![]() ![]() But if there’s anything drag queens do well, it’s play with every shade of the rainbow. I worked as a makeup artist for over two years and most of my clients were terrified of color. ![]() If you still find your lipstick smudges, set it with the Loose Setting Powder for extra hold.Ħ. They glide on creamy, dry down, and don't move. When it comes to lipstick, I am obsessed with liquid mattes. The trick is to fill in your entire lip, even if more lightly in the center to give your lipstick a base to stick to. Start with a lip liner to prevent feathering and bleeding. To bring dimension back to the face, a lustrous highlighter strategically placed on the high points of the face can help you get your glow on. It’s lightweight, dermatologist tested, and won’t dry out your skin. Loose Setting Powder over your foundation. Try pressing in or brushing a layer of Dermablend’s ![]() Even though in drag makeup more is more, you don’t need to go full on Marie Antoinette with this step. Some even say that’s where the term “beat your face” comes from! Powder can be a real game-changer when it comes to making your makeup last. In order to ensure long wear, us queens quite literally pound powders into our faces to lock in our foundation. Here are some tricks of the trade to help you put your best face forward.Ĥ. Whether you’re going for Naomi Campbell or Divine, you’d be surprised how many drag techniques come in handy for anyone interested in stepping up their makeup game. Unless, of course, I’m busy rehearsing my Britney Spears lip sync, in which case, back off, I’m in the zone.įor decades, queens have gone to great lengths and gotten creative with their cosmetics to transform their mugs from basic to beautiful. While I’m shocked that anyone would want to look like a life-sized Bratz doll, there are a lot of basic makeup tricks that drag makeup does right, especially in relation to foundation, so I’m mostly flattered and happily oblige. Being the fabulous city that this is, people often stop me to compliment my makeup and ask for tips. I look sort of like a pageant queen turned workout instructor. As a busy drag queen on a budget in the big apple, I always take the subway to my gigs wearing only athletic attire and a full face of cosmetics. ![]()
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