Hi everyone it’s been a while!

Since the end of October last year (2017) my life has really been a mixture of good and bad, at the moment I can’t say it’s great but more on that another time. In brief is I’m currently unemployed and claiming JSA and really hate it, to the point where it’s depressing me and giving me headaches almost every day where the pain just goes behind my eyes. Being unemployed is something I’m not used to as I’ve pretty much worked from leaving school and being unemployed is really just exhausting, but again that will be for another post. The name of this post will definitely be an ongoing post as when I get referred I don’t just go to the place a couple of weeks later. We’re talking 12 months plus wait, and during that time I intended to do as much possible to help me achieve what I need to in life and be the best person I can be but also once I’ve sorted other issues out and then will try to see what I can help others.

This post is about a new part of my journey and a fence that has been blocking me for 2 years. This is getting on a waiting list for a GIC (Gender Identity Clinic). This was a goal from last year but unfortunately, things got in the way and delayed it, and I spent most of my free time in the gym, which helped in many ways rather than just getting fit… which really has gone to waste now. Anyway, I thought with the free time I have it’s a chance to change my life around so I sat and thought about how I am going to start my journey through the NHS and for me to get with GIC. First, though I need to be referred by my GP? This was a challenge as last time I went (2016) I wasn’t taken very seriously and I wasn’t well through being rushed into hospital a few days before but anyway I didn’t get the help that I needed, I wasn’t even taken seriously. I left the medical centre I was at humiliated, so the question was; Is it worth making an appointment for maybe the same issue?

Changing GP Practise

NO! I decided to change my GP practice as I was out of range for my last clinic really and I was still registered at my mum’s old address which now we don’t talk and is looking like we never will either and she doesn’t even know that I’m transitioning. So, I thought a new year,a new start, no job to messed around booking appointments and all to go for it and I spent a few days getting pumped up also. Before I joined the GP Clinic I’m at now I spoke to one of my neighbour’s daughter and was recommended this one that I used to walk past every day to work for almost 5/6 years and never knew it was a GP’s Clinic. A couple of days later I signed up and had a medical 2 weeks later.

First appointment

After I pass my medical which was a few questions I soon booked my appointment with the GP which I was nervous about because of the first experience I had. I had just over a week to wait… during the countdown I developed my first virus/Aussie flu (apparently) 4 days before my GP’s appointment and this was also the first time I’ve been ill since when I was rushed into hospital when I went to talk about my gender last time so history was repeating itself which really scared the hell out of me. Over the weekend it was bad and I was bedridden for 3 days but the rest did me good and for the Tuesday appointment day I was just weak but nervous. I walked in and came out with it and told the GP that I was trans and spoke about my history and also about how I was treated in my last GP’s practise which he was shocked. Unfortunately, the GP’s practise is very small and he wasn’t sure what the procedure is, but to be honest I wasn’t 100% either.

I was too weak to challenge the GP I wanted it on record more than anything and return more prepared and not weak. After I spoke to him he was certain that the first step was to see someone from mental health for an assessment before being transferred to a GIC, which I know was the old method and I knew that it was to be changed but didn’t know that it had. So, I thought let them learn he said that he has to do a little bit of research on the matter and then see where to go from there and I would get a letter within 3 weeks… I put a date on my calendar for 4 weeks as the NHS isn’t a quick system. 13^th March was the deadline I gave at this point before I would take action.

Within 4 days I had a letter that I had been referred to a mental health psychiatrist which I thought was still wrong nor was I informed of this move, but I thought to leave it and see where it goes for a few weeks as this gave me a little time to worry about a finding a job and do a little research about the process of the GIC referral, as I wasn’t waiting a year to be mentally assessed if I didn’t need to. Within less than 2 weeks I had a phone call from the psychiatrist and when I spoke to her she really couldn’t give me an answer so I decided not to take it any further as a thought it would be wasting my time, the NHS’s time as well as money and slot for someone that needed it.

Appointment 2

A couple of days after the phone call I soon made another appointment to see where I could take this and see if I could get anywhere. After being there early my appointment was 40 mins late and there was snow on the ground also. The GP was a substitute and I pretty much had to go through the history again. I was armed with the all the papers to say I can be referred directly to the GIC but he wouldn’t at first. He said he didn’t want to override what my doctor did and because the women from the mental health didn’t write any notes to say they couldn’t do anything or me refusing to take it further. That was where I told him that he would be wasting mine and the NHS’s time for the same thing to happen again. I decided to get my phone out and show him pictures of where I was to where I am now which he couldn’t believe… that soon made him change his mind and he decided to write out my referral to a GIC clinic… Win-win or so I thought.

