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battery at fort ward 2025 water color and acrylic michael pontieri

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Bainbridge Island, Washington

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Waiting for the World to Come Along.

~~and waiting for Another Chance, somewhere on the island of Dreams, 2016.

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Reflection. #bainbridgeisland #pnw #washingtonstate #photography 📷: Me https://www.instagram.com/p/CBZVVd-j58-/?igshid=16vroh6c7z512

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Cups Coffee, Bainbridge Island. Drawn on location.

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[the-mira-life-project-mtf]

MILE STONE! Makeup Shopping (My MtF~HRT Journey)

So today, I had a wonderful visit with my PCP who also manages my transgender progress. It was now been officially 1 Year on HRT and since May of 2018, I have learned so much!

While visiting, we covered general health and then transgender health and talked about the next step. I will save the clinical notes about surgery for another post (as this one is all about my experience on buying makeup for the first time in my life).

When I first began my HRT back in May of 2018 I do recall in one of my blog posts that I would never consider looking into wearing feminine clothing or using makeup. But as noted in my posts about the ‘mental transformations’ while using hormones...I have to agree something has changed. Oddly, I find myself socially appropriating to act more feminine then masculine. Most of this transformation began shortly after coming out as transgender to family and friends.

Even prior to my coming out ceremony, I already began looking into feminine clothes for pictures and status updates, but to never wear in public. But with my families pushing me to dress...well...in a dress, the times are changing. One thing I did not realize is that men’s clothes and female’s clothes are designed not only to look aesthetic, but also to support and insinuate the chest and rear...in basic terms, sex appeal.

Even now, I find that my male clothes do fit my expanding hip and rear size and chest size like it did a year ago and it feels kinda ‘cramped!’

Todays visit with Dr. Worth was to talk about surgery and my uncomfortable situations I am experiencing and I talked about my need for facial surgery as I am not passing for female as I am still being called ‘he’. She advised that as I wait for my consultation with plastics, I should consider makeup.

I have no knowledge of makeup as I just nodddd and said ‘Ok’. She continued that if I learn how to use makeup, I could hide my five-o’clock shadow and define my cheekbones. All that went right over my head. But with the unlikely chance of surgery, I need to learn new methods.

Dr. Worth said that two areas I could visit is Macy’s or Sephora at the Silverdale Mall. She added that with some money, they could show me how to do my makeup and try to sell me product. I took her advice and left to head home as I considered that Silverdale was just a town away for my location and it is along the way home. Won’t hurt to gain some education.

Then came the concerns: ‘What if they are not transgender friendly?’ ‘What if other shoppers make a scene?’ ‘I should just go online and order something.’ But where do I start? How do I know what to get? ‘I could buy over 200 dollars in trial and error or woman-up and just go to Sephora.’ as Dr. Worth said I might have more luck there.

I made up my mind as I programmed my GPS to take me to the mall and I’ll see what happens. I was thinking: ‘This could be a really bad idea or a really good idea...only one way to find out!’

I wall inside to the JCPenny, looking for this makeup place. I am making a lot of firsts today! First time considering using makeup, first time in a JCPenny and first time possibly purchasing makeup!

I find the Sephora store and just dread the remarks or comments I might have to endure from sales staff, but to my shock and surprise I saw a familiar face. My brothers boyfriend apparently works here as he sees me and is pleasantly surprised himself.

Talk about fears just melting away!

I explain what the doctor advised me and we went shopping to get me started. I work lie...even now as I write this blog, I don’t know all the exact steps! I was just glad that we and I were on the corrrect page about starting slow and that in time I can elevate to more serious cosmetics.

He asked if I had oily or dry skin and that was easy, ‘Dry’ I say as I never had oily skin, not even after starting HRT!

So we looked at moisturizer to apply first and then moved to primer and then base coat. He used a camera to find my skin tone (1Y08) and found a base to apply after testing a few colors. Next, we moved on to eyelash stuff, lipstick and brow brush. It was a little overwhelming!

He asked if I wanted to do eye shadow, which probably would not hurt as terminal disease make your eye shadow very dark and grey. Color be nice, but I want to slowly learn to appear female and not a clown at the circus!

He offered his help to learn how to apply in the upcoming weeks (which I will greatly accept) and seemed eager to help me with beauty as he is all about makeup and my brother Ryan is all about hair styling! For being a transgender individual, I have been blessed with an amazing family and friends!

When the price came up for the few items, I was shocked! 130.80! What did I buy?

Of all the items, the foundation was almost 40.00$! Is the normal? When I looked at the Sephora website, it was rated as expensive, so it makes sense. Typically, I would not spend this much, but because I knew that I might have help in the near future to do my makeup for the wedding and to learn...

Nevertheless, this was a good experience!