Special Make-Up Effects

Appendix A

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MAKE-UP PRODUCTS

 

 

EQUIVALENCY CHARTS

The one basic factor that separates professional make-up foundations, shadings, countershadings, cheekcolors, and lipcolors from their commercial, or even theatrical, counterparts is accurate consistency of shades and colors. With commercial and theatrical make-ups, exact day-to-day color matching does not have the importance that mediums of the screen demand, as the former are only seen in person for that day, while the latter require day-to- day constants in tonality. Skin testing is a necessity to maintain exact color matches for all professional make-up materials. However, shades of make-up with either the exact names or for similar uses do vary somewhat from manufacturer ...