MAKEUP & RECIPE

Ingredients:

4 Tablespoons shortening
8 Tablespoons cornstarch
Food coloring of your choice
Mix together until smooth.

Makeup is safer than masks, it doesn't obstruct vision.

1. Wash & dry area you will be applying makeup.
2. Use towel to keep makeup off your costume.
3. Apply cold cream to area you want. Avoid eyes.
4. Apply cornstarch with a cotton ball keeping eyes closed.
5. Mix the above ingredients together.
6. Divide mixture into cups if you want more than one color.
7. Add food coloring to cups and stir well.
8. Apply makeup to skin with fingers or cotonball.

Keeps for weeks if refrigerated.

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Black eye: Use blue & purple eye makeup or colored grease paints.
Bruise: Painted on by using red & brown grease paint.
Missing tooth: Use black tooth wax. Soften by kneading, apply to dry tooth.
Scars: Spread nose putty over the skin and paint with grease paints.
Warts: Glue a brush hair to a chocolate chip, glue to face with eyelash glue.
Welts: Ridges or welts may be built up with wax cover with red makeup.
Removal: To remove, wet face and then gently peel away. Wash face after removing.

EYELINER:
Can be used to make whiskers for cat and mice costumes, shadowing for the nose, creating black eyes, or making dark circles below the eyes.

HAIR COLORING
You have a choice of several kinds of hair color. Your costume shop should have many different colors of temporary color hair spray. Most commercial temporary hair colors easily shampoo out. If you have light hair you can also dye your hair colors temporarily by using "cool Aid" mixed with a small amount of water.

SPIRIT GUM
Is essentially a glue used to attach mustaches, beards, artificial noses, etc. to skin. Apply spirit gum to clean dry skin and (what you are attaching) and allow both to become tacky. Then press the piece to the prepared skin and hold for a moment or two. Commercial spirit gum remover, cold cream, or rubbing alcohol is best for removing spirit gum.

GREASE PAINT
Grease paint is what actors use, you can get it at costume shops. A base color should be applied with fingertips over the area to be covered. For smooth application the skin can be covered with a thin coat of cold cream first. Use baby powder to set the grease paint. This reduces the shiny appearance. Applying powder between each color application will help keep the colors from running together. For detail or precision, a lining brush is highly recommended. Be sure to clean your brush well when changing colors. Grease paint can be removed easily with cold cream or baby oil than with just soap and water.

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