Photo selection of the best makeup options for girls for a party
Halloween is the only time of the year when girls strive to look as scary as possible.
Everyone has long been tired of the now “classic” images of witches, zombies, dead people, vampires and other evil spirits. These creatures were replaced by something new and his name was the clown.
Remember the blood-chilling image of this merry fellow created by Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård in the film “It”.
Ideal for Halloween - the image of Bill Skarsgard from the film “It”
Are you getting scared already? But you haven’t even seen yet, prepared by the editors of our magazine about fashion and show business, a photo selection of the best make-up for the image of a clown.
We sincerely feel sorry for those who are truly afraid of clowns. Because there are guaranteed to be a lot of these horror movie characters this year.
So, let's see the top 10 Halloween clown makeup for girls.
Not every girl will dare to appear at a party in such a look.
A softer, less gruesome interpretation of the circus performer
If you don’t want to apply makeup to your entire face, please use half of it
You can limit yourself to just eye makeup, and leave the rest of your face alone
The simplest clown make-up that you can easily do yourself
For glamorous ladies, this makeup option is ideal, and it’s easy to do at home.
This version of makeup is more complicated and can be done by a girl who already has experience painting her face.
Video. Learn how to make your own scary clown makeup
Did you like a new idea and an unusual look for Halloween? Now we will teach you how to do a simple DIY clown makeup at home.
An easy Halloween clown idea
We will need:
- Base makeup,
- white base,
- white powder,
- pink shadows,
- golden shadows or glitters,
- mascara,
- false eyelashes,
- contour pencil,
- blush,
- Red lipstick,
- brushes
Start by applying makeup base to your face. Then apply a light foundation to the prepared skin to make your face look white. After that, dust your face with light powder so that it does not shine and the applied makeup lasts longer without running.
Get your eyebrows in order. After that, apply pink eyeshadow on the upper eyelid and add some gold or glitter in the middle.
Step 1. Preparing your face for applying makeup
Using a thin brush or gel eyeliner, create a cat eye. Circle the lower eyelid with the same eyeliner and extend it down, as shown in the photo.
Step 2. Making the eyes more expressive and eye-catching
Apply mascara to your eyelashes. Wait until it dries to make your eyes look more expressive.
Step 3. Finish eye and eyebrow makeup
Add some color to your cheeks. On the lips, using a contour pencil, draw a heart and fill it with red lipstick.
Step 4. Apply blush to the cheeks and shape the lips in the shape of a heart.
The clown image is ready. Get ready to enjoy how people will be scared when they see your make-up and run away in fear.
A bright and attractive image of a clown for girls is ready
When going to a party, complement your makeup with an appropriate outfit and manicure.
how to make clown makeup at home if you don’t have special paints? clown makeup
- Doing makeup at home
Make-up, my dears, is nothing more than a type of oil paint, i.e. dye + fat base. Well, what are we doing?
Then let's get started:
1 Buy children's paints such as watercolors or decorative ones. Gouache is bad, it's made with honey and that's why it goes bad and irritates the skin. Children's paints are known to be non-toxic.
2 Buy unsalted lard (I'm not kidding!)
3 Render the fat from the lard or use ready-made pork in the kitchen (margarine will not work)
4 Mix
As for mixing. Take a piece of glass and a mayonnaise jar. Not a lot of grease and paint on the glass. And grind until smooth.
All! You have regular theatrical makeup. Yes, yes, the same one that is sold in special stores.
With cinema it’s more difficult.
1 Go to the pharmacy and get Vaseline oil or buy lamp oil at the church shop (it turns out this is the same thing).
2 Again for paint.
3 Mix.
All! You are the happy owner of natural movie makeup. Now I’ll explain what the difference is. The fact is that in the theater it is far from being an actor, so you can draw more roughly. Hence, theatrical makeup is applied almost like sour cream with a spoon. More precisely like putty. This number won't work in the cinema. Close-ups will show you in all its glory. That's why the makeup in movies is thin and liquid. They get painted on their faces. It leaks less. But it is extremely labor-intensive to apply it.
How do you even apply makeup?
