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Summary: If you are going to be a clown for an hour or more, it's a good idea to powder your face when applying clown makeup. Learn how in this free educational 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 now I am almost done. This is a simple clean white face. What can I add? Well normally I don't but sparkles are always a good thing. Say I can add a little bit of sparkle right there at the edge of my eye, right there on the edge of the other eye. Let's try that again. Right there. Can you see the sparkles? In the light of the theatrical circus or however you are preforming those would really shine. Additions like sparkles are always a nice touch. Now you saw this makeup come in about 4 minutes but it actually took about 10 minutes. In fact each face took about 10 minutes. You would notice in all of the clown faces I did today I did not powder them. The reason being I'm not leaving them on for very long and when I shot video without makeup it has a much better shine. You see the sheen on this face? But if I was going to work as a clown for a hour or 2 I would powder the whole face. Perhaps fill a sock full of powder and dab it on, then wipe it off and damp wet it. A little water on your finger and bring back the shine again. So don't forget to powder your face. So remember look at your lines. What does your face look like accent what you got. On behalf of Expert Village thank you for watching."