![]() And then I saw the checkmark and knew it was the real deal. Sometimes there's one tricky little extra I at the end or G in the name somewhere. This is not a drill, okay?" When I first looked at it I thought, Okay, whatever," because you never know. I'm on Instagram in the car and right before we get out to go do our little hike to get there, she DMs me. We were actually shooting for the beads look in the desert before the sun was up. ALLURE: Didn't she slide into your DMs recently? SYMONE: She did. ALLURE : Who are some of the style icons that inspire you? SYMONE: Rihanna is my girl. ![]() Just like I said, I want to radiate inside and out. So, I use Anastasia's Sun Dipped Glow Kit to bring all that shine out. The Juvia's Place is drier, so I'll mix the luminous with it to bring the glow, if you will, back into my skin. I'll combine it with the Nars Radiant Longwear Foundation. SYMONE: For foundation, I actually use the Juvia's Place foundation because I love how full coverage it is. * Now, I'm wondering what are some of the other products you love to use when you've got a show. It reminds me of when you're a kid and your mom puts all the Vaseline on you before you go to school - enough for the entire day*. That's what we're doing." Michael Brambila, the one who constructed, did that all by hand.ĪLLURE: Oh my God, I love it. So I thought, "Okay, how do we do it in the timeframe that we have?" And the suggestion was hair beads and I was like, "Oh my God, that's it. I thought, "Why don't we do something in that realm?" And then of course that silhouette, that beautiful silhouette! Originally, I wanted to do the traditional beading that you've seen with the smaller, but it would have taken too long. SYMONE: I kept seeing the color combinations (black, yellow, red, and green). Can we talk a little bit about the hair? Because when I saw it, I immediately got the Ivy Park reference and was so excited to see it come to life on the Drag Race stage. ALLURE: I would love to hear a little bit about your " Bead It " look from episode seven because that was just…everything. This is a moment for me to reference, to teach, but also have fun and show the beauty that is who we are. Going on a platform, the people who are in the culture will get it, but there are a lot of people who don't even know about these things. I make it my own, while still paying homage because it is who I am and it's a beautiful thing. Of course, I try not to do exactly the same thing. I wanted to go on the show to reference, bring life, and shed light on the beauty that is who we are. I immediately get the references because they're always so rooted in Black culture. Gigi did the hair had some custom-made bamboo earrings put in there with my name and "The Ebony Enchantress." ALLURE : I think it's very easy for the audience to connect to your looks. That's the hair." So we did, of course, modify it a little bit. I saw that hairstyle from Nikki and was like, "That's it. But it's still a very striking one and I'm just so proud of it. I was very nervous about the look because you're either going to get it or you won't. That was the process of it - I got all the things together that I find so beautiful about who we are and made it drag. The grills, the decked-out jewelry, the polo shirts, low-hanging pants, big hair - we were like, "You know what? This is Urban Pinup." I was all these things I love about our culture. ![]() I was talking with my house, and we all said, "You know what? Why don't we do our version of a pinup?" SYMONE: was "Pastel Pinup." I was looking through images, but wasn't really connecting with any of them because, yeah, they were in there, but there weren't that many women of color. Tell me about how you arrived at creating that look. I was shook! I didn't know she was nice with wigs like that! ![]() Then, I read the credits and found out Gigi had done the wig for you. I immediately thought of a hairstyle Nikki Nelms created for an Allure shoot. ALLURE: Now, we have to get into some of the hair looks you've served. ![]()
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