Male to Female Gender Diverse, Transgender & CD Makeup Lessons

Male to Female (MTF) Gender Diverse, Trans & Cross Dressing (CD) Makeup Lessons

(and Other Trans Services)

Being a rainbow company ourselves (the Iridis Founder, Peta-Gai is a queer woman and she created Iridis with her ex-wife…plus, ‘Iridis’ is Latin for rainbow!), Iridis is extremely proud to offer MTF Transgender & Cross Dressing (CD) Makeup Lessons Melbourne and other, related services.

Peta-Gai, being a queer woman, is specialised in supporting the rainbow community, in her very welcoming and inclusive makeup studio, which she now runs with her Trans Woman partner Vanessa, who is also her Studio Manager – PG and Vanessa live the rainbow!

Peta-Gai is very experienced in making over and teaching makeup to Gender Diverse Folk, Trans Women & Cross Dressers, to create the illusion of more feminine features, and can show you how to use these makeup techniques to feminize your look. These techniques have been built over 15 years of experience with people who would like to feminise their face – it’s a specialty that is very unique and tailored to the person. These techniques have been developed by Peta-Gai with her 30 years experience in makeup and is not done by other artists in the same way.

This suits you if you’re looking for beginner makeup lessons or you need something more advanced, or you’d like something custom to suit where you are at in your gender journey.

In the complete privacy of the Iridis Makeup Studio in Newport, Victoria, your confidentiality and privacy is assured. We are warm, encouraging and patient, while we show you our ‘feminine hacks’ for you to create a beautiful face of makeup to help you feel more like the woman you are on the inside. Iridis is a safe, private, non-judgemental and welcoming place where your diversity is celebrated. You’ll feel like one of the girls – which is exactly as it should be. 

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You have a number of options for Trans & CD Makeup Services:

🏳️‍⚧️ A GENDER DIVERSE/TRANS/CD MAKEOVER 🏳️‍⚧️  $275

This makeover service is where Peta-Gai makes you over, based on what she thinks would look gorgeous on you. She will feminise your features, apply beautiful makeup, and false lashes and you will be able to revel in your feminine gorgeousness.  Whatever look you’re desiring, we can create – subtle glam, full glam, sexy smoky goodness and everything in between.

All of your most beautiful features are brought out with our makeup and magic, and you will see your feminine self through the eyes of a Makeup Artist, in a way you’ve never seen before!

We will consult with you to create your ideal feminine look, and tie it in with what you’re wearing and how you’d like to present – this is all about YOU.

A fantastic first starting point to feel gorgeously YOU and meet your new female self, looking fabulously pretty and beautiful.

Feel free to bring your wigs, female clothes and shoes and Peta-Gai will take your photos in a mini-iPhone photoshoot under our makeup lights, with you looking fabulous! You can also get dressed at our Studio. 

If you would like us to remove your makeup at the end of your session, we are happy to do so (so sad though!), and it has a $50 fee payable on the day. We also have makeup remover you can purchase if you’d like to take it off after you swan around 

🏳️‍⚧️ A TRANS/CD 3 HOURS OR 6 HOURS MAKEUP LESSON 🏳️‍⚧️  $427/$797

Being a rainbow company ourselves, Iridis is extremely proud to offer MTF Transgender and Cross Dressing (CD) Makeup Lessons in Melbourne. These lessons are some of the work that truly lights us up.  Our Studio Manager is Vanessa, who found us via this very page on our website, came in for a Trans Makeup Lesson and later joined our team (and is now Peta-Gai’s partner in life, as well as in Iridis!)

Peta-Gai is very experienced in teaching makeup to Gender Diverse people, Trans women and Cross Dressers, to create the illusion of more feminine features, and can show you how to use these makeup techniques to feminise your look. You will learn how to do great makeup as part of living your feminine life.

In the complete privacy of the Iridis Makeup Studio in Newport, Victoria,  your confidentiality and privacy is assured. We are warm, encouraging and patient. We will show you our ‘feminine hacks’ so you too can create a beautiful face of makeup to help you feel more like the woman you are on the inside. Iridis is a safe, private, non-judgemental, and welcoming place where your diversity is celebrated. You’ll feel like one of the girls – which is exactly as it should be. 

Your makeup design and lesson will be tailored just for you, in a hands-on, practical and information-packed session. Your tailored session will show you how to:

• Prep your face for makeup – including simple skin care tips for trans women;
• Cover your beard and moustache shadow;
• Create a more flawless foundation finish that will last all day;
• Minimise more masculine features;
• Utilise great highlighting and contouring techniques for more feminisation;
• Apply simple eyeshadow techniques to make your eyes pop, including a day look, a night look and even a smoky, sexy look for going out;
• Choose makeup colours that will suit you and flatter your complexion;
• Craft a feminine brow shape to suit your face, including recommendations on how to feminise your brows;
• Apply colour to your face with blusher and lips, (how and where to), including making lips look fuller and more luscious with liner; and
• Apply expert makeup to have you feeling one step closer to your true, authentic female self.

