Madame LaQueer is me. Obviously, no, I am by all means far from a glam queen—truly, I am nothing more than an imbecile compared to her. BUT! I had a point, and it’s that we can both glow the eff up in a matter of minutes. Like, quite literally morph into a whole new person through the power of makeup.
First things first: She puts in some super-funky striped contacts. She ain’t Madame LaQueer without them! Directly after, she jumps right into le face beat. Using a beauty sponge, she applies concealer onto her T-zone, under eyes, and chin to really illuminate those areas. For the un-caked part of her face, she pounces on foundation to give her that seamless and flawless look. And to give that warm, natural glow, she adds on a cream blush, which she gracefully dabs onto her cheeks.
Before she really goes in, she makes sure to conceal her actual brows so they’re armed and prepared for the faux ones to be drawn on top of them. She then lathers up her creamy work of art with powder to set, contours with bronzer, and layers powder blush on top of the cream one to—of course—set it. If you don’t want your face feeling like a thick, buttery glob, well, you have to make sure you slap on some powder so everything stays where it’s supposed to!
You think at this point, it’s time to start on the eyes, but nope!! Madame was like, “Siiike!” Instead, she pulled out her hot-pink lip products and gave herself the sexiest pout. Okay, THEN she lays down her base and blends in purple and pink eyeshadows. On her left side, she draws in a pink brow, but on the other side, she sculpts a dramatic, bright cat-eye wing that can sure as hell make her fly away!!
Sticking to the holy grail tricks, she adds black liner to the top of her lids before popping on her headpiece and just a lil extra sparkle. Friends, we stan.
Megan Uy is an associate shopping editor at Cosmopolitan, where she searches for the best products in all things fashion, home, beauty, sex, gifts, and more, so you don’t have to. When she’s not writing for the site, she’s whipping up some cool and trendy content for the fashion section of the print magazine. She’s been with the brand since 2019 (when she was an itty-bitty editorial fellow), and she's also written for Delish, House Beautiful, and People. Follow her on Instagram to get some BTS of the editor life and chaotic NYC content. Also, feel free to hit her up if you ever wanna discuss the madness that is TikTok.
