gothic makeup?

Question

i am playing the spirit of Jezebel (spirit of rebellion) in a play this morning at church. plan on portraying a gothic diva for this very controlling and powerful spirit. the gothic style is not my personal style. Can anyone give me tips for a more dramatical goth look w/o overdoing it for tis type of character?

Answer 1

1. Whiteface should create the illusion that you really are that pale, and not that you have a bunch of makeup from Wallgreen's caked all over your face. Use a good base: not even the most gifted makeup artist can get the necessary coverage from inferior makeup. If you have dark skin, don't try to do whiteface unless you're going for a very stylized harlequin look or are willing to put makeup on all exposed skin areas. Try using a base just one or two shades lighter than your own color, and then put white powder over it. This will give you an ethereal, almost grayish cast.

After spending money on a decent base, take the trouble to apply it evenly. It's appalling how many Goths overlook something so basic and vital to their entire aesthetic. Equally bad and unfortunately as common is the tendency to overpowder and to end one's pallor at the jawbone. Such mistakes are just inexcusably stupid. Don't make them.

2. On the subject of eyeliner, liquid is better, but if your hands shake, by all means use the most expensive pencil you can afford. Cheap pencils go on faint and will smudge after an hour. Do something original with your eye makeup: cobwebs or bat wings drawn across the cheek look silly on anyone over the age of fifteen. On those under fifteen, however, such adornments are sure to attract the lecherous attention of jaded Goths in their late twenties and early thirties who will probably give you free speed if you prove sufficiently pliable.

3. Find a shade of lipstick not everyone else is wearing. Theatrical supply stores are the best for really deep shades of congealed-blood red. Apply it with a lip brush for a more precise and severe effect.

Answer 2

Well, you could probably get tips for this no matter what you looked like...but I'd have to know what you looked like first.

A lot of this depends on your skin tone, and hair...which I can have no idea of.

If you're already pale, then many of the traditional 'gothic makeup' rules can be applied. But if your skin is a darker tone, I wouldn't try to lighten it. I would go for emphasizing the eyes (making them look darker), and somehow darkening the hair...leaving your skin tone natural, but maybe with a hint of glitter above the cheekbones. I think you could still give off an incredibly 'powerful, dark' impression without trying to change the way you look too much.

Answer 3

Get dark mascara and eyeliner , for your lips shiny dark lipstick.
And eyeshadow that is glittery and gray or brown.

Answer 4

whitesh foundation, black thick liquid eyeliner, and dark plum or dark red lipstick and lip liner.