Two options are available depending on your time available and what you need to learn:

The Three-(3)-Hour Lesson gives you an overview of all the basics of skincare and makeup to feminise your face and have you present as female beautifully. It will provide a solid overview on skin, foundation base, beard correction, basic eyes, brows, contouring, highlighting and cheeks and lips. $427*

The Six-(6)-hour lesson gives us more time to really delve into makeup to suit you. We cover more advanced techniques like expert eyes, smoky eyes, how to apply lashes, more on how to feminise your face using different features (eyes, cheeks, lips, brows) and how to create advanced night looks. $797*

Bring your wigs and your feminine outfits and we’ll even take a photo for you on your phone, in the great makeup lighting, for you to have a record of your enhanced gorgeousness!

🏳️‍⚧️ GENDER DIVERSE/TRANS/CD BROW FEMINISATION SCULPTING SERVICE 🏳️‍⚧️  $95/$75

The art of a beautiful Gender Diverse/Trans/CD Brow Feminisation is a technique not truly understood by most Beauty Therapists. It is a unique skill and one we pride ourselves on here at Iridis.

Most therapists will want to just ‘tidy up’ underneath and follow the natural line of the brow. But that is not what we do at Iridis because it doesn’t feminise the face to the appropriate level. Being specialists in all things Trans and CD, we know how to reshape a brow to create a more feminine look to the entire face.

In an up to 60-minute appointment to feminise your brows to whatever degree you desire (slightly femme for those who still live part time as their boy self, or more advanced femme for those ready to embrace), we will create brow magic for you.

Iridis’s Brow Whisperer, Peta-Gai, will craft your very own unique Gender Diverse/Trans/CD Feminisation Custom Brow Arching & Design for you – this is so much more than “a brow wax”. 

Our Peta-Gai was trained by American Skincare, Makeup and Brow Guru, Donna Mee, (the ‘Beauty Prodigy’), the way Donna taught Peta-Gai the brows is unlike anything anyone else teaches when it comes to creating symmetry, shape, arch, lift and extra gorgeousness. It is a highly unique brow service that produces remarkable results.

For Peta-Gai’s amazing up-to 60-minute Trans Feminisation Brow Whispering appointment, her brow magic includes:

✅ Measuring 16 points and all elements of your face to ensure your brows enhance your intrinsic beauty and create the most feminine shape to suit you (and how much you need to stay in ‘boy mode’ v’s ‘girl mode’;

✅Designing the correct brow shape to match hair growth patterns, enhance your face shape, eye shape and size of your nose (for example, if your brows start in the wrong position for your features, they will make your nose appear bigger!);

✅Ensuring the correct brow length that won’t age you, or drag down your face;

✅ Creating symmetry where you may not have had an even or symmetrical brow;

✅ Design the correct shape of your brow to suit your features;

✅ Sculpting your brows to balance your features – this includes making a nose look smaller, cheekbones appearing higher, foreheads being balanced, and eyes more uptilted and youthful;

✅ Giving you a remarkable “brow lift” with a bit of her magic – removing a few hairs, filling in some others, changing the angles of your brows to give you the lift you need (and maybe didn’t even know you did!);

✅ Tinting, tweezing, waxing and filling your brows to perfection!

✅ Teaching you our secrets on how to survive the growing out process, without stuffing it up;

✅ ANDDDD a mini lesson on how to fill in your brows with makeup like a pro without looking like you’ve drawn on your brows with a sharpie!!

OUR PREMIERE TRANS SERVICE….. 

🏳️‍⚧️ TRANS TWO DAY FEMININE IMMERSION EXPERIENCE 🏳️‍⚧️  Two wonderful days, $1999

One Full Day of Makeup and another Full Day of Trans Social Transitioning Hacks – this is everything you need to know to step fully into the feminine.  This service includes a Brow Feminisation, endless coffee and tea, and snacks, and an extra hour of the makeup lesson. 

DAY ONE… it is MAKEUP, MAKEUP, MAKEUP! A full day makeup lesson, hands on, and tailored to you and your style of how you want to present femininely. 

We cover everything you need in order to present female visually on your gorgeous face:

• Skincare secrets for trans women
• How to create a beautiful, flawless base of foundation
• How to hide beard shadow, and dark circles
• Facial feminisation techniques, including contouring, highlighting, and blusher techniques to present more femininely 
• Eyeshadow techniques for day, night and smoky looks
• Eyeliner techniques 
• Brow feminisation and shape to suit your features
• Luscious lips including liner, lipstick and gloss
• False lashes application (if there’s time, depending upon learning pace) 
• Mini-iPhonephotoshoot at the end. 

DAY TWO is a Deep Dive Discussion of all things trans that will aid you in your journey into the feminine and help you present as a woman socially with confidence. These are the secrets to transitioning easily and joyfully and give you a lot of information in an easy to digest way. Complete with an amazing Workbook too!

