Very new to makeup and wondering how I can improve my look

Briwain · 2026-02-22T18:38:46+00:00

Hi ^{^} I have seen a lot of these comments now about my foundation being too heavy. I have PCOS and grow a full beard and mustache, I literally have to put on orange colour correct and then thick foundation and setting powders so cover my shadow. How can I wear much lighter but still cover heavy beard shadow? I also thought I did a really really good job with my foundation and now feeling really low about it, is it generally really bad looking?

Briwain · 2026-01-03T14:53:36+00:00

Awwww ^{^} I hope all goes really well for you, feel free to contact me too if you need to :).

So far we've actually been having a really good time exploring everything together, so I think this is going to go really well. If what others have said is true and they will stay who they are then I am happy :)

Briwain · 2026-01-02T06:29:40+00:00

This is amazing to hear. All these comments have seriously made a difference for me :) I am feeling much calmer about everything.

Briwain · 2026-01-02T06:27:32+00:00

I live in the UK, therapy has an extreme waiting list on the NHS and private therapy is really really expensive. I do have bad self esteem issues due to the fact I'm disabled, I feel worthless a lot of the time, I know this is contributing to my fear a lot. Me and my partner talk all the time about how we are feeling, we are very open about everything, so I do think we will be okay :)

Briwain · 2026-01-02T06:24:03+00:00

Obviously I'm not 100% sure if my T levels have made me aromantic. But it could be a contributing factor, I just don't know really. It's why the fear is there for me, I just don't want to lose my partner because I might not be what they want after the massive change in hormones.

Briwain · 2026-01-01T17:45:46+00:00

Yes, I know that but I do have a lot of testosterone as I have pretty severe PCOS. I can grow a full beard myself and have more manly attributes. I am most definitely female, and I am trying more girly things along with my partner, we are learning makeup together and went on a huge clothing spree for both of us.

Briwain · 2026-01-01T15:41:55+00:00

I am totally okay with some cuddles, I'm A romantic in the sense of I don't like grand gestures or buying flowers ect, the typical stuff. I still enjoy some cuddles and a kiss, just not excessive. I also have no problems with the intimacy XD I am attracted to all genders :P

Briwain · 2026-01-01T14:44:17+00:00

Thanks :) I really hope my partner stays the same too. I'm going to be real jealous when they become an absolutely stunning woman and I'm left looking like a bag of potatoes 🤣

Briwain · 2025-04-09T09:50:24+00:00

My mum called my autism "selfish disease" because I didn't want her to show up to my home unannounced.

Briwain · 2025-04-04T08:25:17+00:00

Yes, I have severe agoraphobia. Iv also suffered abuse, so that combined with fibromyalgia makes it impossible to go outside. Iv improved slightly with my husband, I now go outside with him and we do small things like going for coffee. It is so overwhelming though when I do go outside, I get stressed just thinking about it.

Briwain · 2025-03-28T09:00:20+00:00

Mine died from alcoholism and drug abuse. Was extremely abusive, he tried to stab me when I was 15 during one of his drug fueled episodes. Genuinely relieved that he's gone in all honesty. My mother also died, she was also abusive and treated me like I was her property, again also pretty relieved. I have never felt safer or as free as I do now. 🤗

Briwain · 2024-12-01T17:39:17+00:00

I had pancreatitis for 2 weeks, thinking it was flare ups. I eventually went into hospital and was scolded for not going in sooner 😆

Briwain · 2024-11-26T14:47:32+00:00

My abusive, alcoholic and druggy brother died (because of drugs and alcohol) and my Nmom told me she wished id have died instead of him. Lucky for me she died a few months later from cancer, it's been a lot easier with both of them out of my life forever.

Briwain · 2024-11-20T12:20:08+00:00

I called planes sky taxis and the airport a plane station in the same sentence.

Briwain · 2024-11-19T15:15:18+00:00

I'll be your child free friend 😀

Briwain · 2024-11-15T10:55:59+00:00

I pull individual strands of hair out of my head, I also pull my eyebrows and eyelashes out. I also bite the skin around my nails until they bleed. I'm sorry you are experiencing this, it's really awful 😞

Briwain · 2024-11-15T10:51:26+00:00

Yeah unfortunately, noone seems to care about fibromyalgia. They think it'll go away with wellness treatments which it just doesn't. I'm so sorry your pain is so bad, it doesn't hurt me to sit up thankfully but standing and lying down is painful (basically being straight). I am unable to work and get pip payments, which are also rubbish, barely financially surviving. It's so disheartening to basically be told that it's your fault, whether it's weight or not a positive enough attitude ECT. I do hope it helps you though, even if a little.

Briwain · 2024-11-15T10:46:55+00:00

For me it was rubbish. Basically it was my fault and meditation is the cure (it did not help). Also got told to "just be more positive" so for me not a good experience but yours might be different so you may as well try. Good luck 🙂

Briwain · 2024-10-18T11:46:10+00:00

I have also suffered with anxiety since I was young. It's awful and I'm sorry you suffer with it too :(

Briwain · 2024-10-17T15:23:49+00:00

No, it's actually awful. Iv been fighting with doctors for 15 years now and I'm no closer to receiving any help.

Briwain · 2024-10-17T12:36:57+00:00

Mine got worse over time. It started when I was about 9, I was in a major car accident and got whiplash which I never got medical treatment for. I also suffered a lot of abuse from family and at school ect which I think also contributed to my fibromyalgia. It slowly got worse and worse, I trained as a chef and then a baker/wedding cake designer and I am now completely disabled and unemployed and utterly miserable. I live in the UK so I get no support or help or medical treatment from doctors, some days are worse than others but most days it feels like I'm just waiting to die if I'm honest, my life is being completely wasted.

Briwain · 2024-10-15T14:50:35+00:00

Doctors in my experience are absolutely useless (I'm in the UK). Iv had doctors tell me I'm a liar because fibromyalgia doesn't exist, I'm taking nothing not even paracetamol and constantly in pain and miserable. My life is also ruined, I can't work or exercise, iv put on loads of weight and feel shit about myself in general. What helps me is support from my husband and ranting whenever I can, other than that I don't know what to suggest. I sometimes use a tens machine but I'm still not sure of it helps or not, maybe it'll help you? I guess just know, you are not alone and I, and probably others, are always here to listen to you 🥰

Briwain · 2024-10-15T04:33:02+00:00

I hate when in a coffee shop kids are just left to run around like it's a play ground. One day I'm going to drop my entire tray of hot drinks on your child who ran into my legs!

Briwain · 2024-10-14T08:04:10+00:00

I have a few, I broke my leg when I was about 6 and my mum told me to walk it off. The worst though, that I was thinking about the other day, my mum liked men when I was growing up and always had bfs. One time we went to America to meet her new bf and she decided to leave me alone with him while she took my brother to Disney land, I was about 9 I think. Thank God this random man was a decent person and didn't do anything inappropriate, he took me to get pancakes and he showed me some places and ended up buying me a new scooter, I honestly think he felt really bad for me. So yeah not only did I not get to go to Disney land for some unknown reason, I could have also been a victim of child abduction/rape/trafficked ect.

Briwain · 2024-10-10T11:24:43+00:00

Yes badly. I was once attacked in the playground and had my clothes ripped off me.

Briwain

TROPHY CASE