Wednesday, November 2, 2011

RCSOB: Notes from 11/01 class

Rose City School of Burlesque

 

Hi everyone!

 

Here are some notes from Make-up class last night:

 

We covered makeup: Make-up application tools, contouring, eyebrow accentuation/creation, eye shadows, lashes and purty lips

Some highlights:

 

  1. Make-up application tools:
    1. It's not necessary to buy expensive tools, but having good quality brushes will help in application and longevity of tool use
    2. Tools recommended:
      1. Kabuki brush, a large soft dome shaped brush for blending
      2. Angled powder brush, used for highlighting powders and blushes
      3. Thin Angle brush, used for cutting lines when applying eye shadows (and drawing eyebrows!)
      4. Domed shadow brushes, three sizes (S,M,L) for varying eye shadow coverage
  2. Contouring:
    1. Use a light foundation or highlighting powder to accentuate your features, remembering that light brings surfaces forward, while darker color recess them
    2. Using a dark(er) foundation/powder, you can de-emphasize your under cheekbones, temples, hairline or any other area you wish to draw attention away from
  3. Eyebrows:
    1. Using a pencil or brush body, find the natural lines that make up your brow, then draw over them to accentuate (or cover them with foundation, powder and glitter and make all new brows)
  4. Eyeshadows:
    1. Depending on your look/style, you will probably want to avoid dark in your eyelid crease – use areas of light and dark to accentuate and open your eyes
  5. Lashes:
    1. Use LashGrip™ when adhering full lashes to your eye, it stays and is specifically formulated for false eyelashes
    2. Lashes have shorter hairs on the edge that goes closest to your nose, they do come in left and right
    3. Remove the lash from the plastic, and draw a thin bead of glue on the lash edge with a tiny bit extra on each end's tip
    4. Wait 30-45 seconds to allow glue to become tacky
    5. Starting on the outside edge, match with your outermost natural lash (or near the edge of your eyelid)
    6. Work your way around to the inside of your eyelash
    7. The false eyelash will be just above your lash
  6. Lips
    1. Using a foundation/colorstick, you can highlight above your upper lip and then darken a bit under your lower lip to help make your lips appear fuller
    2. An easy way to apply longlasting lip color is to use a dark lip liner and a bright gloss
    3. Glitterlips:  Using gloss all over your lips then add fine, round glitters using the tip of fingers

FIELD TRIP!

Saturday, November 5:  Fun Burly Fieldtrip!

We'll be taking any interested parties on a voyage to discover where to buy inexpensive, high-quality wigs and great beauty supply options.

We will be meeting at the Lloyd Center, outside the Barnes & Noble on Halsey street (parking in garage, woo!)

 

  1. First, we'll walk to Wigland - 1011 NE Broadway Street, Portland, Oregon 97232, Phone: (503) 282-1664, http://www.wiglandoregon.com
    1. Wigland has options for great wigs, and inexpensive eyelashes
  2. Then we'll carpool/drive to The Leotard - 2432 N.E. MLK, Portland Oregon 97212, Phone: (503) 284 9244, http://www.theleotard.com
    1. The Leotard sells dance tights, and (slightly pricey) costume basics
  3. Finally we'll go to Mid-K Beauty Supply, 3311 NE M L King Blvd # 101 , Portland, OR 97212, Phone: (503) 206-3911, no website
    1. Here you can get wigs, wig care products, all manner of hair styling products, as well as costume jewelry and cheap makeup for stage

 

NEXT WEEK:

Tuesday, November 8: Comedy & Drama and Creating a Persona / Establishing Online Identity

Zora Phoenix teaches you how to infuse humour into your act, whether you are developing a funny persona or just a silly performance piece!  She also offers a crash course covering the proper way to establish an online identity.

Homework:  Bring your name (or ideas for names) and 3 or more adjectives that describe the kind of performer you'd like to be

 

Upcoming Classes:

  • Tues, Nov 15:  Act Review / Workshop
  • Tues, Nov 22:  Dress Rehearsal for Graduation Recital Show
  • Tues, Nov 29:  Graduation Recital!  WHEE!

 

Other notes:

Looking for name/word inspiration?  Check these out:  www.VisualThesaurus.com or http://awordlike.textdriven.com/

Music help?  Look up covers of songs:  http://www.coversproject.com or listen to online streaming http://www.Grooveshark.com

 

NEW:  I have a place for all these notes to live:  check out http://rcsobstudents.blogspot.com


Don't hesitate to email me any questions you might have ♥ 

 

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Yours in tassels and glitter,

Zora Phoenix

Producer / Performer / Presenter / Event Planner / Polymath

Willamette Week's 2011 "Best of Portland: Best Renaissance Man in Drag"
Founder & Administrator of BurlesquePDX.com  |  Instructor at Rose City School of Burlesque

www.ZoraPhoenix.com  |  ZoraPhoenix@gmail.com  |  971-533-7533 ◄NEW NUMBER

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