If you don't want your face to become swollen then:
1 Apply Vaseline to the area to be made up to protect the skin.
2 Apply foundation (just match it to your skin color to avoid painful spots)
3 Apply makeup with your finger, shading (rolled paper stick) or brush.
4 Powder so that it does not shine.
Remove makeup with cotton wool and Vaseline or any other skin cream.
Instructions
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Take a closer look at the images of clowns. They are all completely different. A clown's makeup, like a person's face, reflects his character and inner world. A clown can be sad, melancholy, or, conversely, cheerful and lively. But what is common to all clowns is the presence of a large round nose and a broadly defined mouth.
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Pin your hair up to avoid getting dye on it. Using professional white makeup, whiten your entire face or simply highlight your mouth and eyes. To do this, paint over the entire upper eyelid, including the eyebrows, up to the forehead. To draw a large mouth, use the cheek and chin areas.
3
Outline the mouth in red. Draw your lower lip, depicting a smile between the future clown lips. If you decide to apply sad clown makeup, then, accordingly, the corners of your lips should be lowered, demonstrating sadness.
4
Outline the eyes with black paint. Using a thin brush, paint on the eyelashes. Create surprised, arched eyebrows. They should be located on the forehead, above the natural eyebrow line.
5
Make a nose. You can paint it with red paint in the form of a circle, or you can use a classic foam rubber or plastic clown nose of any color and size.
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If desired, paint rosy cheeks using any color of makeup.
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To complete the look, wear a matching wig with curly, colorful hair. You can use different hats and bows.
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Don't be afraid to experiment with color. Your makeup should fully match the character of the clown you want to portray. In addition, by realizing your fantasies and playing with colors, you will create a bright, unique image.
Halloween is one of the holidays that came to us from Europe. Today, almost everywhere it is celebrated with themed parties in bars, clubs and cafes. Even shops sometimes change their design to become gloomy and creepy. To celebrate with customers, employees dress up as witches, mummies, vampires, etc. But all these characters have become boring for a long time, and today a new image is in fashion, which is not difficult to create even at home, because clown makeup is very simple!
The most popular clowns
You probably went to the circus as a child and remember those strange people in uncomfortable bright costumes, with wigs on their heads and a huge red nose. Some may be surprised, but most children do not see anything funny in clowns; on the contrary, they are scary. Let's get acquainted with the five most that have conquered the whole world. You can easily use this clown makeup for Halloween or just to amuse your friends.
- Captain Spaulding is a creepy clown, probably familiar to you from the mystical film “House of 1000 Corpses.” As the owner of a horror store, Spalding told various legends about murderous maniacs to his customers and lured them to certain death.
- Clown-Genie is a very original character from the film “When Evil Tempts”. It just comes out of your closet and makes your dreams come true. But as they say, be careful what you wish for, because it just might come true! No one knows what horror an innocent request can turn into. Nobody but him.
- Edwin (film "Clown Camp Massacre") is a completely ordinary guy who wanted to become a clown and amuse the kids. But, alas, his studies did not work out, his exams failed, and his classmates simply laughed at him. Resentment and anger drove Edwin crazy and pushed him to massacre the camp. He killed everyone and drowned the remains in the lake, after which he disappeared for 15 years. When the camp was reopened after this incident, Edwin also returned...
- The Joker is a well-known adversary of Batman from the film series. It is his clown makeup that is most often used for Halloween. A strange, mysterious, slightly abnormal character about whom no one knows the truth. What made him like this?
- IT or Pennywise is a creepy clown from the American horror film of the same name, the culprit of strange events, bloody murders and missing children in the town of Derry. He returns every 30 years to drive the world crazy again.
What do you need to do clown makeup?
A complete look always requires a suit and a little imagination. Well, doing the evil clown makeup yourself is not at all difficult. All you have to do is choose the character you want to be like and transfer his image onto yourself. So, what do you need to do clown makeup:
- A photo or picture of good quality, in which all the nuances of the makeup are fully visible.
- Make-up, powder, etc., matching the color of your look.
- Tools for applying paints.
- Combs, hair fixing products.