Again, I’ve hit another blockade. GP’s can only get so much training with all the illnesses out there etc it something I understood, with where I live being a small community getting people that is trans is very small so they’re not going to encounter this much if not at all. They have to act on what they know which for me is fine as they can learn from this experience I believe. Anyway, the issue I’m facing is that they are saying they have to refer me to a local clinic and the furthest away would be Manchester… Unfortunately, which I told him that there isn’t one and the closest would be Leeds!

He spoke to the practitioner which also said the same thing and when I passed the information on they said they would get back to me… Which almost a week later I’ve received nothing. So, I’ve given my clinic the benefit of the doubt and a week to find out and ring me. It took me less than 5 mins to find out the information and it is on the NHS website that any GP can refer you to any of the 8 GIC’s clinics in the UK and You do not need a mental health assessment… when I got outside of the clinic all the snow had melted, which was a massive blow as I really like snow.

This is where I am at up to now. People have been having a go on social media at me for not being stern enough with my clinic but I know the clinic does want to help me and have done more for me in just over a month than the last place I was at ever did. I want to help them to help me as if they do get another trans person they will know how to help them. Right now, I have loads going on in my life so with this being split it also means I can concentrate on other issues. The main thing is that I now have a referral I just need it to somewhere. (you can get multiple referrals also which the other I will try for Sheffield)

Following up

I was going to leave it there but due to the not so adverse weather conditions, I’ve not really been out but I did get an update.

Okay, so as I was about to leave it at the “2^nd Appointment” but I didn’t get pictures I needed and time just quickly passed and I didn’t get the opportunity to upload this post, so I thought I would fill you all in. When I left my last appointment on the 27^th Feb I had my referral written and nowhere for it to go. It was a good thing but bad also. I knew I was right but I thought I would let them figure it out, I was told that the practitioner would ring me and get in contact with me to confirm what would be happening. When I announced this on my Facebook, I did get a few messages off a good few people saying I should have stood my ground etc and some were borderline next to abuse towards me.

I did care I had a plan, I’m a person that doesn’t like to go in all guns blazing I’m too mellow for that now, I also want to help them to help me and hopefully from this experience to help others. The plan was for me give the clinic a week (Tuesday 6^th March) to get back to me, if not I would be down there for an update and where I stand… I didn’t receive a phone call. The deadline was set so I went down there, luckily the girl at the reception remembered me and gave me the green light.

This means they have referred me and referred me to Leeds Gender Identity Clinic which is where I wanted to go… Apparently, though she said they couldn’t get me in any other clinics… hmmm, not what it says on the NHS website, but to be honest I don’t care. I’m so happy because it’s now official that the stage has now been set and is now moving forward so I can be the person that I want to be and I will be getting the help I need… But that part will be for another time as it needs to happen. This has taken so much stress off my shoulder right now and it means I can now focus on getting employed and hopefully solve any money issues before they arise. Too many people will be thinking it’s just a referral big whoop. This is more than just a referral, it is standing up and wanting to be human and wanting to live the life I was meant to live. This is me giving the finger to my last health clinic I was at that didn’t help me. Unfortunately, we have to shape our own destiny as you won’t be referred unless you do stand up and be counted. Never let one person stop you it might take some time to get over being humified like I felt but I never gave up and neither should you for anything really. Keep your head held high and push forward. I want to thank everyone that helped me to get where I am now.

Here is a link for you if you want to have a quick read, I printed this off and took it to my GP the second time round and it worked.

https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Transhealth/Pages/local-gender-identity-clinics.aspx

Thanks for reading and will see you guys soon

Sarah

xxx

Nails! Nails! Nails! : Primark PS

Image from Burst Design

Hi guys!

So, we are back again and this is another nails post which is all about Primark. As of the last few years, Primark has decided to go into the makeup/beauty side of their market with their PS range.  The PS range took off to my knowledge in 2016, I was in a makeup group which at that time was 10,000 strong which now has over 70,000. Around the summer of 2016 people soon started to talk about Primark’s makeup range and people were doing GRWM (Get Ready With Me) lives around Primark's makeup range and even doing half a face with high-end brands and the other with the PS range from Primark’s, the foundation from Primark was summed up as the dupe from Estee Lauder’s Double Wear. The nails also got great reviews but up to this point I have never tested any of the PS range and now that is about to change.

