Thursday, 10 February 2000

Drag Queen Makeup


1) Coat mascara wand in pros-aide

2) Comb pros-aide through the brows and use finger to push the product in.

3) Dry glue with a hairdryer

4) Pros-aide remains sticky so use a translucent powder to set the eyebrows in place.

5) Use a neutral base (such a a paint pot) over the eyelid and eyebrow to cancel out colour - warm tones for dark brows.

6) Leave all the products creamy until the very end so you layer lots on and correct any mistakes.

7) Sketch in a new crease line using a gel liner - use the bottom of the eyebrow as a reference for a very high crease.

8) Stipple a powder product onto the socket line to blend - stipple don't wipe so don't smudge colours.

9) Re-layer the products to build definition and intensity

10) Use a white eyeliner underneath the eye to widen

11) Underline eye further down with a black eyeliner and carry this on into the flick.

12) Add false lashes on the top and bottom lash line

13) Place a very light pigment in the inner corner, lighter colour to contrast darker crease.

14) Add any other colours to center and glitters or shimmers on top with glue or latex.

15) Exaggerate the liner in the inner corner.

16) Put a thick (greasepaint) base all over the face, on ears and down onto neck.

17) Use a very dark colour to contour the cheekbones, temples, forehead, jawline and nose. Keep the lines very straight and angular

18) Use the base, middle colour to blend lines out using a stippling motion.

19) Use a very light colour under the eyes in triangles and down the center of the nose. Again blend out with mid tone.

20) Keep layering products until happy with intensity.

21) Powder with different coloured powders - light medium and dark and blend all together.

22) Add bronzer to warm face up any where and add any more contouring.

23) Add a blush on the cheeks - can have a shimmer in.

24) Draw on eyebrows, using the top of the original brow for guidance. Best to use a brow gel and keep them quite thin and very arched.






Due to an uneven class number I worked on the other half of the model used for the examples face, meaning I was using the original makeup as a guide. Overall I was very happy with how my makeup turned out and it was very useful being able to do the process on a boy. I was not completely satisfied with my brow covering as unfortunately a grey colour transferred from my brush into the pros-aide making the brows look a lot darker, next time I will use a cotton bud or disposable mascara wand. I was very happy with the eye makeup as I think the blending was good and the contrast of colours was very striking. Overall I liked the skin makeup, though the cheek contour could have been even heavier, next time I would use a darker product. I also didn't have powders of different colours so I couldn't get the powder blend of the other side. I liked my eyebrow but because I only had a pencil not a gel it did not match the other side. However on it's own I liked the brow shape a lot and thought it suited the makeup and was a good even shape. I was also happy with the lips but would try a slightly darker or bolder colour next time to intensify them more as the eyes are quite neutral.