Makeup School: Day 59 - Drag Makeup

Drag makeup

Surprisingly, I was easily able to find a model for this session and more than a few boys were up for it. I'm guessing guys must have some sort of curiousity with being in drag. It's usually so taboo, right? But looking beyond the prejudice and stereotype, you'll realise there are some guys out there with incredible makeup skills!

So the focus of the makeup seems to be lavish colours and OTT everything. Not only is it trying to smooth out masculine features, but also to keep it glamourous and beautiful. For those being in drag often, the guys would generally be clean shaven with no eyebrows. This makes it easier to draw false brows on.

As it wasn't recommended to shave my model's eyebrows, I had to block them out with wax before drawing them back in at a higher position. Why higher? This gives the illusion of more space under the brows, as per feminine features.

Glamour and socket eye technquies are perfect for drag looks. I kinda did a combination; defining a socket and blending out the corners. Bright blue eyeshadow was packed on under glitter, with plenty of shimmer on the 'brownbone' and top and bottom false lashes. That's the other thing about drag makeup: they love glitter, love shimmer, and love big false lashes.

It really helped that my model had softer features and not much facial hair. So much easier to work with! Finally, I added a wig and his transformation into a glamourous drag queen was complete!

xxEva