- Hi everybody, it's Aiden Zhane
from RuPaul's Drag
Race season 12.
I am going to be
recreating my entrance look
into the Werk Room.
The look is very
classic Aiden Zhane,
when people think of me,
this is going to be the face,
the hair, the everything
that they think of.
So watch me go
from this to this.
(upbeat music)
First things first, I
like to just, you know,
put on a nice little wig cap,
make sure my hair
is pulled back,
not that I have much of it,
but gotta have a
nice clean area.
And I like to keep
my brows shaved off.
So I don't have to worry
about blocking them out
or gluing them down.
For my foundation,
I just like to use a
full coverage paint stick
because I am a man and I
need to cover up everything.
I am just going to use, just
a little cheap makeup sponge
to just blend this out.
I'm not one of these
girls who worries
about a beauty
blender or whatever.
I don't care if it's cheap as
long as it gets the job done.
The fastest, I think, that
I've ever done my makeup,
and I wouldn't recommend it,
but I'd say probably
about half an hour.
But I like to take my time.
I'm one of these girls who
halfway through I like to stop,
have a drink, listen
to some music.
Normally I would say it takes
me about two hours though.
Getting into makeup is actually
my least favorite
part of doing drag.
It could be my first
time doing it in a month
and I'm still gonna be like,
uh, I don't want to. (laughs)
I like the result once it's done
but getting in is not the tea.
Not for me anyways.
My next step, I like to
paint on my cheek contour.
And I generally just
use a paint stick.
And I think when people
tend to think of my face
they think of everything as
very angled and straight up.
So my cheeks, my
eyes, everything,
I love to like to paint
at a severe angle.
And then again we are just
going to blend that out.
I'm not so much a
legitimate woman.
I'm a bit of a
cartoon character.
I like to think I look sort
of alien like, sort of sci-fi.
I think it's my face really
that pulls together
a lot of my looks.
After cheeks are done,
I like to go in and
start my highlight,
painting it at a
very severe angle.
If I were at home painting,
I would probably have
a nice playlist on,
something to get me in
the mood for performing.
So maybe some Marilyn Manson
or whatever I happen to
be performing that night.
Listening to my
lip-sync song on repeat.
Making sure I have
those lyrics down.
Next we are going to go in
and give a little highlight
to the lower cheek,
right underneath the contour.
Now it's time to set it all.
I just like to use a
nice translucent powder.
Beat that face.
Make sure you pack it in there.
Get everything nice and set.
'Cause if you don't,
you're gonna end up
looking greasy and chunky.
Doing my face for my
entrance look on the show,
I really wanted to stick
to something that was,
just very classic
me, very simple,
and something that I knew
I would look good doing.
I didn't wanna walk
into that Werk Room,
you know, first
impression, looking a fool.
And next, go in and
add to that contour
with a nice pressed powder.
I like to also, use this pressed
powder to sort of define,
it's sort of like your temple
area right here in your head,
because my highlight goes so
high right above my highlight.
I don't generally
tend to worry too much
about the top of my forehead
because my wigs tend
to cover that anyway.
Also, I like to go in
like that on my jawline
just to give a little
bit of darkness,
a little bit of
definition to separate it
from the neck area.
It's subtle but it's something
that makes a difference.
Next, I am going to go back in
with my cream highlight,
which is my clown white.
Just to help give,
I like, you know,
to have my cheeks more defined,
so just to give a nice white
line under that contour.
And you wanna be
careful when you do this
'cause using grease
on top of the powder
after you've already set
can get messy real quick.
You know I do love
a good horror movie,
I think that's the
thing that I liked
about the way I started
painting my face was,
it gives a very sort
of bitchy, wicked vibe
without being too much.
I don't have to put
on black lipstick
and look goth to look dark,
or you know, whatever.
I can also have bright pink,
but still look like I
might stab somebody.
Now, that my contour
and highlight and
all of that is done,
I am going to move on
with lining my eyes.
The very first
thing I like to do
before I start eyeshadow
and all of that.
Instead of extending
it so much out,
I like to kind of
bring it straight up.
I also have a shaky hand,
so if you're like me
you gotta really take your time.
So just map it out like that.
And now we are going to go
in with a red eyeshadow.
Let's start with
this red right here
in the crease of the eye.
And then I just like
to take my brush
and slowly work and
blend that upwards
to sort of match the height
of this little wing outline
that we have going on here.
And now we are going to go in
and add the black on my
lid and sort of, you know,
bring that up into the red.
Again, just sort of
applying it right
where your crease
is at to start with.
Just coat your
whole lid in black.
And then I like to take it
and sort of just start
shaping it upward
into that wing blueprint
that we did earlier.
And then because I'm not
a professional, you know,
I kinda have to go back
and forth a little bit,
we're gonna go back in
with a little bit of red
just to brighten
things up a bit.
We are gonna go in with
a black liquid liner
and we are going to basically
just go right over top
of the black eyeshadow that
we just did and coat that all.
