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- I know what you're thinking, it takes so long to get ready to look this glamorous, but it also takes almost just as long to get out of it. Let's go to bed. (upbeat music) So obviously I wear so much makeup to do my job, whether it's a show, a fashion moment, it's a whole lotta makeup and a lot of the times I will be on tour for days on end, months on end even, and I put my skin through it. Needless to say, I need a lot to take it off, and oof, this hair is getting all over the place, so let's start with the basics, let's knock the wig off. I'll just give a tug on where I've done spirit gum on the lace. And voila, and voila. A mess, but at least the wig's not on anymore. My eyes get so dry sometimes between the contacts, the makeup in general, so I love popping the lashes off and then getting my contacts out. So I just tear those off. I take a lot of time to make all my lashes fun and custom, so I like to put them in a safe little compartment to make sure that I can use them for longer than just one use because you know, reduce, reuse, recycle. A lot of the times when I do my makeup it pops a lot more when I have a lighter eye color just because my eyes are so dark to begin with. So I make sure to grab those out and put those away before I start washing my face or else I'm gonna lose a contact in the back of my eye and I don't think I want to figure out how to get that out. For me, I've had crazy skin all through... Not crazy skin but I've had a different array of skin situations all throughout my life. When I was growing up I had pretty decently bad acne, so I went on Accutane, so now my skin is definitely more on the dry, almost even combinationy side. The quality of my skin usually depends more on whether I'm doing drag a lot, whether I'm taking great care of my skin or not so great care of it. So my face, getting out of drag routine definitely varies a bit. So today I am going to just be using everything and anything that I would bring with me on tour. I've been running around doing shows for weeks, so I definitely need a major cleanse moment. So first off, just to get the little bit of extra spirit gum off of my sideburns or forehead or wherever I'm putting it, I'm just gonna grab a little bit of 90% or 99%, a very high percent of rubbing alcohol. Spray that on a towel and then just gently or vigorously try to start scrubbing that away so that we don't have glue on our ears because you will stick to your pillow or to your sweater when you're sleeping on a plane. Now one of my big makeup tips that a drag queen in the U.K. told me is the Urban Decay Meltdown Makeup Remover. I honestly used to just use makeup wipes, but doing a layer of this before you go in with a makeup wipe makes everything, breaks it all down, it makes it incredible, so pardon me real quick. (bottle spraying) You really don't need too much of that, but it makes taking all this off so much easier. I would say that is definitely one of the bigger, more important moments of taking my makeup off. My makeup remover wipe of choice is the Neutrogena Hydrating ones. They're pretty inexpensive, you can get them almost everywhere, and I like the hydrating version just because why not, like why do the normal ones when you can hydrate as well? So after I've sprayed my face with the Urban Decay and let that sit for a minute or so, I just go in and start from the bottom and try not to stretch my skin out too much but I do like to get everything off as quick as possible. So I'll usually go around kinda like the perimeter and then work my way in. I find that starting with the eyes or whatever you end up getting all your darks and your glitters all over your face and that doesn't make anything easy. Oh my goodness, I absolutely never, ever, ever, ever, ever fall asleep with any makeup on. And I know that sounds really snotty or snobby to say but it is like, don't do that, like why would you do that? It takes... You don't even have to do all 25,000 steps to get out of drag, but at least do a couple. You don't want makeup on your pillow, you don't want makeup on your man, you don't want makeup anywhere near you when you wake up, oh my gosh. I mean, unless you're the type of girl, like maybe Beyonce wants to wake up like that, but I don't. Be extra careful with being delicate on the eyes. I find that the, that Urban Decay cleanser spray thing really helps break down the eye makeup too so that you don't have to be rubbing and scrubbing too much. I think it's pretty universal for people to not want the old eyes, the saggy eyes, the crow's feet, whatever other type of birds land on your eye, so we're trying to minimize that as much as possible. But I personally cover my eyebrows with Elmer's Washable Glue Stick. For a while I thought that what I had to do was just like really go in with a makeup wipe and just rub that 'til it's dead, but actually it is a