DRAG TALK
What I’m Thankful For Here’s three things that this drag queen is grateful for this year! thankful for as a drag queen. Then I am going to share where you can either get those things or make them yourself! Let’s get started. The three things I am thankful for are: wigs, makeup and padding! Three very important things for a drag queen. When you are looking for the perfect wig, sometimes they can’t just be bought from a wig store on Cleveland Avenue. Sometimes you have to buy tracks or ponytail wigs to sew together to make a wig. My favorite type of wigs are ponytail wigs. The wigs are much fuller and you can tease the hair so it has more height. If you’d ask any queen that loves big hair, they’d say, “The bigger the hair the closer to God.” If you don’t believe me, just ask my friend Jada Fenix-Lorez! Personally, I like big hair but I find nothing wrong with short wigs. I think sometimes it’s easier to throw them on and go! I like to call them my little shake and go’s! Shake and go wigs can be found at pretty much any wig store! Next up: makeup. You really want to take your hair color into consideration when you are buying or applying makeup. Eyebrows are important; you don’t want blonde eyebrows with black hair, so here’s a piece of friendly advice — make sure your eyebrows and wigs match. For drag queens the best advice I can give is “CoverGirl does not cover boy!” I think my friend John Sparaco, owner of Midnight
Jennifer Lynn Ali, Miss Southbend 2018.
By Jeff Skinner It’s November and wow, does time fly when you’re having fun! I can’t believe it’s the month where I will be joining others to do No Shave November! That is something I am very excited for. There’s a lot of things this month 26 | OCTOBER 2018
that are going on! No Shave November, Trans Awareness Month and Thanksgiving. November is also a month where I like to share things that I am thankful for (and I also like to eat)! Growing up, my favorite thing was to talk to my family about what I was thankful for, so I have picked out three things that I am
Reianna Ali has the perfect hair, makeup and body! TRUE Q MAGAZINE
