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Every single thing we know about makeup today we owe to the art of drag. For decades, the makeup artistry vanguard toiled away on the fringes of the mainstream, usually late after sunset, in the dressing room of a bar you wouldnât walk into by accident. Until 2009, when
RuPaulâs Drag Race turned the feminine performance into.a reality competition. The show, now in its 13th year and umpteenth season, put its performers on the world stage, inspiring a new generation of queens. The queen of queens: Chicago-based
Shea CouleeÌ, who snatched her own crown last year. I love manipulating [my] face, CouleeÌ tells
The beauty of
TikTok is anyone from anywhere can pop up on your For You page, and someway, somehow, you can relate to it. With most of us are stuck inside, not being able to meet new people with the same interests as us like before, TikTok has made introductions a bit easier. The social platform has brought the ever-so-smiley
Gabe Adams, in particular, into our lives through our screens with his fun getting-ready-with-me makeup videos.
When he first started posting selfie-style videos, Adams had no expectations of viral success. So when he wasn t amassing high view counts, he definitely wasn t disappointed. Instead, Adams kept posting anyway, showing off how he creates his everyday, soft glam look or bold eye makeup.