Each parent wants to please their children on New Year's holidays not only with gifts, but also bring them to a matinee, immersing in a fairy tale. In order for a child to really feel among fairy-tale heroes, acting is not enough. An important component of the complete picture is professional makeup. Baba Yaga is a complex character who must have an old, evil and scary face. With the help of makeup and makeup, a young and attractive woman can be turned into a fabulous Baba Yaga.
The image of an angry old woman
There are many ways to create the appearance of a witch. The main elements of the image are a long hooked nose and an upturned chin. Also wrinkles, warts, earthy-dirty complexion, disheveled gray hair and eyebrows - all these are integral features of Baba Yaga. Makeup is applied last, after large parts are molded. Skin color should not only be gray and scary, but also emphasize the ancient age of the character.
Creating Basic Elements
Before shaping the image and applying makeup, Baba Yaga needs to determine how your nose will look. Then, using the theatrical makeup gummoz, to mold the detail corresponding to the appearance of the grandmother. Often it is long, hanging down and having a hump. After complete drying, the nose is placed on the face of the actress and glued with a special composition for the face from substances that are natural and harmless to human skin. The chin is created from the same material as the previous element, and glued to its proper place with glue for the face. Its shape has elongated features and an upturned sharp tip stretching to the nose.
Applying makeup
Baba Yaga has a marsh complexion, as he constantly lives in dampness and dirt. Therefore, it is advisable to use the gray-green color of the shadows. But before that you need to moisturize your face with cream. Then even the spaces between genuine leather and artificial parts with theatrical makeup. After that, apply several layers of foundation to your face. Such makeup Baba Yaga at home is easy to do.
In shades of green and brown, underline wrinkles. If you don’t have them, then frown your forehead and eyebrows and smear the resulting folds. Straighten your face, the paint will smear, giving the appearance a frightening appearance. Paint wrinkles in the corners of the eyes with shades of brown, dropping the arrows down. Repeat the same with the corners of the lips. Shades of red will give the image fatigue if applied under the eyes. Paint your nose with dark color, especially outline it densely along the contour. Point the chin visually by drawing a triangle on it and slightly blending the powder. Blush green shade cover the entire face, as well as the neck and ears. Thus, you can make Baba Yaga makeup at home. Gray hair can be applied using white chalk.
Small parts
Baba Yaga on his face has many nasty warts of different sizes. Most of them are located on the nose and chin, and can also be on the forehead and cheekbones. To create artificial warts, you will need ordinary wheat flour and PVA glue. From a mixture of these components, you need to twist the balls and stick them on the face using special glue. You can do this after you have done the makeup. Then cover them with the same color of shadows as your face.
Artificial wrinkles can be made from ordinary dry napkins soaked in latex. They are applied to a clean face and, after drying, are again lubricated with a latex mixture and smoothed. The effect is amazing, a photo of the makeup of Baba Yaga clearly demonstrates this.
In place of the eyebrows, randomly stick pieces of wool of different lengths so that they stick out in different directions. The image of Baba Yaga is emphasized by disheveled hair, knocking out from under a scarf. To do this, comb and tangle the usual wig, do not forget to whitewash the strands, creating a gray hair on them.
Modern look
Today, the voluminous flow of information that has swept the children has long supplanted the image of the Soviet Baba Yaga. Many guys don’t even know what kind of kikimora went to greet them.
Why not imagine and imagine Grandma Hedgehog in his youth. She was not always an old woman. In this case, you will have to thoroughly work with makeup, based on the fact that the life of Baba Yaga is mostly nightly, she rarely comes into the light and hides in the wilderness. Accordingly, the witch's face is pale, bloodless. To do this, you need perfect and plain skin color. It can be created by using foundation cream a tone lighter than complexion, and densely applied to the skin. On the moving eyelids and around the eyes, apply shades of maroon or another color and blend. Eyebrows are also tinted with black ink, clearly tracing the contour. Using liquid eyeliner, you can draw wide arrows pointing up. Bright red, purple or black lips look original. On the face, you can draw a large mole, cobwebs, cracks or smudges from tears.
The modern makeup of Baba Yaga for the New Year can be varied and unique. The main thing is to observe certain differences in recognition. In this case, the children will be delighted, the holiday will be wonderful.