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Regardless, Pageler is just excited to be in the competition, noting that whatever she's doing must be working because she made it through the first challenge: Timeless Beauty.
Pageler and the other contestants had two weeks to brainstorm ideas and create a look, followed by just over a week for viewers to vote.
Pageler said for the first few days when deciding on her look she had "500 million thousand and two" ideas floating around in her head.
"I wanted to do futuristic and I wanted to do something 70s, like a flower child, like a futuristic flower child, but that ended up being weird, and I had friends tell me that that's not timeless," Pageler said.
Since she had so few followers compared to other contestants, Pageler said she knew she would have to do something that was much
more than makeup.
Pagerler practiced her look every day for two weeks, sometimes multiple times a day. Whenever she practiced, she found a new element. Her final version featured a classic '60s style mod eye, a soft cheek and lip paired with a mix of a psychedelic sun and bright colors that appear to melt down her chest and stomach.
The effect worked.
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"I just wanted to die," Pageler said. "I was so excited that I got into this next round."
Challenge two voting begins June 26 and ends July 3, when the top 20 will become the top 12. Voting for challenge three begins July 24 and will determine the top six entrants. They will fly to Los Angeles in August to compete live in the Nokia Theatre for the top spot.
Participants are currently working on their entries for the second challenge, which they learned last Friday should be their interpretation of paranormal activity.
Pageler said she's already met her own personal goal, though.
"Getting to the top 20, where I'm at right now was my goal, but top 12 is extra credit, and then I think I'll just collapse if I make anything higher," Pageler said.
"Even if I don't win, I've already gotten a lot of traffic on my channel and stuff, and that's cool, but what's pretty crazy is that I got to connect with a ton of people and I've been doing collabs with other people and just totally growing my own circle of people," she said. "It's been really cool to be able to learn from everyone and learn from practicing."
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Alumna Elsa Rhae Pageler films a video inside her basement studio in Overland Park. Pageler is one of 20 finalists in the NYX FACE Awards.
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