![]() Have fun with it, you know?”Ĭhi definitely does that, and the future makeup mogul is her own best spokesmodel for this carefree philosophy. “Makeup should be fun and it should be colorful and it shouldn’t be taken seriously. So I mean the name “sharts,” it might gross some people out, but I just think it’s funny,” Chi says. It’s hard to imagine anyone -queen or otherwise- in the highly competitive cosmetics biz who’d be daring enough to call something meant for the face a “shart” but that’s exactly what Chi did, releasing a line of high-density eye glitter called “diamond sharts.” (If you don’t know what a shart is, look it up kids). So it made sense for the first products to represent myself as a cartoon character.”Ī comical character, of course. “I like things that are cute, bubbly, saccharine but also colorful and very cartoony. “The character of Kim Chi is a live action anime character that’s come to life,” explains the drag fave. (Photo by Jennifer )Ĭhi’s doll like eye looks and pouty lips have made her face a fave on social media, and she had been working on liquid lipsticks even before the Ko meeting, but touring left little time to develop the line- even though a collaboration on eyeshadow and eye liner with Eyeliner Stamp, proved there was a market for the saturated the hues and shimmering textures that have become her signature.Īt the fabulous Kim Chi Beauty launch fete, held in a Hollywood mansion just a few weeks ago, we spoke with the gorgeous triple threat (Chi acts and of course, lip-sync’s like her life depends on it) about her exciting new endeavor. After meeting Toni Ko, the original founder of NYX Cosmetics, her dream of having her own makeup line was about to become reality. But the cartoony queen’s main goal in life after Drag Race has been to glamorize the world. like many who find notoriety on the show- after Drag Race, in 2018. On top of all this, it’s reasonably priced too.īorn Sang-Young Shin, Chi is originally from Chicago. But beyond the wacky packages, her line boasts high pigment color, high-watt sparkle and shades that flatter everyone and every ethnicity. Kim Chi Beauty, which debuted a few weeks ago, features glitter eye gel called “sharts” (yes sharts!) and an eyeshadow palette covered with kooky and comical drawings. The first Korean-American queen on RuPaul’s Drag Race and reality TV in general, season 8 standout Kim Chi melds humor into everything she does, and her brand new cosmetics line is no exception. She has launched her own cruelty-free beauty line called KimChi Chic Beauty and it was nominated for a WOWIE Award in the “Best Beauty Line Awards” category in 2019.(Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for KimChi Chic Beauty).Kim Chi has also appeared on other shows like Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul, RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race, Pardon My French Food, and Gaymer Guys.She has appeared in music videos for several songs such as The Realness by RuPaul, Straight Outta Oz and Expensive by , Pose by Naomi Smalls, and Me4U by Danny L Harle.She has also worked as an art director.Kim Chi competed against the likes of, Jasmine Masters,, and Eureka O’Hara in the holiday television special, RuPaul’s Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular, in 2018.I celebrate all things cute, fun, weird, and exotic.” Regarding her drag persona, she once said, “Kim Chi is a live-action anime character whose fashion aesthetic could be described as ‘bionic doily.’ I imagine my aura to be an array of ultraviolet colors that spews glitter.It was only after Kim Chi started gaining acclaim on television that her mother got to know about her drag career and she did not know anything about it until 2017.She finished as a runner-up, alongside Naomi Smalls, for the season. In the year 2016, she competed on season 8 of RuPaul’s Drag Race and her fellow contestants included, , Cynthia Lee Fontaine,, and others.Kim Chi released her song, Single, in 2016. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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