Hi all! I am a trans girl who has just learned about makeup. My first meeting was actually hilarious, but I got so much better in just a week thanks to the tips here! ❤️ One area where I am jealous of what I see online is lipstick. I have been fortunate enough to have bulbous lips even though I was born male, but for some reason I can’t match the lusciousness of what I see in some of these YouTube tutorials. Any advice on this? Obviously it doesn’t matter much with Covid and masks and all, but yes. Any advice is greatly appreciated. 💕💕💕
Welcome to womanhood, where what we see in pictures is almost always unachievable!
There are some good tutorials online. I like Lisa Eldridge, who does lots of glam and also everyday looks.
I wish you the best in your exploration 🥰
If you have a skin toned lip liner you can create an outline first and then fill it in with a lipstick. Alternatively, you could get a lip brush and apply it little-by-little until you get the desired look. When I first started using lipstick I would get it all over my teeth and I would absentmindedly scratch my face and get lipstick everywhere. With practice I’m sure you’ll be able to achieve amazing looks 💕
For me I skip the lipstick and just go straight to gloss! I have such a shaky hand so trying to “fill in the lines” is out of the questions ahaha. If you’re wanting to spend alittle extra coin on yourself I would say either the Too Faced extreme lip jection gloss OR the Pat McGrath Labs: Lust lip gloss
Another vote for gloss. You can wear it alone or over lipstick. The key to the 3D lip look is highlighting the center. I haven’t ever done it so I’m no help but Youtube is your friend on this! Search lip contouring!
Lip liner to overline the lips. But an easy way is to gloss. I adore the Fenty Gloss Bomb in Fenty Glow
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