The Make-Up Room: THEATRICAL AGEING

Equipment needed:

-       Foundation palette

-       Concealer palette

-       Supra Colour palette

-       Latex

-       Ben Nye wrinkle stipple

-       Kryolan coloured hairspray

NOTES TO CONSIDER:

-       Always best to create your own imperfections rather than use existing ones -> continuity purposes

-       How old is your character? How much work is needed to make their age correct?

-       Remember to age their neck and anything else that will be in shot

-       D11 concealer = good for ageing

-       Supracolour palette = grease based, good to blend

-       Latex should be tested on the model 2 weeks prior and taken off with warm water

-       Ben Nye Wrinkle Stipple should be applied with a sponge, either underneath or on top of make-up

How to:

-       Apply a base all over the face, including lips, being sure to block out any skin imperfections BUT DO NOT POWDER

-       Use a thin pointy brush to apply the products

-       Get your model to frown/smile/crease their face to see where natural lines and wrinkles will occur

-       In the creases, apply your grease based product (either one of the concealer shades or the supra colours mixed together to make a brown)

-       Blend with your fingers

-       Remember to apply under the eyes as well, though no further than the socket crease

-       Be sure to blend into the hair line

-       Create light and shade -> use 1 or 2 shades lighter and a bigger brush to create more definition between the light and dark, highlighting along the crevises

-       Use coloured hairspray for the eyebrows

-       Spray it into a palette lid and use an eyebrow comb/mascara wand to apply

-       Be sure to go against and through the hairs of the eyebrow

-       Dab a paler colour onto the lips using your finger

-       LATEX = apply this with a sponge

-       Stretch the area of skin you want to apply it to tightly and apply the latex

-       Dry the skin with a medium heat hairdryer

-       When dry, apply more layers -> 2/3 layers applied, scrunch and squeeze the skin to help it wrinkle

EVALUATION: I found that this is an easy yet effective way of giving an aged effect, and that by simply just adding some darker shades to areas of the face I was able to change the face shape completely.