It takes a whole lot of work to go from drab to drag queen.

RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sharon Needles, 35, should know. In a new video produced by Cosmopolitan, the season four champ transforms herself into a stage-ready presence, using nothing but her proficient make-up skills, contacts, fake eyelashes, a metallic wig, and of course, her fierce attitude.

But while Sharon pulls this all off without a hitch, it's taken a lot of practice to get there — and she warns viewers not to expect to perfect the 'disco ball chic' look overnight.

From drab to fab: 35-year-old Sharon Needles transforms herself in a mesmerizing make-up video

Make-up expert: Sharon Needles attends the season 8 finale of Rupaul's Drag Race. She was the season four winner of the series

First step: Sharon applies a light foundation to her face in the beginning of the clip to start the make-up process

Dramatic add-ons: Sharon put on red and white contact lenses to give her look dramatic effect

The tutorial starts with Sharon before her transformation, wearing a sweatshirt and heart-shaped glasses.

A few seconds into the video, the magic begins as Sharon starts her make-up transformation, applying a light foundation and a dark foundation before blending the look to even them out.

After she blends the foundations, Sharon starts to contour, a make-up maneuver that uses powder, cream, or a pencil that's two shades darker than your skin tone to shade areas for more definition, such as the nose, forehead, chin, and cheekbones.

But the make-up metamorphosis is just getting underway. Sharon starts to define her nose with more foundation and blend it together.

Afterward, she dabs on highlighter on the cheekbones and forehead to give the illusion of a longer face shape.

The art of blending: Sharon also uses a darker foundation and then blends the two shades to even them out

Winging out: Sharon does a winged eyeliner look and then sets it so it won't flake or cake

Finish touches: After applying eye shadow, Sharon tops the look with black liquid eyeliner

Don't forget the sparkle: Her look wouldn't complete without some silver shimmer on her eyelids

Glitter galore: Sharon adds red glitter on top of her black lipstick to match her fiery red get-up

And to make sure all the make-up products stay where they are supposed to, she sets the look with powder and 'puffs' her face to diminish shininess and to help the look stay fresh all day long.

Sharon then starts on the eyes, 'winging' them and applying a dramatic, flared eyeliner to the top of her eyelid. She then defines her brow bone and draws on a brow base for added affect.

After she blends, she adds white eyeliner to the very top of her eyelid below her eyebrows, and fills in the lid with a darker shade after she sets the eye make-up.

For the finishing touches, she tops her eyes with liquid eyeliner adds black mascara, fills in the corners of her eyes, and adds eye shadow and white eyeliner to her lower lids.

More glitter: Sharon adds glitter uses sparkle to her fierce look for added dramatic affect

Did someone say metallic? Sharon adds a bob length metallic to complete the look

Finished product: Sharon looks fierce from head to toe in the full length picture of her in her full get-up

She then lines the look with black eyeliner and of course, some sparkle, because no make-up diva's look is complete without a bit of glitter and fake eyelashes.

After a few more strokes of highlighter and the added finishing touches to the lips - complete with lip liner, black lipstick and red glitter - Sharon puts on the metallic wig and strips to reveal a silk, red dress with black tree branch designs under her sweatshirt.

And to celebrate her fierce look, the drag queen poses in front of the camera making make-up lovers even more jealous of her style and iconic fashion sense.