btw?? my g/f bought me new nail polish.. pretty light blue stuff... its maybelline express finish.. it came with this pink stuff shhe said you put on after the blue... what is this stuff????????

The pink stuff dries clear, it's atop coat to make the polish last longer. lol! I love girlie stuff. Mascara's I've tried them all and I keep going back to the classic Maybelline in the pink tube (cheap too) ALthough I would like to try the new one that has sparkles and a little tint in it, I think by covergirl, it's supposed to enhance your eye color.

Just take one step at a time. I reserve eyeliner for very special occassions, but I do make sure I get the good stuff, becasue the cheap ones are hard and tear at the sensitive skin around your eyes and you don't get very good pigment any way. (clinique is my pick for eyeliner)I'm not a big fan of lipstick either. I do love smashbox's o lipgloss which changes shade to pick up the natural tint in your lips. I tend to kiss off lipstick way too easy and the longwear stuff dries my lips out. Just remember that you need to replace any eye makeup (especially mascara) after 6 months becasue of bacteria growth and the risk of eye infections. Oh and as soon as the nail polish starts to chip, take it off! Ther's nothing worse than chipped polish on pretty hands!lol Let me know if you need more "guidance"! Oh, I hope you're not changing for the new g/f that rarely ends well!

Ok, here it goes neverover:

Maybeline mascara in the pink tube. Get black if you have dark hair or dark brown if you have any other coloring.
Clear and light lips glosses tube with a stick are real easy to apply and re-apply.
Eyeshadow? Not for me. Maybe for a fancy night out.
I like a translucent face powder instead of a foundation. It "evens" out my skin tone and can easily reapplied during the day if you are so inclined.
I make sure to darken and brsh my eyebrows up. Make sure they are plucked (get all the stray hairs outta there!) dont go reshapping them unless everyone tells you you should because they are too bushy. You can "comb" them up with your finger or with an eyebrow brush and if your eyebrows are blonde or light like mine are just take a natural light brown eyebrow pencil and fill in ont op of the hairs with the pencil.
I love clinique too and have an idea for you. go to a department store and go to the clinique counter and ask for some make up and skin care advise. Often thay will seat you and paint you up while telling you what they are doing, so you can learn a trick or two.
Keep in mind that you dont have to look "made-up" to wear and enjoy make-up. Natural colors that highlight, shimmer and make your eyes pop are really the sure bet.
Look in magazines for "looks" that you like and practice on yourself. forget the eyeline, it looks fake most of the time.
Have fun!

How to put make up on
http://www.ehow.com/how_2181942_put-makeup-under-minutes.html

How to take make up off
http://www.ehow.com/how_2019470_lazily-makeup-off.html

Awesome girls thanks for the help. No the change isn't because of my girlfriend. I started before her. I don't understand it myself so I am just going with like others have suggested. Which I am doing slowly. I even started wearing ladies perfume. I switched my perferred stock for Victoria Secrets Love spell. I'll accept and embrace this new me unless I start having urges to try on dresses Then THATS IT!! the hair goes back to being buzz cut. The make up and stuff in the trash and I am changing my name to something super butch like BOB or John

lol....didn't think I would be of much help. I wear make-up everyday, when I go to work. But lets see my large arsenal of make-up consists of cleansing wipes, eye shadow (rose), liquid eye liner (black) pencil eyeliner (black) and a yes pink tube of black maybeline mascara. No lipstick. Thats it for me. Hmmmm I wear dress slacks but no dresses.

Whats up with the maybeline mascara in the pink tube? Maybe we should own stock in it...

I'm reading all of the comments and laughing... Isn't this the greatest thing? We can discuss applying make-up with girls around the world! I love it! Thanks everyone for making me smile!! And heck yah... the Pink Maybeline is #1!!!

P.S. For ease and comfort the mascara you buy should NOT be the waterproof kind... otherwise you have to buy special stuff to take it off and it's a pain.

I swear this sounds like a teenage sleep over. Ya'll invited to my house in Kentucky for a slumber party. Everyone bring your make up bags. Teach this old the tricks lol. I am having trouble getting through the parts of walmart to actually look at stuff. I have been to walmart countless times this week but everyone is in a rush and won't let me look.

Ok we have covered eyeliner/mascara how about eyeshadow?? I know how to use it just not how to pick it. btw I am dark brown hair brown eyes olive skin.. I am 50% italian and look it.

For eye-bag concealer...buy the slightly more expensive stuff...I own stuff but I believe it's only in Canada. Just dot it on...don't wipe it around. It'll lighten it just enough to make them less noticeable. I don't like the applicators, I put a dot on my fingertip and go from there.

Eyeshadow is very personal. Some people opt for bright, others opt for just beiges and hues of brown-pink.

I like a little of Clarins two-tone pressed powder and apply with a bushy brush on my cheek bones, t-zone and chin to give me colour.

I LOATHE mascara...so use eyeliner. I agree with getting clinique.

Now this is from many years past of make-up....I've worn makeup precisely twice in the last four years. And what I've worn is to lightly enhance...never to show, really.

Everytime I put on make-up these days I feel as if I'm in drag!! ROFL....both of my sons freak when they've seen me wearing it...they think I look odd!

Cheers All!

PS....Beasty and I own a tube of the pink maybelline! That's just TOO funny!

Never over, "I'll accept and embrace this new me unless I start having urges to try on dresses "

Is Kentucky never hot and humid? I wear skirts on days like that in order to get every scintilla of breeze I can get on this body. I'd leave NoLa for cooler, dryer weather, but I'm unemployable anywhere else.

As for make up, my friend Caro puts it on me before we go on stage, and I use cold cream when I get home. I can't see well enough to put it on myself.

Go to google video and search on "putting on make up". They have videos showing you how.

This is one of the best posts and so funny too!
When I don't wear mascara, my kids think I am sick!
My girlfriends soft butch and she wears makeup to work...all natural colors.

It's gets hot as hell here we seem to have dry crunchy heat the last couple of years.. Durning the hot stuff its light weight shorts(mens that goto or beyond my knee) and sleeveless shirt. Also from the mens department. But my waredrobe is getting its own slow over haul.. For christmas I was bought my first pair of jeans from the woman section. I haven't had a pair since early high school. I swear this is still weird to me.. My best friend and I met just as this change was starting and it has been confusing for her. When we met we went throught he label discussion and I told her I was butch.. LOL I don't think I can pass for butch for anymore lol.