I just treated myself to a bubble bath. This is something I never did as a guy. Yes, I did take baths to relax, but never poured in the stuff to make it a bubble bath and it really does feel good. When my ex and I went house shopping she always wanted to make sure she had a big tub. Never figured out why, but now I know.
I am confused by the overwhelming choices that have to be made at the store. As a guy I tried to keep my skin in good shape so I used a facial wash and facial scrub but all I had to do was go to the shaving aisle, grab the product and go. I think Nivea is really the only big company that makes products like that for me. Even now using my guy stuff feels yucky. I hate using it but I don't want to show up at work every day smelling like Mango. And that's another great thing I mentioned before - the selection. The fruits, smells, varieties are all great. I've also loved mango so that was my first choice and I'm glad I did. My skin feels great (except for all the hair) and I smell pleasant.
But getting back to choices, what do women need for their face? I guess there's face wash and exfoliant but is that it? And what does a girl do? Go to the store, go with a brand and stick with it. I've noticed since my "emergence" day (I think that's what I'm calling it, I don't like calling it a "birthday" but I know I came up with a better name than emergence) that I've been paying more attention to female-focused commercials. I think I like Dove but I wonder if Avon would be good? I can order it via catalog and have it delivered by someone I probably don't know. Something to think about it. I feel funny examining the women's products at the store. Walgreens had a sale on panties and I thought about getting some, but didn't.
Ah well, I think that's it for tonight. There was something else I was going to say but I can't recall. It's getting late. My ex-wife (the most recent one, no kids) is starting to come around and I feel like I can talk to her more as Jane. She even told me where I could get a swimsuit wrap in my size for a good price (I joked with her that I was tempted to keep hers the other night when she came over to swim).
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ReplyDeleteWhen I began living as a woman and wearing makeup everyday, I started to find out what products I needed to keep healthy skin.
In the morning, I usually:
1. wash my face with a cleanser (couple times a week I use an exfoliant cleanser instead)
2. I shave. (even with laser...I don't see much hair but I can feel it and I want the makeup to go on smooth) I don't use shaving cream but cheap hair conditioner instead.
3. Use toner/astringent. This reminds me of some kind of alcohol solution. It closes the pores after shaving and before moisturizing.
4. Moisturize with a face moisturizer. I also tend to use an eye cream under and on my lids and rub some chap stick on my lips too to keep them moist as well.
5. Then I apply makeup.
At night, I simply remove the makeup, cleanse my face again, and use a night moisturizer too.
For my body, I tend to just apply body lotion a couple times a week, primarily in certain areas after shaving. I don't exfoliate my body nearly enough but that's supposedly good to do too.
Hope that helps some. I also have a video I made on youtube showing me doing all this (in super fast speed). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4LNeRvSZ2E
To answer your title though...yes it is the little stuff =) I hope your ex can be accepting. My ex-wife and I can chat about shopping or this or that sometimes but she still won't call me by name or use female pronouns.
Thanks! This was very helpful.
ReplyDeleteAs for my ex-wife we have talked shopping before but at this point I haven't asked anyone to start using my female name/pronouns, although a friend of mine does call me Jane in private. I'm not sure how she'd do with that.