Apply white makeup to clean skin. It will serve as a base. In accordance with the photo, draw basic lines (outlines, thin and barely noticeable). If everything worked out, you can start filling in the lines directly. The main thing is not to rush, otherwise your clown makeup will have to be redone. And this is a waste of time, energy and a spoiled mood.
How to do makeup
Professional paints can’t always be found in the city, but still want to amaze everyone with an unusual makeup? No problem! You can do that same heavy theatrical makeup yourself. And for this you will only need children's paints (not gouache!) and real pork fat; you can render it yourself from lard or buy it at a deli. Mix both components well in a transparent container so that you can see how uniform the paint is. Let the resulting mass settle for a bit, and yours is ready. Another quick option: replace lard with regular Vaseline or lamp oil. The rest of the algorithm is similar.
- Apply makeup, gradually building up layers.
- Remove it using special products, not soap.
- After applying makeup, you need to apply a good cream to your skin.
- Do not use expired products or bad brushes.
- The easiest way to blend transitions in makeup is with your fingers.
- Don't forget to lightly powder your face so that the makeup lasts longer and doesn't run.
Well, now fully armed, choose which image you like! Maybe, after all, a kind clown will come in handy even at such a party?
Having decided to organize a memorable children's party, adults often invite clown, so that he would amuse the guys, leaving brilliant, happy memories. However, with the help of a simple makeup you yourself can turn into this delightful character for a few hours.
You will need
- – highly professional make-up;
- - cosmetics;
- – brushes of various sizes.
Instructions
1. Take a closer look at the images of clowns. They are all definitely different. Makeup clown, like a person’s face, reflects his character and inner world. A clown can be sad, melancholy, or, on the contrary, cheerful and lively. But what remains common to all clowns is the presence of a large round nose and a broadly defined mouth.
2. Pin your hair up so as not to stain it with dye. With the help of a professional makeup white color to whiten the entire face or easily highlight the mouth and eyes. To do this, paint over the entire upper eyelid, including the eyebrows, up to the forehead. To draw a large mouth, use the areas of the cheeks and chin.
3. Outline the mouth in red. Draw your lower lip, depicting a smile between the future lips clown. If you decide to put on sad makeup clown, then, accordingly, the corners of the lips should be lowered, showing bitterness.
4. Outline the eyes with black paint. Using a thin brush, paint on the eyelashes. Draw astonished, arched eyebrows. They must be located on the forehead, above the natural eyebrow line.
5. Make a nose. You can paint it with red paint in the form of a circle, or you can use a typical foam rubber or plastic clown nose of any color and size.
6. If desired, paint rosy cheeks using makeup of any color.
7. To complete the look, wear a matching wig with curly, colorful hair. You can use different hats and bows.
8. Don't be afraid to experiment with color. Your makeup should fully match your character clown who you want to portray. In addition, by embodying your imagination and playing with color, you will create a brilliant, unique image.
Getting makeup can often be very difficult. You've probably encountered a situation where either the holiday is just around the corner, but you can't find makeup anywhere, or it costs a lot of money. In such situations, you can triumphantly replace store-bought makeup with homemade makeup.
Instructions
1. To prepare stage makeup, you will need watercolor paints (you should not use gouache, because it irritates the skin) and fresh, unsalted lard. * Melt the lard, you will need the fat from it. Instead of lard, you can take ready-made cooking fat; * Crush the paint to powder; * Grind little by little, mix the fat and dry paint. The stage makeup is ready. In composition, it is not much different from the store-bought one, but you know for sure that there are no harmful ingredients, and it is washed off, like ordinary cosmetics, using makeup remover or ordinary soap.
2. There is a more difficult method of preparing makeup, one that is also suitable for filming. But this type of makeup is more uniform and does not melt under the influence of heat. To prepare cinematic makeup, you will need Vaseline or lamp oil (you can buy it in a church shop) and the same watercolor or decorative paint. The preparation process is the same - rub the paint with oil until it becomes a homogeneous mass. This kind of makeup is more liquid than that prepared with fat, but they are allowed to draw thinner lines that will not spread over the folds on the face, but it is very difficult to apply.
