Ditas Whip - 12 Shades of Dita - "Transformations"

Hey hunties! Yeah its here! The last day of the February celebration of Icon Art Marilyn's anniversary! and as it is the tradition with such things we finish this first year with a big big bang! And this is gonna be me, Dita Whip, in 12 shades for you! 

 

Of course "Transformations" has been a huge fun project for me and I thank the lovely volunteers for their participation! I hope that the actual aim of the project to highlight make-up and its facets has been anticipated and seen as well, so that there has been more then the usual awe about beautiful make-up. If you don't have any idea what the actual aim of the project is and was then head here to read all about it! But so far the series comes to an end.... until March 5th, when a new "Transformation" goes online, glitter style! I have decided with icon Art Marilyn that the "Transformations" project will become a category of its own here on the blog to show you all different kinds of wonderful faces, with and without make-up. But to let you see that I not only paint people I will give you 12 shades of Dita, and be part of the series! So hold on to your wigs and gag on my eleganza! xoxo

Well, look at you!

Giving you cookie 20's chic!

I had to do it the art way, just one time!

What might you be thinking about my pink wig? Well, I think its fierce!

See, I toild you it's fierce!

She said what?

If you ask me, I'm not surpised!

Cause I am the queen! ;)

Don't you think?

Effie Trinket, Poker, Casino & 20's mixture. I love it! Sob it up!

Yes, I can give you Cher!

Buh! I scared you! Giving you my version of Sharon Needles!

"Transfromations" - Jessica Rabbit with Pink Hair!

Hey bubble buts and gutter sluts! Its Dita once again! And today its time for another "Transfromations"! And this time I have the honor to present you my lovely volunteer Michaela as the Dita Whip version of Jessica Rabbit... with cotton candy oink hair! Lets get started, shall we?

This look speaks of a fantasy land where reality, comic, crazy, sexy and fierce meet, intercept and have a love baby. And that looks like what you are about to see. Crazy high eyebrows, sexy pumped up lips and some damn big blue eyeshadow! Exuding sexy in the Aime form with a side dish of surprised look. What a strong and self determined beauty that looks like one of these dolls, don't you think?

For this look I wanted to go completely crazy and unnatural, cause the idea behind it was Jessica Rabbit. I started off with the usual contouring and highlighting, but with the difference that I glued down Michaelas eyebrows to paint all over them later. After powder, powder and more powder, i was done with her eyebrows which then made me paint on new ones somewhere high on her forehead. Afterwards I painted all white what was going to be the eyeshadow part before I added layers of blue eyeshadow for the optimal coverage. Then, adding thick and juicy black eyeliner and mascara completed the eye part. The lips were finished by a red lipstick and some bright accents in the lip corners. Of course some lip gloss was added to optically boost the lips.

Of course you can get an insight into what Michaela had to say about  her transformation:

As Sandra Bullock correctly said, ‘make-up is scary’. Nevertheless, Dita’s offer was a great opportunity to try something new and face up to the challenge. For someone who does not use very much make-up and has short hair, the weight of both, makeup and wig, were new to me. Already after the first layers of foundation, my face felt significantly heavier. Since my eyebrows (or what is left of them… Insert joke about trichotillomania here!) were to disappear, Dita used a mixture of different glues to flatten their structure and cover them with makeup. With a face full of glue and heavy layers of makeup, I felt like a Hollywood star shortly after her tenth lifting – my face was an alien part of my body, incapable of moving or showing any facial expressions, you know... just like Kristin Stewart. Since it took quite long to finish the makeup, I had time to become familiar with my new look… and in the end, I even liked it! Although long hair will never feel right on my head, it was a great experience to slip into a different role…. And the fact that neither my family nor my friends recognized me on the pictures shows, that this was a radical transformation!

And, since we once more did not take a real half and half picture, here Dita got for you a sort of half and half one: 

Ditas Whip - RuPauls Drag Race Season 6 - The Wait is over Kittens!

Gurrls! Welcome to Dita's Whip - The Drag #Whorespondent of Icon Art Marilyn! Finally it is officially here! The season six premiere of RuPauls Drag Race! The sixth season of this spectacular, unspookable and jaw-dropping transformation extravaganza  is giving us life in every second that it blesses our TV screens! 

