Artificial Women

" Mascara allows her to "darken, lighten, colour [sic], thicken, lengthen, or define eyelashes." It is applied with a brush, or magic "wand." Eye shadow, "applied on the eyelids and under the eyebrows," helps "the wearer's eyes stand out or look more attractive" by adding "depth and dimension to" her "eyes" (Wikipedia). Typically, it is applied by using a brush.

To give milady's or miladyboy's cheeks a rosy hue, suggestive of health and youth, women resort to the use of rouge, or, as it is more often called today, blush. This cosmetic also highlights the cheekbones.

Women and shemales use lipsticks or lip glosses to color and highlight their lips. "New types of 'plumping' lip gloss contain ingredients which make the lips appear softer and plumper"--at least temporarily, Wikipedia observes. Lipstick or lip gloss can also be used, like eyeliner, to emphasize the contours of the lips.

Now that the face has been powdered and painted, women and shemales may turn their attention to their foundation garments: bras, girdles, panties, and hosiery or stockings.

Brassieres, or bras, as they are called for short, have a simple purpose. They cover, lift, and support the breasts, just as, in times past, the corset did. Wikipedia points out some of the other reasons that women wear bras, including "to improve the shape of the breast, to preserve modesty by minimizing or restraining them, to enhance their cleavage, to minimize movement during exercise, to facilitate nursing, or to enlarge the perceived breast size." Anyone who's seen Cruel Intentions has a pretty good idea how effective a Wonderbra is in amplifying the minimal assets of Sarah Michelle Gellar's bosom. The brassiere actually gives the impression that the actress has an imposing pair of pert and pretties. (Could the miracle bra perform the same feat for the likes of a Selma Blair or an Alyson Hannigan? one wonders.)

Panties transform milady's or miladyboy's buttocks, hips, and crotch into a veritable wonderland of possibilities.