What exactly is stage make up?

The first and perhaps most obvious requirement for stage make-up is to enable the performer to alter the appearance of his/her natural features to more nearly match those expected of the character being played, ie. to alter his/her apparent age or racial characteristics etc. But this is in fact in many respects only a secondary requirement. Even when the actors own natural features are entirely germane to the part, make-up is still necessary to cope with the effects of stage lighting. Significant developments in the quality of stage lighting leading up to the Edwardian period meant that this latter requirement was more true then than ever before. Lime-lights in particular gave off a very harsh pure white light. The effect of strong lighting on the characters on the stage was to overwhelm the natural characteristics of the face, making the features and natural colouring completely disappear. If the actors were to appear as anything other than bland faced dolls then strong make-up was required to repaint the features larger and brighter to stand up to the glare. In this respect stage make-up was (and still is) very different from everyday cosmetic make-up, it is generally much heavier and under normal lighting conditions may look very garish, meretricious even.What exactly is stage make up?
It's for the stage. Hahah


It is very very thick, and way more than usual.


Stage makeup is used to make eyes look more wide, cheeks more pink, and to cover all blemishes.





Stage makeup usually include thick, cakey face cream, heavy eyeliner, pink blush, black mascara, and the desired lipstick.What exactly is stage make up?
It's the makeup used for theatre. It is very heavy and caked on to prevent the actors from looking pale (the lights tend to wash you out a lot).





You usually use foundation that is a shade darker than your skintone and use it on your face, ears and neck (so you don't look...I don't know...weird).


Highlights and shadows are next. These help to define your facial features (which appear to be flattened out from the house). Unless you are doing corrective makeup, where you make certain features appear to be larger, smaller, etc., highlights go on the center of your chin, nose, and forehead, where light tends to hit your face from above. Shadows go where the light doesn't (jawline, temples, and the sides of the nose). Then it's powder, eyes (shadow, liner %26amp; mascara), blush and lips (liner and color), followed by another powdering. Girls: ALWAYS USE YOUR OWN MASCARA!! Guys: you usually won't need mascara or eyeshadow, so don't worry.





If you're in a production and don't know what to do, there's usually someone who can help you out. It's not that hard once you get the hang of it.
Stage make-up is pretty exaggerated make-up used when someone is going to be on stage. Stage lights tend to be really bright and white and will wash you out (i.e. make it difficult to see your features) so stage make-up pretty much exaggerates everything to make you easier to see. It can also make you look like someone else (change gender, age, species...you name it) through special effects make-up. They sell some great theatrical make-up here: http://www.bennye.com/


or you can get some really thick cover up, dark lipstick, powder, eyeliner and mascara....really cake it on...and use that. It isn't as good, but it works alright.
Extremely THICK. Make-up.


If you use it, stay AWAY from greasepaint unless you REALLY must use it. Tho it is a ';perfector'; it can cause bad breakouts.