3. You need to know how to apply any makeup correctly; on the contrary, swelling on the face cannot be avoided. First, apply a light nourishing cream to your face (previously Vaseline was used for this purpose, but it makes the makeup heavier and prevents the skin from breathing), and then apply an intonation cream selected to match the skin color. Apply makeup using a brush or finger. To avoid shine, the makeup is lightly powdered. Instead of powder, you can use talc or regular baby powder. It costs a penny, but the result is the same.
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Note!
When applying makeup, do not use gouache or poster paints, or ordinary gel or ballpoint pens. You must be sure that the paint you use for makeup will be easily washed off your skin.
Teaching a child to draw is difficult but rewarding work. In order to help a child master the world of drawing, it is not necessary to know all the intricacies of this matter. Using some technical techniques, you and your child will be able to draw any figure, including clown .
Instructions
1. Start your design with the background. Shade the background with one color, a fairly clear neutral shade. After this, determine the location of the clown figure and start drawing. First, draw an egg-shaped oval face with the pointed end facing up. Draw sticking hair from the sides as shown in the picture. Make the clown's body proportionally 2 times longer than the head. Use a soft pencil when drawing, so that later these first schematic lines can be erased.
2. Our clown will be wearing a jacket. Draw the hem of his jacket open, in order to make the clown’s figure more alive and moving, depict him dancing. To do this, lower one hand down and raise the other up. Instead of the palms, draw ovals; later you will draw them in more detail.
3. Now it’s the turn of the legs and accessories. Draw one leg raised up as well. To make the figure look more stable, “raise his leg from the side of his lowered arm. Add a small hat and tie to the clown.
4. Now we need to draw the details. Draw stripes and circles. Highlight the eyes, the mouth in a smile, the cheeks raised by a smile, the round nose. To make your facial expression happy, lower the outer corners of your eyebrows and eyes. Erase all unnecessary lines with an eraser at this stage; on the contrary, when you start drawing, they will be visible.
5. All that remains is to paint the resulting picture. Let your imagination run free here. Color it the way you like. The combination of contrasting colors and various geometric shapes will only make your clown happier. It's probably hard to go overboard here. An exceptional wish, use black and white combinations to a minimum, they are, to say the least, dreary.
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The clown is a comic character. Many children love this hero, as he is joyful, mischievous and kind-hearted. Wherever he appears, the atmosphere becomes cheerful.
You will need
- To sew this character, you will need fabric of shiny shades, for example, for pants it is cooler to take fabric of 2 colors - red and yellow, and for a jacket, yellow fabric is suitable.
Instructions
1. First make a pattern. Draw the outline of a person on cardboard, only make the body in the form of a vessel, because the femoral part should be larger. Next, cut out the pattern and transfer it, supported by a bar of soap or a simple pencil, onto a fabric of a clear shade - white or beige. The pattern must be transferred to the fabric twice in order to make the details of the back and front. Don't forget to leave seam allowances. After this, cut out these two parts, turn them inside out and sew them together, leaving an unsewn section for stuffing the figure. Now turn your body inside out clown to the front side.
2. To stuff the toy, use cotton wool, padding polyester or padding polyester. Remember that cotton wool tends to roll into lumps and it is impossible to wash a toy stuffed with it. Synthetic padding and padding polyester have a larger volume, make the toy light and are easy to wash. Start stuffing our body clown carefully, starting from the furthest details. Stuff the legs, arms, and head tightly, because not enough stuffing in these parts will lead to an unattractive appearance of the toy. After finishing the process, carefully sew up the section you left.
3. Now we need to design the face clown. To do this, take buttons: two black and one red. Sew black buttons in place of the eyes, and a red button will serve as the nose. Next, take a piece of red and cut out a semblance of lips from it, not forgetting that the clown always smiles, then glue them to our figure with glue. Do the same with the eyebrows, only for this, take a black fabric. Cheeks can be decorated with ordinary blush. Make hair from any kind of fur or thread. Gather them into a bun and glue them to your head.
4. A clown is allowed to make a cap. To do this, cut out two elongated triangles from red fabric and sew them together, leaving one side unsewn for attaching to the head clown. Attach the cap to our figure. You can sew a bead onto the end of the cap; this will serve as a pompom.
