Do you want to feel confident and look your best when presenting yourself as a woman?
The great news is that looking attractive is more about how you present yourself than it is about natural-born beauty.
Studies show that physical attractiveness is mostly influenced by “self-care” — how you groom, style your hair, and dress.
This makes grooming and self-care essential to your feminine image!
In this blog post, I’ll share five simple grooming tips to include in your regular beauty routine, all tailored with practical trans / crossdressing advice.
1. Hand Care
Your hands say a LOT about you!
Since your hands may be larger than the average woman’s, it’s especially important to take good care of them. The last thing you want is for your hands to draw unwanted attention.
Beauty prescription:
- Every 1-2 weeks: Give yourself a manicure – or better yet, get a manicure at a nail salon. Clip or file your nails and push back the cuticles with a cuticle pusher.
- Daily: Clean underneath your fingernails with nail brush and apply hand cream several times per day.
2. Hair Removal
You already know that beard stubble and chest hair can undermine your feminine image. But it’s essential to consider other often neglected areas too.
Do you have unwanted hair in any of these particular spots?
- Nose and ears
- Knuckles and toes
- Eyebrows
- Back
- Bikini area
- Arms
- Legs
Beauty prescription:
- Once per week: Shave, trim, wax, and/or pluck the above-mentioned areas as needed.
3. Exfoliation
Exfoliation is the process of scrubbing off dead skin cells. Dead skin cells can dull your complexion and lead to ingrown hairs.
Exfoliation will give you smoother, younger looking skin, which can greatly enhance your appearance as a crossdresser or transgender woman.
Beauty prescription:
- Once or twice per week: Exfoliate your face and body using a washcloth, loofah, or exfoliating scrub. (When exfoliating your face, be sure to use facial products only.)
4. Foot Care
It’s easy to forget your feet, especially during the winter, when they are covered up with shoes and socks. But that’s no excuse to ignore them.
Could you imagine a beauty icon like Marilyn Monroe or Angelina Jolie with cracked heels and ragged toenails? No way – and neither should you.
Beauty prescription:
Twice per month: Treat yourself to a pedicure at home or in a salon. Trim your toenails and (optionally) apply polish. Remove calluses with a pumice stone.
5. Face Mask
Applying a face mask once per week should be part of every girl’s routine. Besides targeting specific skincare concerns, relaxing with a mask is a great way to pamper yourself.
There are face masks designed to address every concern from acne to wrinkles. In addition to cream and clay masks, sheet masks are a popular and convenient option.
Beauty prescription:
- Once per week: Apply a face mask suited to your skin.
What are YOUR must-do beauty rituals?
Being pretty and polished is a great confidence booster. These habits can also make you look better in guy mode, so it’s a win-win.
What are YOUR must-do beauty or grooming rituals? Please share in the comments below!
Love,
Lucille
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Back hair removal: I use Veet and I apply it with a soft bristle long handled back brush. Works great. Don’t leave it on too long. I don’t use it on the back of my neck. For that I just shave that area.
Last week you mentioned you were auditioning a new lip plumper…did that happen as planned?
Thanks
Hi Fortuneta! Thank you for asking! There’s been a slight delay, but we are are track for next week. 🙂
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I would love to get someone to wax my back,that is the only area i have hair on still! However, no one will help me out with it! i did start taken better care of my hands and face!
I started waxing my legs instead of shaving them. It seems to last a lot longer and the more I do it, it seems like less hair grows back each time. I just use the Veet strips you can get at the drug store. It’s pretty easy … hurts like crazy the first couple times but now it’s not so bad. On the other hand, I decided to try it out on my chest. OMG …. that brought tears to my eyes!!! (But feels so smooth!!)
I know what you mean about your chest. I really hurt for me. I have just been using the Veet Cream there instead. Still get my legs waxed. Get it done professionally along with my eyebrows.
My hands are the most difficult part. I do my best to take care of my nails but the job I still have to hide in is sometimes heavy labor. I keep them polished with a blush so, except for the shine, they don’t stand out. I have to keep my nails short or they break. Otherwise, I give myself facials, shave when needed, estrogen is a wonderful thing, and apply creams and lotions every day. Eyebrows trimmed, and the rest is slowly falling into line.
I struggle with this sometimes. Its not that I don’t want to keep myself groomed, but as a part-time CD, I can’t shave and wax my body all the time. I also can’t shave my knuckles and toes. I try to wear dark pantyhose when I can’t shave my legs.
Any suggestions for my dilemma.
Gia,
Gia, I use Veet hair removal cream to remove hair from parts of my body where appropriate, including my hands. It works for me.
Weekly manicure and pedicure. Shave daily. Thanks to pills only have to shave legs once a month have gone up to 6 weeks with no regrowth. Weekly facial.
Hey Trisha I need help with hair i have it all over sometimes it is hard to feel pretty when I look like a bear you said thanks to the pills may i ask what kind of pills and if so where can I get them thank you for any help
what is the name of the pills?
Thanks Trisha!