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My Second Makeover

On Wednsday, I wrote about my first makeover. I was flabbergasted by the results. The makeover completely changed the way I looked. 

I was caught up in the moment and enjoyed my makeover. However, I thought it was over the top. It was fine for attending the First Event banquet that evening, but it was too much for sashaying around the hotel the following morning. So after the event, I used many of the techniques that Jim Bridges used during my makeover, but toned it down considerably.

Eleven years later, I was ready for my second makeover. This would be completely different than my first makeover which occurred in the safety net of a trans convention. My second makeover would take place in a local mall out among the civilians. Not only that, it was my first solo outing en femme!

I dressed appropriately to fit in with the other women shopping at the mall. I wore a long black tunic sweater, “heather-gray” leggings and pant boots, as seen here:

My goal was to go to Sephora or M·A·C for makeup advice. After entering the mall, I encountered Sephora before M·A·C, so I went into Sephora. Immediately, a sales associate asked me if I needed assistance and I asked her if she could provide makeup advice. She was happy to do so and sat me at a makeup table for consultation. I talked her out of performing a complete makeover. Instead, I asked her just to improve what I had done.

I was concerned with my eyebrows, but she said I had done a good job with them and that they did not need any work. But she did suggest some other improvements. She said I needed to draw my eyeliner out further towards the outside of each eye to give them more of an almond shape. She also said I needed lip-gloss and a little more mascara and blush. She implemented the suggestions and I was so happy with the results that I asked her to take my photo. Here it is:

During my makeup consultation at Sephora, I mentioned that I had beard cover under my foundation and that I was wearing beard cover because I was a crossdresser. The sales associate probably knew that already. She sensed my uneasiness and tried to settle me down by saying “You only have one life to live and you should live it like you want. If someone has a problem, then it is their problem, not yours.”

I have been living those words ever since!

Wearing Boston Proper

Șerban Copoț femulating Taylor Swift on Romanian television’s Te cunosc de undeva!

My First Makeover

By January 1995, I had been regularly attending support group meetings for over 5 years, but I was still closeted, that is, not going beyond the safe confines of the support group’s meeting place.

A few girls in my support group attended First Event, an annual transgender convention held in the Boston area and recommended it to me as a way to expand my horizons. I was ready, so I registered for the convention and when the big day arrived, Elaine, another ham radio girl who I knew as a ham long before I knew her as a girl, drove us to the convention hotel in Natick, just west of Boston.

After settling in, I began exploring the hotel and here I am in the photo above, trying out the catwalk that was set up for the First Event fashion show. Wow, my hemline is short! I guess some things never change!

Later that day, I sat in and watched Hollywood makeup artist Jim Bridges perform a makeover on another First Event attendee. The transformation was amazing. I was so impressed that I made an appointment for a makeover late Saturday afternoon, so I would look my best for the Saturday night banquet.

It was my first makeover and I was a little nervous going in. How would I look? Would I be disappointed?

During the makeover,  I asked Jim which actresses he had worked with and he rattled off a few names. Then I mentioned that I thought Jaclyn Smith of Charlie’s Angels fame, was one of the most beautiful women among the current crop of stars (circa 1985) and he responded that he had done Jaclyn’s makeup a few times and that she had lousy skin that required a lot of work! After bursting my balloon, he patched it up by adding that I had better skin than Jaclyn Smith!

Anyway Jim’s transformation of me was as impressive as the transformation I witnessed earlier. I literally did not recognize myself when he was finished. “Is that really me?” I wondered when I looked in the mirror for the first time after the makeover.

After the makeover, I returned to my room to get dressed for the banquet. I was anxious to show off the new me and when I finally made my grand entrance, my friends and acquaintances did not recognize me either… in a good way.

Wearing Boston Proper

Șerban Copoț and Cezar Ouatu femulating on Romanian television’s Te cunosc de undeva!
Click here to view this femulation on YouTube.

MTF To Go

I asked about places to go for male-to-female transformations and Amy, Anonymous, Jennifer, Monika, Micki and Tami responded. Their answers are listed below enumerated by state, name of salon, city and website. (I did not include MAC, Sephora and Ulta because they are everywhere.)

California

Annaliese Style, Los Angeles, https://www.annaliesestyle.com

Beautiful Me Makeovers, North Hollywood, https://beautifulmemakeovers.com

Maria Lee, Los Angles & San Francisco, https://www.marialeemakeup.com/male-to-female

Transitions, Los Angeles, Hollywood, https://www.tgtransitions.com

Colorado

Phyllis’ Fantasies, Denver, https://phyllisfantasies.com

Connecticut

Scarlett’s Makeovers, Thompson, http://scarlettsmakeovers.com

Florida

Cross Dress, Sunrise, https://www.cross-dress.com/MTFMAKEUP.html

Sierra M2F Studios, Land O'Lakes, https://male2female.com

Georgia

True U Designs, Atlanta, http://trueuladydesigns.com

Illinois

Transformations by Rori, Arlington Heights, https://transformationsbyrori.com

Indiana

Miss Kriss, Indianapolis, https://ksc3676.wixsite.com/cdbfmisskriss/kris

Maryland

Makeovers With Elizabeth Taylor, Tacoma Park, https://makeoverswithelizabethtaylor.com

