Whether or not you might be serious about utilizing grease make-up for a theatrical occasion, a particular Halloween celebration or another event, it’s essential know what merchandise are on the market and the best way to apply them.

Whereas grease make-up mica powder takes extra time and preparation than common water-soluble face paint, it additionally lasts for much longer. Most significantly, grease make-up will not smear or run underneath scorching lights or circumstances the place you would possibly perspire. With grease make-up you may create a extra dramatic and even skilled look.

Along with your grease face-paints and pencils you will have:

• face-cleanser or cream cleanser and/or child shampoo
• clear towels or paper towel
• clothes cover-up and hair-ties or bathe cap
• doable shaver for males
• mirror for those who aren’t working from house
• good high quality portray brush, powder brush
• skilled setting powder, talcum or child powder and applicator (see beneath)
• Q-Ideas or positive portray brush, tissue paper, paper towel are all helpful
• Different gadgets that you may also take into account:
• gentle moisturizer
• child oil (to repair errors after portray has ‘set’)
• charcoal pencil for eyes
• mascara
• sponge
• mister or water-spray
• glitter and different ornament

Earlier than you begin making use of the make-up, it’s essential put together your face so it goes on easily. Completely clear your face, tying again hair the place vital, and for males, have a shave. (Bearded males can apply grease paint make-up however it may be tough holding it out of the hair.) Keep in mind that grease make-up will stain garments, so placed on an previous button-up shirt. After your pores and skin dries, apply a really gentle moisturizer.

Working with the lightest shade first – often white – and an excellent high quality brush or sponge, or your fingers, you may define the world after which fill it in. Alternatively you may paint following the contours of your face. The grease make-up might not go on easily whether it is too chilly, which you’ll treatment by placing somewhat dab of the colour of within the palm of your hand for a minute. After portray, use your fingers to ‘pat’ the make-up into your pores and skin.

Not like water-based make-up, grease make-up requires you to color your face after which ‘set’ it with an expert setting powder, or child or talcum powder. (In case you go together with talcum, remember to verify beforehand that you do not have an allergic response to it.) You possibly can ‘set’ the grease make-up both in levels following every shade’s software, or on the finish of all of the portray. Some individuals choose the latter, making use of all the colours earlier than setting with powder, as a result of they will repair errors extra simply. The draw back nonetheless is that you simply danger mixing colours unintentionally and smearing your work.

Whether or not you ‘set’ in levels or on the finish, one dependable strategy to apply the powder is to partially fill a small, clear, cotton tube sock with the powder, tie it up, after which gently dab your face. Enable the powder sit for a half a minute or so earlier than dusting the surplus off with a powder brush. The painted areas ought to now not really feel moist or sticky – if this isn’t the case, you most likely want extra powder. As soon as the grease make-up has set, it needs to be pretty smudge-proof. If one thing wants correcting at this level, you should utilize Q-Ideas soaked in child oil, however do not forget that neighboring areas might now be smudged.

Watch out to not apply the grease face make-up thickly or in layers. In case you do have an excessive amount of in a single spot, press down on it along with your fingers to clean it out. Proceed to refine your face, utilizing Q-Ideas or a positive brush for the smaller areas. Grease pencils additionally can be utilized for the face, charcoal pencils for the eyes, and remember shade on your lips too!

Enable the grease make-up to completely dry, and apply a final gentle coating of powder, dusting off any extra with a brush or tissue paper. A moist material on the finish might help take away the surplus powder, or spray with a really gentle mist of water. In hotter climates you may most likely skip this step as a result of the additional powder will take in any perspiration.

In case you are making use of glitter, it needs to be accomplished on the very finish. Usually glitter is only when utilized over the eyes or on the cheeks, A glitter gel is commonly used as a substitute of dry glitter to reduce the probabilities of it flaking into the attention. With dry glitter, first barely dampen your face and cheeks, then ‘poof’ on the polyester glitter. Bear in mind to let the make-up accept about half an hour earlier than you exit. When you have stray paint in your eyelashes, cowl it with mascara.