9 Drugstore Beauty Products Drag Queens Swear By
9 Drag Queens on the Drugstore Beauty Product They Swear By
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To riff off the wise words of Benjamin Franklin, there are only three certainties in this life: death, taxes, and the slay of a drag queen's hair and makeup. (Although anyone who's watched any season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" could have told you that.) With drag, the entire getting ready process is an art form, a masterclass in transformation.
And that's before the stage lights, coordinated twirls, and strenuous lip-syncing routines (to Madonna or Beyonce, probably) come in to play. It's why you can always count on a drag queen's recommendations of the best hairsprays, nail glue, and makeup that can hold on for dear life through every cartwheel. Plus, because they are so well-versed in the world of beauty products, they know how to make it work on a budget, honey. As for their drugstore go-tos? Well, that's where we come in.
On the (five-inch) heels of the "RuPaul's Drag Race" season 15 finale, we asked the show's contestants — including finalists Anetra, Luxx Noir London, and Mistress Isabelle Brooks, among others — for their favourite drugstore beauty buys. Keep reading for the products that fit the bill, no Benjamin required.
Anetra's Drugstore Beauty Pick:
Coty Airspun Loose Powder ($7)
The concept of "baking" your makeup was plucked straight from the drag queen playbook, so it's in everyone's best interest to take their setting powder picks to heart. For "RuPaul" frontrunner Anetra, the choice is easy: the Coty Airspun Loose Powder. "That's such a drag queen answer, but Coty Airspun is one of the best powders ever," she says. "It just has talc in it so you have to hold your breath when you [apply] it."
Marcia Marcia Marcia's Drugstore Beauty Pick:
Got2b Glued Blasting Freeze Hairspray ($9)
Listen, through cartwheels and sashays, you need a wig that'll hold on for dear life, and that's where some damn good wig glue and a high-hold hairspray come in. According to Marcia Marcia Marcia, the latter is this formula from Got2b, which she says she uses for "a million different things."
Mistress Isabelle Brooks's Drugstore Beauty Pick:
Neutrogena Makeup Removing Wipes ($7)
With makeup — and especially drag makeup — what goes on must come off, so you need a good remover. Mistress Isabelle Brooks says these Neutrogena wipes "hands down" are the best on the market.
