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Summary: Some preparation must be done before using makeup to make someone look older. Learn how to apply old age makeup to make someone look like an elderly person with tips and techniques from this free video.
Erin Keith has been working in makeup, cosmetics, and special effects makeup professionally for more than two years. Since attending East Carolina University and Margaret Kimura...read more
"Hi I'm Erin and your watching expertvillage and today were going to start on a old age look for theater. First thing you want to do before you do an old age theatrical application is you want to prep your face. Just to clean all the oil and dirt off just to make sure that your makeup is going to stick properly. what I like to use are the ponds clean sweep this is just easy instead of having to go to the sink and wash your face get all foamy and water everywhere. Just wipe your face with these they do foam up like soap it work just as well its got chamomile, vitamin e, and moisturizer as well as cleanses. Or, if you prefer to wash your face with the liquid face soap that works as well. The next step is to tone and you want to tone to just to make sure get all the dead skin and the extra dirt. I'm not really big on alcohol base toners, I like to use the Rose Petal witch hazel made by Thers. It's alcohol free, it removes all the dirt and skin like I said and it moisterizes at the same time. Use, a cotton ball with that, just pour a little on the cotton ball and rub all over the face. The next thing you wanna do is you just wanna have some sort of moisterizer just a little you know a little bit moister just to kind of take care of you just pretty much scrub off all your dead skin cells and what not. So you just want to go back over that, just to smooth out the face and to give you a nice clean smooth canvas to work on alright, lets get started."
eHow Article: Prepping the Face for Old Age Makeup