Justin Johnson, a k Alyssa Edwards.

And I am so very excited today because I'm taking you all behind the scenes here live in New York City.

I just woke up and we're gonna take it all the way from the top.

So y'all got the complete V I, p.

Elissa Edwards secrets stories and charades and all things beauty, of course.

So before I start this, let me get into something very comfortable and very relaxing in suiting, because the whole beauty process should start with a feeling on the inside.

Because if you feel beautiful and gorgeous on the inner, it's definitely going to radiate on the outer.

Okay, you know, just something a little soft and smooth and silky.

Let's start with skin care, because before any painter can paint, you must have a very smooth, solid canvas.

This is one of my favorite cleansers at the moment.

As a young baby queen, I didn't realize the importance of taking care of my skin and the regiment that was necessary, So I'm having to double time now.

This is a nice micro exposing cleanser after a cleanse face.

Now I'm gonna exploit my lips.

And this is my favorite lip scrub If you don't have this, you know, wearing lipstick.

So we're gonna start with the eyes today, and, um, why I do my application, I'm gonna put on a nice gold.

I'm ask, Take out all that puffiness.

What I love about drag is being on stage in front of all the people and looking on the audience and seeing them smile and clap and be involved with what you're doing to me.

That's so much bigger than just being a performer.

Okay, so now that we're kind of somewhat prepped in the skincare department, let's go ahead and get into this track.

Ready or not?

Here comes Mama.

The eye mask is over.

You cannot wear our shadow if you do not have this A B h primer This is going thio pop every color and for me being on stage, I want the people in the cheap seats all the way up in the balcony in the very back to see the pigment and enjoy the show.

I find you make a very, very with me being a dance teacher every day.

This is like my quiet time.

I like to really make sure that every detail is covered, and I feel beautiful when I walk out of the house.

After all, that's what all this is about.

So for today's look, I'm doing all things.

Elissa.

Edward's pretty and peeing.

Definitely my signature.

I remember my mom always telling me ever since she could remember anything pink I would latch onto as a little boy, they could put a little ball in front of me or Barbie and out it was She's like you wouldn't even have Thio Look twice you grab the Barbie so this unicorn tribe color is kind of like a mix between a purple and pink.

Pigment is so real.

I went to my first gay bar in college and I'll never forget.

We went upstairs and went into this room, and it was a drag show.

I was wildly intrigued.

Now that the creativity waas so mesmerizing.

If you'd have asked me 10 years ago, where do you see yourself?

E Don't think I would have said on Elissa Edwards, a name that I created from scratch in the Ski Texas.

I mean, I actually thought I'd be teaching a dance class, you know, jazz class.

I always knew that I loved teaching dance.

I remember being 16 years old and I was a student teacher, and it was just always my dream to be like the creative director behind it all.

That's building the concept, designing the costume, the hair and the makeup, the Steven Spielberg or dance.

That's really what I consider myself.

I said, I'm gonna make this dream a reality one way or another and I did it.

So all of you watching this never give up.

Hold steadfast of those dreams.

Hold tight and you, too, can accomplish your goals.

Beautiful.

The cool thing about to this pallet is if you mix the headliner, start right here with any color.

It kind of gives this like, four sisters, that sergeant make a bit of a very early age.

I remember I used to love t like dress them up, and my granny left me.

Did you make it in here?

Said men have always been passionate about.

But I was a very shy little boy, so makeup like it was almost like putting on that costume and you could be this character.

You could be this thing of your imagination kind of like Superman, you know, during the day.

Clark Kent.

And then at 96 7 lives.

That's how I look at my drag.

No color could be intimidating, but we live in a world we need to write it up.

Love that.

We're living in a time where, you know, make it is an agenda and beauty we're seeing.

It's so incredible because, you know, I did grow up with a father that believed boys were blue and girls were pink.

And then there's me, like to choose my lip liner in my water line.

Let's not cut, but let's kind of slice this crease a little.

Makers should be fun.

It should be your way.

Your idea.

It's art.

And after all, artists objective On the top, I really want I want to incorporate every single pink shade in the palace.

Okay, so this is the pink shimmer in the palate.

It's called beyond Named after my studio Beyond believe really loved this metallic gorge.

Just give it a nice blending, pastel.

I'd like to use the dream Go in with the dream.

Oh, look at the shimmer.

Let me now get the other two match really like.

I mean, get into this one.

I don't know.

All I need is an eyelash in a little bit of Chapstick.

Let's start the show way should just carry on with the color.

Don't be afraid.

Don't be afraid.

I mean, worst case scenario.

