The first evidence of make up being used is in ancient egypt in the year 4000 BC. Egyptians created products by using dangerous materials mercury and white lead.
They also used khol which was used to outline the eyes, it is made of lead, copper, soot, burned almonds and some other ingredients.
They believed that eye make up would ward off evil spirits and improve the sight.
In Japan, Geisha's used lipstick made of crushed safflower petals to paint eyebrows and edges of eyes as well as lips.
Sticks of bintsuke was - a softer version of sumo wrestlers hair wax - was used as a make up base.
Friday, 28 October 2011
Friday, 14 October 2011
Fantasy Movie Makeup
To recreate the look of Two Face I would use prosthetics before applying the make up and latex. I picked this fantasy movie look because it partially ties in with what we have been learning about burns in our Special Effects class.
To recreate the look of Keither Sutherland's vampire character "David" in The Lost Boys would be to use a foundation a couple of shades lighter than the normal skin tone and use white Cosmetic Powder to set the makeup and to give you a pale and vampiric look. I would apply Dermawax below and above the eye area to disfigure and show the transformation. I would then apply green or gray greasepaints to the undereye to give a corpse look and to the cheekbones to make them look a bit gaunt. The most important items now would be the vampire fangs and white/red contacts to complete the look.
To recreate the look of Keither Sutherland's vampire character "David" in The Lost Boys would be to use a foundation a couple of shades lighter than the normal skin tone and use white Cosmetic Powder to set the makeup and to give you a pale and vampiric look. I would apply Dermawax below and above the eye area to disfigure and show the transformation. I would then apply green or gray greasepaints to the undereye to give a corpse look and to the cheekbones to make them look a bit gaunt. The most important items now would be the vampire fangs and white/red contacts to complete the look.
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