Applying Stage Makeup

Foundation

  1. You are responsible for cleaning your skin properly and applying a light moisturizer before you arrive to have your makeup applied.
     
  2. Apply foundation a shade darker than your normal foundation colour, making sure to blend some onto your throat. Also, make sure to ligihtly aply to eyelids (as a base for the eye shadow).
     
  3. Next, dab on concealer where necessary, blending into foundation. Cover any darkness under the eyes or blemishes.
     
  4. Set makeup by aplying loose powder, preferably translucent or the same colour as your foundation. Apply to face and neck.

Eyes

  1. Cover entire lid, lash to brow, with white eye shadow.
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  1. Apply dark brown eye shadow to outer half of lid up to crease. Blend into white shadow.
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  2. Define crease with a ligiht bronze or orange/brown eye shadow, blending into the darker shade.
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  3. Line the entire upper lid's lash line with black eye liner.
     
  4. Line under your bottom lashes with brown eye liner. for lower lid, start lightly at midpoint and work outward, applying more pressure for a slightly thicker width toward outer corner.
     *To make eyes appear larger, don't connect the lines at the corners of the upper and 
           lower lash lines.
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  5. Widen eyes by using a white eye pencil along the ridge above the bottom lashes. Place a white dot at inner corners of eyes (by tear duct) for more definition. A white area on the inside of your eyes brightens your face.
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  6. Apply at least 2 coats of long lasting, waterproof mascara to upper and lower lashes.
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  7. With a brow pencil that matches your hair colour, draw a line through shaped brow and blend with a brow brush.
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Cheeks

  1. Contour cheeks with a brown tone by appying near the center of your ear and blending toward the base of your nose.
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  2. Finish with strokes of red/brown blush on the apples of your cheeks.
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Lips

  1. lips1Line lips with red/brown lip pencil and apply a matte lipstick in a warm red or red/brown shade.
     
  2. Highlight center of lip with shimmer cream or white eye shadow.