Hot?

[sagesaria]

When I first put on makeup for Tommy, I was really worried about doing it right. I constantly asked "Do I look ok?" One of the answers I got from my fellow castmates when I asked "Do I look ok?" was "You look hot."

Now, I don't think makeup really makes one more attractive...but I'm curious about others' opinions now.



Without makeup:


Act I Makeup

kind of a sloppy job, I know...it's hard getting makeup on right DX and AAHHH my skin looks like something out of Silent Hill D8

Act II Makeup


By the way, I'm wearing a shirt family friend Chastity gave me; an OFFICIAL Broadway Tommy shirt! It's not quite the same as the shirts the cast made during the show, but it almost makes up for it. I wonder if I should get some fabric paint and customise it some :)

Anyway, thoughts?

ETA: No this doesn't mean I'm planning to wear makeup on a daily basis. I've just wanted to get pictures up and was bored and have PLENTY of excess makeup. And the makeup is all stuff I bought at KMart.

Comments

[tensaidoushi.livejournal.com]

*Too lazy to log out of Youzen account*

Cute!

[sagesaria.livejournal.com]

I look like my face is falling off DX

[maugorn.livejournal.com]

Stage makeup is not the same as "real" makeup and while it's purpose is similar, it's a got a different angle.

1) Pancake, while it makes you look really dorky close up, is actually very useful to have on onstage. The lights are really really bright, and if your skin is not toned and flattened (ie, not shiny) you either:

- become ghost and vanish because you're all washed out.
No really. I've seen it, and it's sad & creepy. I resisted pancake for a long time, but the director insisted, and the lighting director too, and they were right.

-lipstick: Well, it's obvious that for a '50's look you need the bright red. And again, it has to be exaggerated for distance and intense for the lights.
Also, lipstick on the stage can serve a very useful generic purpose in that it highlights your lips. Well, duh. But doing so...
makes your lips easier to read at a distance which is good for people who can't hear you well in the noise. It makes it easier to know that YOU are talking/singing/making wierd chirping noises/whatever, and it makes it easier to SEE what you're saying.

And heavy shading and outlining around your eyes helps "project" your facial expressions.

Ta-Da!

If you want to go the makeup route in mundania (ie, for work), what you do to translate is to use the effects that were picked out for you for the stage, but to TONE THEM WAY DOWN.
If you use a foundation for your skin, use one just the barest tad darker than your natural tone, and if you use lipstick, use one that is just a teensy more red or pink than your normal tone. Same with your eyes- just a little bit of outline makes you more "expressive", but your glasses take care of alot of that already.
Anyway, a light touch shows some, but it helps you work WITH what you have rather than simply trowelling over everything like so much drywall spackle. You take what you like about what you have and highlight it a little, and what you don't like just gets a bit overshadowed naturally.

You looked good onstage. You really did.

[maugorn.livejournal.com]

Oops. Left out a bit.

On stage makeup-
The other purpose of pancake is to make your skin
_NOT_ shiny. If you're too shiny on stage under that light, every drop of sweat will just show up like you've got a laser pointer on it OR your face will become a signal mirror.

[rinichan.livejournal.com]

TWO BILLION THUMBS UP

As a lighting director on two shows back in high school, i can vouch for this. When you're on stage, between how far away you are from everyone and the bright lights, you need to have makeup on you to look human. I swear, in the second pic, your skin would have looked fine on stage, whereas your natural skin would have been too pale, too yellow-toned, and too shiny. And that goes for lip and eye makeup too, Maugie's exactly right. You can't be subtle on stage. I remember one (black) chick who pretty much just drew a really big outline around her eyes in a shade just a tad lighter than her skin, and applied eyeshadow and stuff out to there. In person, it looked like she had cartoon eyes, but on stage, those cartoon eyes were exactly right -- the director said her eyes "popped" and told everyone else to copy what she did. Without that makeup, during rehearsal, her eyes looked beady and her whole face just wasn't attractive. The makeup didn't cover anything up, it allowed her to project her natural attractiveness and stage presence farther away from herself. (oh, and mascara makes the motions of your eyes more visible.)

Anytime anyone is on stage or in front of a camera, they have makeup on. No exceptions.

[patches023.livejournal.com]

You will look good if you feel comfortable. If make up doesn't make you feel comfortable, others will pick up on that.

Make up is difficult to master, many people don't do it well including me. If you are interested, you can go to a make up counter and have a free session done.

I like the bottom picture better. The lipstick matches your natural shade better. Is the middle one using the stuff you used in Tommy?

[alkmene.livejournal.com]

Cosmetics does take some time and practice before you can get the hang of things. I like the makeup you used in the second picture because it goes well with your skin tone.

[lysystratae.livejournal.com]

i'm way too lazy to wear makeup often - and when I do, 90% of the time it's eyeliner and mascara and that's it. IMHO eyes are the best thing on anyone's face; highlight them and you look more awake, more alert, and more expressive. A whole lot of bonus for a teensy bit of work :)
So I'd say for daily/semi-daily use, do the eyes and ignore the rest. Besides, the more you use base and lipstick, the more natural color you lose (ever see the bare face of a woman who's done the whole schtick every day for the last 30 years? totally washed out and all one tone).