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(@rebeccabaxter)
    Cornwall, United Kingdom
Joined: 1 year ago

My wife went to see a woman in the nearby, small town this afternoon to get her eyebrows tinted, as they are quite thin. I asked my wife if the woman did men too, so she asked her while she was there; she does. My wife told her all about me and the woman was completely unfazed and asked her if I wanted to be a woman full-time, she replied, correctly, in the negative. The eyebrow woman told my wife she had nice eyelashes which would benefit from some curling treatment so she booked in for next Tuesday to have that done and at the same time, booked me in to have my eyebrows waxed and tinted. I'm quite looking forward to that.

The only (slight) downside is that my wife doesn't want me to go 'dressed', which is a bit of a shame. She says she doesn't want to completely freak out the technician, but I think it's more likely she's concerned I might be seen by people she knows in the town. Ah well, never look a gift horse in the mouth, I'll take the drab eyebrow waxing. 

I have had my nails polished and trimmed in the past (but not gelled as I don't like the methods they have to use to get it off) and that was quite a pleasant experience.

Becca

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Duchess Annual
(@brycenee24)
Joined: 5 months ago

Trusted Member     San Francisco, California, United States of America
Posts: 38

@rebeccabaxter hi becca, I'm eager to hear how things go. I have pretty big bushy eyebrows and I was thinking of getting them waxed just to give them a better shape. Feel like I should have been doing that all along even if CD wasn't a thing for me. Nobody likes unruly eyebrow on men or women! I've been tweezing more but it feels like I'm just constantly going over the same places. so I'm hoping waxing would make the effect last longer and then I can just clean up with tweezers in between. A while back my barber asked out of the blue "want me to trim your eyebrows". I had never considered that they would do that. it helped thin them out a bit too without looking too suspicious.

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Lady
(@harriette)
Joined: 2 years ago

Illustrious Member     Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 3964

@rebeccabaxter Awesome! 

Can't wait to hear about your experience.

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Lady
(@sashabennett)
Joined: 1 year ago

Noble Member     Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom
Posts: 784

@rebeccabaxter This is something I have thought about for a while now. Mine can get completely out of control so I keep them trimmed as much as I can. I also have one that has gone mostly white while the other is quite dark. My big problem is that I can't see what I'm doing without my glasses & having them on covers them up, a lose lose situation as you can see (or not 😆) I even considered microblading but have ruled it out due to the cost.

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Lady
(@emily2626)
Joined: 2 months ago

Trusted Member     Louisiana, United States of America
Posts: 38

@rebeccabaxter I am definitely not "full time" and only out to my SO, but have my eyebrows waxed regularly.  I think its something everyone should do, both M and F!

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Lady
(@prettytoes)
Joined: 1 month ago

Honorable Member     alfred, Maine, United States of America
Posts: 263

@rebeccabaxter i'm sure they have done crossdressers before. your wife probably just don't want to be seen with you out dressed. make an appointment without her and go dressed.

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(@rebeccabaxter)
Joined: 1 year ago

    Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posts: 1252

@prettytoes I think it is just because it is local to where she works. She is quite happy being seen out with me; we even spent today together, with me dressed, in one of the nearby cities. She is often seen out with me, even with a few of the neighbours but she has seen fit to not want it at the eyebrow technician's for some reason; I expect it will be ok the next time we go.

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(@finallyfiona)
Joined: 1 year ago

    Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Posts: 1432

@rebeccabaxter Becca, I hope you enjoy having more feminine eyebrows!  I have mine done every 6 weeks or so with my laser sessions.  Without tinting they're so blonde as to be invisible.  Although they mostly hide behind my glasses, so I don't mind too much that only a nod towards a feminine arch can be achieved within their male outlines.  At least there's something there, and it's not obviously masculine.  That's probably all that any of us could hope for without going for microblading or cosmetic tattooing (which would still need waxing outside those new outlines).

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Duchess
(@alison-anderson)
Joined: 6 years ago

Noble Member     Middlesex county, New Jersey, United States of America
Posts: 1740

@rebeccabaxter I used to get my eyebrows waxed irregularly to get it neater, even before going out dressed. You can ask for brows that are androgynous, so it looks OK no matter how you're dressed. It did help remove what was starting to be a unibrow.

