Old Age Makeup - How to

I have been waiting for today's practical for far too long, old age makeup! Special effects is where my passion lies so i have been keen to get started. 

• As always it's vital you begin with a cleanse, tone and moisturize so you have a clean base to work with. 
• Apply a foundation base to the same colour of the clients skin tone, don't powder as you will be using grease on top of this base
• You can also pat a little foundation onto the lips to take out the colour and make them appear dry

• Even when you are creating a look like this it's important to cover up any imperfections. If you were working on a film the makeup needs to look exactly the same each time it's created so it's best to just create your own spots, scars etc yourself
• Now the fun part, making the skin look old! You will need to use a darker cream concealer like you would with contouring and apply it using a small brush into the lines of the face
• Ask the client to raise the eyebrows and draw in the lines of the forehead, under the eyes, cheekbones, around the mouth
• Draw it on quite harshly and blend it a little with your fingers, it needs to be quite noticeable as i found when photographing my look the lines didn't stand out due to the lighting
• It's incredible how much older you can make a person look even just by doing these steps but to go a little bit further we were taught to use a wrinkle stipple to create wrinkles around the eyes
• Using a makeup sponge get a generous amount of product and apply around the eyes, you can use a hairdryer to speed up the process as you need a couple of layers to get the best effect
• Stretch the skin around the area while drying and when its feeling a little tacky pinch the skin together to create lines, repeat this process 2-3 times until you get the desired effect
• Powder on top of the area and any other parts of the face that you want to look less shiny
• The final stage is to make the eyebrows grey! We used Kryolan grey spray and brushed it through the eyebrows, you can also do this in the hair or use a wig if you prefer!
  
  
  
  
  
   

Overall i am pleased with the results but as i said it needs to be much darker to show up in photos! I also think i need a bit more practice with the wrinkle stipple as i struggled to get the technique!