The night before the 2026 Grammy Awards, most makeup artists were home prepping their kits or reviewing the next day\u2019s schedule. Sasha Glasser was at Staples. The makeup artist and prosthetics designer behind Chappell Roan\u2019s faux-tattoos and nipple-less nipple piercings was furiously printing out fake tattoo designs before the office supply store closed for the night\u2014designs she\u2019d be applying onto Roan\u2019s chest and back for the red carpet the next day. \u201cThere are different ways to design tattoos for makeup and companies that make really amazing options, but because we decided on the look the night before, I had to print the designs out at Staples thirty minutes before the store closed,\u201d says Glasser, who used one of the shop\u2019s laser printers and waterslide paper to create DIY versions of those at-home tattoo decals you might have applied as a child. \u201cIt\u2019s basically a paper that has this shiny wax on top, so the ink sits on top and the moment you put water on the back, the ink falls off.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Glasser was tasked with creating tattoo decals that decorated Roan\u2019s back and torso, it was the singer\u2019s stylist, Genesis Webb, who designed them alongside her tattoo artist, Jenny Collins (known as @puppypuppyplaytime on Instagram). \u201cThe idea was to do something unique,\u201d Glasser says of the designs that mimicked delicate fabrics like lace and embroidery. \u201cThat\u2019s why we did them in a brown color, which feels uncommon.\u201d<\/p>\n Courtesy of Sasha Glasser<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n But it wasn\u2019t Roan\u2019s beautifully-faded tattoos that had everyone scratching their heads and losing their minds the next day. It was her nipple prosthetics complete with piercings and, well, no nipples (a fact that not only had the internet wondering if she was wearing a bodysuit, but also laying bare, quite literally, Instagram\u2019s absurd and outdated censorship on female breasts). \u201cThe idea was for her to not be so naked,\u201d Glasser explains.<\/p>\n Glasser may have had to go to Staples to print out Roan\u2019s tattoos, but to seamlessly cover up the singer\u2019s nipples and<\/em> create fake piercings, she broke out her heavy-duty prosthetic supplies. The nipple covers, which Glasser described as \u201cprosthetic pasties,\u201d were from a new-ish prosthetic brand called Out of Kit. \u201cIt\u2019s not like any other type of prosthetic because it has a sticky backing, like a Band-Aid, so you don\u2019t have to glue it down.\u201d That being said, for extra insurance, Glasser and her team, makeup artists Malina Stearns and Chelsea Delfino, used Telesis glue, an extra-strong medical-grade prosthetic adhesive that can hold up against far heavier materials than nipple rings and a light-as-air chiffon dress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Chappell](\"https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/698226da225299368e368477\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/2ea78a58-a6c1-45a4-b114-3591ed3a3fd3.jpg\"\/)
<\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n