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Making Dramatic Skin Colour Changes
Making Dramatic Skin Colour Changes
Model: Rochelle Clark.
I achieved the different skin colour effects in the photo above by using black and white eyeshadows (from Nars) applied wet. To apply them wet I dip large eyeshadow brushes into water (before brushing them over the eyeshadows, and applying them). This way I achieve a bolder effect than if the eyeshadows had been applied dry.
The skin colour changes can also be achieved using opaque panstick in different colours, applied with either a cosmetic sponge, a foundation brush, a large eyeshadow brush, or your fingers; then setting the panstick in place with loose powder applied on top using a powder puff; and then gently brushing off the excess powder using a powder brush.
You don't just have to stick to colours like black, white and natural skin colours (e.g. ebony, ivory, cocoa, mahogany, alabaster, beige, mocha, sand, honey, chestnut, peach, tan and chocolate). You can also change the skin colour using unnatural-looking colours (e.g. blue, green, purple, pink, red, yellow, silver and gold). Make-up For Ever and MAC both make good pansticks and powders for this.
When making dramatic skin colour changes to the face, make sure you extend the colour(s) to the neck, ears and other parts of the body that will be on show, so that there isn't a line where it ends (unless you want to create a mask or contrast effect).
You can make people look like they are a different race, paler, darker, like fictional characters, like aliens, or like other animals this way. So have fun experimenting!
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