THE DESIGN: drag

"SUCCULENT DISH"

CHARACTER ANALYSIS:

This Character, Succulent Dish, is a Faux Queen . She is a 52 year old white female from the American Midwest in current day, 2023. She loves to be at home tending to her houseplants and her cats, but cant's resist taking a few plants with her when she gets all dolled up to hit the town. She loves nature and taking long walks noticing all of the amazing flora. She is full of life and creativity.

DESIGN STATEMENT:

I was inspired by the color palate of succulent plants in creating the character, Succulent Dish, I wanted the colors of her make-up to emulate the pinks purples and greens in the plants, as well as the gradients of one color to the next in each leaf or petal. I opted for matte finishes similar to the dry look of these plants. I chose a traditional drag look to emulate some of my favorite queens. I'm adding some artificial succulent plants to the hair to give her a quirky, creative touch, and to make the color palate make sense.

RESEARCH

This is an image of Lawrence Chaney and I love it because of the deep purple signature look in all of her styles.

This is an image of Alyssa Edwards and I love it because of the avante garde and creative flair in the costumes and hair.

This is an image of Bianca Del Rio and I love it because she is joyful and full of energy.

This is an image of Ben de La Creme and I love it because of the big teased up hair and polished feminine look.

This is an image of Ru Paul Charles and I love it because She is always very polished, and an icon of classic drag.

This is an image of Raja Gemini and I love it because Raja is extremely creative and fluidly changes her look.

This is an image of Stacy Lane Matthews and I love it because She is a plus size queen with a very strong positive body image.

This is an image of Latrice Royale and I love it because She always has a grandeur to her style.

This is an image of M.C. Rawr and I love it because I met them when they were in 9th grade, acting in their first play, and I am so very proud of their career.

This is an image of Shangela and I love it because she's a true performer, and helped bring drag to a broader audience by being the first drag performer on DWTS..

This is an image of Jinx Monsoon and I love it because She is an amazing actress and comedienne.

This is an image of Monet X Change and I love it because She embodies class and grace, and rock shorter hairstyles while still being a very feminine beauty.

This is an image of Art Simone that inspired the pink and purple shadow and colored brow

This is a look that inspired me to add more green to the look with the eye color and to use a gradient on the lip

This is an image of Kita Mean that inspired the purple and green color palate and again green eyes.

This is an image of Bee Tremmel that inspired me to use a crown of florals, or in my case suculent plants.

Eye Color Inspiration

Lip Color Inspiration

Drag Name inspiration

Headpiece Inspiration

MAKEUP, MATERIALS, AND TOOLS

Makeup:

It Cosmetics Bye Bye Undereye concealer
r.e.m. beauty white concealer
It Cosmetics CC cream in Fair
Revolution Translucent Baking Powder
NYX Ultimate Shadow Palate-Brights
e.l.f. bite sized shadow palate-truffles
Wet n Wild coloricon- Don't Steal My Thunder
NYX Vivid Matte liquid liner in black and white
Mehron Black eye pencil
Lancome Cils Booster XL mascara primer
Loreal Voluminous Mascara in Deep Green
Covergirl lip liner -Plum Partner
Covergirl Exhibitionist Cream- Grape Soda
Ulta matte lip crayon- Hazy Pink
Party City lipstick- green

Other Products:

Stilla All About the Blur Primer
Elmer's Washable Glue stick
Duo lash glue
Ardell Lashes
Moco Queen green contact lenses
Saline solution
Sexy Hair Hairspray
Artificial Succulents from Michael's crafts
Plastic headband
Beading thread.

Tools: Brushes, Sponges, Etc

Small medium and large round brushes
Angled and flat small brushes
Liner brushes
sponge eyeshadow brushes
cotton swabs
Various sized and shapes of blending sponges
Eyelash Curler
Palate
Palate knife
Hot rollers
rat tail comb
round brush

Foundation

Shadow, Highlight and Eyes

Lip and Blush

Tools

THE PROCESS

Apply Primer to entire face with fingertips except on eyebrows allow to dry at least 2 minutes.
Glue outer 2/3 of brows upward with gluestick 4-5 layers, allowing to dry between layers. smothing edges with water and fingertips.
Apply concealer to undereyes, and any blemishes, patting with fingertips
Once Brow glue is dry, apply white concealer to eyelid and glued portion of brow. with small round blending sponge
Apply foundation over entire face except for the white concealer with a damp beauty blender.
Apply a liberal amount of translucent powder to the entire face, dabing on with a large fluffy round brush. Allow to sit to " bake" ideally 5-10 minutes.
Brush off excess powder with the fluffy brush.
Create a new arched brow with the purple lipstick and a small brush. Powder to set.
Add light "hairs" over the purple with a black pencil.
Use brown shadow to contour the hairline, cheekbone, jawline and sides of the nose.
Apply layers of purple, dark ink, medium pink and light pink to the eyelid from the lash line to the brow, leaving some white exposed in the inner corner and under the new brow arch
line the inner corner, waterline and a small extension on the outer corner of the eye with white liner.
Create a cat eye outer corner with black liner, adjusting the curve to account for a hooded lid.
Insert Green contact lenses.
Apply mascara primer to natural lashes and fake lashes
Apply green mascara to natural lashes and fake lashes. Curl lashes if needed.
Glue on fake lashes
Line lips with plum lip liner, overdrwing at the middle of the bottom lip, and at the cupid's bow.
Use grape, pink and green lipstick to create a gradient from outside to inside. with a flat brush.
Add green and purple eyeshadow over the lipstick with a sponge brush or q-tip to highlight, shadow and set.
Use foundation and a sponge with a sharp edge to crisp up the outer edge of the lip.
powder to set.
Use white sparkly shadow to highlight the cheekbone, nose, innner eye, and forehead with a small round brush.
Add the light pink shadow to the cheeck with a medium round brush for blush.
For the hair, set with hot rollers and hairspray ahead of time.
After completing the make-up, tease out the curls and style with the headband adorned with the artificial succulents arranges with the beading thread.

Brow blocking and concealers

New brow and foundation

Eye shadow and contour

Ombre lips

Eyeliner, lashes and contact lenses

REFLECTION AND CRITIQUE

I thought the application went very well overall. I feel that I practiced at home enough to be able to finish it in just over an hour.

I struggled with getting smooth coverage with the concealer over baggy under-eyes, and getting a smooth blend of the eyeshadows with looser, older skin. I tried blur primer for the face, and Bye-Bye undereye for the undereye and forehead. I was still seeing undereye creases, after the foundation and using the baking powder for 5 minutes, so I tried adding more of the blur primer. It all clumped up, so I had to remove the under eye area and start again with just the Bye -Bye undereye. I think maybe a pigmented baking powder, and more time to bake with the powder over the concealer layer before foundation might have helped.

The contour on the cheek, jaw and hairline looked more apparent to me in the make-up mirror than in the final photo in the stage light, so this could have been more intense.

I had initially styled a lavender wig, but later decided that my own, darker, purple-tinted hair looked better with the palate of the succulents and the darker purple brow and lip.

I did find it hard to see with the colored contacts and long lashes on, so I feel for drag performers do full on stage performance,

I especially likes how the lip turned out. I thought it looked like the shading of real succulent leaves.

SCHEMATIC

PHOTO OF FINISHED PROJECT

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