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Amelia R.

Sep 10, 2011

Amelia R.

I've been in my school's theater program for quite some time, and our fall musical is coming up. The girl who did the makeup on boys/girls who didn't know how last year graduated and I was suggested to be the new makeup girl. Now, I'm pretty comfortable with my makeup abilities but I'm not quite sure what to specifically do for stage makeup. If anyone knows some specifics, I'd really appreciate it.

Drea L.

Sep 10, 2011

Drea L.

Usually stage lights wash EVERYTHING out - so for stage, it's ok to go heavy on colors. Especially when contouring & highlighting. A heavier contour will show up a lot better on stage. Of course, you just have to make sure it's still properly blended so it'd still look good off-stage.

The same concept goes for eye makeup. Everything can easily get washed out & look like you're barely wearing anything at all. For example, a subtle natural eye look can easily look like you're wearing nothing at all. It's ok to go a little bit on the heavy side with the colors. Contrasted looks also picks up great on stage.

Good luck!

Megan N.

Sep 11, 2011

Megan N.

i started doing stage makeup before i started learning how to do beauty makeup. like Andrea said, stage lighting washes people out a lot. so you have to really go heavy on the blushes, lips, and eyes. i know when your not on stage you look kinda clownish, but that's the way you have to look in order for it to look good on stage.

for a simple girls makeup i would do some nice dark eyeliner, with some lashes if they want their eyes to stand out. make sure to darken up their eyebrows as well. an make sure to really contour the cheeks so they can be seen from the audience. same goes with blush. and as for lips, i would do something a little darker then what you would normally do on a daily basis. you want your lips to be able to be seen from the audience.

guys, i would make sure to contour their cheeks, add a little liner to their eyes and a little hint of color on their lips. 

Jordana K.

Sep 30, 2011

Jordana K.

i'd say exactly what the other girls have said here, try to use a foundation that doesn't have lightening properties, because it can often look like Edward Cullen gone wrong as some of those foundations contain microglitter particles…
as for the foundation, you really want a good primer that shows up the pigmentation of the colors so I'd go for UDPP or TFSS :)

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