I decided to do vlogs instead of blog updates. Partly because I love watching vlogs and YouTube myself, and partly because I wanted to experiment with makeup on myself as I have been doing it for years on others. This is the first time I am turning the camera onto myself since the very early …
This clown-like, pasty look evokes a grotesque or macabre feel. It is done with facepainting for the background with different pigments to enhance skin tone and shading, and chunky brushstroke eyeliner for the “lashes”. Hair is a fake ‘bob’ hairstyle. Video tutorial coming very soon. Still in middle of editing it.
This is a very natural, luminous, neutral, classic and elegant makeup and hair for a Korean professional violinist and pianist. She has great skin. Therefore only Bobbi Brown tinted moisturizer was used, no foundation or full coverage. We are aiming for a ‘for real’ look, so no false lashes, no hair buns or pieces for volume and …
With sadness we learnt of the death of David Bowie, whose talent changed the world of popular music, culture and fashion. This makeup is our tribute. Skin and base We blocked out the eyebrows followed by many layers or concealers and powder in order to finally have orange eyebrows. Foundation is pink mixed with white, …
Usually it would be the opposite. Of course. But in this case it would be for a character in a part which is a lot older than the character’s real age. You simply get a young person to frown and make ugly faces to establish where the frown and jowly lines are. Then you go …
I was at the Royal Opera House family day last Sunday and observed a makeup demo on how to transform an individual into a character for the show using hairpieces, bald cap and makeup.
This is a very unusual situation where I wasn’t just IN a show, I was also behind the show. I was pianist as well as makeup artist for three nights. I had a cameo non-speaking appearance had Michael Jackson in the last sketch. That was my best and worst performance yet. All 4 seconds of …
I have loved and played with puppets since I was a child. I am really fascinated with these wayang golek (puppet theatre) puppets at the Hands On Base room at the Horniman today. The first one almost looks real. This is a makeup look I’d like to achieve. Anyone up for it? These puppets are carved …
http://satsumamusic.com/gallery/ When I was in Satsuma, I did all my makeup for the band’s photo shoot for our album.