When I went for hair cuts, my stylist would also trim the brows. When I started going grey, and I went for a coloring, she would color the brows as well. But most people don't realize how fast eyebrows grow. Within 2 or 3 weeks, the grey is back. The amount of scrubbing they had to do to get the coloring agent out of my eyebows (or really the skin around it) isn't really worth it. If I want to color them when going out, I use an eyebrow pencil, or sometimes paint them quickly with some mascara. (I used an eyebrow pencil to hide the grey even in male mode when I went to my daughter's wedding years ago.)

As for trimming them, every 2 weeks or so I do what the hairdresser did at home. I use a comb on the eyebrows, and then buzz the hair coming through the comb, moving the comb through the eyebrow and repeating. It prevents the accidental "oops I shaved it off completely" because the comb blocks it from getting too close. Since I'm salt and pepper on my eyebrows, it mostly eliminates the grey. A quick touchup is all I need if I'm going out, unless it's just going to be hidden by sunglasses anyway.

As for a gel nail, I had one nail done about 10 years ago. I usually keep my own nails somewhat long, and one time something caught on the nail (pretty sure it was my thumb) and ripped it halfway down the nail. I tried the super nail glue, but it didn't hold for even a day. It's not designed for that kind of connection; there is nothing in between to glue and the slightest pull can reopen it. I went to a nail salon and (I think) they put a gel nail over it. They put a form over the end of the finger, used a powder and solvent, painted it over the nail and form, removed the form, cured it under UV light, and then used a rotary tool to shape and shorten it. It was a pain as it grew out, hard to cut and trim, and left a ridge on the back end as it grew out. But it did protect the nail as the split grew out. It took about 3-4 months until I was finally able to remove all of it. It was quite hard so it did it's job. But I wouldn't want the constant maintenance of doing that again as a beauty regime. I would do it again if I had a huge rip in the nail, though.

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(@rebeccabaxter)
Joined: 1 year ago

    Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posts: 1252

@alison-anderson I use a beard trimmer to keep my eyebrows under control, with the adjustable comb set to 1 or 2. Before using that though, I get a pair of tweezers and take out the grey ones; for some reason, the grey ones grow faster (or perhaos they are just more obvious).

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(@brittney2016)
Joined: 6 years ago

Prominent Member     Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Posts: 907

@rebeccabaxter; I have been going to a hair salon since June 2020 to get my male hair cut and at the same time I get my eyebrows done in a femme style.

The lady, her name is Cindy, that does this for me is the former wife of my CD/TG Support Group mentor and is very understanding of CDer/TGer needs.

She trims my eyebrows to narrow them from the bottom to the top and to get them the same length. Then she plucks and waxes the strays and to develop as much of an arch as possible. Lastly she color tints them any shade of brown to auburn with a hint of red that I want as my natural eyebrow color is very lite blonde or nearing whiteish; almost invisible, plus I wear rectangular shaped glasses that also "hide" my lite color brows.

 

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Lady
(@nataliecd)
Estimable Member     Minnesota, United States of America
Joined: 2 years ago

That sounds like a wonderful experience, even in drab. I have thought about doing something more with my eyebrows since I think they are pretty bushy and I would like to get them done in a more feminine way.

I wonder how the eyelash curling works? My partner had that done but then she couldn't really do mascara. I wouldn't mine getting done either but I still want the mascara on when I'm out as Natalie.

I hope you share your experience with the eyebrow waxing and tinting. And I would be curious on how noticeable it is when in drab as to whether people can really tell. Not that it should be a big deal, but I am always curious.

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(@rebeccabaxter)
Joined: 1 year ago

    Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posts: 1252

@nataliecd I don't know if I'll go as far as tinting, as in drab, it might look a little over-the-top for normal day-to-day wear and I don't mind using eyebrow shading when I want to go 'out'; I wouldn't want to look like a wigless drag queen when wearing male jeans and a T shirt. I am looking forward to the shaping though, as they really don't look quite as I would like them.

I do think that mascara makes a huge difference to the way I look en femme and might try false eyelashes one day.

