5 Steps To A Feminine Face
5 Steps To A Feminine Face
5 Steps To A Feminine Face
When you look at someone, one of the first things you notice is their face.
If you’ve put a lot of effort into crafting a wardrobe, exercising to tone your stomach and butt… It
makes ZERO sense to then not put effort into your face! It throws all the hard work away!
All of these steps are either very quick to do (but need to be done regularly) or can be done
once every few weeks for best results. The exception is makeup.
This is structured in order of most -> least priority. Taking care of the things mentioned early on
will make your life much, much easier with other things below them!
. . . Except tweezing, now that I think about it. But you should still do that one!
appearance. For the average guy a well-trimmed beard etc. keeps things neat + presentable
“Dwarf-mode”.
sure that your face looks ‘cute’. At the very least try and shave
your face right before any time where you want to go all the way in looking good.
Regular shaving is generally preferred though. Nothing crazy - just a clean shave every couple
of days. Extra hair on your face creates extra heat and sweat that makes it harder to keep up
with facial care and harder to notice any issues underneath the layer of hair.
Having a good razer (even an electric) and spending a few minutes cleaning things up will be a
Diet is a major culprit here. Processed foods (think McDonalds) tend to be very greasy and
chemicals used to preserve food are rarely good for you. Avoiding processed foods in your diet
helps.
Some foods can do the opposite and contain nutrients that are good for your skin. Fish,
vegetables, red meats, nuts, and some fruits are all on this list. These foods contain protein,
biotin, iron, b12, vitamin c+d, and other key nutrients. Eat them when you can!
Removing sources of debris that gets onto our skin is also great. Take a shower after activities
that make you sweat (yes, that includes the gym). Be sure to change your sheets regularly! This
confusing, but thankfully if you are taking care of your lifestyle skincare is pretty straightforward.
For most you will want at least a moisturizer + cleanser. I do this 1x a day in the morning, about
the time when I shower. Very easy, but very big impact
I personally use a 4% benzoyl peroxide and Cerave or Cetaphil (both are great). Any
moisturizer which contains collagen and elastin (both proteins used by your skin) is ideal.
Wearing sunscreen of some kind can also help with avoiding aging of the skin on your face as
you get older. Not as immediate but helps for later in life!
Other parts of a skincare routine (retinols, exfoliating, etc.) are useful for more specific needs,
but are more specialized than what can be given as a general recommendation.
Tweezing is pretty simple to do. All you need is a pair of tweezers and to then get a grip on
eyebrow hairs that you dont want and pull them out. There is some slight discomfort, but this
isn’t really painful in any way.
If you have a unibrow this is perfect for you, and is an easy way to fix that. Same thing for any
odd hairs underneath your eyebrow.
You can also use tweezing to help ‘shape’ the eyebrows into a more feminine shape. To do this,
find female pictures with brows you like and pluck away from the “main mass” in places where
you have hair that they do not. For some common examples:
Tweezing pulls hairs out completely, so unlike regular shaving, you may need to do this as
frequently as every couple weeks or even less frequently.
HOWEVER if you have not followed the previous parts of this guide, makeup will be a lot trickier
to apply and we want to make things as easy as possible. Makeup is already an entire skill of its
own, we don’t need it to be any harder!
Like skincare, there are many (many) different makeup products both for what you are applying,
how you are applying it, the colors, etc.
**This is a VERY basic, stripped down version for a more natural look**
1. Primer (Optional)
2. Concealer
3. Foundation
4. Highlights, Lipstick, Mascara, Eyeliner, etc.
5. Setting Spray (Optional)
You want to be sure to remove any makeup you are wearing before sleep. This helps with
skincare since it's not great to leave makeup on overnight.
You can either use a dedicated makeup remover or something like olive oil to help remove
makeup. Put a bit on a clean cloth and dab it against your makeup to remove it.
If you don’t recognize any of the makeup products above, the next page explains many of the
common kinds of makeup that you will want to know about.
Concealer isn’t always necessary, but if you have dark sections under your eyes or a 5 o’clock
shadow from shaving even after you have applied foundation, this is what you should go to. Pick
a concealer that is opposite the color wheel of what you are trying to… well… conceal and apply
it to that area.
Foundation is like a layer of paint for your skin. You find a color that's close to your skin tone (or
a different color, if you have a specific look you are going for. Think Japanese Geisha for that).
You only need a very small amount of this to then spread around with a brush or sponge.
This helps to remove the appearance of any blemishes, pockmark scars, acne, etc. that remain.
Do NOT treat this as a replacement for skincare though, makeup can make acne worse
especially if you are not taking care of it already. This is by far best when you already have a
healthy layer of skin to make it “flawless”
Lipstick is pretty straightforward. I'm guessing that even if you are among the most clueless of
guys, you have an idea of what this is. This has a couple different names depending on how the
color is applied to your lips. Lipstick is a solid stick of material that you rub on your lips, while
Lipgloss is a small tube that holds a liquid material which sticks to your lips. There are some
subtleties in how they look different, but for starting out use whichever you find easier to apply.
Mascara is typically a small brush that you press against the base of your eyelashes, and then
curl upwards. This makes your lashes more visible. Some people like to do just the eyelash
above your eyes, but you can use it on the lower eyelashes as well if you prefer the look.
Eyeshadow is often a colorful ‘dust’ (for lack of a better term) that you use a brush to apply on
top of your eyelid, and sometimes out to the side slightly like Eyeliner.
Highlights, Bronzer, and Blush are all products used to adjust how the skin of your cheeks,
jawline, etc. look and are applied on top of foundation/concealer. They change the color slightly
or reflect light a bit differently than your skin to highlight certain parts of it
Setting Spray is used last after all other makeup has been applied, and is basically just there to
keep things in place so your makeup isn't as easy to smudge etc. as you go about the day.
Makeup can be taken so far that it becomes like its own art form, there’s a reason why there are
professional makeup artists for movies and the like. It’s a skill like any other, and it's not one you
will nail right away.
If you’ve been taking care of your skin, just getting a foundation that is close to your skin tone
can be that extra step to really make your appearance. Concealer may also be necessary for
shadows under your eyes etc… but beyond this pretty much everything is for creating a specific
look.
You don’t need to worry about makeup, eyeliner, blush, etc. every day. They are extra steps that
can look really good for something like a date night, but don't feel like you need to go over the
top and spend 2 hours on makeup everyday just to look good.
If you follow the steps to shave, live a healthy lifestyle, do skincare, tweeze, etc. you will have a
solid foundation for your face even with little to no makeup.