File under: bucket list level pre-gaming scenarios. No new news that we love a good primp and prep, but when we got getting ready with
Issa Rae
pre-NAACP Awards(if you haven’t watched
Insecure
in its entirety, consider it your Monday night plan) earlier this year and talked inappropriately long hugs with Kofi Siriboethe and dream run-ins with Viola Davis, the fun level was amplified ten fold. While Rae slipped into her Stella Nolasco gown and got final glam touch-ups by makeup artist
Joanna Simkin
(who used all natural brand Burts Bees to achieve Rae’s glow) and hair stylist
Felicia Leatherwood
, we listened to
Sampha, Big Sean, Solange, Drake in what she would call her “S
ophistiratch Sounds” playlist.
Click through the below to see how Rae preps before a big appearance.