Becca

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(@fabulous1)
Joined: 8 months ago

Reputable Member     Forest Hill, Maryland, United States of America
Posts: 145

@rebeccabaxter I have told this story before but I’ll tell it again in case you didn’t see it previously. I have told my wife that a sure sign of someone being an “old man” is when that person develops those crazy, long, wiry eye brows. Since I do not want to be considered an “old man”, I tell her, I shave my own eye brows really short. She accepts that, so I keep my eyebrows short enough that I can hide them with make up and then paint more feminine eyebrows on myself during dress up times.

Definitely try false eye lashes. They are a very easy way to dramatically increase your femininity factor, IMHO.

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Duchess
(@gracepal)
Joined: 5 months ago

Noble Member     South Carolina, United States of America
Posts: 960

@fabulous1 As with the wigless drag queen look, the “Andy Rooney Eyebrows” is another look to avoid at all costs. Penelope is correct. It screams: “Old Man!!!”

I once got a haircut from a barber who worked in my salon with the ladies. My regular stylist was out that day. He commented that she needed to do a way better job with my eyebrows because they looked like Andy Rooney’s. (Note: I was not crossdressing during this time.) He proceeded to inform me that any stylist that doesn’t automatically knock down a guys eyebrows needs to be your ex-stylist. I have had some ask do you want me to do them and it does irritate me that I have to say: “If you see any hair where it shouldn’t be, cut it.” As we age the follicles on top of the hairline drop down to the brows ears and nose. At least thats my theory -since those areas are just ridiculous now where they were never a problem before. Now, like Penelope, I use my buzzer and just keep them short. “If you want something done…..🥰”

Hair, in all it’s forms, is a real biggie for us girls.

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(@rebeccabaxter)
Joined: 1 year ago

    Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posts: 1252

@gracepal I had to look up Andy Rooney—wow, those are some eyebrows!

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Duchess
(@gracepal)
Joined: 5 months ago

Noble Member     South Carolina, United States of America
Posts: 960

@rebeccabaxter Yeah, loved AR back in the day. He was the last guy on 60 Minutes to have a lick of common sense.

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Duchess
(@gracepal)
Joined: 5 months ago

Noble Member     South Carolina, United States of America
Posts: 960

@rebeccabaxter 😂🤣”The Wigless Drag Queen”. Definitely a bad look on anyone!😂🤣

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Lady
(@kendra2024)
Trusted Member     Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Joined: 4 weeks ago

My brows always get out of control. My hair person always trims them back to "reasonable". But-Kendra has a number of social engagements in the coming week and easier just going full time for all that, so decided to invest in a brow session at Sephora. Aiming for the "gray area" between guy and girl...

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(@cdsue)
Famed Member     Delaware, United States of America
Joined: 5 years ago

Becca -

Getting your brows done sounds exciting, enjoy the experience.

When I go for a haircut (which is every couple months) I have my eyebrows trimmed. The first time I was asked of I wanted it done I hadn't started dressing yet (still in denial), had it done and liked the look. I hvae tried plucking my eyebrows a few times, mostly the longer strands, and they've looked okay. I primarily concentrate on the middle part between the brows -don't want a unibrow. I wouldn't mind if they were a bit thinner though. One more thing to add to the list of things to discuss with my wife.

XOXO
Suzanne

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Lady
(@jjandme)
Famed Member     California, United States of America
Joined: 5 years ago

I have moderately bushy brows and a mils unibrow. I have had them trimmed by my barber for years and it is just a usual part of a hair cut. A couple of years ago I added briw waxing to my usual leg waxing appointment to narrow and shape them. My brows grow prettt fast, so I often trim them a bit between appointments. 

It is not unusual at all for men to have their brows rrimmed or threaded. One barber I went to briefly even does threading.

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(@geniv_cd)
Reputable Member     Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Joined: 8 years ago

Many years ago, one of my girlfriends told me the best way to deal with to tweeze a few hairs from your brows each week over a period of time. Always tweeze from the bottom side. Once gone don’t let the tweezed hairs come back. Over time the change in your appearance won’t be noticeable yet you will have shaped your brows. For a very long time I had my brows to the point that I received compliments on them when en femme, and never had anyone question them when in drab. 

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(@oliviac)
Prominent Member     Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Joined: 1 year ago

The past 3 or 4 years I have been getting my eyebrows threaded and trimmed. The threading isn't too bad at all at least to me nowhere as painful as the one time I had them waxed. It costs about $20 here in Aus.

