What are Asperger girls like?

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No, some females have 3 antennae too. And some males have only 2; 1 on each head.

Lol yeah, I always look like a hooker when I wear anything other than brown mascara. And you wouldn't believe how long it took me to figure out how to put that on right...

^ I hate mascara. It has to be waterproof or else I'm a mess.

Lol I've only ever used waterproof with a really thin brush (cause I have thin lashes), and I pretty much used to get it smeared all over my face when I applied it, and then it would take me longer than the application time to clean it off from under and around my eyes using makeup remover.

I'm not sure what happened to my mascara... I haven't worn it for a month or so, and I think my bottle is probably congealed because it's at least a year old...

I know!! ! Although quick tip, it should be replaced every few months. It's a breeding ground for bacteria if kept longer than 3-4 months.

(I know all you guys are just spellbound reading about sunshower and I discussing makeup tips. )

Another tip about Aspie girls ~ They have girly moments just like NT girls.

Oh yeah? Well, we Aspie guys are just like NT girls too... Err, nevermind...

So, so true.

Yes, makeup is such a fascinating topic isn't it? I could talk about it all day and never get bored. No, seriously.

I know I should be replacing the mascara, but I always forget to buy a new one when I'm shopping. My mum always tells me I don't put enough time into my appearance (a.k.a. I should be spending more than 5mins a day on making myself look good), but oh well - so long as I'm clean and relatively neat it's all good.

Any aspie guys on here wear makeup? I have friends that do sometimes, for acting and musical theatre and stuff. I have a guy friend who's better at applying makeup than me, which is quite sad.

I don't know, it's been so long since I was a girl...LOL...but srsly, when I was, I was louder than most girls, but also was still shy, which threw guys off: they thought someone as loud as me should be an assertive gal when it came to men. Therefore they would think I wasn't interested. In fact, I was only ever able to get together with guys I wasn't interested in, a lot of the time. I would pick them up then dump them, but I was never happy. Sad story. I had a high degree of social anxiety, and even more anxiety about any man I was currently having a thing for. So I would act like a klutz around a guy I liked, and say a lot of extra stupid things (even more than usual). I was never good at being social back then - just completely clueless when I was trying to be liked. Not funny. Not interesting if you weren't into any of my perseverences. I wasn't very happy with myself, though, a lot of the time. When I was, and when I wasn't (rarely) worried about what other people were thinking, I could actually be pretty funny, so people would tell me.
I fell in love and got married a couple of times, and both times they were Aspies, too. We understood each other, but we also, both times, both had serious self-concept problems, and that probably contributed to the demise of the relationships.
Back when I was young, at first I dressed more unisex, but it always had to be figure-flattering, because I didn't think whatever man I was interested in would be interested in me if I didn't look sexy. I always wore a small amount of eye makeup usually, even though I didn't like the way it felt.
Over the years I experimented around and started to develop interests in clothing that became more eclectic as time went on. Some of my experimentations were probably more flattering than others.
Now, as a fifty something woman, I will wear baggy pants with an oversize shirt around my building - sometimes the same ones for days on end. Or I could turn around and wear a thirties style gown with mens heavy boots to the symphony. Topped by a men's overcoat which I trimmed with fake fur. I wear what strikes my fancy, basically.
After a brief but disastrous stint as a cocktail waitress ( I was DESPERATE for a job) in my mid-twenties, I hardly ever wore makeup again. It feels gross and itchy on my face and eyes. I am a lot more quiet now than I was back then, unless I get in a MOOD, when I can still occasionally get pretty loud. I am happy now, most of the time!

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describe a girly moment...

never mind...

I've never had a girly moment.

When I was a little girl, I did decide I wanted to be a princess... but princess Leia, in an alternate version of Star Wars, where she got to run around with a light saber, and use the force, and attack the Death Star. That's the girliest I've ever been.

Wow um....this is suprising. I didn't know makeup was so indepth.

Lol anything can be in depth when you're an aspie and you describe things to the utmost detail.

Well, I just officially had my "girly" moment... I'm starting a new job in an office on Monday, and I decided that I can't be bothered with makeup, etc, but on the other hand, I want to look halfway acceptable.

I went today and had my eyebrows threaded, and my upper lip done. Wow, it hurt!

The woman then asked if I'd like her to tint my eyebrows, and in a fit of insanity I let her. I've got to nearly forty without doing something so daft... now I'm looking at myself in the mirror, thinking my face looks all wrong. I've never plucked my eyebrows in my life, so it's rather a new look.

Not ugly, just different.

It probably won't look weird to anyone else, they're not used to me... but I can see it looks odd. I've been thinking, oh no! She did one eyebrow a shade of a milimeter thinner than the other...

On the other hand, it's nice to know I won't look quite so... what's the word... nerdy. Most women seem to value having tidy eyebrows and absolutely no hair on their face. Mine was very fair, so it wasn't terribly visible, but I suspect this will help me at least feel like I'm fitting in.

Normal women can be very savage about women who don't try to look the part... whatever that part is. It's as though the naked-faced are somehow letting the female side down.

I'm a bit worried about working with them, to be honest.

I think you made a wise choice. You'll adapt to the new look. I get my eyebrows done every 3 months (it's a look I like) but it took me awhile to adapt to the new look the first few times I had it done.

Sometimes it's good to stretch your boundaries a little bit. Good luck with the new job!!

Well, I'm moving to a new house, a new area completely, a new job, and I know that I'll need to look the part. I thought if instead of combing them every morning I just got them sorted out once and for all, I'd feel better. And to be honest, they're already better than they were earlier today. Of course, the first thing was, "owey, owey, owey... my forehead has gone red."

Now that has gone down, I don't look quite so clownish...

Yikes! That's a lot of "new" all at the same time. I would be having a fit of anxiety. I find that to keep my eyebrows from getting out of control, I can go every 3-4 months which is bareable. You get used to the feeling and it's wise not to get any waxing/threading done around that time of the month because it hurts more.