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“Everyone was doing songs fromMoulin Rouge!andParty Monster… None of the other young queens wanted to do 1920s Charleston.”
Jinkx was drawn in by the show’s “powerful female characters,” whichChicagohas in spades."
Frankly, it’s hard not to.
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“She’s referred to as butch.
She’s referred to as ‘Diesel’ as a nickname.
Her speech patterns indicate her own kind of mannerisms, and it’s clearly queer-coded,” Jinkx explains.
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“I gave her a pretty deep smoky eye and kept contour and blush minimal.
I use a shave cream by the brand Cremo; thesandalwood fragranceis my favorite.”
Fresh out of the shower,Clinique Moisture Surgehelps soothe her skin post-shave.
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I use makeup to prime for the makeup."
“Girls say to me constantly two things.
They say, ‘Your makeup process looks insane.
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Why do you do it that way?’'
My makeup is cracked.
My eyebrows are lifting,' blah, blah, blah,” Jinkx jokes.
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It’s why I still look like I just did my makeup.'"
Speaking ofeyebrows, that’s the one thing Jinkx doesn’t think she’s mastered in the makeup department.
“I have never had a consistent eyebrow,” she says.
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Randomly, it was like I forgot how to draw eyebrows on my face."
Mama Morton inadvertently provided a respite from that.
“There’s something I’m enjoying about scaling it back but still seeing me.
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Mama or not, you’ll never see Jinkx in a no-makeup-makeup situation, that’s for sure.
“My drag makeup, it’s like painting with acrylics on a canvas.
It’s like creating a mask.
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If I’m not wearing a lot of makeup, I don’t feel like I’ve transformed.”
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