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Summary: From thick and thin brushes to a powder puff, learn what tools and supplies you'll need to apply clown makeup in this free instructional video.
Paul Anderson is a professional circus performer who has studied throughout Europe and the United States. He runs a circus school in Hollywood, Fla. Anderson is a clown, acrobat, tuba...read more
"On behalf of Expert Village this is Paul Anderson from Hollywood, Florida in the ABC circus. Today I'm going to show you about clown makeup. So in order to do makeup for clowns you are going to need some supplies. You are going to need little brushes, kind a fat to do your thick lines. A very small one to do your very fine lines. A powder brush to wipe the powder back off. A powder puff to put the powder on and of course the makeup itself. Now do you use water base or do you use oil base. Me I prefer oil base cause I can get a nice coat on a very thin coat and it would last for hours. As long as I need to do my jobs. You know in some circuses you put on your makeup in the morning and you don't take it off until 9 or 10 o'clock at night. So you want your makeup to last a long time. In that case the grease is going to work best. If you work in a very hot place the grease would work best. If you are only going to do it for a short time the water base is easy to remove."
eHow Article: Supplies for Clown Makeup