If you hate it, just take it all off and start over.

This is the belief the purple and the pigmentation is out of this world.

Uses a lot of purples in my tongue.

Just is like the purple people eater.

Okay, when it comes to pigmentation, Okay, I'm living.

She's cute.

She's cute.

What's that?

A little bit of yellow brick road from the yellow brick road.

The Wizard of Oz.

My favorite childhood movie.

There she goes going down her yellow brick road.

All right, so now that I'm really liking the shape of this, I'm I'm liking.

The colors are really pop being.

Let's move on.

Before I put my foundation on I really loved this black rose by Cicely.

I like to do eyes for some time to do a watercolor.

So there's any fallout it doesn't get on the foundation or the powder on the face really nice and smooth and clean, just really clean lines.

I like to move into the foundation and I use a lot of foundation, and that's mainly to get a nice full coverage.

I love my freckles, but this full coverage foundation covers everything German blend sick.

I like the Derma blend camo in combination to really create a solid foundation.

I'm taking this foundation into this process.

Number two in the foundation.

Well, love this, Kevin.

Oh, clon.

I really want to build a highlight Nuts by the contouring in the shaping of the face and stage makeup is quite different than your every day going to the supermarket for the Delhi makeup.

Although I gag when I get to the grocery store and I see another human last and dulled at one in the afternoon, I have to give credit where credit's due.

That's fierce.

All right, now this is the best contour stick in the world.

I've tried so many stick foundations, but this honest, all CIA really takes my face there.

A very strong masculine forehead.

I'm a shade down.

I think that's the only masculine thing of bait.

Circle Magic in a Bottle Report is definitely one of my beauty icons because that face has not aged.

All right, folks, And let's go ahead and set this foundation.

Nice finish.

This is the back soft and gentle must have And using like a mineralized pressed powder to really highlight.

And these Tom Ford brushes.

Great.

We're blending up.

I'm gonna go back over in touch.

Old this, get your little rose paints those cheeks.

Since I'm not covering my brow today, I'm gonna use my natural brown.

Take a little bit of a problem, Joe, before you do your eyebrows, Okay, This is a public P s A.

Every time I pick up this brush, I close my eyes.

Your heavenly father, please be a lamp into my feet and a lot into my path.

Because if the brow is jacked and whacked the jig and the gig is up.

Browser All card down.

Let me put this Mac.

See face powder.

Dragon Beauty.

It seemed a little heavy for like a day.

This is definitely not your daytime.

Okay.

Onto the lips were almost won the home stretch.

I don't even know what to say about this right here.

I've never changed my scare us, so I can't tell you if it's the best.

It's only one I know.

And since I got that Maschera up there that little dot that's kind of giving me an idea to maybe Papa Stone right there.

Let me get Let me get Ryan.

Sells out.

I need my island.

Or to drive, please.

Part of me having one of my moments in the drama of it all.

Multi purpose multi use.

This is in my water line and now my lips.

And since I got these pink eyes, this is very bold.

I'm looking.

I'm looking at this look and it looks like it's going to be bold and pink.

I mean, what's that?

Sell this.

I love the bonus.

I'll see a glow kit.

Mmm.

How dare the world the last really ties everything together And this pretty in pink look could not be complete without my signature lost woo.

So here is definitely the secret and the magic for my wig staying on my head.

I laughed this wig down with this magical.

When I say magical, this is the key to all the secrets, the way it has to say on take my head down and then I glued the wig right on top of the tank, then pinned under the tape with and shake and have fun.

Oh, and you know what else I like to do?

If I'm like wearing a big dangle hearing, which I'm gonna wear today, I'd like to take my ear a little bit so I can completely secure the hearing.

Now, this is drag.

Okay, this is drag so I can glue that hearing right there.

I don't want the glue in my ear.

It's so important to secure the wig.

Malfunctions can happen when you're on stage, and I like to stay locked and loaded Literally.

You guys ready?

Close your eyes and make a wish.

Well, this is very colorful.

Very festive.

Very fun.

I love Carla for wigs like this, Like this nerdy, everyday kind of guy.

Okay.

And and I'm proud of that, and then it's not gonna put this wig on, and I'm worth into some kind of power ranger for really literally the power in the wig, the power of the wig.

Let me get my robe on, honey, cause I gotta roll out.

Money was Eliza at which, and this is a very special sharing secret V I p behind the mirror and the curtain gig.

I hope you all enjoyed it.

I'm heading outs of my shindig, pop my earrings on and my fingernails and get on stage and let my very best life and I hope you all do the same always and forever.

Alyssa Edwards I got to go turn it all.