r/Makeup • u/Grouchy_Rice_7214 • 23h ago
How can I do it?
I am 21 M,and I've always found women pretty and just amazing. The inner me always envy them to be so stunning and pretty. I am not gay or trans,but I also want to look pretty and try dresses and all. I have an eyeliner and a kajal which I've hidden and do not have many products. But I genuinely enjoy looking pretty. I want to try makeup and all but the problem is that I live with my family in a small house and there's always someone at home how can i try makeup. I am not very good at time because I do not get too much time, sometimes I just spend my whole time doing and trying makeup realising it's time to take it off or I'll get caught. My mother passed away long time ago so there are no products or dresses of her. Like I get very less time sometimes when I can do makeup and enjoy being pretty and just feel it,but alone it feels very odd. I feel like my female friend or someone should practice makeup on me but how do I really do it without explicitly asking them to do it?
Also give me some makeup tips to hide my beard shadow with use of less products.
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u/cgood1795 22h ago
I normally wouldn’t recommend makeup wipes, but in this case I think those would be a good option. They’re one quick step to get the makeup off your lids/ face instead of using a bottle of something and a washcloth etc. Dont use them on your water line though! They will irritate your eyes.
Look up Glenn Devar on instagram or tiktok. He started with zero knowledge of makeup and now does really cool looks! You can experiment with neutral tones of eyeshadow that enhance your eyes but don’t look very colorful. That way if you need to remove the makeup quickly you don’t have a smear of color on your eyes. Using eyeshadow in an appropriate shape for your eyes will also help accent them. For example- sometimes using eyeshadow to create a slight wing will help it be more visible and accent the outside of your eyes. If you have hooded eyelids, you can bring the shadow up above the crease to make it show up better.
People use red colors to neutralize the color in their beard area then put foundation over that. Using a very sharp razor or a good shaver will help to minimize texture. You can look up drag queen makeup tutorials to see how they cover their beards.
Play with light contour. It can help accent your features and doesn’t have to be super thick.
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u/kaelynisconfused 23h ago
Hi! I'm sorry you feel like you have to hide this part of yoy because that sucks and no one should have to hide. I suggest keep doing what you're doing. (practicing on yourself) But if yoy want a female friend to do it on you maybe find some trend where girls put makeup on guys and send it to her and ask to do it or say it's funny and maybe she'll suggest it? I'm not sure, sorry that's not the best advice. For your beard I would suggest using a "BB cream", it's more of a natural finish and could be passed off as something like tinted sunscreen. (idk lol) It's definitely not full coverage but that's a place to start. If it's too oily maybe try a powder but make sure it doesn't have flashback. If you don't know what flashback is it's essentially when a powder you use make you look like james charles in that one picture if there's a flash on you . Which probably won't happen often but I feel like it also looks more obvious in general if it causes flashback.
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u/Competitive-Spot4683 17h ago
Denial is a river in EGYPT.
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u/Rzote 21h ago
In my state (northeast india),a lot of guys wear foundation and lipstick (not too red) and it’s not even taboo here.