While my wife is supportive she has said there are some things she doesn't want to know about so I get a haircut usually every 4 weeks and am finding every second haircut I need the brows done again so get them done after the haircut so if I'm asked I can just say the barber gave them a trim. I have only once had a comment and that was that he had done a good job cleaning them up.

One little bit of advice I found. If you are going to get your eyebrows threaded femme don't wear false eye lashes as you have to stretch your eyelid and forehead when they do it and I have pulled one half off. The other alternative is have some eyelash glue in your handbag so you can glue them back on if you mess them up.

I do totally agree with you Becca on the gelled nail polish. I had my wife's best friend have her nails weakened and crack and break after having gel sanded off her nails.

Hope your brows come up a treat.

Cheers

Olivia

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Lady
(@carlafirst11)
Honorable Member     So. California , California, United States of America
Joined: 2 years ago

Hello ladies, eyebrows tattooing is very popular especially among Asian people, mostly females do it but males as well. Word of advice, this will be permanent, so do your homework as you don’t want to be stuck with ugly color or shape.

if you have bushy eyebrows, I strongly recommend threading, I have been doing for years with very happy results. Best to you all.

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Managing Ambassador
(@melodeescarlet)
Famed Member     DC/Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Joined: 2 years ago

Bangs. (closes case neatly)

Do have a lovely day. 🙂

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Lady
(@kendra2024)
Joined: 4 weeks ago

Trusted Member     Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Posts: 48

@melodeescarlet 🤣 I noticed that bangs were hiding my bushy eyebrows. But you know vanity is powerful force, so paid $30 at Ulta ($30+tip for the service; going 100% en femme priceless 😍 ) to get them waxed to "ambiguity"...easy now to draw on the "wings" downward at the outer edges...and then I still do bangs! 🤣

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Baroness Annual
(@lyndajones)
Reputable Member     Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Joined: 3 years ago

I am lucky, my wife is the one who trims my eyebrows, I pluck sides, and bottom. If I froget she will say time for a trim.

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Topic starter
(@rebeccabaxter)
    Cornwall, United Kingdom
Joined: 1 year ago

Well I have had my eyebrows done.

Took about half an hour and the technician (her name is Tiegen) tinted them and then I had to wait ten minutes for the tint to take, during which time, my wife had a jolly good laugh at my expense as I looked like I'd had two brown slugs crawl over my eyes. After the ten minutes, the tint was cleaned off and my eyebrows became eyebrows once again. She then proceeded to wax them and give them some shape that wasn't totally feminine (I still have to do male things) but was neat enough to pass as women's eyebrows when I dress.

After it was all done, my wife and I had a chat with Tiegen about eyebrows, cross-dressing (I wasn't en femme this time) and societal attitudes to the practice and I showed her a picture of me dressed, to which she said that it didn't look like me (as I stood there in drab), so that was nice.

I was gently admonished for previously shaving my eyebrows using a beard trimmer with a comb on, presumably because it messes up the ends of the hairs.

Anyway, it cost me £12 for the half hour appointment which, these days, is nothing, so I'll be going back there again when it needs doing next time.

I can recommend having your eyebrows done. It is quick and saves on one lot of faffing about and when doing one's makeup, it's one less job to do.

Becca

 

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Duchess Annual
(@emmat)
Joined: 9 months ago

Prominent Member     I don't do cities ;-), Powys, United Kingdom
Posts: 300

@rebeccabaxter 

Many thanks for the update, Becca. Another thing to add to my wish list

Emma x

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(@jillleanne)
Prominent Member     Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Joined: 2 years ago

I plucked for years but now I just trim them to the shape I want with an electric brow trimmer.

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(@rebeccabaxter)
    Cornwall, United Kingdom
Joined: 1 year ago

...and now I have to have them done again! My wife gave me one of those bloody silly facemasks that are full of moisture (and god knows what other stuff) and are supposed to reinvigorate the skin. Well, that's as may be, but one thing for sure is that they do a very good job of removing the eyebrow tinting you've just had put in at the beauticians! So until I can get back there to have them re-tinted, it's back to the eyebrow shader. Angry  

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