5. Now we need to dress our clown. To do this, open your trousers and jacket. Cut out pieces from fabric of various colors and sew. Remember that clothes must be shiny colors. Decorate it with sequins and beads. Well, what is a suit without a collar? To do this, make it out of any lightweight material, say, chiffon, organza. Sew the cut edge with a buttonhole stitch, and gather the other edge with thread. Put it on over your head clown and tighten.
If you decide to throw a party and invite a clown, have no doubt that you and your guests will remember the feast for a long time. Highly professional actors will not only bring a lot of joy to children, but also entertain adults. The clown can be called home, to a restaurant, to a country house, or to any other place where the event will take place.
You will need
- – decide on the location of the holiday;
- – research offers and prices;
- – voice your wishes;
- - make an order.
Instructions
1. First, determine the location of the holiday and the number of guests. Think through a rough scenario. Decide how long the feast will last. The clown can be called at the very beginning, in the middle or towards the end. It all depends on the theme of the event.
2. If you are celebrating a children's jam day, the appearance of a clown is desirable at the very beginning or closer to the middle. He can come to an adult party at any time.
3. Browse specialized sites. Study offers and prices. Call the phone number provided and talk to the administrator. Tell us about the upcoming event and express your wishes. Specify the program of the speech and other information that concerns you. Even if you are satisfied with everything, do not rush to place an order. Call several similar companies and talk to the employees.
4. Talk to your friends. It is possible that they have the skill of communicating with clowns and will recommend you this or that event agency. Read reviews of similar companies. Collect as much information as possible. A tea holiday is an extremely important matter and it is necessary to prepare for it thoroughly.
5. If you prefer an agency, call and say that you want to invite a clown. Before submitting an application, go through all the details again and check the price. Only after this is it possible to place an order.
7. As usual, in Moscow 1 hour of a clown’s work costs from 1,900 rubles. If you invite a clown for more than 2 hours, you will be given a discount. The amount includes departure and a special program - funny riddles, fun games, practical jokes, magic tricks, dancing, balloons, face painting and much more. Every clown has his own highly professional secrets. The program depends on the theme of your holiday and the age of the guests.
White makeup can become the basis of your authentic outfit at a costume party or theatrical performance. In order to make a success among others, you need to think through your costume in advance and get good makeup. The tool for drawing a new “face” can be either purchased or made with your own hands. The main thing is to apply makeup positively and strictly use hypoallergenic, good-quality dyes - then they will not only make your image unique, but also will not cause any health problems.
You will need
- – stage or children’s makeup;
- – fat (pork fat or vaseline oil);
- – gouache;
- – cream or Vaseline;
- – glass container;
- – brush or cotton swab;
- – sponge;
- - paper;
- – powder;
- – cotton wool;
- - soap;
- – makeup remover or damp wipes;
- – other makeup products to your taste (blush, eyeliner, lipstick, etc.).
Instructions
1. Buy good quality white makeup that is safe for delicate facial skin. Make purchases only in stores with an excellent reputation, so as not to run into a fake. It is recommended to contact retail outlets with goods for children or special stage accessories.
2. Try to prepare makeup, one that will be similar in composition to the stage makeup (it is thicker); or “cinematic” (that is, more liquid). The basis for your “stage” makeup will be fresh interior pork fat. Vaseline oil is perfect for the “cinema” look.
4. Try the effect of the finished makeup on the skin of the elbow or in the area behind the ears - if after applying the product you do not experience severe irritation, then you can safely use the decorative product.
5. Thoroughly clean your face and apply a hypoallergenic cream, preferably for children, on it. You can also use Vaseline. This will additionally protect your face from the permissible negative effects of makeup.
6. Draw the silhouettes of the future “face”, grabbing the white mixture with a cotton swab or a thin soft brush.
7. Start applying white makeup from the top, gradually moving to the lower part of the face. Do this with a clean super compact powder sponge or a strip of clean paper folded several times. From time to time, make patting and stroking movements with your fingertips.
