The Best Long-Lasting Products and Makeup Kit Essentials, According to Drag Performers [Video]

“My favorite makeup item is the Revlon ‘Color Stay Sharp Line’ eyeliner pen,” The Vixen, a New Orleans-based drag performer, tells Them. “It’s perfect for a fierce wing tip or cool designs like leopard print or spider webs!”

Lash Glue

If eyes are the windows of the face, lashes are the curtains that help accentuate the frames. Sometimes you see a performer’s lashes before you see the rest of them, and the bigger the lashes the stronger that glue has to be.

“Weave bond as eyelash glue,” Lucy Stoole recommends. “The white kind dries clear and it’s sweat-proof (great for brunch days).” And she’s not wrong — I know many queens who live by the tried and true weave bond adhesive for lashes. Personally, I find that weave bonds often expand too much to my liking, so I stick to LaFlare eyelash glues, dark for lashes and white or clear to put in my eyeshadow crease to add glitter.

Foundation

Like any strong structure — or, in this case, …