Set out ready for use:
Towel / cape
Tissues
Scissors
Cotton buds
Cotton wool pads
Do not use ready-to-use cleansing cloths.
Before starting, you ensure your hands and nails are well cleaned. File your nails if necessary, so that there are no snags. By doing this you prevent damages on the face and risk of infection. With this you avoid damaging the skin and avoids the risk of infections.
Always work using clean materials (sponges, brushes, spatulas, water bowls) and change the water regularly.
Get the subject to put on any clothes beforehand that have to be put on over the head. Protect your models clothing with a hairdressing cape or a towel.
First degrease and clean the skin you are going to be working on with Grimas Cleansing Lotion. Then dry the skin with a tissue.
With a dry or sensitive skin, you can apply Grimas Under Make-up Base. Allow 10 minutes for it to be absorbed before you continue.
Grimas Cake Make-up is a basic make-up that is easy to apply.
You apply Cake Make-up with a slightly damp make-up sponge. If you work with too much moisture, streaks will form.
You can press the make-up sponge down onto a tissue to remove any excess moisture.
Take the make-up sponge between the fingertips and squeeze it together to create a round surface. With this surface the make-up can be applied.
On top of the Cake Make-up base you shadow the facial lines with Eye Shadow/Rouge to create coarser features. Apply the same shadow to the eyelids, to make the eyes look more deep-set.
Please note: the shadows are not intended to make the person look older, so work subtly and blend the shadows nicely.
The eyebrows are drawn in heavily using Eye Shadow/Rouge (and a dark brown Make-up Pencil, if necessary). Use a brush to take out Eye Shadow/Rouge in the desired colour and determine the colour intensity on the hand. You apply the colour in the form of powder using a brush.
Use the same colour of Eye Shadow/Rouge to apply a beard shadow.
Massage Grimas Cleansing Cream into the beard stubble and 'shave' the stubble off the skin with a spatula. Repeat if necessary.
You remove the make-up with Grimas Cleansing Cream or Multi Remover Pure. Do not use Afschmink, as this contains waxes and oils that actually cause the Cake Make-up to adhere to the skin. Cleanse the skin afterwards with Grimas Cleansing Lotion.
The sponges are disposable so you can throw them away after use. If you do want to reuse them, first rinse them under the tap with some soap or shampoo or wash them in the washing machine (in a net bag or pillow case), set to at least 60°C.
You can clean brushes with water and soap or shampoo. Put the moist hairs of the brushes back into shape by hand after washing. Dry the brushes lying flat on a towel and do not place them upright, since that causes the moisture to run down into the shaft.
