Filmmaking / Directing : To All Makeup Artists: List 5 Makeup Mistakes that Adds Age and Takes Away the Natural Look by Actress Cherylwonner

Nothing earth-shattering or fancy: moisturize, moisturize, moisturize! Even if you tend toward oily skin, make sure you moisturize with the appropriate product morning and night, and especially before having makeup done. If you don't, it's likely your makeup will not lay on the skin properly, especially once the powder is applied. Without moisturizing beforehand, the skin is likely to look scaly, and you'll see lines more prominently. (This is even with a primer, and even with liquid foundation and then applying a standard powder set afterward.) Beautiful makeup starts with appropriate skin care.

I completely agree with you Lisa G, also when the client arrives ensuring they are cleansed of any make up or residue on their skin creates a fesh clean base to work on. There's nothing worse than make up on top of more make up !!!

No shimmer, shine, or sparkle! Dark heavy liner,or mascara. Especially if your hair color is light. Over done eye brows, or lack of them. And the worst.... Dark lipstick ugh...

I agree. I dont like to see any product on the actors faces. I just like to perceive the result we are looking for.

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Definitely Cleanse, Tone & Moisturize - skin care is essential. Just as collaborating with the Lighting Designer so as you know what gels they're using - that can seriously affect ones' makeup work. Looking at your work under different light sources helps (natural, with a flash, under florescent, led) and making certain you have a perfect match that doesn't show any lines of demarcation is paramount! Blend, blend blend! Albeit with a brush applicator if using creams or liquids and layering and powdering lightly but most important, concealing any flaws and highlighting and contouring - it makes such a difference even giving a 'natural' appearance. I'm not going to lie, the old paint and powder works just swell but I've become a fan of HD airbrush makeups such as DINAIR and love the flawless finish it gives - also very sanitary! I can erase everything with my airbrush gun, cover tat, scars, birth marks...so that's my 2 cents for what it's worth. Sometimes dry skin needs a spray of 'moist and dewy' if airbrushing and if using liquid or creams, easy on the powder and layer layer layer but don't 'cake up the talent' unless that's the look the director is going for! Also, No Lumps, Clumps, Chunks or Gunks with mascara! If you want artificial lashes, wear/apply false individual, cluster or band lashes!

Powdering too much...if you are using a stick or cream base, when the talent smiles it could crack in the smile lines.

heavy concealers and foundations would be #1 the incorrect brow shape for your face would be #2 to much powder that can fall into any fine lines you may have would be #3 not blending your makeup well enough would be #4 heavy lashes...I love false lashes but if you're going for that natural look stay away from lashes that are too thick and heavy looking. That would be #5https://www.facebook.com/theartiststudio1

Nowadays all the actors, males too, have this WAY obvious "liver-lips" look, but I'm not in make-up

I would actually say Blending is the #1 thing I find usually wrong. #2 is over using foundation/concealer. #3 using the wrong shade of makeup (Blush, Foundation, Lip Stick, ect.). #4 Going WAY to heavy trying to make a large "wing" with their eye liner (Liquid sucks BTW)... That look is too Avante Garde & only certain places/events call for that.

Liquid rocks...if you know how to use it, and it lasts under hot lights far better than oil or wax based liners. Flawless skin and lips are a must have on camera, and I agree that overdone eyes are distracting on FILM, but on a theatre stage it's usually necessary.

1) foundation in the wrong shade and type for the skin; 2) powder applied too heavily; 3) light foundation/concealor applied directly to eye bags (it emphasizes them); 4) following the natural curve of a down-turned eye [shape] with liner (angle liner up just before the end of the eyelid); 5) NOT BLENDING!