The Fetish Drag Queen

photo credit: Robert Couse-Baker

For a lot of beginning crossdressers, you are just starting out, not yet part of a community, and you are looking to find information or websites that show you how to teach yourself to put on your own makeup. Part of the joy is just to practice with different looks and styles. Just find pictures of a style and coloring that you like and copy it. Keep on practicing until you get it right. Then try another style.

You have to remember that the way that a woman puts on makeup is very different from how most guys apply it. One good idea is to buy some beauty magazines like Cosmo, Vogue, or even Skin Two and zero in on the very dramatic makeup. That’s what is needed to make guy look like a girl. One thing is beard cover. Another is purplish or greenish color under the eyes. Your face is your canvas and in some sense you are painting a pretty picture. There will be frustrating moments. But you will find that it will be worth it when the first time you do it right and then put on your wig and you are just stunned by your heavenly look.

One helpful thing that you can do is a take photo of your face after you apply the makeup. This will help you to see how others will see you. This way you can make a note of what works and what does not. The typical male make up problem is doing a good job in covering your beard area. To do this you want to use some of the heavier concealer type of make up foundations. Coloring the area with a yellow cast seems to help also.

If you read a lot of posts on forums about crossdressing, you will find that a lot of drag queens just get makeovers in at the cosmetic counter at department stores. Sometime even in male mode. And, usually no one says anything! Most of the make up clerks work on commission and they are almost always willing to help out as much as they can. Don’t be too afraid to go to a makeup counter and explain the clerk that you’re a drag queen, and you want to learn how to do your own makeup. If you are honest with her, you may just find that you have a new friend. So, don’t think that you are the only crossdresser who does this. One tip is that the makeup counters are usually the least busy in the early evening. This is the dinner hour when most women are either making dinner or putting on their own makeup to go out for the evening. Even better is Friday and Saturday. These are the best times to go.

Here is a lovely drag makeup video tutorial.

Makeup video links:

Michelle Phan
Petrilude

photo credit: fattkatt pink floyd beatles nature

Americans hold a special place in there heart for the 1980’s. Whether it is music, board games, video games, fashion, movies of TV shows, people often really love the sense of nostalgia that comes over them when the 1980’s are mentioned. Because there is such variety for men, women and children, it is easy for groups of friends or families to dress up as very recognizable characters to entertain other. Some people loved the 80’s so much that they wear 80’s costumes on days that aren’t Halloween.

Some popular 80’s costumes come from mimicking 80’s rock stars. A classic for drag queens is of course Cher. Her dressing in a leather jacket and a thong while dancing on a battleship in her “If I could turn back time video” is just simply awesome. Also, many memorable hair bands, or bands whose members have big hair, made a huge impression in pop culture. You can buy wigs and tease them to make the hair high. They can also dye the wigs any color they’d like since rainbow hair was common in the 80’s. Crimping and curling hair was popular for men and women in the 80’s. Rock starts also tended to wear very tight pants when on stage. One of these is Tina Turner if you check out her “Better be good to me” video. Of course, the tighter the pants, the better. Leather was also big for 80’s rock stars.

In my opinion one of the best 80’s costumes is to dress up like is Madonna. More of a singer than a rock star, her style has evolved so drastically in the last 30 years, but everyone still emulates her 80’s style. She often wore tights, short skirts, wacky headbands, fake pearls, heavy mascara, lingerie, finger-less gloves, sunglasses and huge jewelry. Her hair was normally crimped or curled. Another idea would be Pat Benatar.

Another popular 80’s costume is the 80’s prom queen. Dramatic cascading hair dos, long gloves and heavy make-up are must haves. Also, an 80’s prom dress can be found online or at a consignment shop. Make sure it is a bright color such as teal, magenta, tangerine, purple, etc, have huge shoulder pads and some kind of bugle beads, rhinestones, sequins or cutouts. More is more when it comes to the 80’s prom queen costume. You will also need a larger-than-life tiara and a bouquet of some sort.

photo credit: Markusram

Main stream celebrities that are rocking with leather thigh high boots these days are Rihanna, Madonna, Victoria Beckham, RuPaul, Ashanti, Halle Berry, Lindsay Lohan, Miley Cyrus, Shakira, Ciara, and Jennifer Hudson. The thigh high trend is definitely catching on (thank goodness) and making a kick (or kink?) in the celebrity fashion world, and it’s already begun to spread among the vanilla public as well.

Britney’s usually all decked in lace and leather and the leather is definitely a hit with her fans. (hit her one more time!). Leather thigh high boots are the trend this year, giving off a dash of daring along with classic sophistication. Thigh highs are definitely edgy.

You want to choose genuine thigh high boots made of patent leather, which are very shiny or glossily and gives you even more of the look of being cheap. Oh Yeah! In contrast, real leather looks great and has its appeal. You can choose from tones like the classic black or brown, or venture into red or white. Your choices will be determined based on what kind of style you’re going for.

Dark black is perfect for that rocker sensibility. Make sure to wear them extra tight! So, if you want to push the boundaries just a bit further, experiment with a more futuristic look. Let that wound and bound leather give you the dominatrix or cyberpunk look.

Resource links:

Pleaser has a lot of nice thigh high boots and shoes for the crossdresser, many with a dommina fetish flair.