The History of Makeup

Cosmetics today are very prominent in modern society, but what are its origins? How did it come to be so popular today? 

The invention of makeup cannot be traced to one person, it is traced back to periods in history, the earliest being the Egyptians. Egyptian people used scented oils to mask the scent of body odour. They believed cosmetics to be extremely important part of their hygiene routine. 

Dress the Pirie's!!

Today we will dress the Pirie's! 

My team today consists of; 

Shannon!

Ainsley!

Dione!
Sarah!

&

Myself! 

We have chosen to dress the Pirie's as the Wayne family from the Batman universe. 

For Donald we have a Stefano Ricci suit coming in at an expensive £3250.00 from Harrods! 

For Jo we have a beautiful Alexander McQueen dress coming in at £3899.00 from Harrods!

For Oscar we have a Batman costume £29.74!

For the bullet wounds for Thomas and Martha Wayne, I also found some prostethic bullet wounds and fake blood from Amazon.

The makeup for Martha Wayne would be quite pin-up style using MAC products.

Halloween

On Halloween 2014 I dressed up as a gargoyle. The costume took a few weeks to make and prepare and I spent around £45 on finding supplies from Amazon and Ebay.

Twitter and Instagram update!

Theatre Awareness!

What's on at all these theatres? Click to find out!

Tron Theatre - Souness 

Royal Lyceum - Kill Johnny Glendenning

Citizens Theatre - Hamlet

Traverse Theatre - PPP: Flame Proof

Theatre Royal - The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Kings Theatre - Whingeing Women 

SFX Makeup Company

The company I have chosen is MillenniumFX UK. 

Millennium FX are the leading prosthetic supplying company in the UK. In the company are multi-award winning artists, boasting awards such as BAFTA's and Royal Television Awards. 

They have worked on TV programmes and advertisements aswell as movies. Some of the celebrities they have worked on include Gemma Arterton, Bruce Forsyth, Matt Smith and many others. One of the most prominent TV shows they have worked on is Doctor Who. Their website is full of full face prosthetic makeup and models from the show. 

Thanks for reading!

Linsey x

Wigs in theatre and film

First I will be addressing wigs in theatre/west end.

My first choice would be The Lion King. 

The wig maker for The Lion King is Sara Tyndall. She has worked on many west end productions including Mamma Mia! and Beauty and the Beast.

Tickets can be found here.

Second is Wicked. 

The wig maker for Wicked is Tom Watson. He has designed wigs for the Broadway productions of Dirty Blonde, Jane Eyre, Into the Woods and Amour.

Tickets can be found here. 

Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Carribean

Top 3 uses of wigs in TV and Film

Thranduil from The Hobbit

Loki from Thor: the Dark World

Thanks for reading! 

Linsey

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