A month or so ago I stopped by Bare Escentuals to price some
replacement make-up. While I was there I decided to inquire as to whether or
not they apply make-up to males. I explained that I write a blog about straight
crossdressers and that I was impressed with their teaching me how to apply
make-up 4-ish years ago, and I wondered if they’d do the same for males who
want to look female. They told me that they do and have. They even went on to
tell me a few stories. I was quite pleased that I would be able to bring men
there to learn how to make themselves look girlish without the use of make-up
with harmful chemicals. They told me the best times to come are Monday-Thursday
evenings. There are usually less people in the mall and even less in the store.
I was told to call in advance for an appointment.
The original plan was
to take Paula to Bare Escentuals on Wednesday night. I called and set the
appointment explaining I was bringing in a male to have a makeover. …then I
remembered that I had work Wednesday night. I called Paula up and asked if *he
were free that night (Monday) and he was. I called back and set the appointment
to just a few hours from the time I called. I picked Paula up and we headed to
the Christiana Mall in Delaware. Paula brought along his new dresses (which had
come in the mail that day) and his wig…in a duffel bag (ah the trusty duffel
bag that every crossdresser has, or at least has had, for storing his girl
things). We headed to the store and told them who we were and the lady there
started on his face.
She started out with their basic ‘Get
Started’ kit which included a foundation, mineral veil, brushes. She even showed
how you can cover up the old 5 o’ clock shadow with just a few strokes using
the concealer brush. That’ll totally come in handy. She showed him how to do
some natural looking contouring on his face. It was quite interesting to see.
Since, at that point, paula was unsure of what color dress he’d be wearing to Raven 11 (either
a red dress or black one) the make-up artist decided to go with a light pink
& smoky eye combo that she figured would go great with either color. After
she was done I took a picture of Paula’s face …but… well… I couldn’t really see
if it looked right w/o the wig on. So I pulled the wig out of the trusty duffle
bag and put it on Paula’s head and took another picture. Now I could see it and
it looked Great! Before we left… he took all of the makeup off, we were in a
populated mall after all and he was dressed as a guy. I would have loved to
have him stay in the makeup so that I could see him in his new dresses all made
up, but that wasn’t to be. We did go back to my place and had him try on the
dresses. One was way too big. The other one was just right. I fashioned some
accessories for him. I made a pair of my favorite earrings into clip-ons for
him to wear. I also made a necklace, and extended the chain of an anklet. All he
needs now is a ring and maybe a bracelet
or two and his look is complete…though…he really doesn’t need either of those and he’d still look great. On Saturday I and
all in attendance at the party will see how well he learned how to apply
make-up from the lady at Bare Esentuals. …but if it doesn’t look great…I’ll
probably help him out. I mean, he is still a beginner. I’m amazed he agreed to
actually go into the place…inside of a mall, to learn. He’s definitely got
guts! …Or maybe he just really trusts that I won’t let anything go wrong. Well…I
guess we’ll know if I can get him to write about his perspective of the
experience. J
