Makeovers

[ericatgirlnj]

Anyone ever go for a makeover? I used to go all the time but now I am learning to do my own makeup I stopped because it was too expensive. I went a few in Manhattan , was an Austin angel in massachusetts, and a place called fairplay in staten island but my favorite and cheapest one is femmefever. I am also in her before and after shots as Erica.
http://www,femmefever.com

A woman runs it named Karen. She has parties every month. She made her own makeup dvd, sells all items a crossdresser needs, plus clearance items. She is one of the sweetest nicest people you will ever meet. If you are in the NY/ Long Island area, I highly recommend it.


Has anyone else gotten makeovers from anywhere. Any place you recommend. Any glamour shots of you from those makeovers.

[Marlena Dahlstrom]

In the Bay Area there's Carla's (http://www.carlas.com) in San Jose and Adam to Eve (http://www.adamtoeve.com) in SF. Both Carla (a GG) and Eve (a TG) are real sweeties.

Before going out in public for the first time, I went to Carla's because I wanted to get a good sense of what would look appropriate to me. Since being out and about, I've been in to MAC for a make-over to get some new ideas. Neither did glamour shots afterwards, but I did bring a camera and made sure to get some photos so that I can study what they'd done.

I'd highly recommend it for anyone. Make-up artists are pros who can both give you a reality check about what's appropriate for you and also make suggestions to try things you might not have thought of yourself.

And if you're still learning to do your make-up it can be a moving experience to see how pretty you can be. After my make-over at Carla's I almost cried because I couldn't believe that the beautiful woman in the mirror was me. I did feel pretty and witty and bright.

As you said, it's expensive, but I don't do it all the time. Plus there's always the cosmetic counters, where you're getting product in return for the money you're spending -- in addition to the makeover.

BTW, a friend of mine asked her daughter, who's a manager of cosmetic store, about the equiette of "how much should you buy" to compensate the make-up artists for their efforts. While obviously you're not obligated to buy anything if you don't like it, she felt a dollar per minute they work on you was fair. Seems reasonable to me, since a full make-over at MAC probably didn't take more than a half-hour.

Incidentally, MAC is extremely t-friendly -- after all they're spokes(wo)man is RuPaul and their corporate policy is that the gender of their customers are irrelevant.

Even if you don't have a MAC or TG salon in your area, a lot of regular salons are apprarently happy to work with CDs. On another forum, as an experiment someone in the rural South once called about two dozen salons in her area about setting up an appointment. Only one refused to deal with her and the vast majority seemed to be quite accepting of the idea.