Cleaning Face for Makeup

Series Summary

Cosmetic makeup has been used for years to enhance the natural beauty of women around the world. When used on stage or in a movie, makeup takes on a role of its own. Special effects makeup can be as simple as a cut on the face or as complicated as full-body character makeup. With the help of stage makeup and costumes, you can bring a character to life. This is why it is important to know the techniques of applying stage makeup. Or, if you are in a pageant or giving a presentation, some simple makeup effects can help reduce the shine of stage lights. Truly, it is an art form. With some professional instruction, anyone can learn the art. All it takes is some time and practice.

In this free video series, learn how to apply professional stage makeup. Whether you are in a play or a pageant, there is an art form to applying flawless makeup. Let our expert, Elizabeth Crawford, show you how to beautiful stage makeup. As a pageant contestant for over nine years, Elizabeth a great deal of experience to share with you. Learn how to prepare the skin for makeup by adding base cream, shine eliminator, and photo finish. Learn how to mix foundations for your perfect skin tone. Also, learn how to apply stage eyeshadow. Elizabeth covers all the step-by-step stage makeup secrets. So, before you walk on stage, learn how to apply stage makeup today!

Video Transcript

"This is my model Christi and she is going to start by removing the makeup that she currently has. We have gone through a whole day and she actually has the makeup on right now that she put on but we're going to go ahead and totally wash it off as you can see she has mascara on so that's one thing that you need to make sure that you absolutely remove. You want to remove any sign of makeup that you might have on your face. And you want to make sure that you also cleans all of those oils that you might have, remove all those toxins so the makeup will go on smoothly and nicely. So I'm going to start by getting a really good cleanser putting a few squirts right on my hand to make sure that we have enough soap, as you can tell I'm putting water and getting a good lather and Christi wants to look at me real quick. We're going to lather her up get it all over her face she has her hair pulled back which is very important and you want to make sure that your hair is pulled back. So not only you don't get your hair wet, but it's much easier to apply the makeup so you don't have shadows around your face from the hair. So we get the makeup even around the neck you want to make sure that it's all removed. Put it on the eyes and up to the hairline. Get a good lather and then rinse. O.K. so now that she's all lathered up we have the soap around the entire face, now we have nice warm water you want to make sure you have warm water because the warm water is going to go ahead and open your pores and take out the makeup and toxins that you might have and the oils. So you want to make sure that it's very nice and warm water with a good lather on your face and the get it and rinse it really, really well with water. So she's going to go ahead and demonstrate for you how to wash it now that it's nice and lathered up. But she wants to make sure also so that you completely remove any eye makeup that you might have mascara, eye liner, eye shadow those things would only make her makeup, if you put makeup on top it, it looks worse because it will make it look clumpy. So we want to go ahead and make sure that the makeup is entirely removed from the face and that might take a few minutes and make sure that you have it completely off. But it's very important, this probably the most important thing when applying makeup is making sure that that makeup is completely removed. As you can see she decided to add a little bit of soap because of the mascara and like I said, that might take a little bit of extra rinsing off to do. O.K. perfect, now her face is absolutely clean and now we can go ahead and start with the make up lesson."