I don’t change persona’s or become another person, I just feel quite beautiful because I’m just accentuating my beautiful features I already have. But, when I put my makeup on I don’t really feel any different - I feel a little bit more confident but I do feel extremely beautiful. Yes, makeup is such a powerful tool when it comes to transformation. How does transforming yourself into drag feel? So, I would take my sisters makeup and slap it on my lips and I was living! For drag, makeup is such an important tool of transformation and liberation. When I was younger and a dancer, all the girls would be getting ready for the eisteddfod and putting on all their makeup on, and they would have a beautiful brown smokey eye and a beautiful red or nude lip - and I was very jealous. My first experience with beauty products would have to be lipstick. What was the first beauty product you ever experimented with?
So, it’s the look that’s my favorite part of the drag. I love sewing, and just the whole head to toe look, and obviously makeup is what helps finish that look. What's your favorite part about drag?īesides performing, my favorite part of drag is coming up with looks. I watched a drag show and just fell in love with the craft and now five years has gone past and I wouldn’t change it for the world. I was a dancer, I was a cheerleader, and I couldn’t really get much work as a boy. The reason why I started is because I love performing. What inspired you to step into the drag space? Take us back to where and how it all began. We spoke with Drag Performer, Danni Issues, who gives an insight into her take on the alignment between beauty and drag. Over the years, drag has played such an important role in shaping the beauty industry. Without an exaggerated brow, drags can say goodbye to captivating the audience with their mood. We all know brows are an important part of tying together any makeup look, however, drags understand this more than anyone! For drag queens, flawless brows are a MUST! The drag community uses brows to convey their emotions, which is an integral part of their performance. Drag queens have been repping makeup techniques such as baking, contouring, and expressive brow shapes in their dressing rooms before it hit the influencer and Instagram industry.ĭrag is a space where faces are completely transformed into character, through accentuation and exaggeration. Thick ombré brows, sharp and defined contoured cheeks, powerful and long false eyelashes: an airbrushed glam influenced by the drag community.
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