What are your favourite transfem tips and tricks?
Hiya girlies!
Today I'd love for us to share the little tips and tricks that you're proud of, things that help you feel like the best version of you! It could be about anything, makeup, hair, hair removal, voice, mannerisms, diet, exercise, fashion, whatever you learned that had a positive impact on your life that could help another girlie learning who she wants to be!
Something I've been particularly enjoying recently is finding ladies I particularly admire in media and copying the things they say, trying to match their intonation and expression. I know it's not an original idea but it can be super fun and very satisfying when you get it right! :3
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If you have curly hair, follow the curly girl method!!! My hair went from a mess to being my most feminine features that makes others jealous.
Also, another hair tip, for facial hair this time. Try out safety razors. Shaving with a safety razor gets the closest shave and is dirt cheap.
To shave, partially fill the sink with some hot water (as hot as you can manage (without scalding yourself obviously)), then wet your face with it. Exfoliate (using shaving soap is a great way to do this, since the brush doubles as an applicator and exfoliator). Then shave with the grain. Against will get a closer shave, but at the cost of bumps and razor burn. After some practice you can shave in just a couple of minutes with minimal artifacts.
It helps to have a razor with several aggression/closeness settings (e.g. Rockwell 2C or 6S) and switch to milder for across the grain. Or have separate razors for the first and the last pass (like Merkur 34C for start and Henson AL13 for finish).
With a good blade and a very mild razor it might take more passes across the grain but the upside is no nicks and most of the time no bumps.
As always, your mileage may vary because a lot of things influence shaving and it gets pretty individual ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
whats the curly girl method do you have resources on that
This is a decent introduction, but I'll summarize the basics.
First, you want to avoid shampoo and conditioner with sulphates and silicone. These chemically relax your hair and build up over time. They work great for people with straight hair (i.e. the majority of the white population that beauty companies target), but not for people with curly or wavy hair. My products of choice for this are Shea Moisture Coconut and Hibiscus Curl and Shine Shampoo, as well as the Conditioner of the same range.
Once you have these, you want to cleanse your hair of any built up silicone. This will take quite a while (took a few months for me), because the other main thing to remember is that you should only really be washing your hair once a week. Most people with curly/wavy hair just don't need to wash it as often as straight haired people. You should also only be brushing your hair while it is wet in the shower.
Then there is technique, which I've found isn't as important but does help. When you dry your hair, you're supposed to do a thing called "plopping". You put a towel on a flat surface, plop your hair onto it, and then tie it up into a headwrap thing.
Finally, the rest of curly girl is just experience. You will get to know your hair and how much conditioner and care it needs. It takes a while but is very rewarding!
huh, at least for wavy hair technique is like the most important thing. specifically scrunching with gel.
Googling gave me This
Never heard of the curly girl method, but I do have curly hair. I've basically been using this method for like a year and a half without realizing it, and it's gone pretty well for me.