And dayum season six is going to be full of fierce fish throwing shady shade in shanty style! Bring on the firing squad, Darianne Lake is ready, but so are we!

Tonight on Logo TV we will see the whole first episode in whole of the new season where we see whom of the queens TV series inspired couture send her packing or gets her the Ru stamp of approval in the form of a shantay you stay! And darlings I am voting for .. both to go home! #AllTAllShade But lets get it started from the beginning. As the new queens entered the workroom we had all the shade at first as they were only seven and had to compete just between each other. They will just meet the others after they survived this first episode. 

When the queens began the season with the usual Mike Ruiz photo-shoot they had to make a jump into TV. Literally. Jumping into a pool of foam they had to give leg, body, face and fish in the air. And Laganja Estranja grabbed the win as she was giving us legs for ages and fierce for days! When the main challenge arrived the queens had to create a couture outfit that resembled from stuff that aligned to TV's best known shows, including (Fucked UP) Duck Dynasty, Keeping Up With The Kartrashians, Dancing With The Stars and Golden Girls. In the end Ben De La Creme and April Carrion rocked the competition with Ben winning. I started to absolutely hate Laganja Estranja, adore Adore Delano even more, despise Kelly Mantle for her lack of character profile and fashion forwardness, disagreeing with everyone about Vivacious hideous walk and outfit and finally starting to think that all that Gia Gun is good at is giving face. So in the end I definitely am looking forward for the second set of girls to get it to the next level. So gentlemen, start you engines! And may the best woman win! Oh and the guest judges of course were Mike Ruiz and the hot hot hot Adam Lambert!

See you next Tuesday for another Dita's Whip with all the T about Drag Race! Cause from now on: Tuesday will be the T with Dita!

"Transformations" - Behind the Scenes of Versace 90's Realness

Hallelu! Yesterday has been a real feast when Jill showed us her Versace 90's realness look and made us gag on her eleganza extravaganza! And, during the making of this gemstone, Dita Whip had someone to take pictures during the process, you know, to document it. Are you ready for the behind the scenes? Then lets get to it! 

First of course there was an extensive amount of foundation, contouring and a wig cap to hold back Jill's hair, cause ain't nobody got time for getting foundation outta your hair gurrl!

Then came the usual highlighting with clown white make up that was been blended in to the nines. Spread that stuff good and well so it wont be seen no more! Highlights were set under the eyes, the forehead, under the cheeks, along the nose, under the nose and on the chin. 

After all the highlights have been blended in lots of powder was added on there (Not in the pictures), and some more blending had to be done. After that a little bit of blush was added. Then the color part began. With some simple but delicious pink red eyeshadow.

After the blush all the colors were added to Jills forehead, her eyebrows were thickened and a huge eyeliner completed the look along red shiny lips. And the result was as seen in the next picture.

"Transformation" - Versace 90's Realness

Hey there hunties! Today it is time for the second run of my lovely volunteer Jill and her pictures as a Versace 90's  model. If you havent seen Jill's first, Pop Art Realness, "Transformations" check it out here! So lets have at it and turn and twist this "Transfromations" episode Dita Whip style!

Ths look exudes roman or greek elegance with the idea of the fierce glamazon! This look speaks of an agressive straight forewrd woman with lots of confidence in her abilities. She knows that her beauty is from an ancient perfection and screams color bride of the rainbow. Luxurious feeling and sickeningly devastating richness of color give this attire the last finish.

Highlighting and contouring within this look are very extensive, to create a perfcet foundation for the many colors that are to be set on her forehead. The most part of the work was it to add the rainbow around the eye parts, although it was not a real rainbow. The gold part around the center of the foreheadtook the longest. All together all the colors had to be added as several layers so that they really shined bright and powerfull. The look was completed by a simple but thick eyeliner and red, volumptuous lips. 

