True Story: Nikita Dragun's False Eyelash Once Fell Off on a Date

"The first thing is always lip gloss," she said. "Because your lipstick or whatever might get rubbed off throughout the night. You might go out to dinner, get a little kiss in there or something, and you always want to make sure your lips are covered in some way."

The second thing is foundation, for which she has a trick in case you find yourself needing to reapply mid-date: "I usually put a lot of foundation or concealer or anything loaded up on a brush or a little blender to have just in case I need a touch up," she said.

Lastly is a brow product: "I myself have half a brow, so if it ever was to get a little physical at dinner and I need to draw my eyebrow back on in some way, having that on hand is important."

"I definitely went through a very tragic phase with my brows," she said. "I was just really superintense with my look for the longest time. I was always wearing purple lipsticks and liner out to my temples, and my brows were not even brown, [they were] full-on Sharpie black."

A trans woman, Dragun found her inner confidence only after she was able to truly accept herself — a process she says came after she transitioned. "After going through such a long transition, I feel like now I've gotten to a place where I really just don't look to seek others' validation the way that I used to," she said. "I never got to experience a high school love or friends . . . I was a loner, and now I just feel like I'm able to live my life fully and just really not have anything to regret."

Dragun continued, "A lot of times I would play things out in my head as a fantasy like, 'I wish I could do this,' but now I get to actually live it. So literally every single day, that's why I'm in full wig, full face, and everything. Just fully living my fantasy."

"I remember one time I got laser [treatment], and all of a sudden my skin started to peel really fast," she said. "They were trying to put makeup on it, and my skin was like flaking off."