Hi all,
Thought I would share a bit of an experience in my personal acceptance and growth. I have been working with make-up for a bit of time now (still not very good at it). My wife has been helping me but as she is not a make-up gal for the most part there are areas which I have been kind of guessing at and watching YouTube (foundation type, colours, etc.).
So the other day, I was in a nearby city and at a store which has a cosmetic area. I decided that "why not ask someone who might know" . . . but how to do that. Do I pretend I am getting something for my wife? It was for Halloween? . . . The both sounded a bit lame.
So I decided to take the example of another gal on this site who purchased make-up in male mode. I took a deep breath and approached on of the SAs and asked her if she could help me. I explained the make-up was for me and the truth as to why I wanted to buy it, I was transgender (I know the label, but I didn't want to get into a label debate with her and wanted to use something that she might understand ) She was quite receptive to the idea and very helpful.
Long story short, she helped me find the right foundation for what I wanted to do and a couple of eye shadow colours and lipstick colours (quite bold so I am not sure) . She even gave me some fragrance samples which she thought would be nice for me.
I have to say, it was a bit weird as other customers were going about their business while I talked eye shadow and lipstick (clearly it was for me from our conversation). However, nobody seemed to take note and if they did, they didn't seem to care or just kept it to themselves.
I have to admit, it was quite fun to just buy stuff I needed. While I was a bit self-conscious, that disappeared in a few minutes. After I made my purchases (make-up is expensive ) I did not run out the door but walked out slowly. After all it was my right to purchase things . . . Right?
Hugs
Isha