Now that your wings are
looking nice and dark,
I'm gonna go back in again
with my pencil liner
and do my waterline
and sort of just finish
shaping things up
and getting it looking correct.
I'm going to go back
in with that same red,
again just brighten things
up a little bit more on top
and add a little bit just
under your eye as well
to sort of just add
something a little bit extra
I guess, I don't
know, don't ask me,
I'm not a professional, I'm
just, I'm on this ride with you.
♪ All in my head ♪
If there was one
part of my makeup
that is very just specific to me
and really just kind
of creates my face,
it's definitely my eye shape.
I don't think there's
very many girls
who paint their wing almost
straight up to the damn sky.
Pretty much every
time I get in drag,
it's a little bit of a
panic until she's finished.
I'm like, oh okay, it did
work out, there she is.
Now that my eyes are,
for the most part done,
I'm going to move down
and we are going to
line the lips first.
I have very small lips so
I like to exaggerate that
and sort of put an outline
for where my new
lips are gonna go.
Like so.
And now that they're lined
and we have our new lip shape,
we can go in with whatever
color and fill that in.
Today it's gonna be red.
I say red, but its more
of like a plum, I guess.
And we went from no
lips to big lips.
We're going to
use the same liner
that we used to outline
my lips, my eyes,
and we're going to
use it on the brows.
Much like everything
else on my face,
I like everything sort of
reaching up to my scalp.
Brows are actually my
least favorite thing to do
when it comes to
makeup in general.
I hate doing my brows.
I hate getting them symmetrical.
So, wish me luck on this.
I started shaving my
brows off completely,
probably a few years ago.
I just did it one day just
to see what it was like
and fell in love
with how much easier
things are for painting,
and I sort of just
never went back.
I'm not somebody
who really cares
about not having them
as a boy, I guess.
Plus, I wear glasses and it
sort of hides it anyway so...
After I have sort of
sketched on one brow,
I like to go in with a
nice sharp, thin brush
and sort of use it to sculpt
and blend out that liner.
It doesn't have to be
absolutely perfect,
we're gonna go back
in in a little bit
and sort of line the
bottom of it in white
so if things are a
little bit messy,
it's all right, don't panic.
I like to do one brow at a time,
so next we are going
to go underneath that
with my clown white
and sort of just
fill in this space
between my brow
and my eye makeup
and really just kind of
connect the two almost.
And I like to just use my
finger to sort of pat that out
and blend it in to
that red down there.
We are going to go in
and add a nose contour
because I like to keep
everything very sculpted,
we don't wanna keep
this regular nose.
We are going to use
a pressed powder
and a little cheap,
dollar store paint brush
that I have had with
me since the beginning
of doing drag years ago.
And as you can see it has broke,
and I have glued it back
together multiple times
because it is perfect.
I've never found anything else
that I like using as
much as this brush.
So I will glue it back together
as many times as I need to.
I think most girls like
to do their nose contour
the same time that they do
their cheeks and everything else
but I don't like to use grease
or do it prior to everything.
I've always found that
it's easier for me
to go in with a pressed powder
and almost always do it last.
I think over the years,
my makeup has definitely evolved
from one thing to another.
When I first started
off, I think I tried
to keep things more natural
or feminine or whatever,
but as time went on I sort
of just started enjoying
this more angled, this more
exaggerated makeup style,
because I don't know,
I think it just really
works with my face.
It's always a learning process,
you're always changing things.
Don't get stuck in one
way of doing things.
The last thing that I like
to do before moving on
and putting on lashes
and everything else,
is I just like to go back
in, sort of, you know,
make sure my contour is good,
sort of touch everything
up one last time.
I also like to add just a
little bit of blush here,
right above my contour
to just tie in that space
in between the highlight
and the contour.
I'm just gonna go
in one more time
and sort of define that under
area again with my white
to make sure everything
is nice and clean.
Now it's time for
mascara, and then lashes.
I like to use a little
bit of hair bonding glue.
Just put it right
there on my fingertip
and take the lash
and sort of just dip it in the
glue right along the edges.
I like to use
little baby lashes.
I don't need no 301
stacked on my face.
I think a lot of queens
prefer just bigger,
more exaggerated lashes
but I've always just,
I've always just
preferred smaller lashes.
I like the way it
looks on my face,
and that is enough
of a reason for me.
Let those dry for a second.
And then I just go back in
with a little bit of mascara
to bond my real lashes
with my false lashes.
And I think that
about wraps things up.
I am going to go
and get my full look
and bring everything together
and I will be right back.
This is my entrance look
from season 12 of
RuPaul's Drag Race.
I love this look because it's
very classic Aiden Zhane.
I think when a lot of
people think of me,
they think of this
cropped black wig,
they think dark, sexy,
little bit horror.
I hope you enjoyed
watching me paint my face,
I hope to see you
guys in the future.
Come and watch my shows!
