- There are definitely aliens out there,
like 'cause we found life in places
that we never thought we'd find it, you know in the depths
of the ocean and,
- In my heart.
- Yeah, yeah.
(laughs)
(smooth music)
- Hi guys, I'm Alex Faction
and I am a professional makeup artist.
- My name is Jonnie Reinhart and I am a drag performer.
And today,
(laughs)
should we say it in unison, - Should we just, yeah,
- Would that be cute?
- Oh yeah, unison's cute.
- And today, we're doing a makeup challenge.
(laughs)
You're supposed to say it with me.
(laughs)
- Okay, one more time, one more time.
- We got this.
And today,
- Oh and I'm saying?
Oh, okay, okay, I got it, I got it.
- And today,
- [Both] We're doing a makeup challenge.
- We did it.
- Crushed it, well you crushed it, I
- Thank you.
- I was right behind you.
- I led the way and you,
- Yeah, (laughs)
- You came with me.
So I've been doing drag for about six years.
I've learned makeup through sort of, friends have taught me
friends that are more qualified than me.
And a lot of YouTube tutorials and just a lot of practicing.
I'm a little nervous, I mean Alex came in here very legit.
He's got the gorgeous makeup kit
and I'm like the Ziploc bag queen over here.
I've got my like 99 cent store cosmetic bags.
I'm the underdog in this one but I'm gonna go for it.
- So I've been a professional makeup artist
for about six years and I also have a YouTube channel
where I like to tutorialize what I've learned
and I also do like a little bit of special effects
and like body painting and all that kind of stuff
and I'm nervous Queens don't play.
- We don't know what we're doing today.
- Yeah, I have no idea.
- Damn near every palate that I have.
- Everything that I have almost.
- There is a theme.
- There is a theme which we don't know.
- What is the theme.
- [Offscreen] It's outer space.
(gasps)
(ohs)
- Out of this world, thank God I bought rhinestones.
(laughs)
- I did not bring rhinestones.
- Oh my god, well I'll share with you but,
- Thank you.
Are you ready?
- I mean ready as I'll ever be.
Three, two, one blast off.
Some of the things that have popped into my head are
alien pop star, David Bowie, Gem and the Holograms
meets intergalactic fantasy.
- [Alex] My go to is the color purple,
the fun thing is I just jump in
and then I see where the wind takes me.
- I'm starting the way that I always start
which is by covering my eyebrows.
That's just my go to in drag and especially
with a look like this it really works I always feel like
an alien when I have no eyebrows on.
(laughs)
(upbeat music)
I'm just starting with this one shape
and seeing where it goes.
My brow coverage is a little bit questionable at this moment
but we are gonna make it work honey.
- [Alex] Mmhmm.
- If I lose a few brow hairs in the process,
it's the name of the game honey.
I didn't say that, (laughs)
- I'm totally making this up.
(spacey rock music)
- As a drag queen I think one of the hallmarks
of drag makeup is using products unconventionally,
eyeshadows as lip liner, lipstick as blush,
you know, whatever.
Things are designed a certain way but I think
it's up to you as the artist to take it to the next level.
- So I started off with a little bit
of water activated face paint to do the highlights first
and now I'm going in with some purple eyeshadow,
it's easier to blend shadow than it is to blend paint.
(upbeat music)
- Wait I haven't actually looked at you,
I'm going to take a glance.
Oh my god, oh my god, you look cool.
- You look cool, I can see your cheek bone.
- It looks like Alex is going for a galactic star,
you know exploded star smoke.
- It's a nebula, I feel like you are giving me space queen.
Or like a moon princess.
(pulsing music)
It depends, like if I'm really inspired to do something,
and my face is just here I'm like so stoked
and I'm so in it but I also like really like to get creative
around someone else's idea, to be a part of a project
like to he a part of it in a way of like translating
like their vision and to make it look visual,
like you can see it, like that's always been so fun for me.
- All right, I'm going in with the glitter,
it's happening.
(playful music)
I love Halloween time.