washable glue stick. What do you wash things with? Water. I can't remember what drag queen enlightened me to that but I was like, "Oh, makes good sense." And my go to cleanser is the Peter Thomas Roth Anti-Aging Cleansing Gel. It's orange, I don't know quite who all is in this but I know she says she's anti-aging and I'm young, but why not start now? (water running) So I'm going to gently pat my face dry. Oh my gosh, the hard part is already over. We are back to looking almost flawless. After I use a cleanser, I like to go in with the Peter Thomas Roth Firmx Peeling Gel. It is like a chemical exfoliator and I like it because it feels funny, it has a fun visual moment that makes you feel like every last inch of makeup, dirt, and debris is being peeled off of your skin. And you can see just like the skin peeling up. I don't know if it's all dead skin, if some of it's product, I don't care if it's mixing all together, but this is one of those things that your skin actually feels like significantly more polished after. And now we're gonna wash that off. (water running) That's what I fully, no joke, you can already, it just feels so much better, it feels smoother, it feels extra, extra clean, and I love that. I am a drag queen, and certainly not a dermatologist. I know a lot about makeup, a little bit about skincare, so for me I feel like when I'm getting out of drag or just trying to treat myself to a spa day I know what I'm doing with some of these products and for some of them I'm just havin' a good time, havin' fun, tryin' out different things and seeing what works and what feels fun. Now I'm going in with the Cucumber Gel Mask from Peter Thomas Roth. And this is super refreshing. My skin always feels very just moisturized and well taken care of after I use this. So we're just going to apply a thin layer, and usually I will go watch some TV, check Instagram, do something while this is sitting for about 15 to 20 minutes, just let it soak in, enjoy the coolness of it. It is so relaxing and a good way to start to wind down. I almost fell asleep there. It's been about 15 to 20 minutes and now I'm going to rinse this all off. (water running) All right, now that I do not have one dead skin cell left on my face, all of the oil is snatched right out. I don't know why I'm gaggin'. I'm going to go in with the Lush Tee Tree Water Toner. I have (bottle spraying) some friends all across the states and stuff and internationally that work with Lush. It seems like anybody who works for Lush is a fan of the dolls. Anytime they're at any of our shows they always come with the goody bags and stuff, and I love it, so thank you, Lush, for the Tee Tree Water Toner. Sometimes I do lip changes throughout the night, and even just with using liquid matte lipsticks I like to go in with a light exfoliator before I apply a lip product, just to get rid of any crunchy nastiness. Today my lip scrub of choice is the Lemon Sucker Velour Lip Scrub from Jeffree Star Cosmetics. I think they're pretty much all the same, just choose whichever flavor you like honestly, 'cause it's late, it's after the club, the Seamless order might not be there, so if you get hungry, eat up. And this does make a mess, so make sure you've got a sink in front of you or a tongue ready, or someone ready to just wipe this off. Today I have to use the sink. (water running) All right, so my favorite chapstick of choice is the E-O-S, Eos, however we're gonna call it. I usually get one of the ones that sounds the most moisturizing. And just go in, in, in, in. I love using way too much chapstick. Make sure the lips are all juicy, whether you are going to bed alone or with a man, or someone else, who knows. You wanna keep the lips hydrated and at least ready for the next makeup application. So I love trying all types of different sheet masks around the world. My fans think that it's cute to bring me some to the meet and greets and stuff, and I love all the crazy animals, the Pokemon, the whatever. But a year or two maybe ago, my good sister Kim Chi came out with a collaboration with Patchology, a whole collection book of sheet masks inspired by her makeup looks. I have been holding onto this because I think it's kind of limited edition. These are so, so, so gorgeous and I'm scared to use them. But just for Bazaar, I'm going to use one today. And I think they're all moisturizing, which is exactly what I'm looking for after doing all of those steps. I'm going in with this black and white sad mime. This is so cute. And this is extra gooey, which I love. So I don't know if there's ever a right or a wrong side to some of these. I know for some there might be. I'm putting the dark side of the design on the outside so it looks even cuter and more realistic, like I came in with even crazier makeup today. Oh my god, this is actually so, so, so cute. I'll rub the excess in on my neck because you know, I shave there, I put makeup there, it's