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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I agree, being well pampered and groomed is an absolute for any trans woman. My other ritual is am application and softening of the skin with body lotions like Dove and Aveeno.
LAR :
Obviously you are doing Everything correctly, because You Look Fabulous! !
You have a beautiful presentation.
At 71yrs, dressing for 50, It is getting tougher every year to keep up with you young Foxes! I will keep up as long as I can continue to represent! !
ENJOY BEING YOU! T.J.
PICS for your comments. ..
You’re welcome T.J. we lovely women know what being femme is and looking at your pix you’re not too bad gf. When I get to to 70 I hope to represent as well.
Hugs,
Lynn…beautiful smile!
Thanks Dana
Oh yes, grooming is so important and for me it’s hands. Women like me often have larger hands than born women, which is a real give away. Thankfully, mine are not that large and I make the most of them with lots of hand cream and regular manicures. Keep up the good work.
Such excellent advice. Thankfully I am not that hairy but do have the back of my hands, forearms and underarms (as well as legs) waxed, as and when is necessary. As well as making such a visual difference it feele oh so good, as well. Thanks again,
Thank you again Lucille for that timely reminder, particularly abut looking after our feet during winter.
What do you girls recommend for shaving your legs and arms . I used my electric razor for the initial hair removal and wondering what to use now to keep it under control.
Thank you so much for this. As a transsexual working in a very male dominant welding shop, I found that self care does pay. I take very good care of myself, and luckily for me I have very slim feminine hands. I know that by taking care of myself does pay in the long run.
A shampoo and conditioner so your hair has that sexy feminine shine and flow
All good advice if transgender; like myself, or a crossdresser.