By fast approaching I mean, our first audience showing is on Tuesday and our official opening night is Thursday. I've decided that I'd share some behind the scenes stuff that I've been doing for this show, including my organizational methods and how I prep before show time when I have to layer on the stage makeup that is a pain in the butt.
I can't believe it's taken me over four years to get this organized for stage makeup and other things of the sort. I used to just put my stage makeup in a pencil case with some hair ties and bobby pins and off I went. Over the years I've been progressively become more and more articulate when it comes to organization, and this year was no different. It's been weird to be back in a show, let alone a show that I have a lot different things I need to do.
My best friend Levi asked me to help him pick out brushes the other day that would last for a long time and were of good quality. We eventually ended up also picking out a tackle box for him to keep his things together and organized. I of course loved the idea and simplicity of it, went home that night and put together my own in my own tackle box (after of course I moved my tackle out into a different box). I can't believe that I never thought of using a tackle box to get organized.
I primarily use the top layer for my stage makeup so it's all right there and easy to access. I have my brushes, eyeliner, brow liner, lipstick, q-tips, lip balm and my Ben Nye makeup we use for stage makeup. The spare compartments I use to put bobby pins, hair ties and jewelry that I might be wearing before I change into costume.
The next two layers are basically just the rest of my normal makeup that I have, and most of it I can use in some way in my stage makeup routine. I have several things of lipsticks varying in shades, mostly they're all red. My lonely tube of mascara that's on the fits of dying on me. Nail clippers I find come in handy not only for clipping nails short but to clip away any spare threads on costumes. I have my other eyeliners tucked away, in the only place they fit. And my mom's Mary Kay palette. I like the idea that there's still empty compartments for room to grow.
The lipstick is Maybelline in the color of "wine on ice" or A78. I've used this for my lipstick for shows since 2008. It works well for me because the color a shade of red that doesn't look harsh paired with my skin tone but still shows up well on stage. It especially works well for this show because it doesn't look like I'm wearing lipstick from the audience so it doesn't look weird when I portray a man. The only down side to this lipstick though is the fact that it fades off rather quick. I have to keep applying the lipstick several times throughout the show. My first two shows I kept the lipstick on my body at all times and any time I was offstage I was reapplying it.
The mascara that I use, I'm not sure if it's still available or not, but I love it so incredibly much. It's from the Mary Kay Signature line in the color "BLACK" OR KH22, it's a lash lengthening mascara and it is a really really nice black. It works well for lashes that are light in color, like mine.
The black eyeliner I have here, that I've been using a lot, is so worn down that I have no idea what brand it is.
I won't spend much time on the Ben Nye stuff because I'm hoping to post a post specifically about the brand and how to use it properly in the near future. But if you've never worn stage makeup, or at least Ben Nye makeup, the foundation is really thick and it's difficult to get used to. It took me nearly all night on Thursday to get used to wearing it again. The brush that's used for drawing facial lines, KB-00 is crap. There are much better brushes for facial lines, like EcoTools eyeliner brush that Levi bought. The KB-00 is just poor quality in my opinion of all the times I've used it.
This is everything that I use for my pre and post show routines. I have a combination skin type, where sometimes it oily and sometimes it's dry. I wouldn't necessarily recommend this to anyone because each person's skin is different and reacts to stage makeup different. My face tends to break out when I wear stage makeup because of the foundation, these routines really help.
Both routines follow each other, so it's like a circle every single night. And it takes a while, but it's worth it.
PRE-SHOW:
1. In the morning before I go to school I wash my face with Pond's Cold Cream. It help moisturizes my face and keeps my face clean and soft through the day.
2. I brush my teeth before I head to the school in the evening, or usually right after I have dinner. I hate being on stage with someone who hasn't brushed their teeth after they've eaten dinner, I never want to be that person. I use Crest Baking Soda and Peroxide Whitening with tarter protection in Fresh Mint with a travel toothbrush that I keep in my travel bags normally.
3. I take a baby wipe and gently wipe down my face to get rid of the oils from my hands because I have a habit of touching my face a lot during the day and any other dirt that might have ended up on my face. I've used a different brand of baby wipes every show, and I can say that Huggies is the best that I've tried. They're not scented, they're gentle but they get the job done, especially when it comes to my post-show routine.
POST-SHOW:
1. I use the baby wipes and gently take off the layers of stage makeup in circular motions. It's important to use circular motions because I've found if I go any other way it irritates my skin. There really is no way to get it all off with just a few wipes, I go through at least ten every night. And even then I've never been able to get it all off.
2. When I get home I wet my face with lukewarm water and then gently massage St. Ive's naturally clear apricot scrub for blemish and blackhead control. I leave it on for just a minute or two without touching it and then I wash it off with a washcloth and warm water. I use warm water because my skin is really sensitive to water temperatures. And of course, circular motions I have found, work the best.
Today is awesome because: I remembered to finally take my hoodie to the laundry mat to wash it.
current location: bedroom among a pile of clean clothes that can't fold themselves.
current word count: 18,644
days until the fall musical: 4
days until I become an adult: 55
days until graduation: 188
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