Well, today I thought I would give the Edward Scissorhands costume a test run for make-up. Needless to say, I was a little unprepared.
Thankfully I had a friend who was willing to help (and loan me her theatrical make-up!). The pictures were so amateurish that I would be embarrassed to even post them, however by the end of the trial run all was not lost. I could definitely see little Edward hiding in there somewhere!
We were using Ben Nye theatrical make-up and started off with a light neutral base all over, including lips and eyes. Next, we started shadowing; the eyes and cheekbones are most prominent on Edward. so we used a combination of dark and medium toned browns above the eyelid and beneath the cheekbone to create a sunken look, highlighting angular features.
-Then we powdered-
Next, we did the lips. Edward has a lot of different lips; some pale, some pink, and then there's the one with the black lipstick, which is what I chose. Since the lips were already a neutral color we added a little red pigment to them to liven them up. Then we added the black lipstick, not all over, mostly on the bow of the upper lip and curve of the bottom. (It was actually very sultry, I'm impressed Johnny Depp pulled it off so well).
For the finishing touch we added scars, which Edward has a lot of (duh, scissors for hands), we did this with little white lines made more visible with a light outline of red. It was a pretty simple effect, but still a good one. Powedered again! I also put on mascara to make the eyes pop and tousled my hair appropriately. It wasn't quite what I wanted, but I know where it's headed and that's always a good place to be.
Thankfully I had a friend who was willing to help (and loan me her theatrical make-up!). The pictures were so amateurish that I would be embarrassed to even post them, however by the end of the trial run all was not lost. I could definitely see little Edward hiding in there somewhere!
We were using Ben Nye theatrical make-up and started off with a light neutral base all over, including lips and eyes. Next, we started shadowing; the eyes and cheekbones are most prominent on Edward. so we used a combination of dark and medium toned browns above the eyelid and beneath the cheekbone to create a sunken look, highlighting angular features.
-Then we powdered-
Next, we did the lips. Edward has a lot of different lips; some pale, some pink, and then there's the one with the black lipstick, which is what I chose. Since the lips were already a neutral color we added a little red pigment to them to liven them up. Then we added the black lipstick, not all over, mostly on the bow of the upper lip and curve of the bottom. (It was actually very sultry, I'm impressed Johnny Depp pulled it off so well).
For the finishing touch we added scars, which Edward has a lot of (duh, scissors for hands), we did this with little white lines made more visible with a light outline of red. It was a pretty simple effect, but still a good one. Powedered again! I also put on mascara to make the eyes pop and tousled my hair appropriately. It wasn't quite what I wanted, but I know where it's headed and that's always a good place to be.
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