may not be femme, but I take my body pretty seriously.

I really, really need to take better care of my nails, but I have a hard time with files - the sound makes me want to scream. I'm hoping to sort that out in the next couple months. I also want to get a pumice stone to remove a couple callouses on my feet that I don't need anymore since my insoles have changed. Also thinking about changing my conditioner, but I haven't found one I like yet.

MsDazzler: Deep conditioning twice a week is too often for even the driest hair. Once every week or two should be enough for anybody. Years ago I was trying  to see how long I could reasonably grow my hair and grew it to about elbow length. My hair is fine textured and tended to be dry toward the ends. My routine was to shampoo every 3 days with good quality shampoo and rinse out conditioner, followed by spraying in some Infusion 23, followed by some moisturizing mousse. After 3 years or so of this I trimmed a few inches off the ends and my hair texture was just incredible (in a good way).

As for the face, moisturizing is the most important thing. I cleanse and use a moisturizer daily, but I also keep a mister bottle of distilled water and spritz my face now and then through out the day.

As for myself in 2012... I'll aim to improve my makeup skills. Makeup is my least favorite aspect of this girly stuff.

Quote from: Sarah7 on December 31, 2011, 08:25:29 PM
FACE:

Chemical exfoliator 2x a week - derma e AHA Beauty Fluid

I really, really need to take better care of my nails, but I have a hard time with files - the sound makes me want to scream. I'm hoping to sort that out in the next couple months. I also want to get a pumice stone to remove a couple callouses on my feet that I don't need anymore since my insoles have changed. Also thinking about changing my conditioner, but I haven't found one I like yet.

Yes, thank you... I forgot all about exofilating too! A-must in any routine to keep your skin glowing

And I suggest PediEgg for filing your feet soles - it is only the product that really works and remove the calluses ... pumices do squat

Quote from: Lyric on January 01, 2012, 11:30:54 AM
MsDazzler: Deep conditioning twice a week is too often for even the driest hair. Once every week or two should be enough for anybody. Years ago I was trying  to see how long I could reasonably grow my hair and grew it to about elbow length. My hair is fine textured and tended to be dry toward the ends. My routine was to shampoo every 3 days with good quality shampoo and rinse out conditioner, followed by spraying in some Infusion 23, followed by some moisturizing mousse. After 3 years or so of this I trimmed a few inches off the ends and my hair texture was just incredible (in a good way).

you just contradicted yourself? lol. look at where I underlined

As I don't really have a routine yet figured out, I have to borrow a few of yours. The only thing I've decided so far is to really kick hair removal into high gear. Learning good makeup skills should also be on my list.

Quote from: MsDazzler on January 01, 2012, 01:46:55 PM
And I suggest PediEgg for filing your feet soles - it is only the product that really works and remove the calluses ... pumices do squat

Cool, I'll give it a try.

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MsDazzler: Deep conditioning twice a week is too often for even the driest hair. Once every week or two should be enough for anybody.

Quote from: MsDazzler on January 01, 2012, 01:48:12 PM
you just contradicted yourself? lol. look at where I underlined

Tis not a contradiction...

QuoteDeep conditioning twice a week is too often for even the driest hair. Once every week or [once every] two [weeks] should be enough for anybody.

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As for my beauty routine, it will be getting a step up.  No "official" list yet, but I'll admit 2011 was a lazy year and that won't be the case for 2012.

Quote from: ~Amy~ on January 01, 2012, 02:31:11 PM


Tis not a contradiction...

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As for my beauty routine, it will be getting a step up.  No "official" list yet, but I'll admit 2011 was a lazy year and that won't be the case for 2012.

You win - my error in misreading it

Quote from: shortNsweet on January 01, 2012, 01:54:21 PM
As I don't really have a routine yet figured out, I have to borrow a few of yours. The only thing I've decided so far is to really kick hair removal into high gear. Learning good makeup skills should also be on my list.

Omg, girl, what do you look like everyday if you don't have a routine? or what do you do everyday if you don't have a routine?

Quote from: MsDazzler on January 01, 2012, 04:00:04 PM
Omg, girl, what do you look like everyday if you don't have a routine? or what do you do everyday if you don't have a routine?

I unfortunately look like a typical guy. My routine consists of nothing special: shampoo, exfoliate, lotion, shave.

It's one of my resolutions to really work on trying to get rid of this whole male appearance thing. But I'm still stuck living with my parents for at least a month or two, and it's hard to do anything with them around. I try a green tea polish thing for my nails, they go off on how "it makes me look gay and that would absolutely terrible." If my hair gets a little long for their liking, they have their old barber friend come over to the house and cut it because "I have to look professional."

Quote from: shortNsweet on January 01, 2012, 04:12:06 PM
I unfortunately look like a typical guy. My routine consists of nothing special: shampoo, exfoliate, lotion, shave.

It's one of my resolutions to really work on trying to get rid of this whole male appearance thing. But I'm still stuck living with my parents for at least a month or two, and it's hard to do anything with them around. I try a green tea polish thing for my nails, they go off on how "it makes me look gay and that would absolutely terrible." If my hair gets a little long for their liking, they have their old barber friend come over to the house and cut it because "I have to look professional."

Really? Can I ask how old are you?

Turning 24 on Friday.

Quote from: shortNsweet on January 01, 2012, 04:18:56 PM
Turning 24 on Friday.

so you let your parents dictate to you about how you should look because you are living under their roof?

Quote from: MsDazzler on January 01, 2012, 04:34:32 PM
so you let your parents dictate to you about how you should look because you are living under their roof?

I feel stuck having to do that for the time being. They're not the most understanding people when it comes to this sort of thing.

I feel as though I've derailed this thread.

Quote from: shortNsweet on January 01, 2012, 04:38:38 PM
I feel stuck having to do that for the time being. They're not the most understanding people when it comes to this sort of thing.

I feel as though I've derailed this thread.

that is okay that always can happen...

I cant believe no one else has a beauty routine...

Now I am getting suspicious since not many people have been forthcoming about their beauty routines...

So you really do nothing at home to even enchance your feminity or adopt feminine routes? * hands on hips * even if you wear wigs, surely you have a beauty routine for them such as washing, soaking etc...

or you just toss them in the closet when you are done? heh

Quote from: MsDazzler on January 02, 2012, 12:54:37 AM
Now I am getting suspicious since not many people have been forthcoming about their beauty routines...

So you really do nothing at home to even enchance your feminity or adopt feminine routes? * hands on hips * even if you wear wigs, surely you have a beauty routine for them such as washing, soaking etc...

or you just toss them in the closet when you are done? heh

Computer games and being "rebels" are too important than actually putting forth effort.

Those who can't....don't. LOL

Maybe they are intimidated by our lists?

I had no idea what the ->-bleeped-<- I was doing a year ago, if that helps people be more forthcoming. Totally not going to judge.