How I Became A Drag Queen

Now for the fun part…the transformation!! Start by removing all stray hairs from around your eyebrows. They are pesky, and will show up through your makeup. This goes for not only your eyebrows, but any other hairs you may have on your face or body (if you’re putting makeup on your neck and chest, check your neck and chest). Proper eyebrow length and shaping guidelines. This image should (may) also be used as a guideline  for drawing on new eyebrows after erasing the face.  (photo from Making Faces by Kevyn Aucoin) If you’ve never plucked your eyebrows before, here is a good rule. Grab a brush or pencil or some other straight long tool (insert dirty thoughts here) and make a line from the outside of each nostril to the corners of your eyes (picture on left). Where the line hits your eyebrow is where your eyebrow starts (1) or ends (3). You’ll notice this is also the ‘rule’ for drawing on new eyebrows, but we’ll get to that later. If you don’...

Shave off that unwanted body hair… …or don’t. Really it’s up to you and your character, but most queens try to be more feminine in body type, which means, shave off all of that male body hair. Chest hair, stomach hair, facial hair, back hair, leg hair, and even down there if you really want to. I do, but then again, if you’re going to do something, might as well go all the way with it. Halfway through the hair removal process. Bye bye otter. If you’re like me, and have some fur to manage, this step might take a while.   You might want to trim your hair down to skin level first. Have a nice warm shower to soften the hairs, and follow that with a nice clean shave using lots of shaving cream. For the smoothest result, go against the grain (this means shave upwards in most cases, not downwards).   To help prevent razor burn and ingrown hairs, rinse the shaved areas afterwards with cold water.   If you’re still prone to ingrown hairs you will probably be more comf...