5+ years Flashback: May 2014

I thought I'd look for photos taken pretty much exactly 5 years ago, but for various reasons, there's some gaps for a year or so.

 

This was taken in May 2014, and shows just how crap my MU skills were then (not to mention wig selection and styling!).

 

I think I've gotten a lot better since then. A few makeovers (both trans-specialising, and "mainstream") have helped, but mostly it's been a few key Youtubers, plus observing what works on others, and quite a lot of trial and error.

 

I could critique this quite a lot now, but my main failings, as I see them, are:

Zero contouring

Crap eye MU skills

Way too much rouge (in fact I got so traumatised by my misuse of it, that I barely use it these days)

NFI how to do eyebrows (so I'd just hide them with the fringe)

Poor choice and application of lippy.

 

So, I dunno, but if you're struggling with this whole dressing thing, not able to get MU to work, yada yada yada, maybe this might just provide a skerrick of encouragement.

 

Looking like I do here, I'd never have dared step foot outside (I think at this time, I may have daringly stood on my hotel room balcony for maybe 5 minutes at 10pm before scurrying inside when I saw someone get out of a parked car about 100 m away).

 

Now I feel so much more confident about stepping out in public (in part because I really don't give a rats so much anymore, but also because I get some kind comments from time to time).

 

And that's despite my skin, wrinkles, scars, etc being 5 years older...

Done