Like the last review not being full times as female and me being the person that is laid back where I cannot be bothered listening to people bitch at me for being a lad wearing false nails the test will be like the last for the Elegant Touch nails and conducted within my home. This test is based off wearing these on a normal day doing general things such as:

*Playing on a console with a controller

*Flushing the toilet (this is important)

*Using a zip

*Putting on footwear

*Typing on a keyboard and using a mouse

*Washing up

*Putting clothes in the washing machine

*Opening bottled drink

You might be thinking, Why these things for stick on nails? Why not have acrylics done?

Well, you’re right, but there are people out there that wear these types of nails on a day to day basis and don’t like acrylics for many reasons. One of these is because acrylic nails can mess your nails up and make them go soft and is a more semi-permanent solution. The biggest for me is because I’m not full time as a female and with these, so fake tempory nails from Primark means I can remove them easier and quicker. A big reason for most for not having acrylics done is because if they snap they can take your actual nail with it.

For the first test, I went for matt finishes as I had the gloss with the Elegant Touch and also, I find it hard to get a basic design with them compared to Primark’s PS nail range which has loads. Anyway, let’s start!

Primark PS Squareletto

We will start with the first pair of nails from the Primark’s PS Range. I started with the Squareletto. They're different to the Elegant touch that I had because there wasn’t round which I was told is better to use a keyboard with as they wouldn't be slipping off when I type on the keyboard. I loved that these almost covered my thumb which most nails don’t really cover them…. Damn my small man hands

I went a plain matt colour to which I also bought these in the matt black also. For £1.00 they weren’t bad. They were comfy on, they were great for typing on my keyboard and it wasn’t hard to use on zips and I think they look good on also… HOWEVER

They felt incredibly cheap which I suppose for a quid you can’t expect loads from. The nails would bend easy and this might be debatable but when I was taking the lid off a bottle of Pepsi the thumb just pinged off! Like I was shocked as I didn’t touch the bottle with the nail? Did I use enough Glue? I have no idea but anyway it came off. The biggest issue that did my head in was and a big tip for you guys is to have a nail file handy as they were sharp and you could tell at the tips where they were cut and these would need to be filled down. Also, I didn’t take pics of the black ones because they failed from putting them on. They snapped when glueing them on to my nails and has no flex at all. I love the matte finish but not on nails as they show up any oils transferred from the skin etc and the biggest thing is and I suppose this could happen with any nail but if you don't put the right amount of glue on and it comes to flushing a toilet where you have to press down on them you might be trying to catch your nail (example picture below). For £1 they’re good for the money but to be honest I wouldn’t bother.

Yeah, I caught my nail on this and it came flying off.

Elegant Touch Polish

I was going to conclude this review there but after I was given tips on Instagram I decided to extend this review and buy more as these were recommended to me… But before I do go on to my next set of nails I bought some more Elegant Nails, which was different to that last one I had what was like their cheap range I feel, they were a little rounder to the Primark PS ones I tried earlier. I didn’t really get any pictures of how they look as I just didn’t like them from the start, they were a really dark purple, which looked more like black. They were very flexible for my liking. 

When it came to taking them off I think I should have looked at other ways rather than just taking them off. The glue was by far too powerful for the type of nail, they shredded and also took parts of my actual nail off, but also made a mess of my nails. I had to file them down to get the last of the colour off.

Primark PS Precious Jewel Nails & Chroming

Next up to try was the Precious Jewel Nails. When taking these out of the packing these felt better, stronger. I actually like these and the glue was much better. They were great on and I never felt like they were there either, pretty soon I was comfortable putting the washing in the washing machine and even washing the dishes. The best thing about these nails was they weren’t really long to notice much of a difference and I kept these on for most of the day…

One complaint about these is for the gamers. This might not sound like a major thing but if you are a gamer girl and there are a lot of girl gamers out there and many streams also and make a great living off doing it. I was playing a game of Fifa Football/Soccer and I went to pass the ball back to my Goalkeeper and my nail got caught on one of the buttons on the controller so my goalkeeper was tackled and the opposition scored… I wasn’t happy. The next one is for multibuttoned mouse, yes because of how thin the nails and the edges are they hit the next issue because they will get caught in the holes of the buttons on the side and the wheel of the mouse and this happened when browsing the internet or doing random stuff on the computer. Apart from that minor thing if you just plan on using them on a night out then they're fine. For £3 I feel they’re worth it and would rebuy them again.

