Costumes, Hair, Makeup

From eighth grade on I have been in acting and in show choir. Two totally different things, but they both have a few things in common; make up, hair, and costuming. Obviously I do not mean that all of those are the same for each activity.

            Make up for show choir must be dramatic. At my school we use black, grey, and white for eye shadow, bright red for lips, and pink for the cheeks. That doesn’t sound horrible, but when you spend an hour trying to get it just perfect, just to sweat it all off… that kind of stinks. Literally. Hair has to be big. Because, as my director from freshman year, Mr. Muters, said, “You will look bald from the stage.” Of course that’s not true. It just looks like you have really thin hair.  So the poofs and curls are very nice to have. And last, costumes. Show choir costumes are a mixture of gross looking, adorable, prom dress, and versatile. If they aren’t sparkly they won’t catch the judge’s eyes but at the same time they can’t be a dress made of sparkles.  They also have to give the feeling of the songs being performed. For example we sang “Set Fire to the Rain” by Adele last year and our dresses were red and orange thus creating us, the fire.  Dressing changes are hard to do when you only get half a minute to get all the sparkled clothes off and fresh, new sparkled clothes back on again, so dresses must be easy for quick changes too.

            Make up for acting and plays can very. If a teenager was casted as a teenager his or her make up wouldn’t take as long to do as a toad or a witch, they would simply have to express their features more. Ring the eyes with black and blush the cheeks. You have to make your features able to be seen from far away. Now if someone was casted as a frog his or her make up would take longer because there is more to do. They would have to green their whole face and add details. Costumes are also harder for plays because they need to express a certain character. So there is a very, very, broad range of costumes. Hair has the same problem as the costumes; they depend on the character.

            In a variety of arts there will be a variety of details but having to do hair and makeup will always be a trail.