 

In a group with other trans women, or individually,

we cover all the feminine hacks that you need to know to transition successfully. This was created as a result of my trans clients asking Peta-Gai questions on other topics during a makeup lesson. Peta-Gai did the research and gathered everything together to answer the commonly asked questions when you’re just starting out on your trans journey.

There’s so much conflicting advice on the internet, and it’s scattered everywhere. You have to dig around to find the right information for you. Our program has it all in one spot, delivered as a lovely conversation.

We cover insider tricks and tactics to pass comfortably and to feel your most feminine:

• The ins and outs of wigs, whether you go with synthetics or natural hair and the pros and cons of each, including how to determine what will fit into your lifestyle, as well as how to look after your hair as it grows;
• A bunch of girly (non-makeup) stuff, for example – what are your nails options (SNS, shellac, acrylic, normal paint etc), perfume choice, choosing your breast size for augmenting the natural shape, lingerie, padding for a more feminine shape, tucking and how to put yourself together beautifully. 
• A whole discussion on clothes, shoes and accessories, including advice from a Trans Fashion Stylist, on how to dress for your shape, and create a feminine silhouette;
• Practical advice around coming out at work and with family and friends, how to change your name legally, and psychology advice from a gender psychologist specialist on how to navigate the emotions of transitioning. We include advice on navigating partners, kids, family and how to navigate trans dating in this modern world! 
• We explore facial feminisation surgery, gender affirmation surgery, how hormones work and affect your face and body, as well as practical tips on voice training; and
• A chance to ask all the questions you’ve been wanting to ask someone but didn’t know where to start; and
• All the info you need to step into becoming the woman of your dreams. 

Book now to secure the ultimate feminisation experience.

*Please note that your session time may go over the allocated time due to the variances of a makeup lesson and how people learn best. We go at your pace, so you’re not rushed, as this is often a new experience for you. We also take time to get to know you and your journey as part of the lesson process. It’s important we can get a feel for who you are, what your journey has been and how best we can serve you. We allocate this extra time for you as part of this process.

Testimonial from Belinda, who is now living as a woman, her true self: “When I was a bridesmaid for a friend’s wedding, I searched around for a professional makeup artist to make me look as good as possible for this special day. I did a lot of online searching and came across Iridis Cosmetics, which seemed worth trying. On the day of the wedding, Peta-Gai McLaughlin came to my place to do my makeup. I have had my makeup professionally done a few times before, but no one did such a great job as Peta-Gai. The result was extraordinary. As a transgender female, I was astounded at how beautiful she made me look and feel. Her makeup skills are astounding, as are her hair styling skills. At the end of the day of the wedding, I was so reluctant to wipe off my makeup. Her work seemed like a true masterpiece. I will only ever use Iridis Cosmetics in future for any more professional makeup. I highly recommend Peta-Gai and Iridis to anyone considering getting their makeup done.”

Photo: The gorgeous Belinda, ready for her first official outing as a woman – as a bridesmaid in her bestie’s wedding! (This was emotional for both of us – Peta-Gai and Belle had a little teary moment together when she was all made up – it was a moment that forged their life-long frienship.) Makeup and Wig Styling by Peta-Gai.

Testimonial from Bella: “I attended a Trans Two Day Feminisation course with Iridis.  I was apprehensive attending the workshop. As soon as I arrived, my fears were unfounded. Peta-Gai was so welcoming, understanding, and respectful of my situation in my journey of transitioning.The most impressive thing was Peta-Gai’s knowledge and skills of makeup. I learnt so, so much – from how to look after my skin, what brush to use for each product and even to how to contour and feminise my face.  It was an investment, but worth every cent. Not to mention the coffee and great vibes of Iridis.  I had an amazing 2 days with Peta-Gai and Vanessa, the Studio Manager. I can highly recommend this to anyone looking to improve their knowledge of makeup – cis or trans. Such a great experience.”

ABOUT WHY WE LOVE OUR TRANS WORK 

Iridis is a rainbow company – Peta-Gai founded Iridis with her ex-wife and runs it with Vanessa, her Studio Manager and partner in life as well as in Iridis. And in fact, Iridis is Latin for “rainbow”! We are the literal rainbow company.  We are non-judgemental and provide a very kind and gentle environment where we can discuss your gender, trans and CD journey and provide a gorgeous space for you to be your true, authentic self. You will feel very supported, accepted and safe, and we have a private studio where you’ll be the only client. We celebrate the diversity of our trans sisters.  Our Studio Manager is Vanessa, who is a trans woman who started out as a client and who later joined our team to share more of the makeup and rainbow love.

Our trans work is some of the most rewarding work we do – we love a good makeover, but for a Gender Diverse, Trans woman & CD Gal, it’s one of the most incredible experiences to immerse themselves in the feminine. Iridis provides that exact safe space for all women and gender diverse people to explore their femininity. 

Book in to start your feminisation!