Drag Queens KimChi and Noami Smalls Collaborate on a Desert-Themed Makeup Line
Their respective personalities and styles couldn't be more different, but drag queens KimChi and Naomi Smalls have remained best friends since season eight of Rupaul's Drag Race regardless. That's nearly five years of "laughs, love, friendship, and glamour," as Smalls describes it — and this week, the pair will release a collaborative makeup collection that perfectly reflects their opposites-attract friendship. With KimChi's eponymous beauty brand that launched last fall, the duo will launch the 2 Queens In 1 Desert Collection on July 16.
The first-ever makeup collaboration between two drag queens, this collab features an eye palette, a cheek palette, and two liquid eye shadows, all with KimChi Chic Beauty's accessible price points and intense color payoff. Here's a quick look at everything in the collection.
Mad Maxine, Soot Yourself Eye Shadow Palette, $30
This 24-shade eye shadow palette comes packed with just about every eye shadow shade you'll ever need — both neutrals and brights in matte and shimmering finishes. Half of these shades were hand-picked by KimChi and the other half by Smalls, giving it two extremely distinct personalities in a singular palette.
Sunkissed In June Cheek Palette, $19
With two blush shades and two highlighters, also hand-picked by either queen, the Sunkissed In June palette covers a huge variety of skin tones and can be used all over the face and body. Use it to contour, add quick definition to an eye look, top off your lip gloss with a little extra sparkle, or bring all the attention down to your collarbone.
No Sparkle Shaming Liquid Eye Shadow Duo, $19
KimChi Chic Beauty's creamy and intensely glittery liquid eye shadows are getting two new shade additions with the collaborative No Sparkle Shaming duo. Of the glittering bronze and baby pink shades, we're betting fans of these queens can immediately guess who picked each shade. Thanks to their firm and slim applicators, you can apply these on their own with no blending necessary.
Like the rest of KimChi Chic Beauty's products, the 2 Queens In 1 Desert collection is designed for you to experiment with no fear of judgment or of messing up. "People shouldn't get discouraged if they can't achieve a certain look right away," KimChi previously told Allure about the brand. "With practice, anyone can achieve what [looks] they want to do."
The 2 Queens In 1 Desert Collection is available July 16 from kimchichicbeauty.com.
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