January 29, 2012

What would you recommend as femme dandy make up? Especially for not androgynous features. I adore your blog, btw!
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Makeup in general can work beautifully for all genders in the femme dandy game; in fact, I have a tag for it. Just beware overdoing it & don’t signal femininity too strongly— bright red or pink lipstick, for instance. (Please feel free to prove me wrong. Rules are meant to be tastefully disdained, &ct.) 

Personally, I would go for either subtle or strong. My features are not particularly androgynous, so I veer toward the former, but I imagine with the right clothing & setting a non-androgynous sort could pull off the latter. I tend to think that fairly theatrical eye makeup, in particular, works quite beautifully for purposes of making one look as coolly dramatic as possible, which of course is desirable for any dandy. 

Other than that, I would consult YouTube, which has tutorials galore for all manner of styles & looks.

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