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Every year a new crop of young eager dancers perform on competition stages all over the world and so there will always be the question, “why do I have to wear stage makeup?” and “how dark does it need to be?”. Dance moms ask me these questions ALL THE TIME because they feel that “makeup is makeup” and stage makeup seems to be yet another “special” item to buy and add to the bottomless dance bag. (the bottomless dance bag-now, that’s a great product!)
Are there really good reasons for buying and using professional stage makeup or is the studio owner/director/choreographer just trying to pull one over you?
After so many requests for a makeup video specifically for dancers with Asian eyes, here it is! This is the first of two (2) how-to makeup video for Asian eyes that I will be posting. This look is the more difficult of the two I will present but you can easily achieve it with practice.
Step by step printable instructions appear after you take the LEAP… Read on »
Believe it or not, I have had to rewrite this blog several times as I kept coming up with too much information. Who knew that I knew so much about false lashes? I didn’t! Suddenly, I had 11 pages all on LASHES. So, I will begin with the simplest and most useful information I can think of. Below you will learn how to put the darn things on successfully so that they will stay on through hours of dancing and not rip out your lashes when you remove them.
Step by step, printable directions and a video follow the jump…
When I am working with competition dancers, teachers and parents, they often ask this question… “What is ‘age appropriate makeup’ and HOW do we do it?” Read on »
I have been on tour with Star Systems this year, and had the opportunity to judge the 2008 National Championships in Nashville, TN. As dancer/makeup artist and owner of JAM cosmetics (THE professional makeup line designed for dancers), I felt compelled to write and talk about the TOP 10 PERFORMANCE MAKEUP MISTAKES that I saw on stages all over the country. Read on »
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