If you're obsessed with Ru Paul's Drag Race, chances are you recognize Kurtis Dam-Mikkelsen aka Miss Fame from season seven. If you missed that season, allow me to give you the rundown: 32-year-old Kurtis is a down-to-earth, put-together guy, who grew up on a farm in a small town called Templeton, California, where he tended to cows and chickens (his favorite animal, BTW). "We only had one stoplight, and Vanna White — a gorgeous woman, flipping letters — was the only beauty reference I had, aside from my four aunts," he explained. "They all had bushy, Brooke Shields brows, shimmer shadow from their lashes up, and hair-sprayed '80s bangs, and I loved admiring them — they didn’t even know how pretty they were because we were so confined to our farm and our small town."

Inspired by his aunts' beauty — and fueled by his natural talent for drawing — Kurtis enrolled in beauty school after high school, which eventually led to him becoming a hairstylist, makeup artist, model (signed to IMG Paris), spokesmodel for L'Oréal Paris, and world-renowned drag queen whose stage name is Miss Fame.

If you've seen Miss Fame, you know that Kurtis really knows his stuff when it comes to applying a full face of makeup. Taken aback by Fame's beauty, I had Kurtis transform for Cosmopolitan.com (see below!) and spill some of his go-to beauty secrets in the process.

Here, 10 hacks you need to incorporate into your routine ASAP:

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1. Swipe several foundation shades on your neck to find your perfect match, plus your contour and highlighter shades.

The shade that best suits your skin tone should always your base color, but the one that's a touch too dark could double as your contour, while the one that's too light can be used as a highlighter. Also: Figure out your correct foundation shade first, but Fame suggests always starting with your eye look first (see next hack) to keep your teal blue shadow, for example, from ruining your flawless foundation application.

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2. Use a makeup wipe to create precise lines.

This isn't a novel trick, but it's a good reminder that wipes will forever be your BFF, and here's why: No matter how good you are at doing your makeup or how much you practice a certain eye look, you still might not nail a straight line on the first try. Which is exactly why Miss Fame turns to makeup wipes to create a straight edge in a snap. Simply swipe the straight side of a wipe along the outer corner of a cat-eye or graphic shadow shape to look sharp AF.

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3. Use the foundation that matches your skin tone on the perimeter of your face and one that's a shade lighter on the interior.

Miss Fame suggests using a stick foundation that matches your exact skin color on the perimeter of your face: your jawline, cheeks, outer edges of your forehead, and along the sides of your neck. Next, swipe a lighter foundation stick on the interior of your face: under your eyes, on the middle of your forehead, on the center of your chin, down your nose, around your nostrils, and on the inner part of your neck. Blend everything with a damp makeup sponge, pressing the makeup into your skin for a more natural finish. Miss Fame used Make Up For Ever HD Stick in “155=R370,” pictured here, and then Make Up For Ever in “117=y225” as the lighter shade.

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4. Bring forward the features you want to showcase with a concealer one shade lighter than your skin tone.

"Regardless of your skin tone, applying concealer a shade slightly lighter than your skin color under your eyes in an inverted triangle shape, down the center of your nose, on the indents of your nostrils (which creates a pointier nose!), on your chin, and a dab in the center of your forehead all brings forward the features you want to showcase and refine," Miss Fame explained. Miss Fame used Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhancer in “SX01” here.

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5. Hold the head of a dense angled brush while contouring to avoid harsh lines.

To make sure your contour looks believable, Miss Fame suggests holding the head of a dense, angled brush while applying a deeper foundation or bronzer to your skin to avoid harsh lines. "This keeps your contour soft and diffused, rather than thick, heavy, which can age a face quickly," Miss Fame noted. As for proper contour placement: Sweep the brush along your hairline in a halo formation, under your cheekbones, along your jawline, and under your bottom lip; then blend with a damp makeup sponge. "These placements minimize width in the face, streamlining everything; plus, placing a shadow under the bottom lip adds instant volume," Miss Fame added.

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6. Create the illusion of a more streamlined nose with strategically placed contour.

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With a thin lip brush or paintbrush — and a foundation that's two shades darker than your actual skin tone — contour the high bridge of your nose (if you hug the highlight line down the center of your nose, you're swiping it on the right area), and then add a dash at the tip of your nose on both sides at upward angles. "This make your nose look slimmer," Miss Fame added. Next, lightly blend with a makeup sponge but be careful not to fully diffuse the contour to the point that it's invisible.

7. Prevent under-eye creasing by pressing setting powder into your skin with a beauty puff.

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If you have dark circles and your concealer tends to settle in the creases under your eyes, you need this tip: "After applying your concealer, set the formula with tinted powder [that matches your skin tone] using a fluffy brush to create a super-even, dark circle-free effect," Miss Fame suggested. "Then, add a little more powder to the puff, pressing it into your skin to prevent creasing." Miss Fame used Nars Soft Velvet Loose Powder in “Snow” here.

8. Elongate your eye by extending your liner past your tear duct.

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Whether you're creating a cat-eye or not, trace your top lash line, extending the liner past the inner corner of your eye. "This not only elongates your eyes, making them appear bigger, it adds a femininity to the eye and adds more drama," Miss Fame noted. Try Marc Jacobs Magic Marc'er Precision Pen.

9. Draw two triangles over the peaks of your top lip and then round them out with a flat-tip brush to create a new, believable shape.

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To create a slightly larger lip shape, draw two triangles over the peaks of your upper lip, and then round them out perfectly with a flat-tip brush to reveal your new lip shape. "Using this technique makes your new lip look appear more believable," Miss Fame noted.

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10. Secure lashes to the center of your upper lash line, leaving the ends to flutter freely.

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This sounds like a total no-no tip, but leaving the ends of your false lash strip free of glue actually does make your lashes appear more ~real~. Here's why: You want your lash strip to be anchored on your lash line, starting at your iris and a little past the center of your lid, but in order for the lash to ramp up and look lifted — in a good way — it needs to not be attached at the outer corner. "This will create the look of an elevated, elongated eye line," Miss Fame explained. And don't worry, your falsies won't go flying off your face if you make sure the lash glue is slightly tacky when you adhere it to your upper lash line.

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See: Elevated and elongated! Yas, queen!

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To see all of Miss Fame's makeup tricks in action, check out the video above. In the meantime, here's this queen slaying this makeup look on a lucite throne:

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Model and Makeup by: Miss Fame

Hair: Yukiko Tajima using Oribe Hair Care

Dress: Latex by Sonia of Tableaux Vivants

Accessories: Kate Spade

Video by: Jason Ikeler, Andy Clancy, Gigi Pena, and Jamie Abraham

Photos: Ruben Chamorro

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