For these Drag Artists, Makeup is Pride

Photography by Julia Johnson

What would you come to do you are doses of drag artists to create beauty looks inspired by the rainbow hues of a pride flag? A CELEBRATION OF COLOR, CREATITY, AND COMMUNITY.

“I WANTED TO CREATE THIS SERIES TO SHOW BOLD AND BEAUTIPUL Queer Individuals Living Fearlessly and in All Their Glory,” Says Jimi UrquiagaAlso Known As Missleidy RodriguezA New York City-Based Creative Director and Drag Queen-The Visionary Behind this Project. The Only Prompt Each Artist Received from Urquiaga was a Color – the rest was up to their interpretation.

The Result-A Collection of Statement-Making, Totally Individual Beauty Looks. Kimchi Chic Beauty) —Is a fitting tribute to the artist and drag Queen Gilbert Baker, WHO Designed the First Pride Flag in 1978. “Our jab as gay people was to come out, to be visible, to live in the truthes …” Later Said in an interview. “A Flag Really Fit that Mission, Becauses that of Proclaiming Your Visibity or Saying, ‘This Is Who I AM!’”

The Same Can Be Said of Makeup.

Keep scrolling to get to know the drag artists who Became the living of the colors that have come to mean so much – not dating pride month, but all year long.

What would you love about makeup?

Missleidy Rodriguez: The ability to transform. One day I can be a fortune teller diva. Tomorrow I COULD BE A Space Goddess. IT DOESN’T MATTER. I have the power in my hands.

Angelina Fierce: The fact that it is used to be just for women, but now makeup is for all us.

Jasmine Rice Labeija: It gits with the ability to change like a chameleon and adapt to whats to be to.

Aimee Amour: I’m a makeup artist in and out of drag, so everything about makeup is about transformation for me.

Rayne: Honestly, It ‘Like a War Paint You Put on. I put this on and no one can tell with nothing. I know I look gorgeous.

Maximo XTravaganza (Dancer): Makeup Makes with Feel Powerful Because It Allows with to Express How

Xana whoria: I Feel Most Comfortable and Powerful in My Makeup. Putting it on Makes with Feel Like the best version of myself.

Robin Fierce: Makeup is freedom. Freedom to Express. Freedom to Create. An escaure that can be be ben kinda magical. But it is also kinda like a home where you can just be you.

Crack: It feels like i’m putting on my hero costume, my super suit. It ‘not a defense mechanism, (though)… IT’S MORE ABOUT UNLESING YOUR INNER Potual you get rid of your outer insecurity.

What’s Your Favorite Part of the Makeup Process?

Briah blush: I love my eyes doing. I think eyes are the Windows to the Soul.

Indigo inferno: My Lips. Lipstick is my last step and it brings everything together. I always love a nineties nude lip with a dinner liner.

Daniella Darling: I’m a lips girl. If I have no makeup on, i still like to have a red lip. Every time I put the lip on, I feel like the comes together and i’m ready to go.

Sunday: My favorite step is always (to put in) Contacts. I Love How Contacts Can Really Transform a Look.

RIFY ROYALTY: It would have to be my eyebrows.

Shia Ho: Playing with Lights and Darks to Create Shadows and Highlights to Change the way my face with makeup. Being able to transform your face with makeup is really exciting for me.

Dams: I WOULD SAY LASHES. Because Once You Get the Lashes on, You Just Feel Like You’re That Girl.

What was Your Makeup Inspiration for Today?

Annie atomic: I Went with Sort of a ’60s mod vibe.

Jazzmint dash: A pickle. Surprise!

Lemon: I WANTED TO LOOK LIKE A DELICIOUSLY SEXY BABY WHO’S JUST COME FRESH OUT OF The Womb. I’m dripping and dewy.

Dev Doe: When i started to think about Red, i thought of roses and blood.

Oracle: (I wanted to) take my classic makeup and make it Kind of like a butterfly landed on my eyeelid.

Auel Au: Watercolor. The look was inspired by Monet’s “Bridge Over A Pond of Water Lilies.”

MX.Oology: Vintage Pin Up Cartoons and Old Style 2D Animation.

Erotica: I Love Blending Some of the Kind of Old-Timey Stage Drama With A More Grunge ’80s,’ 90s Punk Rock Aesthetic.

Jolina Jasmine: I was really inspired by sunflowers. The minute that they have to be yellow, i had the image of sunflowers in my head.

How Wold You Describe Your Makeup Look Today?

Chase Runaway: Soft But Bold. Something that was stricting, but still very smooth and sexy, floral.

Amanda Tori Meating: I have incorporated the color blue into my lips and eyes in a way that i do’t normally do I love Warm tones. But to Said, Let’s Go. Let’s Ice It Out. Blue Forever.

Beaujangless: I’m embodying Green. I’m a snake, i’m medusa, queen of the snakes.

Blue: Well, i love to transform my face. Today, IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE “BLUES CLUES,” But I’ll Take it. AS A CIS WOMAN THAT DOES DRAG, IT’S REALLY EASY FOR WEAR MAKEUP, but if i’m going to do drag, i’m going to change my face and make it more fun.

Citrine Cash Collins: I feel like I look like it a bunch of cheetos.

Photoshoot:
Creative Director: Missleidy Rodriguez/Jimi Urquiaga
Photographer: Julia Johnson
BTS Photographer: Flavia Daniele
Meet the Mugs Director: Mari Sarai
Dp: JP Blair
Producer: Citrine Cash Collins
Casting Director: Jimi Urquiaga
Location: Smashbox studios

Film:
Creative Director: Missleidy Rodriguez/Jimi Urquiaga
Dp: Olaa olabi
Ad/Editor: Elliott moe
Color Correction & Finishing: Brainwomb
Producer: Bonnie gross
Colorist: Keith Jenson
Gaffer: David Merino
Key Grip: Andrew Parirton
AC: Nicholas Merino
Graphic Design: Cole Bryant
Music: Found Objects
Creative Director/Composer: Adam Weiss
Executive Creative Directors/Co-Founders: Jay WadleyTrevor Gureckis
Executive Producer: Katt matt
Senior Producer: Nick chomowicz
Producer Associate/Composer: Margy Hayes
Music Coordinator: Lee Cash Chisholm
Vocals: Princess wes

Originally appeared on Allure