8. Draw the details of the “face” using blush, eyeliner, lipstick, and cosmetic pencil. You can change the line of the eyebrows - to do this, stick them to the skin in advance with thick soap foam, lubricate them with cream and powder them richly.
9. Carefully read the instructions on the packaging of industrial white makeup - this is necessary in order to correctly remove the paint from your face after the holiday. You can easily wash off the water-based product with warm water, remove it with damp wipes or any milk (lotion) to remove makeup. And in order to deal with frozen mixtures mixed with fat (including homemade ones), stock up on Vaseline or thick nourishing cream and cotton wool.
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Helpful advice
If you haven’t had time to purchase or apply white makeup (and you don’t have time to prepare for the masquerade), try to get by with some folk methods of “painting your face.” Apply baby cream and apply baby powder. You can also mix the cream with crushed cosmetic pencil or dry zinc white in advance. Such makeup will not look very skillful, but it is absolutely enough for a fun time with loved ones.
A charming, cheerful squirrel is found quite often in fairy tales. You can create the image of a squirrel quite quickly, just choose clothes according to color, do a suitable hairstyle and apply makeup correctly.
You will need
- – face painting;
- – stage makeup;
- – cream or Vaseline;
- - Mascara;
- – contour pencil;
- – white and chestnut eye shadows;
- - comb;
- – 2 or 4 hair ties.
Instructions
1. The best way to start creating an image is with clothes. There must definitely be something orange in the suit. For example, a girl can wear an orange dress or a suit consisting of an orange skirt with a breast and a white blouse. A blouse can also be “squirrel” color, then you can wear any skirt. For a little boy, a carnival costume of black trousers and an orange shirt or T-shirt is suitable.
2. The squirrel carnival costume has also been canceled due to the fact that it is not strictly necessary to sew a hat. It's enough to have a suitable hairstyle. Comb your hair down the middle and tie 2 high ponytails. It’s really cool if you have 4 orange elastic bands, 2 for each bun. The tails must be approximately vertical.
3. Makeup can be of varying difficulty. If you have little time at all, choose the most primitive option. It will require chestnut and black contour pencils and the most ordinary shadows from a cosmetic kit. It’s better to apply a cream to your face in advance, in this case a moisturizer.
4. Apply chestnut shadow around the eyes, and white between the eyes and eyebrows. Outline the eyes with a chestnut contour pencil so that the outer corner of the silhouette is approximately 1 cm further than the corner of the eye. The top and bottom lines must be approximately the same thickness.
5. Using a chestnut contour pencil, draw the silhouettes of the muzzle - “bangs” on the forehead and “sideburns” on the cheeks. The lines can be either straight or zigzag. Use a black pencil to paint over the tip of the nose to create a triangle. Draw a long, spreading mustache. You can tint your eyebrows so that they are a corner, and add a few long vertical strokes to the corner.
6. If you have stage makeup or face painting on hand, you can draw a more difficult face. When using stage makeup, lubricate your face with Vaseline or thick cream. Draw huge white ovals around the eyes - from above to the eyebrows, and from below - to the most convex points of the cheekbones. Outline the outer silhouettes of the ovals in black. Draw several eyelashes from the outer corners of the eyes towards the temples.
7. At the bottom of the face, draw a vertical white oval or diamond, capturing the chin, the space around the lips and the nasal folds. Paint over the nose with pink, clear chestnut or orange makeup.
8. Outline your lips with chestnut or black. Draw a line between the nose and upper lip. Draw a few black dots on the white oval, and a mustache on the cheeks, and you can go to the carnival.
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Children's makeup should be ordinary and simple. There is no need to put war paint on the girl because it looks vulgar.
If there is a need to do children's makeup for a girl, then first you need to even out the complexion. Little girls have very delicate skin, which is why it is best to use powder. Its color should be matched to the child’s skin color. Using powder you can also eliminate skin radiance.
To highlight the cheeks, you can apply a little blush. It will be enough to run the brush along the cheekbones a couple of times.
You can shade your eyes a little with the help of shadows. Apply to the upper eyelid, using only clear tones.
It is better to use mascara that is chestnut or gray, but not black. It should be applied only in one layer, in order to highlight the eyelashes a little.
