Professional tips for
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Online Makeup Manual.

You can find out how to use makeup in this free online makeup manual.

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Choosing the right colours.

Get the wrong colour for your stage makeup and the audience will be looking at your face for all the wrong reasons!

The Grimas range includes colours to suit all more...

Using stage blood

Grimas stage blood comes in various thicknesses and types.  "Film"  blood isn't just for movies.  Use type "A" for bright red blood from an arterial wound and type "B" for the darker blood from a vein. more...

How to look the part on stage

There are two main types of stage makeup, cake and cream.  Each type has its advantages.  For making up large numbers of people quickly, traditional cake makeup is best.  You put it on with a damp sponge and it doesn't need powdering or  more...

Go bald-headed with ShowMakeup baldhead caps

Baldhead caps are used to hide the hair to make completely bald skin heads or in cases where you need to reduce the actors actual hair without shaving. You can apply crepe hair to a baldhead cap for characters like monks or add a crest of multi-coloured hair like a mohican.

We sell two types of baldhead cap. more...

Get face painting with Grimas

Grimas water based makeup is ideal for face painting because it has good covering power, dries quickly and resists rubbing off, but is easy to remove with washing or cleansing lotion. more...

Use eyebrow plastic to block out heavy eyebrows.

The traditional way was to rub your eyebrows with a bar of soap.  Eyebrow plastic is easier to use and less harmful to your skin. more...

How to fit a false nose - and keep it on!

Grimas latex face extensions include false noses, chins, horns and ear tips. They are made from moulded latex.  These instructions show you how to fit a false nose.  You can use the same method more...

Go makeup stacking with Grimas.

The Grimas stacking system means you can build anything from a simple custom palette to a 'fit together' makeup kit. 

The "A" series of empty palettes come in four, six and more...

How to choose the right sort of brush

Grimas professional quality makeup brushes are a delight to use.  They are made in different bristle shapes and types for various jobs.more...

Hiding tattoos and marks on the skin

Also called cover cream, camouflage makeup is an opaque cream used to cover up a tattoo or hide marks on the skin.

To get a perfect match with your skin, you must use a palette to more...

Make your own beards and moustaches

Crêpe hair is used for making stage moustaches, beards and anywhere else fake hair is needed.  It's ideal for stage use. Crêpe hair comes in a huge range of colours both natural and weird! more...

How to fit fabulous false eyelashes

False eyelashes are great for parties, stage, dance, TV, film, video, photography or just dressing up. They are made from either natural hair, polyester or even feathers!  There are two ways to fit them more...

Get  a glow with fluorescent and luminous makeup

Glowing makeup comes in two types - fluorescent and luminous.  They both glow under UV light, but luminous makeup stays glowing even when the lights go off.  The way to use glow make ismore...

Get stuck in with mastix and stubble paste

Mastix is the modern replacement for traditional spirit gum.  It is easier to use and kinder to skin than spirit gum.  Stubble paste is mastix in a stick.  more...

Using wound tattoos

The movie industry uses these to make sure their wounded extras look the same from take to take, even days or weeks apart. You can use them too for a quick, realistic looking injury. more...

Tooth enamel for glamour or grotesque

Black out teeth or colour them red, white or gold. Horrid nicotine stain colour too!  Apply to a dry tooth and remove with alcohol on a cotton bud or similar. more...