Cage Makeup for Burning Man

From CRAFT

From CRAFT

This project first appeared on the pages of CRAFT or on Craftzine.

Fantasy makeup tutorial.

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Heading out to the playa for Burning Man means releasing yourself from the burdens of reality and celebrating the creativity that lies dormant inside. Makeup is a transformative tool that will morph you into a fantasy.

My friend Freddy Lopez is an unbelievably talented makeup artist, and he shows us how to create one of his signature looks, a striking and dramatic Pierced Cage Mask. Black Rock City is filled with color, so Freddy was inspired to add orange, turquoise blue, and hot pink body paint. Then he used materials from the craft store to make a surreal mask that casts amazing shadows and is truly out-of-this-world.

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — Prepare skin.  ¶ 

  • Set out all of your tools and makeup and prepare your skin. Keeping your skin healthy on the playa is crucial, and it's especially important when applying makeup in harsh conditions. Cover your whole face with your favorite moisturizer.

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Add Note Edit Step 2 — Make your face a blank canvas.  ¶ 

  • This look begins by turning your face into a blank canvas. That means making your eyebrows disappear! This step is all about alternating layers of paintpot with layers of powder.

  • Use a flat brush to apply the paintpot product to your brows, then a fluffy brush to apply powder. Alternate paintpot and powder until you have applied 3 layers of both and the hairs are completely covered.

  • Then, apply foundation over them, to return them to your own skin color.

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Add Note Edit Step 3 — Create new brows.  ¶ 

  • With the brows gone, it's time to re-draw them, dramatically! Hold the eyebrow pencil against your nose, and without drawing, use it to plot the path of the new arch.

  • Make a tiny dot at the inside of your eye, at the top of the eye, and at the outside of the eye. Then, connect the dots into a swooping new eyebrow.

  • Keep the shape simple- about 1/4" wide at the inside of the eye, tapering off at the outside of the eye.

  • Fill in the brow, and repeat with your other eye.

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Add Note Edit Step 4 — Add color.  ¶ 

  • Now it's time for color! Use a medium gauge fluffy brush, and add white body paint underneath the brows. Start with white to make the brow look even more lifted and exaggerate the arching shape. Paint the white on, then use a stippling technique to create even coverage- just gently dab the tips of the bristles against your face.

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Add Note Edit Step 5  ¶ 

  • Add orange body paint beneath the white, and use the stippling technique to blend the colors together. Draw the orange out past the corners of your eyes, a bit further than you took the white. Bring the orange down to the top of your eyelid.

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  • Deepen the intensity of the look by adding black eyeshadow into the crease of your eye. Filling in the crease with black adds dimension.

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Add Note Edit Step 7  ¶ 

  • Cover your eyelids with a layer of paintpot, then add turquoise. By applying the paintpot first, you give the blue a chance to really pop.

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Add Note Edit Step 8 — Apply the eyeliner and mascara.  ¶ 

  • Create a cat eye over the blue, with black eyeliner. You can use the type that brushes on, a liquid liner, or a pencil. Bring the line on the upper lid out and up.

  • Add a thick coat of mascara.

  • Then line the inside of your lower lid, also called the waterline as well.

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