And as per ususal my volunteer gave her opinion on the transformation! This is how she felt about this all:

To be honest I'm rather a fan of the n's... nude... natural... or no make-up at all! But I have to admit that I was looking forward to the transformation, especially because I was curious how different I am able to look. It is always astonishing to see how make-up can change a person's overall appearance. For days the girls participating in the series were really excited about who would be getting which theme for her look. When I heard that I should be turned into a Brazilian or Indian colour explosion I was even more curious. Would I look like a Holi Festival visitor splashed with paint or like a colourful canary bird? After about two hours of pasting and gumming up every pore (not to mention the neck pain) the result was stunning! The face in the mirror was not mine anymore but I loved the combination of colours which reached up to my hairline. I'd describe it as a piece of art in which Dita put in much effort. However, it's still hard for me to imagine that there are actually many girls taking that much time every morning to put on their daily mask.

And as per usual you also get a look behind the scenes with the half and half picture! Oh and stay tuned for tomorrows behind the scenes pictures of the whole transformation!

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"Transformations" - Sexcretary Realness

Hey darlings! After yesterdays article about what Drag means to me I now give you another stunning "Transformations". This time modeled after my daytime job, my lovely volunteer Lisa got turned into a professional #Sexcretary! the office will never be the same again!

The Dita Whip #Sexretary look is actually a very natural one. Highlighting and contouring are very light compared to the other make-overs and display a natural beauty. The look speaks of an office romance in the 80's where the rule is: No romance without finance. But: our #Sexcretary is not light headed! No underneath her bubbly pink wig is a sharp mind! Sexy confidence with straight drawn boundaries! Otherwise shell let you know with her ruler what you have done wrong!

Like I said before highlighting and contouring are very basic and natural. The look consists of a little darkened eyebrows, red and lilac colored eyeshadow and a fine but supreme eyeliner. Completed is the whole ensemble by irresistibly full red lips that are framed by deliciously dark red lip liner. On top of that Lisa decided to give my pink curly ling wig a try and made the look a cotton candy fantasy that invites the spectator to take a bite out of that deliciousness!

As with all "Transformations" before, I asked my volunteer Lisa to give us a few words about what she felt the experience was like.

Being Dita Whip’s canvas? Becoming her personally designed and coloured puppet?
Well, to be honest, I wasn’t quite as enthusiastic as I probably should have been considering that Dita is a really good friend of mine. But her love for extravagance and exaggeration was frightening me a bit and I wasn’t sure if I was ready to let her take complete control. But retrospectively I need to admit: it was an amazing experience! Like the other volunteers, I was graciously seated, my hair was pulled back as hard as humanly possible and Dita ordered: ‘Head back and hold it, dear!’ (Okay I have to admit that this sounds slightly like one of these third class porn films. I have to stop saying that! ^^) This simple instruction soon became my worst nightmare: putting on one layer of make-up after the other, powdering my face clearly 100 times and having somebody concentrating on the perfect eyelid line for more than 20 minutes – I just wasn’t able to feel my neck anymore. But finally all those exertions were absolutely worth it! Having the privilege of being the first person to wear Dita’s new pink wig (Even I haven’t worn it then!) in addition to looking like a different, but actually pretty beautiful person, I felt amazingly transformed.  This strange woman who was looking at me from inside in the mirror became more and more familiar as I starred at her, and in the end Dita had to literally push me out of the camera’s focus – I simply couldn’t get enough of this moment of masquerade; this escape from reality and normality. Next time Dita asks for my participation, my answer will definitely be: ‘Hell, yes!

Sadly we forgot to take a half and half picture of the transformation as a whole, but to use the candy effect f the wig we played around a little with a picture and ended up with this: 

  

I hope you guys enjoyed this transformation! See you back tomorrow! XOXO Dita

Ditas Whip! - What does Drag mean to me?

Hey my little #Whipsters out there! Today I hit Icon Art Marilyn on a more serious note and on a try to explain to you why I recently decided to engage in the wonderful world of wigs, make-up, CUNT (Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent) and gender blending called drag.

Basically this could all fall under the question of why I like drag, and what drag means to me as a queen of just about four months of age. Well of fist drag is definitely a lot of fun and a hell of a good time for me. It offers me to take performing a character to another level and play around with everything from fashion, performance, make up, gender and societies idea of how a person should be. It is the perfect opportunity to give fertile ground to the viciously funny part of me, to mean jokes, inappropriate comments and the urge to be a publicity whore. Drag gives me the possibility to unleash an inner diva and create a demanding attitude of bubbling fun and devastating bitchiness.

