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I feel like this isn’t the way most cis girlies learn about makeup, so you’re not finding much material to learn this way. The fundamentals come from parents, from big sisters, from friends, and most importantly from experimenting and finding what does and doesn’t work for them. A book can’t tell you what looks good on your face, we all have slightly different imperfections and insecurities, slightly different tastes and aesthetics.
Once you have that you build on it with more of the same, which results in the kinds of videos you’re seeing. You ask friends what they’re doing when they look good, what products they’re using, when a new style is trending girlies create shorts and videos for it, when you want to match an aesthetic there’s videos related to that aesthetic. You play, you mix and match, you share, you copy, and you innovate.
Stop looking for documentation and manuals, embrace the sisterhood to which all women belong.
I was just trying to explain why you’re not finding the material you’re looking for, I am absolutely learning in a vacuum too.
My advice was not “have you tried not?”, it was a recommendation to do what other girlies have done, use their knowledge and experience, do what is already working. That’s exactly why we have spaces like this, and the matrix chatrooms, and other trans spaces.
Cis girls generally don’t do it the way you are trying to, and you will continue to have lesser results while you do it this way. Cis girls did not do this alone, you’re not alone, you don’t need to be alone.
But if you want to ignore me and be combative instead, then that’s up to you.