Professional cupcake” Creme Fatale is known for her high-concept performances and candy-color-makeup skills. “My signature makeup is very colorful, playful, and almost ethereal,” says the Los Angeles queen. “I love to switch up my skin tone to shades of blue, pink, green, and beyond, with lots of added sparkle.” If you’re at a musical festival all weekend long and shampooing your hair isn’t an option, paint some glitter gel along your part to deflect the haters. Use a flat synthetic brush to dab the glitter in place. Her true passion is makeup, so she loves experimenting, and no two looks are ever the same. “I would say a signature of mine over the years has been real ’70s and ’80s big, bold colors, like blues, purples, and pinks," she says. “I also love playing with textures.” Her must-have product is Duo’s eyelash adhesive, since it dries clear and stays put, and Anastasia Beverly Hills’ glitter which is “so gorgeous it speaks for itself.” I’ve been doing drag for about 16 months,” says Starlet, a 22-year-old queen in Reigate, in the U.K. “Before drag, I was in art school majoring in art and design. As an artist I’ve always been inspired by female figures, so I feel like drag was just the natural next step for me.” I've been doing drag for about five years now, and it was an absolute mistake that I got into it,” says drag queen and podcast host Meatball. “I realized I loved playing with makeup when I was young. My mom had human-hair wigs because she had cancer, so it just came naturally as an adult to do what I did when I was a child. But my wigs will never be as good as my mom’s, and she won’t let me forget it.”

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Sure, you could splurge on a shimmery body oil—or you could make your own. Pour your body oil of choice in a travel bottle and add as much glitter pigment as you want (just a sprinkle if you like a glow-from-within look or a heavy pour if you prefer a glow from the gods). Shake it up and rub it in anywhere you want extra shimmer.To turn your loose glitter into wet eyeshadow or a glaze over your cheekbones, celeb makeup artist Michael Anthony recommends using a mixing medium or primer to liquify it. First, prep the area with the mixing medium, then use a flat synthetic brush to lay the glitter on top. Word to the wise: Keep the glitter a good distance away from your eye to be safe. Grande also gets his glitter brows by spraying hairspray into a dish and adding loose cosmetic-grade glitter. To apply the “brow gel,” dip a spoolie brush in the mix and comb the glitter through your brows to shape them.

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