Step #11: Lashes and Lips

Lashes

Yay lashes! With every flutter you cause a hurricane across the world because of the damn sheer size! The number or volume of lashes you choose is again, up to you. If you haven’t noticed a trend by now of CHOICE, then you haven’t been paying attention, and I recommend going back and rereading my endless squabbling.

To start, curl your natural lashes, and apply mascara. You don’t want to have light lashes peeking out of your solid black falsies.

A nice trick from Mathu Andersen (makeup artist to the stars): when applying mascara, use a wet sponge behind the eyelashes to prevent mascara from getting on your face. This goes for your initial application on your eyelashes, and on your falsies.

Before you consider applying your false lashes, make sure they are trimmed to the correct size for your eye, and length for your desired look.  Now apply eyelash glue to the seam of the lashes, and wait ~30 seconds for the glue to get tacky (sticky to touch). You can speed this up by blowing on the glue.

Use tweezers (or your fingers) to apply the eyelash, starting from the outside of the lash to ensure proper placement on your lid. Gently but firmly push the lash as close to your natural lash line. I use tweezers to squeeze my natural lash and the false lash together.  I will not lie, this is not comfortable, but my eyelashes don’t fall off, so there’s that. Make sure the ENTIRE lash is glued on.

Push your top eyelashes up and out of your eyes. You don’t want to look sad, and tired, all night long. You want to look vibrant! Curl them if necessary, and please god no Gia Gunn wonky eyelashes. Make sure those girls are glued on tight!

Once completely dry, apply more mascara to blend your natural lashes and the false lashes together.  Finally, repeat with your lower lash if desired, and apply even more sets of lashes for a really, really full look!

DO NOT FORGET: Eyelash glue is white, or clear, and is visible on your lid, so make sure you apply more eyeliner to the lash line to cover up the glue.



Lips

I ALWAYS do my lips last… why? Because I’m a hungry bitch and I want to be able to eat food all the way up to the point that I put on my corset and stop being able to ram food down my throat for the night.  Also, if I’m getting ready to go out, I probably have a glass of red wine (read bottle) beside me and I’d rather not have to reapply my lipstick before leaving the house.

As a man I have a very pronounced cupid’s bow (upper lip shape), which I like to exaggerate as a woman.  It fits my drag character, because it makes a very harsh top lip shape, to match my resting bitch cougar face and I keep a simple (yet slightly overdrawn) softer lower lip to balance it out.

While there are many possible shapes, I recommend at a minimum changing your lip from your natural line. This will help alter the overall shape of your face to be different from your natural face. Now, time for tips!

Start with lip liner.  Lip liner prevents bleeding of your lipstick onto your face outside of your outline. Use a sharp pencil to help you draw clean, precise lines. But don’t stop there!! Fill in your ENTIRE lip area with lip liner.

The reason for this is twofold: 
  1. 1. Using a base layer of lip liner will extend the life of your lipstick.
  2. 2. It will allow for ombre or multicolour fading of your lips for more intricate designs.

One your lipliner is applied, you can apply your lipstick with a brush, or a stick, or even your fingers. After the first application, gently but firmly blot your lips with a tissue, and then reapply your lipstick. Again, this will help the colour to last longer.

If you want to try a lip shape that is WITHIN your natural lip line, you have to make sure you block out your natural lip first using foundation. For example. The lip style of the Geisha requires concealing the outer corners of the mouth, and then redrawing a full top and bottom lip above and below the lip lines.


Congratulations! Your face is finished!!! There are a few finishing touches you can add to really dazzle the crowd, but stopping here would still be an achievement of transformation.




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