Gretchen Davis

On the Movie Men and Mavericks there were special circumstances to which all makeups were designed for. One was the Ocean. Salt water and waves. The other was maintaining and creating a tan or tan weathered skin. Treatment products were a must. Each actor had their own products to address the different skin types. Re creating northern california [...]

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  Garnier Nutritioniste Ultra-Lift Anti Wrinkle has rated slightly higher than other wrinkle creams according to consumer reports. Anti-aging creams that follwed were: Aveena Active NaturalsAgeless Vitality CVS Pharmacy Firming Anti-Wrinkle Lancome Paris Renergie Double Performance Treatment Anti-Wrinkle L’Oreal Paris Revitalift Face&Neck For my clients texture and aromas is a deciding factor . Heavy floral smells or sticky residues I will not use. [...]

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 Devon Keene/Photo Consumer Reports has a good article in the sept issue about bottled waters. The article is: Bottled doesn’t mean better .  Bottled water doesn’t mean what you are drinking comes from fresh spring mountain water.In fact most of the brands do not disclose where the source of their water comes from or how the water is treated.  Except in [...]

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  Danny Wagner is painting an actress for Clone Wars. He is using Reel Creation body art inks. The head piece is a prosthetic. The photo next to Danny shows all the contrasting colors in the sky reflected in water. www.dannywagner.com  

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  Jamie Chung makeup inspired by a Nars shadow palette /Illustration Devon Keene   Lars Carlsson’s Corpse makeup has the same contrasting colors as Devon Keenes swimming pool photo. Lars has a beautiful translucent look to his makeup applications. Lars Carlsson: www.makeup-fx.com Don Jusko: www.realcolorwheel.com

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Color in Makeup Design  Don Jusko/ RCW Color Wheel Makeup artists create their designs using color  combinations often seen in nature, people or objects around us. It can be very sub conscience. We all have natural instincts to gravitate towards color combinations that bring out emotional responses.  The most effective makeups are done in layers [...]

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Danny Wagner Danny: This project was inspired by Rick Baker’s work in the horror classic feature film “The Incredible Melting Man”. Armed with a ton of pictures from magazines, frame grabs, and lobby cards I started to examine the designs and sculpts from the original faces. Using my own life cast worked out great. The [...]

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Mens grooming is huge in the makeup trailer. In “The Makeup Artist Handbook” we outline just a few of the techniques used to bring a character to life. In general makeup artists are responsable for facial hair on the actor. This can also include a hairline that might need to be changed to represent the character being portrayed. [...]

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Natrafil Brushes Dupont has come out with brushes made with Natrafil filaments. The brushes were a collaboration between Julie Charriere, Head Instructor at Studio Tannaz, and Dupont, launching a line called The Indispensables.  For a look at Julie’s web site and beautiful makeup charts I might add go to: www.studiotannaz.ch/ As makeup artists having a variety [...]

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