But Goldston also wanted to live in online spaces that weren’t related to her trans identity.
“I joined other [subreddits] in response to a newly accepted womanhood,” she tellsAllure.
One such sub was r/MakeupAddiction, one of the most unadulterated beauty spaces on the internet.
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No harassment or name-calling.
(Moderators for r/MakeupAddiction declined to comment forAllure.)
“Makeup is high up there.”
Makeup is high up there
It wasn’t an easy decision.
“The experience was pretty nerve-wracking,” Goldston says.
“I became friends with four people through BumbleBFF who I’m out to,” she says.
“I was really not impressed by my makeup skills.”
Like Goldston, Sarah tried YouTube tutorials but really wanted feedback on how makeup looked on her face specifically.
After posting once on r/MakeupAddiction to little attention, she tried again.
Stuff like that," Sarah says.
“But [by the second time], I had come out to another friend.
He was supportive and when I showed him some photos of me, he couldn’t recognize me.”
Her daily makeup look skews pretty glam.
“Id tell [trans folks] to look for trans-directed makeup subs,” she says.
And Sarah adds that a few people suggested she usegolden eye shadow.
“I tried it, but I didnt like it that much,” she says.
“I thought I would, but makeup is a personal and ongoing process.”
