![]() ![]() So as long as that danger is there, I think people like supporting collabs like this, because it’s a way to pamper yourself and express self-care, but it’s also a way to use your voice and participate in a great conversation. Of course, it’s easier on the coasts and the major cities, but there’s a lot of places right here in America where Kim and I would not be safe walking from the club to our hotel. It’s extremely wholesome and playful, you know? And I mean, it’s wonderful to see the needle move, but part of what makes people interested in a brand like Kim Chi’s or mine or anything drag queen driven is that the truth is Kim and I wearing the wrong outfit in the wrong part of the United States could still be killed. And I think now that people have realized it’s just people doing Halloween costumes - of course, it’s a huge political statement - but there’s nothing disarming or scary about drag. “Isn’t Elvira drag? Isn’t Pee-wee Herman drag? Isn’t Tyler Perry doing Madea drag? All this drag has been in people’s faces for so long. “I think people are finally asking themselves the question of what is drag,” said Mattel. Out direct-to-consumer on Thursday, the BFF4EVR collection comprises a $45 palette with 20 shades - a mix of earth tones, bright pigments and glitter - a $16 blush and $28 highlighter, each with two colors, as well as $15 demi-matte lipsticks in four shades, $15 liquid lipsticks with a matte finish in four shades and a merch folding fan.Ībout 80 percent of drag queen fans are “females in their twenties,” she went on, adding drag queens are the originators of major trends and techniques in beauty like baking, highlighting and contouring. “It was a little over a year ago that we started conceiving of the products.” “Selfishly, part of this is just about two friends wanting to hang out,” said Mattel. Life has gotten busy, and they’ve reunited to collaborate. They would both end up making the cut to join “ RuPaul’s Drag Race,” appearing on separate seasons. Now I have more foundation than I know what to do with.” “Imagine Kim and I trying to find a shade that kind of worked for both of us, because we were on a budget,” added Mattel. ![]() “There was a time when we put our money together just to buy foundation for our gig that evening,” said Chi. “Honestly, besides the fact that we were struggling financially to pull together looks, we both have talked and said it’s probably the happiest times of our lives.” Kim Chi is a South-Korean drag queen who is most known for being in the top 3 of RuPauls Drag Race season 8. “We would couch surf with each other every weekend, working for enough money to catch the train and get food,” said Mattel, who’s originally from Milwaukee. ![]() They would help one another, bring each other out on drag gigs. Brentwood Country Mart Marks 75th Anniversary ![]()
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