Local 706 - The Artisan

Spring 2023

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sweat barrier Dry by PPI on the skin, into his sideburns and nape of neck. I also pre-mixed a few bottles in a few tones of Revlon Colorstay for normal to dry skin types with EBA Pro Seal spray, and squeezed in some Charlotte Tilbury's beauty light wand shimmer to give some life to the finish. He was able to sing and dance, and would still sweat but the make-up never moved. I mixed a few color tones because we shot the film on the Sony Venus camera. Whenever we were in "Ghostworld," the lighting would change to an Autochrome setting, and unless small adjustments were made in foundation color placement, the make-up around the mouth area would turn bright orange/yellow. I would lighten the color tone of foundation around the mouth in that scenario to break up the color patterns so the camera would not color adjust the make-up in those zones. As for hair, Bridget landed on styling The Ghost of Christmas Present with a groomed, controlled and properly posh hair style, with nuances of being from a different time period. She used a curl cream and Unite 7 second leave-in conditioner, and finger styled and pinned in the shape while defusing it on low. She painted in a bit of the Bluebird hair palette colors through in lowlights and highlights. They have the best shimmer in the alcohol palette that really reads like unaltered hair color. She found the perfect balance of a throwback period hair style to suit not only the character but also to survive dancing and perspiration. For Scrooge, Bridget had the amazing Rob Pickens make a wig for the straggly 1830s Scrooge. She thinned it and chopped into it for the unkempt dirty look, and dressed it down with conditioners to make it look greasy. She even styled in the most amazing hat-head look once the lace was securely applied with KD 151 spirit gum. Bridget also was amazing at helping me around the edges in the aging of Scrooge. First, I under-painted the age lines in Skin Illustrator from the complexion palette. I then contoured highlights and shadows with

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