Very feminine?

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It seems like a lot of women it AS don't bother with makeup and hair. I'm the complete opposite, I LOVE doing my makeup and hair, even if I'm just going to the grocery store. I don't need it, but there's just something about it that draws me in. Any other girls like this? On a daily basis I wear foundation, powder, eyeshadow, liquid eyeliner, mascara (I curl my eyelashes too), eyebrow pencil, highlighter... I also have super long extensions I like to wear a few times a week.

Am I the odd one out here? haha.

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in india its uncommon to wear makeup
people would make comments if we apply so much makeup
but yes i like to dress up well whenever i leave the house
i wear kajal, sunscreen, light lipstick and good accessories.

Most aspie girls I know are fairly tomboyish or butch. I myself have never worn makeup (except for Body shop's passionberry lip balm, which I wear because my lips are dry and I love passionberry). I practically live in jeans and a hoodie. But everyone's different.

I dress like The Kinks did in the 1960s. Mick Avory in particular. I was never very feminine and I never felt that the past two decades should have been my time. I was born the wrong gender at the wrong time. I'm not complaining and I think I'm happier to be alive than my sister is these days. She has a lot on her plate.

However, I had a friend in high school who was HFA and she was very feminine. She liked to wear dresses and makeup all the time. She wore too much makeup, but I didn't care. She was my best friend back than and we did a lot together.

We're all different.

I don't wear too much makeup, but I love red lipstick. I'd definitely be in the more 'feminine' category. I do like dressing up, if the occasion calls for it. For me it's not so much the style of clothes but the tightness/fabrics that can bother me.

I hate hate hate shopping for clothes though; unless I'm in Asia. Pants in the US never seem to fit right.

I do wear make-up, but it's really been an extension of cover-up of some blemishes. I have excessive facial hair (which I'm in the middle of having permanently removed) and hair removal to this extent leaves marks. So, I use concealer to cover them up, but I need to apply a light layer of foundation over that. As a foundation covered face looks barer than an actual bare face, I apply some blusher, a tiny amount of sparkly eyeshadow and some lipgloss. It takes me no more than 5 minutes to do the lot. But, no, I'm not girly or feminine. I'm really quite tomboyish, wear jeans, sweaters, comfortable walking shoes/trainers and anoraks. I spend minimal time on my hair (although I do like it to look tidy and I dye it about once a month to cover the grey around my hairline). I never use hair appliances, other than a hairdryer. However, for a specal occasion, I can put on the glam.

We all have our habits that we enjoy.

I've never been the type to do hair or makeup. Just not interested in it at all, rarely even think about it. But, since I've been married, I do make an effort to keep my hair cut instead of forgetting about it for a few years until it looks all dead-endy.

BUT, one thing I do love... painting my nails. That's one thing I started doing as a teenager and still enjoy now. Fingernails and toenails, of course.

Since my 2nd child was born, I have presented with rosacea, so, when I have important trips and meetings related to work, I do put on foundation to cover up all of the redness, then, of course, looking so pale and washed out with that, I have to throw on some lipstick and eyeshadow (I typically skip the blush, at the very most I'd use a bronze powder, just because I don't want to see any pink on my face once I've put that foundation on ).
My poor Mary Kay lady thinks I should be buying from her four times a year, when really I buy from her every four years. ~shrugs~

I'm the archetypal "tomboy"; I wear jeans, t-shirts and trainers ALL THE TIME...the only time I've ever worn make up was when I was forced.

I really would like to be more of a makeup and hairstyles person but I don't have enough time or money. And nobody pays attention to me anyway,

Ocassionaly I wear skirts and dresses. I have to have leggings under them because I'm fairly large in the hip area and get a rash if I don't.

I experiment with makeup. I'm a brand junkie. My main staple for makeup is dark lipstick and eyeliner. I do have a light pink Covergirl lipstick I adore though. It has SPF in it and my lips get chapped very easily.

Plain black hoodies are a clothing staple for me. I have one with a print, but it's on the back of the hoodie. Printed hoodies make me look huge! I try to stay away from colorful prints.

I wear men's and women's shirts. Most of the time I wear band tees, ones with logos or characters from cartoons.

I do have some prints, but they're all dark colored so I can pull them off. Besides, I belong to a subculture that I love and enjoy being in.

My hair needs a dye job, but I don't really bother with my hair because it's a pain to straighten. It's bad enough that it takes 6 plus hours to completly dry.

So tl;dr

I'm not girly....

I love corsets, high heels, jewelry and make-up, and I am usually hopelessly overdressed. It is just my brain that is 'male'

Tomboy~

I woke make up for my goth moments... but I damaged my eye with a cleaning product... so... I quit... especially when I banned chemicals to go easier on my adrenal fatigue and heal... there is arsenic in make up... and it dries the skin and age you faster~

You have the right to love it... it might be indeed unusual... but you have the right to have a special interest in grooming too.

I get clean, some weird style... but I can't make myself too pretty, either with my smile, kindness or big boobs... or I get assaulted T_T

I don't wear as much makeup as people think I do. My face looks like I wear more makeup than I do. But I am femme.

i used to joke to myself about the feeling being a "transsexual transvestite trapped in the right body" ...
for a common day i cannot be bothered wearing makeup&glitz, i feel best in monochrome jeans, tee and something to keep warm, pretty unspectacular. back in school i used to wear blouses and jeans, quite similar to temple grandin, just without the texas flavor. i was called tomboyish back then so i adapted a monochrome, unspectacular, practial, more androgynous wardrobe. on those common days, i will never wear skirts and dresses (for me they feel unpractical, for i must pay attention how i sit and they often don't come with pockets).
for special occasions, i sometimes like to put on a lot of makeup and dress very femme (for example when we go to a theme party, i will spend half the day doing my hair and choosing the right outfit only, really celebrating it). i will wear skirts and dresses if the outfit demands it. when i look into the mirror, i will *always* get that "transvestite" feeling. some people might not recognize me. i might get a lot of compliments that evening which make me feel awkward. that's why i like to keep it "down".

I feel feminine without having my hair all in place or wearing makeup. There was a time, when I was young, when that was important to me, but it was more a way of fitting in than feeling feminine. To me that's not the definition of feminine.