Massachusetts

David Nicholas International, Boston, https://www.dnimakeup.com

My Changing Room, Boston, https://www.mychangingroom.com

Minnesota

The Doll Haus, St. Paul, https://www.lafemmemystique.net

Nevada

Be Just You, Las Vegas, https://www.justyoulv.com

N2 The Looking Glass, Las Vegas, https://n2thelookingglass.co

New Jersey

Glamour Boutique, Fairfield, https://www.glamourboutique.com

New York 

FairPlay Imaging, Staten Island, https://fairplaytv.com

Femme Fever, Long Island, https://femmefever.com

Long Island Image Expression, Long Island, https://longislandimageexpert.com

Miss Vera’s Finishing School, Manhattan, https://www.missvera.com

Oregon

Bombshell Transformations, Portland, https://www.bombshelltransformations.org

Pennsylvania

M2Fantasy Makeovers, Pittsburgh, https://m2fantasy.com

Texas

Coco Coquette, Austin, https://www.coco-coquette.com/pages/services

Washington

Over The Rainbow Transformations, Rainier, http://www.victoriasrainbow.tv

Wearing Alice + Olivia

Christopher Morley

Shaving Legs

Good Morning Stana, 

Hope you're well and it is finally getting warm back East. 

Question??? At what age did you start to shave your legs? Did parents catch on? Smooth skin was a big revelation for me. Stockings on smooth legs is just a wonderful look and feel. Once you shave you can't go back. I had to wait till I moved out and after the Army.

Have a great Day

Bobbie

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Hi Bobbie,

Spring is finally springing forth in Southern New England. The daffodils and forsythia are in bloom and the snow piles have finally disappeared.

I was about 16 years old when I shaved my legs for the first time.

I had been crossdressing for about 4 years. Leg hair began sprouting about Year 2. By Year 4, I could not stand the look of matted hair under my nylon stockings, so I took a razor to my legs and removed all the hair from the hem of my miniskirt to the tips of my toes. And I continued to regularly remove my leg hair ever since.

My parents never mentioned it. My crossdressing was closeted, so they never saw my shaved legs en femme and I avoided wearing shorts en homme in the warm weather because I did not want to reveal my secret. When I first appeared among the civilians en femme for Halloween in Year 6, my shaved legs were probably the least of my parent's worries when they saw their 18-year-old son dressed like their 16-year-old daughter.

The first time anyone ever mentioned my shaved legs was when I attended a Halloween party in office girl drag in my mid-20's and the hostess was so surprised that I shaved my legs that she announced it loudly for all the party-goers to hear. I didn't care because earlier at that same party, a female party-goer asked who was the woman not wearing a costume! (She was me!)

Thank you for the great questions, Bobbie.

Wearing Etienne Aigner (Source: Etienne Aigner)

Early 20th Century professional femulator of stage and screen, Julian Eltinge.

Becoming Sheila

Femulate reader Peter suggested this "very nice video featuring the famous Sheila Wolf." I agree it is a very nice video and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.

Wearing Boston Proper (Source: Boston Proper)

Christian Clavier femulates in the 1982 French film Le père noël est une ordure.

Aunt Transforms Nephew into Niece

UPDATE: Thanks to some knowledgeable readers, I now know that this video clip was too good to be true. The boy, who was supposedly transformed into a girl, is really a girl. No aunt transformed her nephew into her niece. By the way, the clip was taken from a Mexican television show called An Angel in the House (1998-1999).

ORIGINAL POST: A few weeks ago, I found this short video from a Spanish language television program. I wonder if anyone knows its source and what is the plot of this particular episode of the show.

YouTube suggests the source might be Mexico. The short description accompanying the video reads, "boy comes home dressed as a girl by her aunts. His father is frightening and terrified"

My take is that the boy's aunt took her nephew shopping for a female outfit. Looks like she even took him to a beauty parlor to get his hair done and his face made up.

The short clip shows the aunt and nephew returning home after shopping to reveal the boy's new look to his family. His mother and brother seem very pleased, but his father, not so much.

My Spanish is not good enough to interpret what is said in the video. Anybody have a clue?

Don't you wish you had an aunt like this lucky boy's/girl's aunt!

(Susan King's series on determining your face shape and what to do with it resumes tomorrow.)

Wearing DressBarn.

Aunt transforms nephew into niece in a Spanish language television show.

I wish it was me!

Femulating Taylor Swift

Back in January, I mentioned some YouTube femulation videos that impressed me. One in particular, by a tween-aged boy named Rowen, impressed me the most with his enhusiasm and reaction to his transformation; he thought he looked pretty and wanted "to stay like this." (I think we all can sympathize with those sentiments!)

The lovely Rowen is back with a new transformation video. This time his sister and cousin help turn him into (by popular demand) a near perfect likeness of singer Taylor Swift. I was impressed again and you will be too if you watch his transformation here. (I wish it was me!)

Wearing L'Agence.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt on MTV's Todrick.

Girls on YouTube

Sunday some friends and relatives stopped by for dinner (deep fried turkey with all the fixings) and to watch the NFL playoff games.

After the company left and we cleaned up, I collapsed on the couch and surfed the channels looking for something entertaining and/or trans-related. I ended up watching Boat Trip figuring it had some femulating potential. There was some drag in the film, but nothing to write home about.

With my laptop lap, I began surfing the Internet looking for any womanless pageants and male-to-female transformations that I have not seen.

There was one pageant and one transformation that were worth noting (this pageant and this transformation), but the highlight of my late night surfing was this video of a tween-aged boy being transformed into a tween-aged girl at the hands of his sister. The boy's enthusiasm is addictive and his reaction to his transformation is priceless.

I don't have a clue if he is trans. He has a couple of other transformation videos online and at the conclusion of this one, he thinks he looks pretty and "wants to stay like this."

So, you go, girl!

Wearing Dion Lee (dress), Alice & Olivia (coat) and Rachel Zoe (shoes).

Boys will be girls, girls will be boys.