You can also highlight your lips, but not too much. A lipstick with a light pink tint is suitable for this. It should be applied lightly over the lips without making thick or thick layers. This will make your lips more colorful. You can also use children's lip gloss. This type of makeup can be used for a photo shoot.
If you need makeup for the stage, then you can use a more shiny eyeshadow color, and you can also use eyeliner.
Cosmetics should be thoroughly washed off with warm water or a special cosmetic product. After this, moisturize the baby's skin with baby cream.
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Note!
Modern decorative cosmetics are replete with different bright colors and shades. You can use it to create an image. At the same time, lipstick and eye (brow) pencils should not be strictly used only for their intended purpose.
Helpful advice
Be careful to use only special stage makeup. You can also paint with gouache, but it tightens and dries the skin, leaving an unpleasant feeling on the face. In addition, it is difficult to wash it later.
The circus and its characters - for many people personify a fairy tale and a holiday in their very nature, because what could be more colorful and cheerful than a cheerful clown in a bright suit with a big red nose and an invariable wide smile on his face...
In fact, a clown's makeup is an integral part of his image, his artistic and personal mark, which expresses even more than the wig and costume combined.
Makeup as a business card and means of expression
Unlike other artists, a clown can make full use of all the details of his stage wardrobe, adapting and adapting it for various acts, developing some kind of comic effects. And it is makeup or make-up that becomes the very expressive means with which the clown is able to declare his chosen image and character, and convey his emotions to the audience. That is why such an exaggerated method of drawing a mask is used.
Traditionally, clowns can be White or Red. The first one is rather sad or sad, and the second one is the opposite - eccentric, cheerful, broken.
The main attributes of the White Clown's makeup have always been:
- snow-white face background;
- dark or black strokes (eye outlines, arched eyebrows, small lined lips or drooping corners of the mouth);
- sometimes drawn tears.
The red-haired clown is more familiar and familiar to us in his image:
- multi-colored or bright wig;
- red big nose;
- the use of contrasting colors and paints in drawing eyes, eyebrows, lips;
- some clowns draw freckles or other distinctive features on themselves.
Many people choose the clown image for carnivals, children's and adult parties, because by dressing up as this character, you can do almost anything. However, if there should be no problems with the costume, then to do the makeup with your own hands and at home, you will have to try a little.
Which makeup to choose?
Before you apply clown makeup, you need to decide whether you will deal with real theatrical makeup, use simple face painting, or, at worst, cosmetics and other improvised means.
Theatrical makeup is quite difficult to use - it is difficult to apply and difficult to wash off, so it is unlikely to be convenient for an ordinary party. In addition, in the circus and theater there is a large distance between spectators and performers, and some coloring flaws are not too noticeable, which allows for a less accurate drawing on the face. For home parties, it is still better to use special water-based makeup in the form of pencils.
We create different images
The classic look is a fully made-up face. However, you can deviate from these canons and come up with something new: for example, draw only curls on the cheeks, large eyelashes and bright lips.
Here is a very simple example of makeup that you can easily do yourself.
- Remove hair from your face. Paint the area around the eyebrows in semicircles with white. Do this carefully so as not to hurt your eyes.
- Then paint the area around the lips with white, including part of the chin.
- Outline this white part with red, highlighting the line of the mouth.
- Add a smile to your face.
- Outline the white areas above the eyes with a black pencil. Draw eyelashes and put a few dots.
- You can simply draw a red nose if you don’t want to wear a fake one.
The shape of lips, eyes and eyebrows can be drawn as you like, depending on your mood and imagination.
To create the image of the White Clown, you will need to make a “sad” face. Having applied the general tone, highlight the eyes and draw black elongated diamonds under them (you can also draw tears). Then draw your eyebrows beautifully and paint your lips in the shape of a small bright heart.
The nose is easily made from a piece of colored sponge (just cut out a small ball or pompom and attach a thin elastic band to it).
The wig can be classic - a huge multi-colored or red head of curly hair, or made from thread or other improvised materials. For example, it is very simple to make a wig from threads based on a regular knitted hat - tie it in a circle with fringe, attaching the fringe through a loop in a checkerboard pattern.