"It blends into the Dream Matte Mouse, and everything is now primed for me to then put on my highlight and my contour." The same cream foundation in darker and lighter shades is responsible for that contour and highlight, which Jinkx blends together before powdering the old-school way: with Ben Nye Neutral Set Colorless Powder, a puff, and some pretty aggressive patting. The complexion routine generally just involves a lot of scooping and spreading, which is what Jinkx then does with Ben Nye Creme Foundation in a shade that matches her skin tone. "I take a scoop of that and I put that everywhere I'm going to put makeup as though it's a primer. That starts with skipping face primer entirely and reaching straight for a product whose name is going to trigger middle school flashbacks: Maybelline New York Dream Matte Mousse. "Everyone thinks I'm crazy for this, but I have such sensitive skin, so sometimes my skin does this thing called weeping where the pores just kind of leak, and it makes it really hard for the makeup to stick." Because of that, she's developed a wildly specific base routine to ensure nothing slips or slides throughout a performance. I have kind of a Black Dahlia, femme fatale look about me in the show that I think gives her enough femininity to hold the title of Mama but not so glamour pus that I can't access my butch self and play the character the way we conceived her." "I gave her a pretty deep smoky eye and kept contour and blush minimal. The makeup, though extreme by even a stage performer's standards, is a little pared down as compared to a classic Jinkx look. "I wanted her to feel just a little bit older and a little bit more 'around the block.'" "So it was important to me that we saw that and gave glam that was true to the character." Combine that with Chicago's 1920s prison setting, and Jinkx was automatically led to what she calls "tidy" burgundy curls that are too long to be considered modern by that time period's norms. Her speech patterns indicate her own kind of mannerisms, and it's clearly queer-coded," Jinkx explains. She's referred to as 'Diesel' as a nickname. So hopefully what you're seeing is Mama Morton the character, as played by Jinkx Monsoon, created by Jinkx the human being."ĭespite what audiences might glean of Mama based on her unspoken lesbianism (and the fact that she's in prison), it's a look that still requires a flamboyant wig and more makeup than you've probably ever seen on one person. "Even though I'm playing as a cisgender female, it's like Jinkx the human has to become Jinkx the drag queen has to become Mama Morton. "So hopefully what you're seeing is Mama Morton the character, as played by Jinkx Monsoon, created by Jinkx the human being." When I play a character like Mama Morton, even though I'm playing her as a cisgender female, it's almost like Jinkx the human has to become Jinkx the drag queen has to become Mama Morton," she jokes. "When I create any character, I think of it as drag, no matter their gender - that's how I treat all my acting work. Few Broadway performers are allotted the creative control to fully dictate their characters' appearance, but Jinkx knew exactly how to bring Mama to life in a way no one else could. The Mama look isn't too far off from that, the primary differences being the hair and the contouring (more on that momentarily). It’s all pretty traditional, to match her fashion aesthetic and comedy style that draw inspiration from the 1920s, '30s, '40s, and '50s. If you're reading this, chances are you already know what a standard Jinx look entails: flaming copper hair, crimson lips, and more often than not a black smoky eye.
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