Anavar is a mild androgen with fairly good anabolic properties. It is likely the best choice for females as androgenic side effects are few and mild if dose is 20 mg per day or less.
It will add muscle to your body and the androgenic component will add "hardness" to your muscles. Your strength will go up quite a bit. All of the above depends upon proper training, rest and a good diet of course.
Many ladies find that they can only gain well in the upper body with steroids use....so this increased upper body size and strength is what you will likely notice first.
You will likely get a little mid acne on the face and maybe the chest and shoulders but not that much really.
Your skin on your face will likely feel a little oily.
You may also notice some swelling of the clit but not that much usually.
Rarely some facial hair growth is noted most commonly on the upper lip.
On occasion anavar has caused a lowering of voice tone in females but this is very very rare at 20mg or less per day. If your voice starts to get hoarse then you might want to stop using anavar or you risk permanent voice changes.....but as I said this is very rare with anavar as long as the dose is sane.
Your cholesterol profile will shift. Most people find that their hdl(good cholesterol) will drop a lot.
Your liver enzymes will elevate somewhat as anavar is 17 alpha alkylated but this 17aa roid is metabolized more so by the kidneys than other 17aa roids like winstrol so it really isn't very hard on the liver in low doses.
Your sex drive MAY go up and it may go down ...depends on the person.
You may hold some extra water as all steroids mess with electrolyte balances...so you may look a little bloated. Some people do not experience this with steroids such as anavar that do not aromatize to estrogen.
Most people notice increased muscle pumps in the gym and especially in the low back. This low back pump/tightness as well as calf pump/tightness will almost always be felt during running or cardio.....it is often quite uncomfortable.
You WILL gain weight...some may gain as much as 20 pounds in 12 weeks. Some of this is likely to be water weight which drops off quickly after stopping the cycle. You should hold on to at least 10 pounds of body weight from the increased muscle growth, unless you were at your natural maximum developement before you started(VERY rare). If you really were at your natural max size then you will not hold on to ANY of the muscle gain for longer than 6 months as the body will not hold onto weight above what it can maintain naturally.
REMEMBER.....each person reacts a little differently to steroid use so it is hard to make absolute statements.
I recommend a 10mg per day dose taking 5mg in the am and 5mg in the pm. Do this for 12 weeks. You can always do more the next cycle if you like but I wouldn't do more than 20mg per day.
Hope this helps
RG