Illness Makeup, Theatrical Aging, Dirtying Down

Equipment:

·      Moisturiser

·      Supracolour palette

·      Black stipple sponge

·      Brushes

·      Duo glue

·      Glycerine

·      Water spray

·      Pipette

Instructions:

·      Heavily moisturise the skin to allow easy blending.

·      Hollow out the face using sepia browns from the Supracolour palette. Apply with brush and blend in with fingers.

·      Emphasise tired eyes by making the red round the lash lines.

·      Make the skin appear flushed and rashy using a black stipple sponge and dabbing on red onto the cheeks, forehead, nose and chin. Blend and dab with fingers.

·      Darken the lips slightly and blend out round the mouth slightly to create the effect of sore lips.

·      Apply duo glue to the lips. Allow it to dry and start moving the glue to create the effect of sore, dry lips.

·      Darken areas of the dried duo glue to create the effect of cracks or sores.

·      Dab glycerine onto the skin to create the effect of sweat. Focus on the forehead, cheeks and upper lip.

·      Spay water onto the face and around the hairline to make the skin look damp with sweat.

·      Using a pipette, drop glycerine under the eye to form a tear drop.

Theatrical Ageing

Equipment:

·      Cleanser, toner, moisturiser

·      Base

·      Supracolour palette

·      Brushes

·      Disposible mascara wand

·      Mixing palette

·      Latex

·      Sponge

·      Hairdryer

Instructions:

·      Prepare the face.

·      Apply a small amount of base, the same colour as the skin.

·      Take the base over the lips whilst the model pinches her lips. This creates a cracked effect.

·      Using the grease based supracolour palette, apply a dark brown/grey around the eyes, nose, cheekbones and temples to make the face appear gaunt, emphasising the hollows.

·      Blend in with fingers.

·      Ask the model to screw their face up to show creases in the skin. Apply a darker shade in the creases of the skin and blend in with fingers to create the effect of wrinkles.

·      Get a lighter shade and highlight the raised parts of the creases to emphasise.

·      Using a disposible mascara wand, apply grey to the eyebrow in a backwards motion.

Creping of the skin

·      Stretch skin so it is taught.

·      Apply latex onto skin using a sponge.

·      Pinch skin to create ‘wrinkles’.

Dry the latex using a hairdryer, making sure that the temperature is suitable.

Dirtying Down

Equipment:

·      Kryolan colour tube

·      Supracolor Palette

·      Fake Dirt

·      Brill cream

·      Dry Shampoo

·      Coloured Hairsprays

·      Cotton buds

·      Toothpicks

·      Moisturiser

Blackened Teeth

·      Open the mouth and dry the tooth with a cotton bud

·      Apply the black onto the tooth and keep the lip raised to allow the colour to dry

·      Shade around the edges of the teeth to create a 3-D effect

·      Always check the teeth throughout the shoot and have toothpicks to hand

Dirtying Down

·      Apply any moisturiser to areas that will appear the most dirty on the skin

·      Rub on fake dirt or spray coloured hairspray to make the area darken on the skin. Always remember to use the correct dirt or colour for the surroundings that you are shooting the model in.

·      Apply water or moisturiser to make the roots of the hair appear greasy, as this is the area that becomes greasy first. You can also use brill cream.

Spray dry shampoo on the hair to make it dull.