What are you wearing today?

[Lenneth]

School picture day. Huzzah!

[Lenneth]

 

 

[April Marie]

Looking amazing, ladies!!

[Aggie1]

Catching up. I’ve been absent for a couple of months, hiking my way from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail. Facial hair has been a challenge. Walked 250 miles in April and took some time out. Getting back on trail on Monday. Enjoying some Agnes time for a few days. I have a few more months to go to finish CA, OR and WA. Expecting an appointment in November to consult on surgery. 
 

 

[Maddee]

1 hour ago, Aggie1 said:

Catching up. I’ve been absent for a couple of months, hiking my way from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail. Facial hair has been a challenge. Walked 250 miles in April and took some time out. Getting back on trail on Monday. Enjoying some Agnes time for a few days. I have a few more months to go to finish CA, OR and WA. Expecting an appointment in November to consult on surgery. 
 

 

This is amazing.

 Blessed journeys Agnes🌈🌈

[Aggie1]

I have a couple of daughters turning 27 and 25 this month and to celebrate we went to a sushi restaurant with their boyfriends, friends and their mother and me, 10 all together. I dressed in a blouse and slacks and put my hair up in a high ponytail. First time out in public dressed this way. Nobody at the restaurant batted an eye. My daughters and wife are completely accepting.

 

I had bought some lipstick, foundation and mascara a couple of years ago but misplaced them. I found them at the bottom of my purse which I haven’t used in a long while. When I got home, I put them on and was rather pleased with the difference they made. 
 

I’ll be hiking for a few months and the beard will be hard to deal with but when I get done with the hike in September I’m excited about accelerating the process along.
 

So far it’s all been about the internal journey of acceptance. I haven’t cared too much what I looked like on the outside. That’s starting to change. The external becoming a true mirror of the internal is becoming more important to me. And may increase feelings of dysphoria which I have been trying to avoid. I can actually see myself waking up every morning and putting on makeup first thing when I get dressed for the rest of my life. 
 

I’ve been doing electrolysis for the past two years and at the rate I’ve been going it could take another couple of years or more. I have to speed that up somehow. I do see that the beard has thinned out quite a bit and grows a lot more slowly due to HRT so that’s an encouragement.
 

Same thing for the eyebrows. Do I pluck them all out and keep them plucked or what? Can FFS raise them up a bit? 

[Jani]

Very nice photos.  Be wary of old makeup.  It does seem to have a shelf life.  As to eyebrows, you can cut the hairs short (1/4" - 5/16").  Draw an imaginary line from the corner of your nostril to the inner point of your eye.  Continue up to your brow.  Do the same on the other side.  Remove brow hair in the middle.  If you are plucking the brows to shape, always shape from the bottom so they are in an arch.  You can have an electrologist do this but is a might bit painful (like upper lip).  

 

Good luck, have fun.

Jani 

[Aggie1]

20 hours ago, Maddee said:

This is amazing.

 Blessed journeys Agnes🌈🌈

Thank you Maddee

[April Marie]

I love your hair!! Hoping I can grow mine out something like that. And, your smile just lights up the room!!

[Aggie1]

57 minutes ago, Jani said:

Very nice photos.  Be wary of old makeup.  It does seem to have a shelf life.  As to eyebrows, you can cut the hairs short (1/4" - 5/16").  Draw an imaginary line from the corner of your nostril to the inner point of your eye.  Continue up to your brow.  Do the same on the other side.  Remove brow hair in the middle.  If you are plucking the brows to shape, always shape from the bottom so they are in an arch.  You can have an electrologist do this but is a might bit painful (like upper lip).  

 

Good luck, have fun.

Jani 

Thanks Jani. Good advice. I just used a dab of foundation. Nothing fancy. It’s all I have at the moment. I will visit my local Ulta store to get fresh supplies and advice.

[Aggie1]

16 minutes ago, April Marie said:

I love your hair!! Hoping I can grow mine out something like that. And, your smile just lights up the room!!

There’s that inner woman in me just bursting to get out. She’s saying “Let me out! Let me out!” I’ve kept her bottled up my whole life! Even as I’ve undergone HRT and electrolysis the last two years. I’m lucky to have a supportive family and to live in a liberal enclave where people tend to be more accepting. Although I do have some acquaintances who have expressed some strong opinions to the contrary. I suspect that might be playing a role in holding me back. I’ve had one or two people confront me directly on my long hair and earrings and I have not been direct with them in return. I usually try to turn it into a humorous aside of some sort, along the lines of “Ah, I see you’re starting to go bald. Jealous huh!?” But not directly questioning their underlying phobias. 

[Maddee]

1st meeting with a new young guy late last night. 

 

Martini bar where I’ve applied & hope to work.

 

Turns out he’s an evil time lord. with an occult name, seeking a submissive companion.  
 

Yes master

 

 

 

[Maddee]

Now I’m living in airports 

Blessed life is exciting!

Fly to the rainbows 🌈🌈

 

 

 

[April Marie]

Oh @Maddee! You are just gorgeous, woman!!!

 

I'm wearing a yellow pullover top with embroidered flowers on the sleeves (the one in my avatar pic) and jeans with my white leather Vans. Feeling kinda' pretty..

[Aggie1]

Well another first. Put on some lipstick and mascara and went to Walmart and bought a small lightweight battery operated shaver to keep the hair at bay while I’m hiking. The customer at the checkout in front of me was having problems but she said “you might want to take care of her first” referring to me. Then took the car to jiffy lube for oil. And filters and sat in the waiting room for an hour. Nobody batted an eye. Feels good. Feels right.

[MirandaB]

9 hours ago, Aggie1 said:

 

Same thing for the eyebrows. Do I pluck them all out and keep them plucked or what? Can FFS raise them up a bit?

I just go to the local threading place or the local wax place and let someone else do the brows. Not that expensive at least around here. 

[Maddee]

luv big mirrors

 

passing is good be careful

[April Marie]

11 minutes ago, Maddee said:

luv big mirrors

 

passing is good be careful

Safe travels, beautiful lady!!!

[Aggie1]

My daughter and her new husband came by last night and she fixed my hair. She said she was so looking forward to introducing her children, when she has them, to her grandma. Chills! Pinch me. Is this really happening?

[awkward-yet-sweet]

Shorts, grass sandals, and not a stitch more.  That's going to be my uniform for the next 4+ months of warm weather.  

[Ivy]

What am I wearing?  A lot of cat hair at the moment.

[Mmindy]

That's great @Aggie1I'm so happy that your daughter is supportive, and a temporary hair stylist. I only wish the picture was larger so I could maybe take some tips.

 

@Ivywe thought cat hair was normal feature on our dark clothing. We kept our grandsons and their dog over the weekend. Cat hair is nothing compared to the white bull dog hair that Luna left us with.

 

Hugs,

 

Mindy🐛🏳️‍⚧️🦋

[Ivy]

[Ashley0616]

Gray shirt and silver shorts at the moment. Just got done shaving and feel better already. 

[Ivy]

Black pinafore with cat hair, and lace up moccasin boots.  Went for a walk in the woods by the river this morning.