Ageing Make-Up

Ageing Make-Up

Equipment

• Foundation palette
• Concealer palette
• Supracolour palette
• Different sized brushes
• Wrinkle Stipple
• Powder

Method

1. Firstly, make sure you moisturise the skin thoroughly as you don't want any unwanted dry patches, even if this means spending 10 minutes working it into the skin.

2. Next you need to apply an even base over the whole face using the foundation palette and a foundation brush.  Then, use a blending brush to ensure all of the foundation has blended nicely into the skin.  I also then briefly touched up any unwanted blemishes using some concealer.

3. Make sure you use a small pointy brush to start with ageing.  Use a darker colour from the concealer palette to create shadows in the creases on the face.  You then need to ensure you apply a lighter colour to highlight under the shadow.  This gives the illusion of depth.  Using your clean fingers can also help to blend.

4. Be sure to make up right to the hair line and eyelashes.  The main points you need to add wrinkles on the face to are; crows feet, forehead, cheeks and laughter lines.

5. Lastly, ask your model to screw up their lips and dab some dark and light concealer to create wrinkled lips.

6. Finish with some powder to set the look.

Wrinkle Stipple

Wrinkle stipple is similar to latex.  It works great in the outer corners of the eye to really emphasis the crows feet.  Apply a small amount to the required area and dry with a hair dryer - making sure the heat is cool.  Whilst drying, pinch the area to create more wrinkles.