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Otherwise, the makeup will get cakey after awhile.
While face powder has to be selected by shades, body powder does not. The skin can be made to look and feel sefter by the use of a fine talcum. Consider using it on the legs before slip- ping on nylons and on the arms. The skin will look whiter and more feminine.
Rouge--This material is available in both cake and paste forn. If the paste is to be used, apply befere powdering and blend out, but if eake rouge is used, it must be put on after powdering. In either case, it must be used with discretion, Too much makes the wearer look old whether man or woman. It should be applied as three spots in a triangle under the eyes, and over the high point of the sheekbone. Then blend it out over the area until just a faint blush is evident, there should be no bright spots and no clear line of demarcation.
Eye Makeup--Cosmeties for the eyes inelude eyebrow pencil, eye liner, maseara and eye shadow. Eyebrows should not be naturally bushy--have the barber trim them of long hairs and pluck the straggly outrider hairs yourself. You needn't pluck too thin line, just to a neat clean edge. Use a sharp pencil and with small strokes extend or fill in the brows to an attractive shape. Avoid highly arched or upswept ends, strive for a natural shape. Use the color appropriate to your own natural ●●loring, i.e. don't use an intense black if you are a brunette, it will look very harsh and artificial. The same pencil can be used to make a dark line on the upper lid just behind the lashes and on the lower lid just where the lids grow. Again, don't ever de it. The use of liquid eyeliners is now common place among women, but this does not mean that the results will be desirable in an impersonator unless he has a very feminine and young looking face, On older or heavier faces, it is liable to look very hard, course and art- ificial.
Eye Shadow--May be obtained not only in black and brown, but in gold, silver, blue, green and purple. Probably only the last three are useful to the impersonator except for stage work or very "special" parties, ete. Even the blue and green should be used very sparingly. The idea is not to make the eyelid green or blue, but to give a suggestion of tint to the upper lid in a color that will harmonize with the rest of the costume. Apply a little te