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- [Oscar] Fluide is a brand of cruelty free makeup,
and it's for people of all gender identities,
gender expressions, and skin tones.
- So, I'm a cis woman,
which means that I ID with the gender
that I was assigned to at birth,
but with that comes certain expectations, right?
You're supposed to wear makeup.
- So, my gender identity and gender expression
pretty much aligns with that of a cis man.
When I was a little kid, I got into my mom's makeup drawer,
and there's this amazing photo of me
sitting on her lap crying 'cause I'm in trouble,
covered in her makeup.
- I identify as female, I also identify as lesbian.
I feel like I've really embraced androgyny a lot lately.
- As a trans and non-binary person,
I love the way makeup accentuates
different elements of my gender expression.
Sometimes people are confused
and think that trans means transitioning.
Trans is just not identifying
with the gender that you were assigned at birth.
- I'm really excited to try this out for this week
and see what it's like wearing makeup.
- So, I've started off my day.
I think I'm gonna try this cute little red situation.
- So, I painted my nails last night a bright orange,
and everything worked out fine
until I tried to open my night guard container,
and sacrifices had to be made.
- You know, it's a little festive.
It gets everywhere because it's fucking glitter,
but I'm kinda liking it.
- Oh, wow.
I should probably be doing this in front of a mirror.
A little smudged, alright.
- Sam, what do you think?
- I think it looks really cool, it matches your aesthetic.
- I'm gonna try this yellow.
Hopefully it's pretty thick
because I only really have time to apply one layer.
I'm really digging this red.
It's super cute, but I already fucked up my nails.
- Heading to the subway.
We're gonna see, I guess,
how people feel about Tuesday morning glitter
falling on them on the subway.
- Today I'm gonna go with the gold color.
I'm going to use this silver glitter
to create a little bit of an eyeshadow effect.
- Successfully made it to work today with my nails done.
I think it was easier this time around
because you didn't need as many layers as with the yellow.
So, last night, my roommate Zenna and I
ended up going to the Brooklyn Museum.
Swizz Beatz was Djing out of nowhere.
Zenna and I took over the dance floor.
I was wearing a cute little red lip, little black dress,
and I felt like all eyes were on me in a really good way.
- Today I'm headed into work early to meet a friend
who's gonna do my makeup.
- I'm putting on some purple lipstick.
It's a good color for me.
(mumbling) - I'm crying glitter.
(laughing) I dig it.
I feel like I have disco balls on my eyes.
- I'm on my way to work and the purple
is still looking nice and vibrant.
I'm so happy about it.
- Today I had my friend Jen do my makeup.
People are just so supportive,
and I'm so so lucky to be in a city like New York.
You can show up looking however you want,
and no one is gonna, I don't know,
call you names for it or anything like that.
- I'm gonna put on this blue liquid lipstick.
This is gonna be cute.
I'm loving the vibrancy.
I'm loving how it's matching with my hair.
So far, so good.
- The nail polish was also a game changer for me.
This is a shimmery gray, I really like it.
- I was meeting a friend at a restaurant
and as I was walking in somebody was like
'Whoa, you have glitter on your face.' (laughs)
- The lipstick, the pigmented color, A plus, dope, amazing.
- And they stayed on for quite a while.
- I only got a couple side eyes on the train.
Even the guy at my bodega was like 'you're rockin it, girl,'
and I was like 'give me my coffee.'
(laughing)
- I was really anxious at first,
surprisingly, to go out in public.
- What the reality is for a lot
of trans and gender nonconforming folks,
it can be a very dangerous place trying to shift
what this cultural or social understanding
of what gender is.
- I think it's cool that Fluide
is very gender neutral in their advertising.
Whether you're trans, non-binary, cis, whatever,
makeup is genderless.
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