This is my practical manual on how to practice crossdressing.
I plan to cover ten steps to follow to bring you closer to being a woman. Before starting, analyze your body. For example, the wider your body, the greater the difficulty, but even so, there are tricks to get around every body type and have a successful presentation. Each case is unique.
Let’s go!
1. Depilation
The first step – and depending on the method (some can be painful) is hair removal. Women shave, so you will need to go through this (legs, body, underarms, and face.)
2. Nails
Women do their nails, so you’ll need to do that too. YouTube and other sites offer nail tutorials. Choose a pretty nail polish color that matches the style you want to adopt.
3. Makeup
You will need to put on make-up. First, shave your beard. Makeup is important to hide some strands that are still on your face and also to make it more feminine. The makeup you should adopt also depends on the style you want and should match your outfit. There are several possibilities for makeup. A search of the internet, on sites like Pinterest, can help you choose a style and give you insights into buying and adapting it to yourself.
Many women took years to learn how to apply their makeup. You should practice and do research. Many crossdressing sites also have makeup tutorials.
Your Makeup Kit should have at least:
Base
Corrective make up
Face powder
Blush
Black pencil
Shadows
Eyelash mask
Eyebrow pencil or eyeshadow
Lipsticks (at least one dark and one light)
4. Curves and lingerie
Some crossdressers use padding and corsets to create feminine shapes. A padded panty can enhance your hips. There is a trick for you to “hide” or “tuck” your male genitalia. This will also help to give a feminine appearance.
As for the bra, buy one that makes it look like you have breasts or allows you to add inserts.
There are bras with built-in forms. You can buy forms and stick them on your body or put them in a mastectomy bra, for example.
There is an interesting model of breast forms, in high collar format. It helps to hide the Adam’s apple – if you don’t want this model, you can hide the apple with the help of a choker, wearing a high collar blouse or a scarf, for example.
Another way is to buy the “un-bra”, that adhesive bra. With it you can develop a cleavage. Putting a push-up bra on top, it’s a pretty cool effect.
Men have wider backs, and this can get in the way. For those who don’t want to buy a size too big, you can use bra extenders. This helps to maintain the proportion between the body and the bra.
You can also choose tights, garter belts…
Remember that both the curves and the lingerie should match the outfit you are going to wear.
5. Wig
You need a wig. Choose a wig that fits you, that you like, and that matches your style.
6. Clothes
You’re free to choose, and women’s apparel offers multiple combinations: a princess dress? A flowery dress? A black blouse with a white skirt (or vice versa?) Business attire?
Choose the style you like and one that will blend into the situation you want to attend.
A search on the internet, on sites like Pinterest, can help you choose and coordinate a style.
7. Shoes
This is the hard part, as female feet are smaller than male feet. Some stores sell women’s shoes in plus sizes, they are a little more expensive than regular ones. Learn to walk in high heels. Women wear high heels.
8. Accessories
There is a wide range of women’s accessories: watches, bracelets, rings, earrings (you’ll have to pierce your ear or wear clip-ons), scarves, tiaras, bags, hats… It’s best to have a combination that matches your style, but don’t overdo it.
A search on the internet, on sites like Pinterest, can help you choose a style.
9. Personality
You can adopt a personality of your own for your feminine side. Choose a name for your feminine self, learn to talk, walk, and act like a woman.
10. Know what you want
You need to know why and for what purpose you wish to dress like a woman. Is it fun? Is it a fetish? Do you want to be seen as a woman – but only at certain times and/or places or forever? Do you think about leaving the house dressed as a woman?
Do you want/want to dress completely like a woman or only partially? For example, do you only like lingerie? Not interested in makeup.
Do you want to keep it a secret or don’t care if some or all people find out?
If your crossdressing practice a secret. You should exercise caution, for example, in how you hide your women’s clothing and items.
You also need to know how you will (or will not) handle the matter with your family and friends.
It is also important to exchange experiences and knowledge with other people who also practice crossdressing, to enrich your experience.
If you feel comfortable, you can ask a therapist for help to get to know yourself better and understand this entire process.
These questions are important to define the best way to practice crossdressing.
These are a few of the points you may need to know in order to present the best woman that you can. Only you know what your inner princess is like, and you will certainly develop a method of your own to bring her out. The important thing is that you feel safe, happy, and have pleasant moments through this unique experience that is crossdressing.
Have you ever had access to a crossdressing manual?
Do you think this manual helped you?
Have you ever thought about making your own crossdressing manual?
Is there something missing for this manual to be complete?
I’m looking forward to your responses.
Marie
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Great article Marie! I would only add that every shoe supplier is a little different, as are the models of shoes each provides. One shoe will fit great, another from the same store will be too narrow. Online vendors sometimes provide what foot width and length will fit their style (I think Shein does that, plus size conversions from US to EU to Asian).
Hugs,
Brie
Yes a great article Marie and you covered all the points a newbie needs to know
Great article for the newbie! I’ll just add that as far as nails go, I’m a big fan of press-on gel nails. Way easier to get a great result than polish alone (I always seem to get it all over the surrounding areas) and comes off quickly! And yeah, what a game changer as far as feminizing your appearance. I can’t believe I neglected my nails for so long!
Thanks for the tip, Alexis.
Thanks for this article. The make up bit was helpful to me, as I’ve not experimented with makeup and all, but will need to consider it now that mask mandates are lifting. One thought I wanted to add, be patient with putting a look together that works for you. I had one dress (lost in a purge) that I bought thinking, “this might be useful" but later found it was a favorite item that really worked with my body. It takes some time and experimentation to find the things that really work. Sometimes you have this fantasy image in your… Read more »
Great article, my princess days are ahead of me
Nice, simplistic approach.
x Miss Lolli x
Thanks Marie for the tips and good advice really informative, and for me
is the hardest part being a secret crossdresser is hiding those apparel
Love ❤️ ya kisses katykern
Definitely some good food for thought! Thank you Marie.
Thank you for sharing your insight!
Thank you for a very insightful and comprehensive piece. My fascination with the feminine started when I was quite young and my growing urge to become female even if only for a day (or even an hour) as the years passed led to my dipping into the clothes (or one of the other aspects you tabulate here) in a haphazard and mostly furtive fashion. My late wife was a wonderful ally and enabler and together we indulged my longing, but only for one day or evening at a time, and with insufficient method or consistency for me to sustain the… Read more »