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Will be doing our own research as well, but wanted to ask here for tips or suggestions too.

For pride we're wanting to attach a snout prosthetic, and add color to our belly teat implants, which have yet to be tattooed. We're wanting realistic tans and browns for our snout/ face, and pale skin-tone pinks for our teats.

We have not done any makeup growing up. No makeup in the house except for one liner pencil we use mostly for doodles on our cheek.

Those who do have makeup experience, what entry level advice do you have? Brands, application techniques, names of things we should know, etc.

i’ve attached cosplay gear to my skin before with spirit gum, which’s this tacky stuff that comes in a nail-polish-sized container with a brush. it sticks well but needs specialized remover to clean off (there might be alternatives to that remover but idk, i only used it a little and don’t have it anymore). if you have sensitive skin tho make sure to test that you’ll react or nah before you put on prosthetics with it

on brands / makeup type names:

i’m not sure if you’re fixing to put the tans and browns across your whole face or just have nonhuman accents blend into your current skin, but if you’re trying to paint your whole face i’d recommend looking into cosplay face paints! similar level face paints might also be tagged “for clowns” too. unlike regular makeup a little cosplay paint goes a longer way, which is better for full face or body coverage ^^

something i like to do to express my canine self is accent my inner eye-corners with black like how theriform wolves + lots of other animals have, usually w/ Maybelline’s pot of cream eyeliner (runs for $8-9ish last i seen)

if you need makeup to stay on and resist rubbing off for a long day, add some kind of makeup finish to “set” it. depending on skin type, some ppl use finishing powder or finishing spray more. powder finish comes in both sheer/clear and tinted for skintone-matching.

i personally use powder finish cuz my hide used to run more oily. it’s more balanced now but the powder is still better since i still sweat easily.

eyeshadows, foundation, contour, other skin stuff also come in powder, cream, or liquid form. powders and cream come in palettes, single pans out of palettes, or pots. liquids come in round or square tubes, or pen-shaped applicators.

whichever form works best is also gonna depend on skin type, but also mind if you have some spots on your face that get more/less oily than others

… like if i was still doing up my face i’d use mostly powder to keep it more light and breathable in general. but my eye-corners get oily on their own real easily, so i use cream eyeliner with sheer finishing powder on top. i don’t use cream or liquid on the rest of my face cuz it feels too thick and suffocating to my skin, but other ppl enjoy em just fine

i never got into contour but if you don’t go for cosplay paint, you might also be able to find the tans/browns you need in a contour set ?? leastwise contour is made to be very blendable and subtle, so if you’re going for that over the bold-painted look, that’s something to consider

we turned the water off and expect to start working on it when we can. but me and him discussed prioritizing the health of the animals and all the things that come with it. theyre very old and need daily medication.

the negligence of the homeowner (both to the leak and the animals) leads us to our need to move out in about 6 months to a year. ill be here writing, jus support me when you can.

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Firstly, the concept of the term Zoanthrope being universal because of grammar is incorrect - the history of words is very important in how they are used and why you should not take or use some words. Lycanthropy has historical widespread use. Zoanthrope is however really limited to solely clinical zoanthropes. You can use almost any [noun]-thrope or were-[noun] without issue. Zoanthrope though specifically is used as shorthand by the clinical zoanthrope community as a means of rejecting the psychiatrisation we experience and it is through that means that it has been primarily used. Taking the word for yourself and seperating yourself entirely from that experience only serves to damage and - given the tendency of language to drift and soften - destroy our community and the limited means we have to find each other.

What you are doing is sanist, and amounts to the same behaviour engaged by therian communities to essentially cut us as seperate and it fails to understand our community, history, experiences, and why we word things certain ways. There has always been an understanding within the zoanthrope community that there is no requirement of specific diagnosis - just reasonable suspicion, psychiatrisation, or the understanding that psychiatrisation would be applied. Almost all zoanthropes reject the humans understanding of our experiences as psychosis or madness. The problem comes in trying to define yourself as "non-clinical" zoanthrope in opposition to "clinical" zoanthrope. There is no means to seperate the concept of "clinical" from "non-clinical" within the space which does not have sanist outcomes as it inherently frames one as mad and the other not. This plays out in your writing, and that of others that have replied, framing your experience in opposition to ours - with ours as a psychotic affect. This is not an analysis almost any zoanthrope accepts for themselves, but in placing it on others you inherently devalue our experiences and identity as genuine, while at the same time claiming yours as genuine affect of your existance.

Your background of being physical nonhuman and the treatment from therian community does not preclude you from engaging in sanism or mistreating further marginalised communities or further marginalising segments of that community. Genuinely, if you actually care about our experiences, and view yourselves as meaningfully different from us, please stop appropriating our terms. They are the only way we have to find others and to be able to express our experiences without bowing to the psychiatrisation and reality checking demanded by the human world and therian communities. Not every term is for you and you are not entitled to every word. Or, if you do view yourself as like us, you must stop creating this dichotomy which sets one experience of greater validity against anothers madness as this only serves to marginalise those already most marginalised within the community. You may not intend or consider this outcome, but intent is irrelevant, this is the outcome.

just a reminder that I have a survey open for p-shifters and other physical nonhumans. I am gathering community data for my upcoming book "The Bestiary of Yourself"! if you would like to participate if you haven't already, now is your chance!

if you'd rather buy a plushie - here's the shop he and his wife run!

his wife also been in an accident and has been down and out due to illness and injury

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