And I just love a good old classic drag glam mug,
I mean that's definitely my go to.
- I always make a joke that my costume every year is
I go as a tired makeup artist.
- [Jonny] Girl.
- Because I'm usually working or filming tutorials
for my YouTube channel so I just like,
I'd say I loved Halloween so much I made a career out of it
and then it took it away from me forever.
- I feel the exact same way.
(electronic music)
I'm somebody that I am very much a story teller,
very much an actor, and so when I'm bringing a look to life,
I really do like to think about who it is,
who they are, what time period it is.
So yeah this is very much like galactic pop star.
- I'm winging it.
(laughs)
It's almost like how I explain it is like
when you learn how to play piano by sound
is like how I learned to do makeup.
Like if it feels right, it feels right.
(pulsing music)
Usually when I grab black,
- Bitch, so cool.
- That's usually when I'm like, I'm getting there.
- [Jonnie] Yeah.
- I'm a ground this, like I feel like black
really grounds it or could ruin the whole thing.
- Yeah.
- That's the tea right there.
- You're absolutely right, but also I feel like
with drag makeup you could truly just sit for hours
like you could always keep blending a little more,
keep adding a little more.
But eventually you have to just step away.
They say that art is never finished,
the painter just puts down his brush.
(runway music)
I'm feeling pretty good.
- Mmhmm.
- Getting pretty close to being done.
I took the approach of like more is more.
And like I said I already have
so many gemstones on but I had this big one
that I might just put right there.
I mean more is more, (beeps) it, okay, here we go.
- I'm getting there,
I just gotta put 10,000 stars on my face
and then we'll be done.
- Get to glowing baby.
(upbeat music)
I am pretty much done, I'm just adding a couple
little finishing touches.
But I'm feeling pretty good.
We did it.
- We did do it.
- Yay.
- You look amazing.
- Thank you (beeps)
- We went in completely different directions.
- No but I like it.
- You went right, I went left honey.
- I like it.
- I feel pretty good about it
and I think now we're gonna get judged.
- Yeah, my favorite thing in the world.
- Oh we love it, I mean
we're already being judged right now I'm sure.
- Right.
(laughs)
- Millions of viewers on YouTube.com.
- Yes, judge me.
- Yes please.
- With tons of hate comments.
- Please do.
(laughs)
- Okay, so I'm the judge.
- Can you guess, can you guess the theme?
- It feels a little bit cosmic.
- Mmhmm, mmhmm.
- Like very galaxy-esque, going off of your face.
I feel like I see elements of the cosmos within you.
- Mmm, thank you.
- We've got like a,
- My therapist told me the same thing.
(laughs)
That is so funny.
- My guess for the theme is like galaxy or cosmos.
- Yes, outer space.
- I can't do this.
(laughs)
- Listen you have to chose one, Nina,
I know it's hard.
- I stand far away and I like I still get it.
I could probably guess it was the cosmos from beyond,
whereas I look at you and I feel like I wouldn't get it
from far away but I come up close to you and I feel like
I can really appreciate the details, like a painting.
I think no,
(record scratches)
nobody took my hand.
- Oh.
(laughs)
I didn't realize, okay.
- Okay, I didn't say anything.
I want to say that I appreciate both of your work
that you have done today and you are both actually winners
to me, I'm being forced against my will to pick.
But I think I have to go with Alex.
(gasps)
- [Jonnie] Congratulations Alex, good game, good game.
- Thanks Jonnie, oh my gosh.
We're all winners here.
- Oh Nina, I still love you.
- Thank you.
- It's okay.
- And I still love you and appreciate what you did.
Its like a matter of like a hair of difference
and a hair of preference because I feel like
you could bring somebody else in here
and they'd pick you as the winner.
Because, - Absolutely.
You're very fair and diplomatic judge Nina.
- Thank you, I tried.
- Would you say that these looks are out of this world?
- I made that joke already.
- Did you, you (beeps)
(laughs)
You won, let me have this.
(laughs)
(smooth music)