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STAGE MAKEUP CLASS PAGES 66: Makeup Using a Wax Nose, Forehead, or Chin in The Design [Assignment]

[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC.  If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need  for your classes].

Makeup on a DVC student with a wax nose resembling a twig on a tree fairy.
DVC Student tree nymph seen from front
DVC student tree nymph right side of nose.

As I said at the beginning, the chief difficulty of working with nose wax it is likes to stick to your fingers more than to your face.

SOME GREAT TIPS I have learned to help fix this since I made my videos back in 2005-2007:

  • Put a layer of spirit gum on your nose (and let it get tacky) before you start with the wax.
  • When the gum gets tacky, stick a cotton ball on your nose, press it in, then pull it away leaving a little fluff to help the wax “grab” your nose. Then promptly stick on your roll or ball of wax.
  • As described in the video, clean your fingers EVERY TIME you touch the wax.  BUT you can improve this instruction by putting face powder on your hands after you clean  just like you put flour on your hands for making biscuits!
DVC Student as a Red Devil with wax horns
DVC Student in a wax nose as a flower Fairy
DVC student with wax nose and wax scar mouth

What to do for points:

  1. Apply a Wax Nose, Forehead, or Chin, and incorporate it into the complete makeup design of your face (or your model’s face) based on your rendering.
  2. If in the classroom, go out to the hallway with your rendering and have your instructor costume you from the neck up and take your photos for you.
  3. If at home, costume yourself from the neck up and photograph your makeup. Take at lot of clear photos from many angles.
  4. As a reminder, the How to video for taking makeup photos points out that you want your nose (or horns or whatever) to get photographed in profile against a contrasting colored surface.  It is OK to have a friend take your photos, but if they do, MAKE THEM WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW!!!
  5. Upload the best 4 as jpgs or pngs below for credit. 
  6. If you don’t remember the video, or you are having a household member take photos, have them watch this: