No Apple?

Every so often you have an experience that reminds you of why you do what you do. Today I had one of these.

The theatre I work for has a summer program: Musical Theater for High School Students, and today it was my turn to teach a class-in stage makeup, of course!

We had so much fun! Thirteen teenage girls, me, and a room full of makeup. Everybody (except me!) left with a face of full, basic stage makeup. Some of the girls needed no direction at all, and some were absolute beginners. We went off my class plan a little bit, like when I demonstrated (on myself) how to cover a tattoo. The girls were all beautiful when they came in, and when they left, they were ready to hit the stage. I can't wait to see their final performance on Friday night. They are all such an enthusiastic bunch, and so dedicated to the theatre. Maybe someday, I can say "I knew her when......"

This is they syllabus I designed:

Stage Makeup
The purpose of makeup for the stage is two-fold: to accentuate the features of the face, as stage lights and distance can make it hard for the audience to discern features without makeup; and to assist in creating a character.
Because most of you will be playing multiple roles in Les Miserables, we will be focusing on a simple, basic makeup to accentuate your features.
Before we start with makeup application, a few words about hygiene. To prevent acne, infection, and disease, there are a few basic rules to follow:
-Never put your fingers in a makeup container. Use a brush or tool.
-Don’t double dip! This will put germs into the makeup container.
-Don’t use a product the smells funny-this means it is old and could cause a reaction.
Basic Makeup Application
Step 1: apply foundation that matches your skin tone. For Les Miserables, we can actually go slightly lighter than your natural skin tone. This will aid our character development.
If necessary, use a concealer to cover blemishes, red spots, and under eye circles. Again, for Les Mis, we don’t need to cover under eye circles.
Set with powder that matches your foundation. Note: if you are using a cream blush, this should be applied before powder. If using a powder blush, apply after face powder.
Blush: for our purposes, we will be using a natural color blush-nothing bright, dark, or shimmery!
Eyes: Start with a flesh toned color all over the lid-lashes to brow. Next, and darker neutral tone-Brown, beige, grey etc, in the crease of the eye. Blend well. Next, a neutral liner (brown, black or grey) on upper and lower lash lines. Finally, mascara.
Lips: A neutral flesh tone-medium toned.