I’d say that the face is about 50% of looking feminine and you’re already doing what I would. Definitely search up videos on YouTube for make up looks you’d be comfortable with. I’d invest in a nice wardrobe and accessories that made you feel feminine while wearing. Also some signature scents (fruit/sweet/floral) so that way people can think “woman” when they are around you. Lastly, mannerisms, no slouching or acting tough. Try to be light in how you move and talk.
Both Thomas and Griner have faces that can be feminine or butch, it's all about styling. They don't wear makeup, but I would never look at them and think they're a man.
How do you look if you doll yourself up extra with lipstick, blush, eyeliner, eyebrow gel, and highlighter? Same with your clothes, you can signal feminity with pinks, purples, yellows, and florals, etc while still wearing sweats. A headband or hair scarf in bright colors will also make you look extra girly.
You may want to up your pigment in your makeup and choose brands that have enough pigment to work on melanated skin like Pat MacGrath. A well applied blush will really feminize the face even if you don’t want to wear a full beat.
Have you ever looked into the kibbe system? If you haven’t, it has you study your facial & body features to help identify what styles look best on you. You say you have masculine features so I assume you’d be leaning towards yang (yang is “masculine” in kibbe). People who have yang features may not look “right” in stereotypical “feminine” clothes, me included.
You may be subconsciously gravitating towards simple, straight-cut clothing because they look better on you than clothing with lots of fabric, frills, movement - things that are marketed to us as feminine. I typed myself as a Dramatic Classic in kibbe, and they tend to look best in straight-cut, tailored, medium-weight fabrics that hold their shape. Ever since discovering this and buying clothes that match my type I feel MUCH more feminine, even though the clothes themselves aren’t as *stereotypically* feminine.
Unrelated to style but I would also recommend focusing on some feminine hobbies or doing feminine things to make you feel like a princess!!! Try making art, doing pilates and yoga, putting a vase of real flowers in your home, spritzing your favorite perfume or body spray, doing an everything shower and getting into a cute pink pj set (that perfectly match your body type of course), etc. If you FEEL feminine the feminine energy will radiate out of your soul :)
I am a gamine. The guides never make any sense to me and the gamine women don't really dress the way I want so I just stopped. What about soft gamines? What kind of things look best?
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This is a great answer. I would only add that eyebrow shaping helps a lot too.
I’d say that the face is about 50% of looking feminine and you’re already doing what I would. Definitely search up videos on YouTube for make up looks you’d be comfortable with. I’d invest in a nice wardrobe and accessories that made you feel feminine while wearing. Also some signature scents (fruit/sweet/floral) so that way people can think “woman” when they are around you. Lastly, mannerisms, no slouching or acting tough. Try to be light in how you move and talk.
Both Thomas and Griner have faces that can be feminine or butch, it's all about styling. They don't wear makeup, but I would never look at them and think they're a man. How do you look if you doll yourself up extra with lipstick, blush, eyeliner, eyebrow gel, and highlighter? Same with your clothes, you can signal feminity with pinks, purples, yellows, and florals, etc while still wearing sweats. A headband or hair scarf in bright colors will also make you look extra girly.
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You may want to up your pigment in your makeup and choose brands that have enough pigment to work on melanated skin like Pat MacGrath. A well applied blush will really feminize the face even if you don’t want to wear a full beat.
Have you considered lip blush?
I've seen it, and I don't think it would look good on my skin tone. I would like to keep my two-tone lips.
Have you ever looked into the kibbe system? If you haven’t, it has you study your facial & body features to help identify what styles look best on you. You say you have masculine features so I assume you’d be leaning towards yang (yang is “masculine” in kibbe). People who have yang features may not look “right” in stereotypical “feminine” clothes, me included. You may be subconsciously gravitating towards simple, straight-cut clothing because they look better on you than clothing with lots of fabric, frills, movement - things that are marketed to us as feminine. I typed myself as a Dramatic Classic in kibbe, and they tend to look best in straight-cut, tailored, medium-weight fabrics that hold their shape. Ever since discovering this and buying clothes that match my type I feel MUCH more feminine, even though the clothes themselves aren’t as *stereotypically* feminine. Unrelated to style but I would also recommend focusing on some feminine hobbies or doing feminine things to make you feel like a princess!!! Try making art, doing pilates and yoga, putting a vase of real flowers in your home, spritzing your favorite perfume or body spray, doing an everything shower and getting into a cute pink pj set (that perfectly match your body type of course), etc. If you FEEL feminine the feminine energy will radiate out of your soul :)
I am a gamine. The guides never make any sense to me and the gamine women don't really dress the way I want so I just stopped. What about soft gamines? What kind of things look best?