My advice for AMAB trans people starting out:

Don't be afraid to wild with your makeup & experiment.

If you wanna be an extra AF glitter mess, I think that's beautiful & fuck anyone who tells you to tone it down.

1) makeup is meant to be FUN & creative. It's your expression of being alive

2) You are having to learn makeup skills cis girls have been practicing since pre-teens-imagine if someone slammed a 12 year old girl's 1st attempt at makeup

3) repulsion to "OTT" makeup is queerphobia

Also by going "extra" you'll end up learning really interesting & unique styles that most cis people can't do or aren't brave enough to try

I despise this idea that makeup is just to cover up mistakes and should be used gingerly