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Getting into the sweetness world of Vietnamese-Canadian make-up artist Brithani Phatal is a joyful thing: anything goes. Scroll down their feed and also you’ll see classic old-school glam celebrated alongside the extraordinary (think: the feel of natto slime being stretched across someone’s cheeks). It’s a zest for beauty, and it’s infectious. “Beauty is the explanation for each season,” they are saying. “There’s at all times something beautiful to sit up for… Frostbite cheeks and hard nipples in winter, flowers blossoming and baby animals squealing in spring, sweaty skin and watermelon lips in summer and pumpkin spice lattes in fall.”

Growing up of their parent’s clothing factory in Montreal, it was the potential to make use of fashion and wonder to shapeshift that inspired Phatal’s profession. “For so long as I can remember, I’d at all times get tired of the best way I look and need to remodel myself,” they are saying. “[Now] I give people the chance to remodel the thought of who they think they’re into who they wish to be… I feel I used to be placed on this earth to empower and heal through the fantasy.”

Now LA-based, Phatal’s portfolio boasts an endlessly varied stream of collabs, from glam for clients like Caroline Vreeland to high-fashion shoots for the likes of Diesel, to creative projects with new-Gen faces like Princess Gollum. Read on for the complete download from Phatal, from their ultimate TV villain (clue: they’re a Housewife), life-changing Drag Race look, and dreams of becoming a dolphin-eagle…

Are you able to tell us a bit about yourself and where you grew up?

Brithani Phatal: I’m a queer, French-speaking Vietnamese Canadian. I grew up as an only child to folks that made me WERK! They made me try all the pieces; basketball, judo, chess, piano, tennis and more. But I only excelled in art class. 

I remember spending my childhood in my parents’ clothing factory, which led me to develop an affinity for fashion and the strategy of creating clothes. As I grew older I ate my feelings and wore my many personalities thus developing the shape-shifting capabilities that led me to where I’m today.

How did you get into doing make-up?

Brithani Phatal: For so long as I can remember, I’d at all times get uninterested in the best way I look and at all times want to remodel myself. I’d exit with my friends and be considered one of the women. I became so good at looking the part that it sold itself. Everyone wanted me to revolutionise their look.

Which fictional character do you most relate to?

Brithani Phatal: I relate more to reality TV stars, akin to the Real Housewives. Kenya Moore is my ultimate favourite because to some she is the villain, but to me, she just doesn’t care about being liked. She’s also the queen of throwing shade, which may be very me after I’m within the shower practising my comeback lines. 

Who’s your beauty icon or favourite look of all time? 

Brithani Phatal: I feel someone who left a big impact on me in the best way I see fashion and wonder is Violet Chachki. All of her runway looks during her time on drag race were beyond major, but her season eight finale had me pick up my jaw from the ground. It really expanded my very own limited vision of art, drag, and drama.

When do you’re feeling most beautiful?

Brithani Phatal: Not going to lie, I kinda feel like Bella Hadid after my first bowel movement of the day. But a superb cream blush also has that power on me. I don’t normally wear make-up anymore on my day-to-day, but there’s something about putting burnt terracotta on my cheeks that makes me feel like I put intention on myself and that makes me feel able to slay.

You encounter a hostile alien race and sound is their only mechanism for communication. What song would you play to encourage them to spare you and the remainder of the human race?

Brithani Phatal: “I’m With You” by Avril Lavigne. Take me by the hand, take me somewhere recent. I don’t know who you might be, but I… I’m with you…

You will have to interchange a part of your body with that of an animal or a mythological creature. What do you go for and why?

Brithani Phatal: I’d like to have a dolphin tail and eagle wings, just so I can slay the ocean and the sky. 

Are you optimistic in regards to the future?

Brithani Phatal: I’m mostly an optimistic person, but I don’t really think in regards to the future. I’m a dreamer and I still trust individuals with childlike naivety. So I suppose yes, I’m optimistic about what’s next.

What’s the long run of beauty?

Brithani Phatal: It’ll be freed from gender, but not of plastic, but still fierce.