On the other hand drag gives me the opportunity to talk to everyone at a party, to be the center of attention or just give someone a smile, a picture or a dance to better their evening and make them smile… (You know, when they are not gagging in my fierce attitude!) And besides that, It as well allows me to use words a fierce, sickening, fabulous and devastating as much as I wish. Drag, gives myself the opportunity to feel beautiful and fearless due to the attention people give me. Having the girls admire my make up, even though my are up abilities are far from perfect, the gays bombing out about my overall fashion or even the straights wanting a piece of me gives yourself confidence. And that confidence gives me the possibility to definitely tell the fuckers off and try to make my world funnier and more fierce then ever!

But drag definitely is not my jumping board onto the train of trans-gendered people. I respect and support trans people where I just can, but at the end of it all, when the make-up and the wig come off, the dress is down, the tuck undone and the high heels off, I am so glad to be a man in a world still dominated by men. But then again drag gives me a sense of what it must be like, at least partially, to be a woman that is confronted with the stereotypes of this mans world. 

 

I hope I could give you a little insight view into my world and maybe one or another of you may have the desire to try this wonder him or herself! See you tomorrow then! XOXO Dita!

"Transformations" - Pop Art Realness

Hey there! After yesterdays break in out February Anniversary Celebration today it is time for another sickening "Transformations" episode to get you gagging on the beauty my lovely volunteer Jill. So lets get into this Dita Whip style, shall we?

Obviously inspired by the pop art prince Roy Lichtenstein and his iconic signature of dots this make-up job was a little different.... on the painting side. The look is very comic art and overly sad. The dots look like the measles but in a sickening and good way! INFECTIVE! Giving a strong mixture of female stereotypical emotional instability mixed with fierce cunt attitude, letting you have it on the fake femme fatal smile side! Can I get my MoMA ticket now?

Making this look come real took me a mixture of foundation and white face paint to create the perfect canvas for this colorfully transformation. After this the black lines had to be added so I darkened Jills eyebrows, her hairline, her ears and everything else possible. After making her more dark then Americas financial future I added a dramatic eyeline, black and red lipstick and some blue eyeshadow. With this done it was time for me to sickening it up and go for the red dots. A real pop art masterpiece that made my volunteer think she had the measles! 

And to get you a re more detailed insight into what Jill must have felt like during that make over of a special kind, here a few words from the pop-arted up volunteer herself:

“You want me to look like I am having the measles?” - That was my initial reaction to Dita's suggestion of transforming my face into living a pop art painting. I was not quite convinced. (Okay I have to give it to my lovely Jill here, That was an extreme transformation!) Especially because my skin was already burning from the Versace transformation we did earlier that make-up session (Stay tuned! The Versace one is my favourite!). Besides, it was late and A LOT of dots were needed. (Oh YES hunty!) It felt like ages until my face finally looked like an artwork á la Roy Lichtenstein (Or like the measles...) (She kinda takes that sickening thing a little too far, isn’t she?) Anyways, it did not look like me at all but Dita actually succeeded in producing a work of art out of it. Now I just had to put on the “Oh Jeff I love you too...”-look for the photo and voila! Ultimately I still have to add that after removing the make up my face and especially my eyes burned like hell and it took me four times of washing my hair until the black dye was eventually fully removed. But it was worth the fun! (Aww! Thanks my dear! Was lots of fun working with you! But that should as well prove that make-up is a two bladed sword!)

Okay, and last, but certainly not least, here you can see a half and half version of the transformation on Jill's face! So judge for yourself how much of a transformation this was!

 

Well, that's it for me today! So make sure to check back tomorrow for more sickening stuff and the day after tomorrow for Jill's Versace inspired second episode of "Transformations"! See you then! XOXO Dita! #GetWhippin

"Transformations" - Poison Ivy Meets The Joker

Hey bubble butts and gutter sluts! =) It's Dita Whip again here! Today the fourth episodes of "Transformations" is here for you all to enjoy! This time my good friend Sally is volunteering and lets me use her face to completely transform her into a crazy mixture of super villains.

This time I went for a totally of the normal spectrum look. No natural colors here to be seen mixed with crazy hair and a fierce attitude give this look a crazy aura of super villain. The look exudes everything that Poison Ivy had in stereotypical femininity and sexy aggression of danger with the crazy madness of the twisted mind and destructible ideas of the joker. And I think that Sally has grown quite fond of that character!

