DD

@derekdengg

the tasteful twink 🎀 beauty editor @byrdie
Followers
19.6k
Following
2,101
Account Insight
Score
57.26%
Index
Health Rate
%
Users Ratio
9:1
Weeks posts
Is your lip balm giving gay guy or straight girl? In the name of beauty journalism, I surveyed everyone from tasteful twinks to buzzfeed millennials and asked them: what lip balm do you use? The end product: my Lip Balm Matrix™️- which I’ve been updating thanks to yall 💓 it’s filled with your fave lip balms from @glossier balm dot com to @experimentwrld softwear, and ofc I couldn’t forget aquaphor and Vaseline. I have this theory that your lip balm - likely the beauty product that you’re most loyal to, because it’s reapplied quite often and carried around with you wherever you go - is a symbol of your taste, identity, and consumer preferences. This is the manifestation of that! My personal faves: the @eadem.co Chouchou balms and the @necessaire lip balm. Lmk: what lippie are you most loyal to? If u want to be a part of my research, I made a google form and the link is in my bio. Much more to come🙈💕 #lipbalm #lipgloss #gay #mlm #millennial
56.0k 873
3 months ago
all aboard the dd double decker bus💞 thank you to @glowrecipe for being the PINKPRINT and including me in such a meaningful campaign .. i am NEVER shutting up about this. ever.
671 89
2 years ago
the twinkification of @cosmopolitan begins… link in bio!
463 97
3 years ago
is your drink order giving gay guy or straight girl? according to science, you are a twenty year-old gay guy if you order a lychee martini, literally or spiritually. inspired by my gay fragrance matrix, i think that just like your signature scent, your cocktail order reveals more about you than you think—your vibe, your taste, and your identity. who else is getting gay off that tequila🙈🙈 so i polled thousands of hailey bieber wannabe straight girls, bushwick twinks, and millennial mommies alike: what’s your drink order? which culminated in my Cocktail Matrix™️. some interesting tidbits: Diet Coke unites all demographics, the dirtier the martini the more millennial you are, and the pornstar martini is beloved by the twinks but at risk of being gentrified by the straight girls. also… half of Gen Z is sober?? for more on the intersection of taste, identity, and consumerism—i write about it on my substack “the tasteful twink” 💕 and many more matrices coming soon—working on a bisexual + lesbian matrix so submit the google form in my bio if you want to be part of the research!! so grateful to everyone who participated—the data truly doesn’t lie 🙈 let me know if i clocked your tea!! #gay #queer #cocktail #mlm #matrix
36.9k 405
3 days ago
going to the lockheed martin pre-game at the tupperware villa then fleet enema gifting suite and palantir dl trade cabana then the addison rae set at the duracell pop up. then might stop by the tj maxx x fabuloso after party before rhode x deloitte house. hbu?
800 53
27 days ago
went to the chopperia and everyone said they knew u
905 46
1 month ago
do u smell like a fem bottom? in the name of twink beauty journalism, i asked 1000+ gay guys: what’s your signature scent? which culminated in my Gay Fragrance Matrix™️. i have this theory that we reach for fragrance as a means to signal who we are and what we want—and the data certainly confirms it!! if you want a full breakdown of my matrix + the top scents beloved by the gays, i write about them on my substack and the link is in my bio. and if you want to be a part of my research —many more matrices including a lesbian one!!—there’s a google form at the link in my bio 💕 on a very real note, fragrance can be such a powerful language to explore queer identity—so i’m vv grateful to everyone who participated in my research 🙈 the overlap between queerness and beauty is larger than we think and it’s time the brands start paying attention!! #gay #mlm #fragrance #perfume #queer
51.4k 697
1 month ago
do you smell like a gay guy? thanks to my fragrance survey - which 1800+ of yall filled out!! ❤️ - i was able to crunch some numbers and find out the most popular gay guy scents. obviously we had some beloved bottom scents like @tomfordbeauty lost Cherry and @glossier you but the biggest gag was @lelabofragrances another 13… if you look at the top-bottom-vers breakdown of another 13 it’s verrrryy spread out which is v surprising! tops and bottoms rarely agree on anything... except another 13 apparently. if you want a longer breakdown — I analyzed another 13 through the lens of data and culture and also my own experiences dating a man that wore it on my substack!!! This is my v first substack article so your support would mean everything love yallll. link in bio!!🎀💓 #gay #mlm #glossieryou #another13 #fragrance
14.3k 318
1 month ago
do you smell like a surged up doll? in the name of beauty journalism, my doll consultant @generationzizi and i surveyed hundreds of dolls via grindr + my fragrance survey: what’s your signature scent? i present to you the official Doll Fragrance Matrix: a comprehensive database of perfumes for the trans girls, calibrated very carefully thanks to y’all’s responses. a full breakdown of this matrix is coming soon to my substack so keep your eyes peeled for that—link is in bio! if there’s one thing that this matrix has taught me, it’s the very real power of fragrance to affirm your identity and live out your fantasies. and I think that’s beautiful!! compared to my Gay Fragrance Matrix, this one is dominated by scents that radiate an aura of hyperfemininity—the top perfumes were heavy florals and gourmands with strong projections like @muglerofficial angel nova and @carolinaherrera good girl blush. lmk: what matrices do you want to see next??? i have lots coming up—and if you want to be a part of my research, fill out the google form in my bio!!! #transgirl #mtf #doll #perfume #fragrance
3,937 69
2 months ago
the fragrance industry, too, is in a really chinese time of its life. but it’s not just a “time,” it’s a renaissance. my for you page, recently, has been flooded with chinese fragrances—and for good reason. they’re shaking up the fragrance industry in many ways, with notes that nod to chinese heritage and tea culture and packaging that puts many western brands to shame. i recently got my hands on a few chinese perfumes and i just have a feeling that they will be taking over very soon. just ask l’oréal and estée lauder, who have both taken minority stakes in chinese perfume brands. alas, the Chinese fragrance renaissance is here!!! Featuring: Black Paw 不知春 @tosummerofficial Triple Tea @beast_shanghai Got Milk? #perfume #fragrance #chineseperfumes #teafragrance #chinese
7,700 69
2 months ago
ppl always ask if you’re a carrie or a samantha… girl i’m lexi featherston
347 31
4 months ago
dd (derek deng)… flip it around and you get pp (peppa pig)
384 28
5 months ago