PS Chroming Nails

These I really couldn't wait to try so I bought them twice… Okay, it was by mistake it was those mistakes that did pay off as I loved these and so did people on my Instagram. They looked great, they felt great on and the glue seemed to work well, they passed all of my in-house test from gaming, hovering, washing up… Even changing the bed sheets and these costs just £2! How good is that?

My biggest regret was not going out and presenting as a female wearing these… To be honest I think I presented as female once when I did these tests but there is a reason for this which will be explained in another post. Anyway, I just love these and I can compare these to the Elegant Nails I wore back in December… I do have a tiny thing, not like an issue but I wouldn’t mind paying an extra pound if these came with a nail file. The whole PS range you get where the nails aren't finished off. What if you’re out and haven’t bought a nail file with you? These are well worth trying and I would rebuy these again. Glue wise you need to put enough on for it to work well and I suppose that is with all the PS Nail range really.

I really have enjoyed doing these tests but it hasn’t half messed my nails up.

The second nail on the left the PS glue tool a bit of my nail off and my nails seem pretty weak at the moment so I shall be resting them for a little while. I think I will be looking into ways for removing them other than ripping them off.

Hope you have enjoyed reading and I will soon have more posts coming soon.

Stay Beautiful

Love you guys

Sarah

xxx

It’s been awhile since I did an actual product review which was the contact lenses on 26/07/2015… Over 2 year ago.

Before I go on, in the previous post I said I have big news to announce… Well I do but it will have to wait as it’s not the right time yet thinking about it, all I can say is something mega has happened and could be a massive game changer to when I go full time as female and be my true self, as soon as I can say about I will.

Anyway, back to the feature of this post and by the title it’s all about nails. Fake nails are big business. You see them everywhere from market stalls to shop corners… Now you have the likes of Super Drug (Drug stores) that now do them, okay there are fake nails that stay on for roughly 2/3 weeks, saying that they also do the false nails I’m here to test also… even Primark have a massive collection of false nails. I’ve tried false nails before but I never really given them more than a couple of hours before taking them off.

• This is to list of some of the reasons why I never keep them on;
• It’s hard to type on a keyboard,
• It’s hard you use your phone,
• When I try to use my mouse, it gets stuck in the wheel hole,
• Trying to use zips is a nightmare,
• They practically get caught on everything and you feel it,
• And the biggest thing is picking most things up is a task and half.

I can’t say that they were bad quality nails, I just didn’t give them time and try to adapt when wearing them. That’s where these come in.

 

Elegant Touch Romance Collection French Kiss Stiletto Nails

I saw these on asos and cost £8.50. The Elegant Touch nails as a whole have pretty good reviews and with 10 sizes to choose from brought hope to me. On the website they looked great and for an event I went to the nails would have gone with my outfit…  But due to reasons beyond my control, I skipped wearing them for the event. So one day I thought I wanted to try them on and do some tests.

The first test was one I’ve always wanted to try that was my cat gloves I bought. The was normal gloves shaped like a cats paw with the bottom fingers and thumb cut out. So the first test was… Would they look good in the paw gloves? 

When I put these up on Instagram and my Facebook people loved them and combined I think they looked cute also. 

I might not be a great hand modal without the paw gloves on but I still felt the nails looked good and they looked like what was on asos website. After an hour I didn’t know the nails was even on and soon was going about my business as normal, so for the comfort, they also pass.

I might not be a great hand modal without the paw gloves on but I still felt the nails looked good and they looked like what was on asos website. After an hour I didn’t know the nails was even on and soon was going about my business as normal, so for the comfort they also pass.

The next was being productive… ish, this was doing what I do when I’m at home normally and that was playing games on my Xbox One, so would these affect me playing on my games?

I was playing South Park: The Fractured Butt Whole when wearing these nails and I spent 5 hours playing the game without the nails interfering with the controller so if you’re thinking of playing on your Xbox and thinking. Will false nails interfere with me using the controller? I wouldn’t worry. I know that South Park: TFBW is a turn-based game but I feel I could play Call Of Duty without them interfering. So, are these nails the right length to play games? Absolutely!

With previous nails I’ve tried I’ve always struggled and had to use the side of my thumb to spend 5 mins writing a simple Facebook status or text message on my phone… Not with these, I could use my phone as I do normally, in fact, I could do most activities pretty comfortable. The main things I had to do differently with the nails was zips and putting my boots on… and good luck using lip barm from a pot, stick only. All in all these nails are really good, they look good, make you feel good and easy to do things.

However.

