six years ago i went to a makeup artist for a makeover

though it was never a style i’d choose for myself, though i hadn’t started HRT and my face was not yet mine

it was the first time i ever caught the tiniest glimpse of the real me in a mirror

everything you want is on the other side of fear 🩷

March 10, 2026 - 18:17 UTC

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I wish I had a picture of me as a teenager the first time I had makeup done by someone who knew what they were doing. I looked in the mirror and was like "I'm a combination of all my female cousins at once, what the heck?"

It took 7-8 years (2 of them on HRT) & another makeover to find that again.
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Also those two times I went out as me when I was teenager were like "welp, this is how I die, but I'd rather be dead than not know".
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