good to take care of your skin there too 'cause you don't wanna be unsnatched when you get a little older. Basically I'm going to sit with this for quite a while and just let my skin eat up all of the moisture. I'm also probably gonna take a selfie because this is so cute and I wanna let everyone know that I was using a Kim Chi mask. (upbeat music) So I know some people like to use like the rollers when they're doing this stuff. I'm not against the gadgets, but I just don't have any. When Madonna sends me the little roller, I'll start using it but until then, just rub everything in with my fingers. It's been about 15 to 20 minutes again. I think everything has soaked itself into my skin, and now's the time for the big reveal. Still ugly. Now that we are done with all that, I can finally move on to my eye cream, my moisturizer, and some serums and oils. My current favorite eye cream is the Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado. And you don't have to pay the 2.79 or whatever extra to get the avocado in this. I'll get like a kinda decent amount of that on my ring finger and pat that under my eye. So I like to apply a decent amount of that and just let that all rub in and soak in while I'm doing the other steps of my, I was gonna say makeup routine. Gosh, don't mean to scare myself like that. No, the rest of my skincare routine. Now, if I haven't made it that obvious, I put my skin through a lot, from the makeup, the rubbin', the scrubbin', the shaving, it's a lot. So I like to go in with the Barbara Sturm Calming Serum. And I usually focus most of this in my shaving region. And this, I feel like just really eliminates any last bit of redness or irritation caused from scraping my face with some metal blades every night. See, when you call shaving that, it makes it a lot more serious and you wanna take better care of things. So I am going in with the Dr. Barbara Sturm Hyaluronic Serum. I don't know everything about Miss Hyaluron, Hyaluronic, but I know a lot of skincare has it, so we're just gonna do a couple drops of this. I think it helps the skin retain moisture or something like that, I don't know, I am not a biochemist, I am a clown. Now I do have a couple of favorite moisturizers, but I've been on tour for so long that I've actually run out of all the full sizes of everything. So I'm going to go in with a mix of the Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic, oh, hyaluronic again, Cloud Cream hydrating moisturizer. I'm gonna just do a little dab of that. And then I have the Peter Thomas Roth Cucumber De-tox Bouncy Hydrating Gel. That sounds fun and it looks fun, so we're just gonna mix these two today. I feel like instead of going through products quickly, using a little bit of each makes it seem like they last longer. I don't know, I probably use way more than needed, but my skin, I feel like out of most people in professions, probably needs the most care. Now that my skin is finally back to normal, it is moisturized, we've got a couple serums in there workin' their magic, I would normally go in and if I was having serious acne moments I would go in with a spot treatment or something. But I do like going in with the U.F.O Ultra-Clarifying acne treatment face oil if I do have any areas that are more acne-licious than the rest. The perimeter of my head isn't looking so fly, so I'm almost to the bottom of this but I'm just gonna do a couple drops of that and just kinda smooth that into the areas where it looks like Mother Nature is letting me have it. The final couple products I'll be using today begins with the Nars Skin Aqua Gel Luminous Mask. This is just another layer of aqua, of gel, of moisturizing. Nothing is better than going to bed with a gorgeous face, and the other better thing is waking up with a gorgeous face. Like if I hit a spot and I'm going out with like acne treatment or one of those acne stickers or stuff, I'm not like embarrassed by that because skin is a work in progress and I put so much effort into my profession and looking good when I'm in drag, so I don't care if I'm looking like I'm recovering when I'm not in drag. I think another really important thing about your skincare is drinking the water, but also getting hopefully enough sleep. So I've gotta go hit the hay. Harper's Bazaar, thank you so much for coming to see me, and get the heck outta here. (calm music)

Aquaria stays busy. Since winning RuPaul's Drag Race in 2018, she has modeled for the likes of Moschino and H&M, become one of the faces of beauty brand MAC's Viva Glam campaign, attended the Met Gala, released her own makeup palette with NYX Cosmetics, and performed at Rihanna's iconic Savage x Fenty fashion show. So how does she wind down at the end of the day? "It takes so long to get ready to look this glamorous," she says in the latest episode of Go To Bed With Me. "But it also takes almost just as long to get out of it. Let's go to bed."