Theatrical Aging

First attempts at ageing makeup

In lesson we learnt how to create and age people using makeup, ageing makeup is often used in theatre therefore would have to be exaggerated for the audience to be able to see. The only benefit to this theatrical makeup being that as it will not be filmed it does not need to be perfect at it will not be seen in detail.

To create this look you will need:

- A small angled brush

-Supra Colour Palette

-Foundation brush

-Kryolan Foundation Palette

-Mascara Wand

-Tooth Enamel (for nicotine affect)

- Foundation for base

- Illamasqua powder

1.       To make it easier to apply the supra colours cleanse tone and moisturize the face then apply a base foundation

2.       Then apply a small amount of moisturiser to your palette then mix red and green to create a brown colour, you could add a little bit of yellow if needed.

3.       To make it easier to see where the natural lines would be on the models face, ask them to scrunch up their face to create the lines, while like this draw on the lines using the small angled brush.

4.       To create more depth you could add white slightly above the lines.

5.       Work in the colours with your fingers, blending it into the skins to create the natural look, typical placed to apply it include the forehead, sides of the eyes, chin and underneath the cheek bones to create depth.

6.       Then mix white with a little bit of yellow and apply to the brows and eyelashes.

7.       For the lips get the model to scrunch up their lips and apply Illamasqua powder by patting it on.

8.       You can also create broken veins by using a sponge and pink/red supra colour, applying to the cheeks and nose, then blend to add colour to the cheeks as well.

9.       Ask the model to dry their teeth as much as they can then dry using a baby bud and apply the tooth enamel