The routine of make-up this time was a little different then with the others. For this transformation I went with a little of foundation as my prime base and then added tons of white clown paint. To accelerate the effect I added some white powder. And that was the effort for the foundation. And it was then that the colors of the eye-shadow-pallet came out and then the colors just came on her face. Adding some black details and smudged red lips and e-voila: Poison Ivy 2.0 was born!

And to get you an idea of what Sally thought of her own transformation go ahead and read in her own words what it felt like to be the picture of a mad man and an iconic female super villain.

It wasn’t until a few days after I had volunteered to be ‘whipped’ until the reality of what I was about to undergo really set in. Dita arrived at my house with a bigger handbag than I think I’ll ever own, and after about ten minutes dedicated to setting up alone, I was excited to begin. I’m a girl who loves my make up…If I can avoid going out without my full ‘face’ of make up, I will. Personally, I simply love the fact that even on my worst of days, with a little make up and effort, I can leave the house knowing that the stresses and tires of the week can be blended away. Or at least partially! That being said, I wasn’t quite prepared for the transformation that I was to undergo. So, I sat whilst Dita worked her magic on me like a child, full of anticipation and frankly, a little scared to move. About two hours later, I was looking at a version of myself that I had never encountered. I was a different person entirely. Initially I felt like someone had simply placed a mask over my face, as I looked out at this strange character in the mirror. Gradually though, the character became more and more of myself, only with a lot more attitude and sass! I had turned from boring old me into a woman with a lot more confidence… almost instantly. The photographs were still a little awkward to begin with, the conscious person inside of me screaming how ridiculous you must seem, but with a little time and patience, I adjusted. This was me. A new, confident me. And I loved every second.

 

And, last but not least, I ill give you the half and half picture of the transformation, so you can judge for yourself. So see you on Monday then darlings! XOXO Dita

"Born Naked, The Rest is Drag" - Sharon Needles

Hey hunties, it's, what a surprise, Dita again here! Today it comes down to another episode of "Born Naked, The Rest is Drag" featuring the unspookable and drag-tastic winner of RuPauls Drag Race Season 4: Sharon Needles. So don't share your needled with Sharon Needles.

Anyways. Sharon started out on season four as somewhat an underdog as people recognized her only to be a whack job or a spooky bitch with nothing but facades and no depth to her drag. But she constantly brought the house down from the very first second on as she one the first weeks main challenge in her post-apocalyptic couture. She impressed the judges as she clearly did not survive the apocalypse but died during it and came back... with blood dripping from her mouth. During season four she proved to be a knockout and has wowed the judges with her costume versatility. And who could ever forget her legendary fights with the phierce PhiPhi O'hara. The whole party city and busted showgirl thing still gives me the shivers and want me to kill PhiPhi (Sorry Gurrl!). Other highlights of her season performance include her Michelle Visage at Snatch Game, her K9 couture and her seemingly endless pot of white foundation.

After winning season four of Drag Race she engaged on a public wave and recorded her debut album PG-13 that is a great combination of musical ideas with her Gothic punk attitude. As well she features her former boy and girlfriend Alaska Thunderfuck, Ana Matronik from the Scissor Sisters and Amanda Lepore. She released her latest single and video, called "Dressed to Kill" a couple of days ago and it is sickening hunties! So get into it, watch it below and see you tomorrow! XOXO Dita!

Valentines Day with Dita - The Whip Down

Hey darlings, its Dita once again! And today is Valentines day which I, from the bottom of my heart, very much....despise. Want to know why? Well then keep on reading!

I hate Valentines Day very much for various reasons that include not only observations of men and women strutting the high streets of towns in the desperate search for a gift that fits, but as well the idea that Valentines Day is just one of the many excuses for businesses to paint stuff pink and sell women out as sexy underwear carving bunnies, hot and ready for some so much needed action with their alleged hunk like husbands, boyfriends or lovers. 

