I haven't experimented with presenting femme in public really at all, even after being on HRT for a month. I mean, I wear women's clothes in public, but basically mom jeans and a shirt, still styled pretty masc (I actually had thigh-highs on under the jeans as kind of a reminder that only I could feel lmao). The most I've done is wear nail polish outside. Until my body changes more, really going all-out to present as femme as I want to in public is really intimidating. And for what it's worth, there are people who do HRT for like a year before they ever start presenting as their real gender, it's really common these days- and one of the reasons that the standard of care in America were so bad before the big change in 2011 is that those standards required people to present as their true gender full time for a year before starting hormones, which is a fucking nightmare if you ask me (there was also a bunch of other bullshit, like transitioning had to be "making you straight" and not presenting as the most exaggerated version of your true gender could get you cut off from hormones, e.g. trans women going to the doctor in anything other than a dress would lose their hormones for it).

Before I realized I was trans, I did try buying and wearing a dress in my room. I think I expected that I would get some kind of clarity from it, but the truth it it was just a piece of cloth lmao. Femme clothing feels affirming now that I'm out, but it aint magic. The story you always hear about people who knew they were trans since they were 4 years old and wearing dresses was an immediate lightning-bolt-clarity moment, those people exist but they're not the majority.

Not feeling trans enough is an extremely common thing. In some trans spaces I'm in, we joke that wondering if maybe you're not trans is just further proof that you're trans lmao. On that subject, there's a book called Yes, You Are Trans Enough- I haven't read it, but I've had it recommended highly to me. Could be worth a shot.