Dress up a Boy Like a Girl
Sometimes a boy wants or needs to dress like a girl. Whether it’s for an acting role, just for fun, gaining a new perspective, or adopting a new lifestyle, a boy can easily dress like a girl. With a little preparation, the right outfit, and stylish makeup, any boy can look like a girl.
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Steps
Getting Him Ready
- Shave his legs, armpits, and face. For a boy to dress like a girl, he needs to have no leg, facial, or armpit hair. Have him take a shower and shave his legs, armpits, and face. If he doesn’t want to do it himself, have him sit on a chair while you gently shave him.
- Spread shaving cream onto his legs, dip a razor in a bucket of water, and then save the hair off of his legs. Dip the razor into water after each pass of the razor on his legs to prevent cuts.
- Shape his eyebrows. Girls shape their eyebrows to achieve a natural arch without any stray hairs, so shaping the boy’s eyebrows will help him look feminine.
- Use tweezers to pluck stray eyebrow hairs or use face wax to wax the eyebrows into a natural arch.
- Put girl’s deodorant and perfume on. The scent of deodorant is different for boys and girls. Get a deodorant sold for girls and have the boy wear it. You should also have the boy wear a perfume meant for girls to get him smelling like a girl.
Dressing Up Like a Girl
- Find an outfit that fits well. Girls tend to wear clothes that are more form fitting so you need to pick out an outfit that fits the boy well. Choosing a dress or skirt for the boy to wear will make it easy to distinguish that he’s dressing like a girl.
- Some boys have very broad shoulders so finding a dress that fits him right might be hard. If the boy has broad shoulders, consider putting him in a skirt and shirt to get a better fit.
- If you choose to have him wear pants, it would be a good idea to have him wear skinny jeans with boots. This look is a popular style with girls.
- Pick complementary colors and styles. The shape of his clothing can impact how others view him when they look at his body. Get a more feminine shape by using clothes and their colors to accentuate areas of the body.
- Wearing dark colors around the waist provides a slimming effect to create an hourglass look.
- Pick v-neck or lower cut tops to provide a more girly style.
- Add accessories. You can add different types of accessories to the outfit to complete the look. Accessories are an important part of a girl’s outfit, so adding accessories will give an authentic look to the boy’s outfit.
- Jewelry like necklaces, bracelets, rings, and clip-on earrings will add a feminine touch to the outfit.
- If the boy is wearing a dress or skirt, you can have him wear tights to add color or design to his look.
- Select feminine shoes. Shoe style is important when trying to dress a boy like a girl. If you want to make a boy look like a girl, he needs to wear shoes that are feminine.
- Shoes with heels are a great choice. There are dress shoes and boots that have heels. Choosing a shorter heel is a good idea if the boy isn’t used to walking in heels yet.
- Fashion boots are also a great choice for dressing a boy like a girl.
Styling His Hair
- Grow long hair. Boys who dress like girl often grow long hair to accommodate lots of different hair styles.
- Curl his hair to add more volume.
- Blow dry and style his hair after a shower.
- He can wear a low pony tail if he wants to dress like a boy.
- Cut his hair in a flowy style. Get a haircut that incorporates soft waves to soften and feminize the face.
- Hair cuts with sharp angles may make his face look more angular and rigid.
- If you choose to dye his hair, pick a color that compliments his skin tone. Light colors are best for cool skin tones, darker colors compliment warm skin tones.
- Accessorize his hair. You can accessorize his natural hair with hair clips, bows, and headbands to add a feminine touch to the outfit. Brush his hair and sweep the front to the side with a girl’s hair clip to make his hair look like a girl’s pixie cut.
- Hair clips, headbands, and bows are a great accessory to add to the boy’s hair.
- Put ribbons or barrettes in his hair to look more feminine.
- Put on a wig. If you want him to have longer hair, he can wear a wig. Choose a wig that is close to his hair color to make it look more natural. Style the wig in any style you like.
- Wigs are a good way to create a total transformation in his look.
Applying Makeup
- Apply foundation and powder. Find a foundation color that matches his skin tone and apply it evenly to his face. Apply a matching powder over the foundation to finish the base of the makeup.
- Put eye makeup on him. Eye makeup will help accent his eyes and make them look bigger. Eye makeup is a great way to make a boy look more feminine.
- Apply eyeshadow on his eyes to accentuate his eye color. Consider using two or three colors to blend onto his eyelid to make his eyes look bigger.
- Use eyeliner to draw a line at the base of the eyelid. This will accent the the eyes and give a finished look to the eye makeup.
- Finish with mascara on his eyelashes. Use black mascara if he has dark eyelashes and brown mascara if he has light eyelashes. For a fun, festive look you can use colored mascara, like blue or purple, to make his eyelashes pop.
- Add blush to his cheeks. Blush is a great addition to dress a boy like a girl because it makes the face look more feminine. Apply the blush to the apples of his cheeks and his cheekbones.
- Finish with lipstick. The finishing touch to makeup is adding color to the lips. You can line his lips with lip liner and then fill in the rest with lipstick.
- Red, Pink, and Neutral colors are good choices to pick for his lipstick.
Acting Like a Girl
- Speak in a higher register. Even if he looks like a girl, a voice that sounds like a male’s will be easily recognized as a male.
- Tell him to practice speaking in a higher tone to make himself sound more feminine.
- Record him speaking so he can hear what he sounds like.
- Practice walking in a feminine manner. Walking like a female will help make the look of dressing like a woman appear more natural.
- His feet should pull him forward instead of storming ahead head first.
- Have him move his hips as he walks; let his hips lead his legs to engage his whole body as he walks.
- Adopt female mannerisms. Become more sensitive to the interactions he has with other people to make the interactions more feminine. Acting like a girl can often have as much mental impact as dressing like a girl in terms of how an individual is observed.
Tips
- Find clothing and makeup colors that match or coordinate with his eye color.
- Teach him how to walk comfortably in heels to naturally look like a girl.
- Have him put lotion on after you shave him. His legs might be a bit dry from shaving for the first time.
Warnings
- Some boys may have mixed feelings about dressing as a girl. Talk to him openly about how he feels or make sure he has someone to talk to if he needs it.
- Don’t take pictures or videos of him dressed as a girl unless he has consented to it, and don’t share the pictures online unless he allows you to.
- Make sure he is comfortable and willing to be dressed as a girl before you begin.
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