Besides the obvious facts that the hunk lovers, husbands or boyfriends, with their Greek godlike body appearance, are just a so rarely truly existing construct of the marketing industry. These male models and their, for me not understandable, need to starve themselves into shape, drink disgusting protein shakes for better muscle development, centering mayor time in their life to thinking about carbs, fats and whatsoever and hitting the gym on a daily basis of at least an hour (If not two.), are not really a standard people can live up to. You know people with jobs, a life and a thing called friends or even a hobby. And don't even get me started on the women. I can not understand the urge of women to specifically whore- or porn star it up just for V-Day just for their men (or women). If you are in love with a person and you want to make it a seductive and intimate happening then make it spontaneous. Cause V-Day is no big surprise for stuff like that. As well, why is it that women most of the time are some what expected to take this part. Why not have your man waiting for you ladies? 

Besides all that I find it Valentines day to be one of those ridiculous excuses for the industry to make money by gendering stuff. Lets switch into Neanderthal mode and see it with the eyes of a Neanderthal male: Pink thing, it Valentines Day is. Woman want gift. I buy pink stuff, says love and me will get woman to have sex with me. Me good man buy sweet stuff for woman, she thinks pink nice is!" Okay see that is what I am talking about! First: why is pink female? Pink is ugly that's what it is! And its not female, cause to say that is basically sexist. I don't need no Barbie shit!

And after all that, last but defo not least, comes the observation that people tend to see V-Day as the most romantic day of the year... and that is not so. Its made up people! If you really can say that Valentines Day is the most romantic day of the year for you then (A)  I hardly doubt that and (B) pitty you very much!

Well see you another day! XOXO Dita

"Transformations" - Gothic Princess Realness

Hey Darlings! Its Dita here! Today it is time for the third edition of "Transformations" bringing to you Gothic Princess Realness with my lovely volunteer Laura!

This look is a very pale one. I urged to use as many black features as possible to really lay emphasis on the pale nature of the look to create a Gothic effect. The overall attitude is a mixture between aggressive beauty and glamorous confidence. Using Laura's face structures I as well tried to give elegance to such an unnatural whiteness and widened her chin optically to add depth to the face. The look exuded underground couture meets Halloween chique.

Whilst still pretty simple I this time was going for a very unnatural look that's screamed for black eyebrows and thick eye lines. After highlighting and contouring, as well as some more white as usual I as well added much red blush to get the effect of a porcelain puppet. In addition to that the blue eyeshadow adds some color, but in a rather cold way. The thick and long overdrawn eyeliner raises the eye optically and triangle ornaments add to the "subculture" attire and Gothic elegance of this look. 

And as usual I asked the volunteer to frame their impressions of themselves in a couple of words. Here is how Laura perceived her transformation:

When Dita told me that she was going to do my make-up I was excited at first but then, after some time, I gradually became more and more scared of the whole thing! If I tell you that usually I just wear eye liner and mascara on a daily basis you can probably begin to understand how daunting “At least two hours of makeup, darling!” began to sound to me! Having said this, when it really came down to it (And I was placed inside a bin bag to protect my clothes from the fallout of powder and eyeshadow!) it felt amazing. Honestly, I felt so pampered having someone spending so much time working on my face, not to mention my hair and chest! (I never thought so much time could be spent painting my chest.) So gradually, in an overall of three hours that Dita spent, she lovingly (and sometimes a little forcefully) transformed me into what she envisioned. I started to feel like somewhat of a model. So then it was done… I was finished and no one could have prepared me for what happened next. But first I'll start with how it made me feel when it was all done. At first I didn’t even recognize my face, and when answering the door to one of my closest friends they didn’t even recognize me either, so I’m sure you can again begin to understand the dramatic level to which I had been changed… and this wasn’t just in looks. It’s hard to explain to you what all this time and effort can do in your mind, the character you’re painted slowly begins to become you. So just now I start to understand people who wear so much makeup on a daily basis and I have an idea of how it changes how they behave and feel. So now let me get to the scary part of the “Transformations” project that I hadn’t even considered while being made over…. The photos!!!!! Now this is where you have to take your newly acquired character to the next level, testing every bit of your new found confidence! So I’m sure you’re not surprised that I took a quite a bit of time getting into this, but after spending some time in front of the camera, with various different props, I finial truly BECAME my new character.

 

And so you can see for yourself how big of a transformation this was here is a half and half picture. That's it for today! See you soon, Dita XOXO