There are some bad points, like in the bullet points they’re not good for typing on a typical plastic keyboard as they hit and slide off, they get caught in the hole where my mouse wheel is and also where some buttons on my mouse. Yes, these nails are aimed to be worn on a night out and not to be worn as an everyday thing but if you want just to feel good on a rainy day and get dressed up for no reason? This is important work.

There are some bad points, like in the bullet points they’re not good for typing on a typical plastic keyboard as they hit and slide off, they get caught in the hole where my mouse wheel is and also where some buttons on my mouse. Yes, these nails are aimed to be worn on a night out and not to be worn as an everyday thing but if you want just to feel good on a rainy day and get dressed up for no reason? This is important work.

Those might be little unimportant things and also irrelevant but there is a big flaw with these nails and I would say with any other false nail that have an opaque style and that is… well I will let you look at the picture first and see if you spot it.

I wonder how many of you have spotted it yet? No it’s not that the thumb is too small. No it’s not that the thumb is too small. That is another issue but to be fair being biologically male doesn’t help which can you really score Elegant Touch down for something that is aim at biological women?

Yes, the glue can be seen through the nail so if you begin to brag to friends and work colleagues about how good your nails are, make sure you check what they look like when they’re on as you might be left feeling embarrassed. Which is a shame as these nails ticks all the boxes for what you can do when you’re wearing them and also how good they look, I’ve managed to take them off carefully and not use loads of glue and manage to reuse them for a couple of hours to do other things and test them out. I’ve even had a few people ask where I got them from but I had to warn them about this issue and for the price this lets them down. I know these are a one-night wonder but I couldn’t recommend this product from Elegant Touch. I defiantly recommend Elegant Touch as nail brand and their Stiletto range. Just not these.

I actually loved wearing these nails and I will be giving these another try, which is why I will be wearing these bad boys.

I bought these on Ebay for around £6.50 but with p&p these came to the same price as what I bought on asos. 

Thanks for reading

Love 

Sarah 

xxx

Hey all!

Today is my blogs third birthday which means one thing... People are still viewing and reading!
I would like to thank everyone for your support. It's mental where I started and how I looked to now.

2017

2014

I know I still have a long way to go as far as makeup and how I want to go is concerned anyway, I still need to get more toned also. I need to give my head a shake and go to the doctors again and try better and say what I need to as last time it didn't go down to well. I know I will not reach my goal of 1.1.2018 of going full time but I know it will happen and when I'm ready.

2014

2015

2016

2017

I don't generally have many pictures from 2017 where you see my full body but hey I think I'm doing a great job. These two was from January so I can't wait to try new outfits and see and hope I've changed loads.

2017 has all about being as healthy as I can and as fit as I can, so I've spent loads of time at the gym sometimes doing 6 days a week in some cases. When I started I had build my knees up as I couldn't go on a treadmill because my knees would just give up and I would be in loads of pain so I had to do something so I spent about 6 months on the cross trainer which helped but it didn't make me as fit as I thought it would but it helped me and now I'm running a mile comfortably on the treadmill. It has taken a while but my arms and body in general are becoming toned slowly.

All I can say is thank you for reading and I can't wait to see what the next 12 months will be like. I'm praying I will be here typing away happily and proudly living my life as female... Also just over a week till I can make my big announcement.

Thanks

Sarah
xxx

  

Welcome back to this ep of my ‘Evolution’ part. On the last ep I covered Concealer, it was about how I covered my stubble and from showing how I prevented the dreaded 5 O’clock shadow (stubble) from showing. Like the last post foundation will always be ongoing till I hit hormones and have laser hair removal, but until then it’s about how to be comfy with myself.

This ep is all about Foundation so I will go through where I started to where I am now.
I hope you enjoy.

Okay, the foundation was the first thing I started with, and I think it’s where most girls start when it comes to makeup. I know when I was in high school I noticed loads of girls started to wear it. I was like what the hell is that what are they wearing? I noticed because it wasn’t blended at all it would generally go to the side of the head and just under the chin. Then came mascara and eyeliner but that is for another ep. Unfortunately, this happened to me when I started… But I didn’t start with your standard foundation.

The first time I came into contact with the foundation was when I was into my heavy metal, I dressed in baggy jeans, New Rock Boots, band t-shirt (that hasn’t changed for when I present male) and a big chain hanging on my jeans, so I started out wearing porcelain foundation. It wasn’t really branded at all it was just cheap stuff, but it was extremely thick and didn’t cover my face so it was spending time looking for ways to improve which was using Sudocream as what I didn’t know was a primer to help the white foundation to go on and this happens with most white foundations apparently… Never tried any since I came away from it.

