Dancers Makeup Kit Checklist:
A dancer’s makeup look is often determined by the choreographer and/or the venue of the performance.
Stage Performance: Ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern, and contemporary dancers typically dance on a stage. Whether you’re a recital dancer, a competitive dancer, or a professional dancer, you’ll need to wear a darker, more intense ballerina makeup look than your average everyday street makeup. This is due to the intensity of the stage lights, the intensity of the costumes, and the distance between the performer and the audience.
Outdoor performance: Depending on your dance style, if you’re performing outdoors, your dancer’s makeup style can be much more understated. For example, although a ballerina’s stage makeup look often includes red lipstick, you might consider a more natural pink instead.
Ballroom Dance Floor – When you’re a ballroom dancer, you typically perform on a dance floor that is level with the audience and the lighting, while dramatic, is not as intense as stage lighting. However, a ballroom dancer’s makeup is often quite dramatic to accentuate the dramatic costumes and style of this genre.
Belly Dance Show: Belly dancers have a variety of performance venues: stages, restaurants, and open-air festivals. However, the makeup of belly dancers is much more adapted to the style of dance and costumes than to the type of place in which they perform. Their performance looks can range from the more natural and classic Cabaret Belly Dancers makeup to the dramatically artistic styles of Tribal Belly Dancers makeup.
Ideally, choose hypoallergenic/non-comedogenic (won’t clog pores), talc-free, and paraben-free products that are as natural in origin as possible and are effective. A ballerina makeup look needs to be worn for long periods of time and this can be very harsh on the skin, especially if it is sensitive or prone to breakouts. She doesn’t want products that make her skin look and feel horrible at the end of a performance weekend. There’s nothing that can make you more self-conscious than red, irritated skin on an acne-covered face.
Here is a list of what should be in your prom makeup kit for a fabulous performance makeup look:
Base
• Hypoallergenic/non-comedogenic (won’t clog pores)
• Without mineral oil
• Water resistant/sweat resistant
• Full coverage foundation that feels very light on the skin.
• Warm-toned colors look best under stage lighting; avoid pink-toned foundations.
• Half to one shade DARKER than natural skin tone for stage performances.
• Match your base color to skin for all other performance locations.
loose powder
• Translucent, containing very little pigment
• Sheer in tone so it doesn’t look pasty on the skin
foundation brush
• Used to apply a thin layer of foundation.
Triangle Shaped Makeup Sponges
• Used to smooth foundation, blend colors, correct mistakes
Eye shadows
• Highly pigmented, water/sweat resistant, talc and paraben free mineral makeup colors work well
• Three main shades:
o Highlighter – light color
o Contrast – medium color
o Outline – dark color
• Warm neutral colors in earth tones: black, brown, bronze, copper, gold, cream
Blush
• Highly pigmented, water/sweat resistant, talc and paraben free mineral makeup colors work well
• Neutral-warm reds or pinks
waterproof black mascara
Black Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner O Eyeshadow/Black Mineral Makeup Eyeliner
White illuminating eye pencil
2 pairs of false eyelashes, just to be safe!
Waterproof Lash Adhesive – Duo is the BEST!
Lipstick: neutral in tone, long-lasting (but without drying out the lips!)
Mineral lipstick: long-lasting (but without drying out the lips!)
Makeup Brushes: Lips, Eyeliner, Eyeshadow, Blush, Complexion, Eyebrow Comb/Brush
Glitter/shimmer powders (as determined by choreographer)
glitter adhesive