Selecting lipstick for crossdressers

So you’ve got the foundation, you’ve done your eyes, and now you just need to figure out what to do with your lips. No problem, this is the easiest step of them all!  Soon you’ll be strutting down the street like a professional crossdresser Or at least strutting around your bedroom with a pretty face.

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Ok, down to business. Your lips need 3 things. Lipstick, and . . . and . . . At a loss for the other items? That’s what I was afraid of. If you’ve ever wondered why your lipstick always looks smudged or crooked, or why it looks rough or splotchy . . . it’s because you’re missing two very important steps!

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First thing’s first, keep your lips moisturized. Buy chapstick and use it! Just your everyday Blistex or Vaseline lip stuff for everyday when you’re not crossdressing. If you have dry lips, the cracked skin will catch on your lipstick and peel off chunks of color, making your lips look rough and splotchy. You may also want gloss to put on over your lipstick depending on what kind you’re using – gloss is really just chapstick for girls, keeping your lips moisturized and making them shiny. Sometimes it has a little color too, but usually not much. Not suitable for your every day stuff, or you might get some strange looks.

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Ok, the second item you need is lip liner. This looks like eyeliner (and really is the same stuff, just in different colors), and is a heavier makeup than your lipstick. It will do 2 things for you – help define your lips, and prevent your lipstick from smearing. “Normally” you would pick a lip liner that matches your lipstick color, but you can get some neat effects by pairing a lighter color (ie pink with red lipstick) or a darker color (ie maroon with red lipstick). Just experiment, as long as the colors compliment eachother.

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Now you’re ready to actually put your makeup on. Start with the lip liner and outline your lips. Be really careful with this step as it’s easy to make things lopsided. You want to trace the edge of where your pinkish lip color fades into your regular skin color. Err to the inside unless you have really thin lips, and make sure you have a constant and smooth stroke width. The lines for your upper lip and lower lip should meet at the corners of your mouth, but should not really be connected. And your upper lip has a little “divot” in the middle, so make sure you trace down into that. If you don’t have a divot, or have a really small one, exaggerate a little.

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Ok, now get out the lipstick and fill in your outline. You don’t want to put lipstick overtop the lip liner, so stay inside the lines! I keep the point of my lipstick up because I want a fine point to trace the edge of my thinner upper lip as the wider portion of the lipstick fills in below, and then on my lower lip I don’t need fine control along the bottom edge and it just feels more comfortable. Anyway, don’t fuss about filling everything in or getting right to the edge. Just put it on inside the lip liner outline, a little heavier than you think you need to.

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Now squish your lips together (with your lip muscles, not your fingers!) and move your upper and lower lips against eachother both in and out and side to side. The idea here is to spread the lipstick around evenly, so don’t go to extremes and spread it off your lips, but you can be fairly aggressive about it. I don’t know why it works, but your lips seem to naturally stop against eachother just right to spread the lipstick everywhere. If you do get a little carried away, use your fingernail to scrape away lipstick in places where you don’t want it.

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Ok, last step, add some gloss. And now you’ve got crossdresser lips the gg’s can drool over 

Courtesy: http://thecrossdresser.org/2009/02/luscious-crossdressing-lips/

For Long Lasting Lipstick,Foundation

  

For Long Lasting Lipstick:  First apply a lip liner using a lip pencil with color just slightly darker than the color of your lips, completely filling in your lips, rather than merely outlining them.  Apply your lipstick, then redefine your lips by outlining them again.  Blot with a tissue and reapply lipstick.  Use "matte" formula lipsticks for longest wear.   

Apply black powder eyeliner along the top of false eyelash to help emphasize the eye.

Wear gloves when you put on nylons, especially if your hands are rough or your nails are long.

Thank you Leza for the following:

My biggest issue with being a CD was always makeup removal, especially in an emergency - being unexpectedly interrupted by wife, girlfriend, roommate, whatever and needing to clean up FAST. Plus, when I first started, I bought various pricey makeup remover products.

one word (well, two): BABY OIL

The most fantastic, cheap, moisturizing, all purpose (mascara, eyeliner, etc, takes it all off in a couple swipes) ever made. Plus nice to use in the shower or bath to soften the skin, and I personally love the scent.

Use contact cement to apply artificial nails(AN). Coat the inside of the AN and your own nail.  Let dry for 5 minutes and then apply.  Do several nails at once to minimize the time.  This process does take extra time, but nails  hold well.  Soak in water to get off.

Apply false eye lashes before other makeup, then before going out check to make sure they are secure. If there are an gaps touch up with lash adhesive on the corner of a small piece of cardboard about the thickness of an index card.  The cardboard gets easily into any cracks.

Best WHR waist to hips ratio is 0.7 (waist 30" hips 42", waist 35" hips 50", waist 26 hips 37)    Journal of Sex Research

When applying lashes, use a thin line of lash glue, no more than twice the thickness of the lash ban.

A big smile and bleached teeth is a huge plus for feminizing the face.  Prices start at $15 and go into the thousands.

Always carry two or three safety pins in your purse.

Always use lotion or face cream before applying makeup.

To stop a run in a stocking or pantyhose dab clear fingernail polish at the top of the run.  Carry a spare pair in the car or your purse.

For Long Lasting Eye Shadow:  Apply concealer to your eyelids, before applying your eye shadow.

For Long Lasting Eyeliner:  Apply pencil eyeliner to your eyes.  Then brush the same color powder eye shadow over the eyeliner.  It should last all day.

For Long Lasting Foundation:  First apply a moisturizer throughout your face.  Then apply a liquid foundation, making sure to cover your entire face.  Apply a concealer under your eyes and to blemishes.  Then apply generous quantities of pressed or loose powder to lock in the foundation, making sure to brush away the excess.  If you have oily skin, use an oil-free foundation.  If your skin is dry, use a moisturizing foundation.  If your foundation still isn't lasting all day, your moisturizer may not be optimal for your skin.  If your skin is oily, your make-up may be traveling, and you may need an oil-free moisturizer.  If your skin is dry, it may be soaking up your foundation.   In this case, you may need a cream moisturizer in addition to a moisturizing foundation.

Don't store make-up in the car are other places that may get hot.

Makeup should only be used for about three months after that there is a risk of infection.

Clean brushes and sponges regularly.

Don't apply makeup while driving.

If you use duct tape, be prepared to suffer the consequences.

If you use glue-on nails, do not rush taking them off.

Apply a coat of nail polish to nails, let dry then apply glue-on nails.  The nails will come off easier at the end of the evening.

Don't have pierced ears?  Sharon DeWitt cuts the post off earrings and then puts a drop of fingernail glue on the back of the earring and applies the earring to her earlobe.  This gives the appearance of a pierced ear and stays on all evening.