Drag King Makeup
How to contour and highlight your face! Here is an image I found on where natural highlights are on men and women, a perfect reference for beginning drag kings and queens like me. (no date). Available at: http://rebloggy.com/post/makeup-drag-queen-drag-king-contour-and-highlight-learn-how-to-male-contouring-f/62661627952 (Accessed: 22 February 2015).
Makeup techniques :
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re shape the face
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highlight and contour
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create facial hair
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consider male features/structure
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key characteristics
It is imporant to compare the differences between a woman's shape of face and a mans. Here is Dr Stephen Marquardts male variant of the archetypal mask.
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prominent supra-orbital brow ridges, resulting in deep set appearing eyes
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flatter and narrower eyebrows
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slightly narrower eyes
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eyes less "wide open"
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slightly larger nose
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thinner lips
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squared/angled jaw
with these points in mind, I started my own dragking makeup...
I applid thick cream makeup to contour my face, I found it difficult to blend these as I began over blending them the colours mixed too much. I created an angular jaw for myself, and tried to make my nose appear larger. I thickened and darkened my eyebrows and used a stipple sponge to stipple on facial hair in black. I ran wet gel to comb my hair back to look extra masculine!