I kind of think thank god, my photography skills were crap then as with my makeup skills, I had an extremely hairy chest which you can kind of see. When this pic was taken I already acquired eye shadow, lip gloss, and eyeliner which was from a gift set off eBay for less than a £10. The wig was a really cheap fancy dress one which you could do nothing with, but there you could tell that I had no idea of blending at all haha.

Within a couple of weeks, I had got concealer which I used once as it was really thick and hard to use for such a novice like myself. I got an eyeshadow pallet but I also got lipsticks which were in the bag and behind them was 5 foundation shades. These were a cheap buy and got on eBay which didn’t last long as it was too oily for my skin and to me looked fatty oily if that makes sense. For the first use which I think I’ve said this more than one occasion was I decided to use the darkest shade first, not because I thought I would be right, but because I could and I wanted to see what it would look like… but if people know me well enough is that I don’t take much stuff seriously and decided to have a laugh and take the mick out of someone I knew because she wore her foundation darker than her skin. To this day though I’ve never said who it was and never will unless you’re one of my closest friends that knew me before 2014. 

This was probably the first picture I showed people when I came out, it was probably one of the first pics on my Facebook profile when I created it! Looking back yes it was for a laugh but I think it portrays more people that start off using foundation, that includes not blending and I wonder how many people would admit to looking like this when they started out?

In July was where I started to change. I changed my foundation to another unnamed one and now I’ve started to see being sold at my post office, I got mine from off eBay where I can’t seem to find it now. I started to change in the way I dressed I got jeans in, I got more female clothes in and started really getting into fashion. Probably not the best outfit to wear in the middle of summer but at this point, I never went out.

  

This was September 2014, nothing had really changed but this was a very important night for me. This was the first time I went out as female to Blackpool. Foundation wise nothing changed even makeup. What did change was when I got home and looked at the pictures. I knew things had to change, such as how I looked and fast.

November and December were where everything changed. In November I got better at using the foundation I had, I got new eyeshadow from No.7 (Boots) and Max Factor Liquid Eye Liner. Along with Calvin Klein Blusher. For the first time, I met up with people I used to work with when I was at McDonald's as female. It went down very good and was at my local pub.

During 2015 I spent most time learning techniques and got in brushes, I spent loads of it messing around with makeup and seeing if I could go back to Blackpool looking better. 

Before I went to meet people I used to work with at McDonald's for the first time

I tried Avon but it didn’t work, it seemed greasy for me and never stayed on my face. Fast track to the end of 2015 I knew I had to do something. I was in a new job and was planning something big… Like really big! Where I currently work my colleagues are very supportive and they wanted to see me as female (I got pestered) which I felt very pressured by them but to be honest I pressured myself more as it was an opportunity that I didn’t want to regret and one thing I’m not great at is regretting. So, I went to Boots in the Trafford Centre and spent about £70 on makeup, for this I went to Max Factor. This was where I bought Pan Stick, Primer and it was the 3-in-1 Infinity foundation. At the time it worked great, which I soon used for the best part of 2016.   

Towards the back end of 2016, I started messing around with the higher end makeup brands such as  MAC and Dior which was very pricey only to not get the results I wanted. Unfortunately, I felt that I was still going back to Max Factor. In August I wasn’t getting much practice time as my dad took early retirement with Tescos laying off the night shift at his store, which I’m never comfortable getting ready when he’s around.

Here are some looks from 2016;

For 2017 it’s been a different story this is due to focusing on different things mainly fitness. I
want to go full time when I’m ready and that includes being more toned, being able to go out and not wear waist trainers and be able not to sweat when presenting female which is a massive issue for me. This year I've mainly been wearing Estee Lauder’s Double Wear but in January I came across Kat Von D’s Lock-it. The only issue I have with them both is with me having to wear prosthetics and a wig it gets very hot so even with setting spray I really sweat and I sweat the foundation off and setting spray. So, my question is… What Foundation can I use that won’t be as thick but offer the same coverage?

London 2017

My look for when I went for a tattoo

London 2017

Birmingham August 2017

Fitness has become my number one focus this year and will hopefully continue next year but it is also when I plan to go presenting as female full time at some point. My makeup collection has grown since but that will be for another post where I will talk about everything. However, I have an announcement in the next couple of weeks might be over a couple of posts I don’t know yet, but it is massive and this is a massive positive which possibly will help me with my transition.

That's it for this ep, thank you for reading and I will have more updates and I can’t wait for what my future holds.

See you all soon

Thanks

Sarah

xxx