“I’ve always been interested in glamour. I would watch my mom get ready in the morning; then, behind closed doors, try on all her makeup and shoes and jewelry,” says Andrew Dahling. “It’s always been inside of me.”

The makeup artist has played a crucial role in creating some of Chappell Roan’s most iconic and glamorous beauty moments. Growing up, he had a proclivity toward beauty, and makeup was a natural outlet for this expression. “We must choose a career at some point, and makeup just felt natural to me,” he says. “It’s a way to create hyperbolic, extravagant characters that express a very real emotional reaction to the world.”

“I was in my own world all the time, and the M·A·C counter was like a little cloud floating in the sky,” he says. Speaking to Dahling, he frequently mentions the transformative and magical power of makeup. “To me, makeup in any capacity has the power to shift vibrations – on a limitless scale – and if all this existence is, is vibration, then makeup is pure magic. So, I’m just playing with magic, and it’s fun.”