If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what everyday stuff famous people add to their carts — like hair spray or an electric toothbrush. We asked drag queen Nymphia Wind — the season-16 winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race who has a new sparkling beverage out with Wildwonder — about the memory-foam neck pillow, dark-black eyeshadow, and probiotic drink she can’t live without.
I love a cat eye. It really highlights my eyes but mostly compliments the look I like to create with my eyeshadow, which is very open, sharp and exaggerated. Usually I go with matte eyeshadows. Its main use is blending out my eyeliner so it looks very pulled out. The Make Up For Ever really blends well, and it’s dark enough to blend with the eyeliner. I use the black shade to blend the eyeliner into my nude eyeshadow for the cut crease. Then there’s the lashes. A look is never complete without the lashes. They’re so crucial to drag makeup. They make the eyes pop out. I rotate different ones but usually stack two pairs. I feel it’s not about the brand with lashes. It’s just whatever lash looks good with the shape you’re creating.
I only use it at night. I wash my face, then use toner, some serums, some creams, and then I lock it in with the Slug Balm. Every time I use it, my skin looks very supple and soft the next morning.
A friend told me about it. I tried it on and immediately knew I needed it. I travel a lot, and it helps with sleeping on the plane without having any neck pain. I forgot it one day when I went to Mexico, and the flight was very tortuous without my neck pillow.
This water bottle from Rhino Shield is pretty great because it also comes with a strap that you can attach onto the bottle. I take it with me and it’s just like a little backpack. And then it also has like this little thingy that works with MagSafe, so you can attach your phone onto it. There’s many instances where I have to do a little video and I just use my water bottle as a stand to hold my phone. So it’s been really handy. I have my water bottle beside me all the time.
I first saw it on Instagram ads and thought it was the perfect bag. I’m always carting around so much stuff, and this is kind of like an elevated gym bag. I love the vibrant colors and how adaptable their bags are for travel and everyday. I take it on all the trips I go on — it’s my carry-on backpack. It’s very spacious, it’s very durable, and kind of waterproof. The color I’m using is the yellow one. They switch out colors each season.
My whole brand is bananas. As a banana queen, I simply must have a banana item with me at all times. It doesn’t have to be an edible banana. I have this phone charm with me that’s a banana and it’s just with me all the time. It’s the Mario Kart banana toy — a fan gave it to me. I get a lot of banana items from fans, so I hold onto them.
I saw this while scrolling through Instagram and I was really intrigued because Wildwonder is AAPI-owned and female-owned. So that really spoke to me as an Asian person. I was really interested to work with them, and then they reached out and asked if we wanted to work on a banana flavor together. I was like, hell yes. They sent me samples to try, I sent them back with some notes and suggestions, and we workshopped the flavor together.
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