Depending on how many layers you have done, areas around the mouth may crack or flake. You’ll most often notice this damage around lunch and near wrap. Repairs are easy and quick: 1. Paint 99 percent alcohol in the direction of the wrinkles. 2. Apply Telesis 4 Thinner and/or acetone (faster) with a brush. Then […]

Use a flat white synthetic bristle brush (between 3/8 and 1 inch in width), depending on the area being aged. The application changes only with the tools you use to put the SeLr to the skin. Have your brushstrokes complement the directions of the wrinkles. One to four layers, and up to as many as […]

Many times the painted technique of aging is not enough to achieve the age needed. In this situation, the professional Makeup Artist should know how to do aging using the stretch and stipple technique. This isby Richard Snell and Kenny Myers, reprinted from Premiere Products Inc. (www. ppi. cc) Green Marble SeLr is often used […]

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We can add age to a character by painting in lines, age spots, and broken capillaries, and by graying the eyebrows and hair. If the actor has a photo of a parent at the age you are recreating, that is very helpful in seeing the way the family genetics age. Your knowledge from the previous […]

The “Traynor Lift” is the beauty device used by Makeup Artists for stage, film, and TV to give a youthful look to the face. Mark Traynor Face and Neck Lifts and Isometric Beauty Bands are used for beauty, glamour, to reverse age, in character makeups (think Tootsie, drag queens, transvestites), and on both women and […]

Eyebrow appliances will give you a total block, but you must be able to blend the edges for successful application. They are applied directly over the eyebrows. Plastic – based products are easier to work with. We will use KRYOLAN’s eyebrow plastic. Making the appliance using KRYOLAN’s plastic, take a round object (such as an […]

Changing eyebrow shape is a wonderful and powerful tool to developing and designing acharacter. The eyebrows frame the eyes, the windows to the soul, making them very influential on the focus of the facial features. Block out the eyebrows to completely alter a face or show “period” (for example, Victorian England). As with all makeup, […]

Character design can be thought of as all makeup designs; even a beauty makeup is a form of character design. For some people, when referring to character makeup, they don’t realize this point. They think of an old age makeup or an obvious physical alteration to the actor to show character, and not beauty. All […]