Originally, this was supposed to be the title of a post in which Taffy Pulls demonstrates on me, the way she does her makeup.
However, the last two weeks of Taffy's RuPaul's Drag Race Viewing Party, at Styxx, have given me a chance to experiment on my own. In honor of Snatch Game, last week, on the show, Taffy asked for volunteers to dress up as her, complete with outfits she has worn, and her wigs.
I'd known in advance that this was the plan for that night. And, I'd planned on shaving off the goatee so that I wouldn't look so silly. And, I forgot to. So, I turned out looking like a bearded Taffy. It was fun. I made a fool of myself in front of a bunch of people who were drinking, in a gay bar.
This week, in honor of the girls on the show having a challenge of putting on face in the dark, Taffy asked for volunteers to do makeup blindly. Thinking, oh, I've watched Shaunna Rai, Tatoola, Vanila Honey-Bush and Taffy put on face a ton, I should be able to do this no problem. Yeah, not so much. I kinda choked. I was freaking out. "What the hell are all these things for?" kept going through my head.
I had a cheering section telling me to just throw stuff on. I forgot that when you do makeup for drag, that it's supposed to be a little (a lot) bolder, and less " natural". So the face I put on was barely noticeable. Closer to a term that I've heard Shaunna Rai use, "tranny realness", than Drag "fishiness". Although, either way, it was still really badly done.
Would I do it again? Hell yeah. I had so much fun, both times. I'm half tempted to be Taffy's underwear model next week, because it would be fun. Only half though, because I don't know if I dare dress down that much for three minutes, in front of a group of drunk gay guys.
However, the last two weeks of Taffy's RuPaul's Drag Race Viewing Party, at Styxx, have given me a chance to experiment on my own. In honor of Snatch Game, last week, on the show, Taffy asked for volunteers to dress up as her, complete with outfits she has worn, and her wigs. I'd known in advance that this was the plan for that night. And, I'd planned on shaving off the goatee so that I wouldn't look so silly. And, I forgot to. So, I turned out looking like a bearded Taffy. It was fun. I made a fool of myself in front of a bunch of people who were drinking, in a gay bar.
This week, in honor of the girls on the show having a challenge of putting on face in the dark, Taffy asked for volunteers to do makeup blindly. Thinking, oh, I've watched Shaunna Rai, Tatoola, Vanila Honey-Bush and Taffy put on face a ton, I should be able to do this no problem. Yeah, not so much. I kinda choked. I was freaking out. "What the hell are all these things for?" kept going through my head.
I had a cheering section telling me to just throw stuff on. I forgot that when you do makeup for drag, that it's supposed to be a little (a lot) bolder, and less " natural". So the face I put on was barely noticeable. Closer to a term that I've heard Shaunna Rai use, "tranny realness", than Drag "fishiness". Although, either way, it was still really badly done.
Would I do it again? Hell yeah. I had so much fun, both times. I'm half tempted to be Taffy's underwear model next week, because it would be fun. Only half though, because I don't know if I dare dress down that much for three minutes, in front of a group of drunk gay guys.
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