Makeup and Hair Instructions

BASIC MAKEUP & HAIR INSTRUCTIONS
For Dress Rehearsals, Preview Nights, & Performances

Makeup (For Sunday Jan. 26th’s Dress Rehearsals, Preview Nights, & Performances) Detailed Tips
  1. Start with a clean face by washing with soap before each application
  2. Start with a foundation (base) that is one shade darker than their complexion.
  3. Using a sponge, gently blend foundation on entire face (eyelids, and over mouth included) and continue to blend down their chin, neck and to the jawbone.
  4. Blush- Apply blush using a sponge. Start at the top of the cheekbones and work diagonally toward the mouth. You can ask your actor to make a fishy mouth so you can find their natural cheekbones.
  5. Eyeliner- black or brown to the top and bottom lid leaving the inner and outer creases untouched. Connecting the lids at the creases actually can cause the eyes to appear more closed than open. No Cat-eye style liner. Brows may be GENTLY filled in on lighter-haired kids
  6. Mascara- Generously apply black or brown to the top and bottom lashes focusing on the ends of the lashes
  7. Lipstick- Apply using a q-tip. Color should be natural but stand out from the face (earthtones, peach, NO RED
  8. Please LABEL items in your child’s makeup bag individually with a sharpie.  They should bring their makeup bags to each show. 

You do not need to apply eyeshadow or do any contouring. We do not want them to look like they are made-up, but their features should be seen under the bright stage lights.

   
IN SUMMARY…
To be applied at home by parent:
  1. Compact Foundation – Blended naturally over face and down over jawbone
  2. Blush – Apply to the apples of the cheeks, lightly highlighting the cheeks
  3. Eyeliner – For both boys and girls; leaving the outer corners open
  4. Mascara – For both boys and girls; apply generously
  5. Lipstick – For both boys and girls; in a natural color that helps define lips but isn’t bright 
  6. Please LABEL items in your child’s makeup bag individually with a sharpie.  They should bring their makeup bags to each show. 

To be done by Hair & Makeup Committee at BH during makeup checks:
  1. Lip liner and lipstick touchups
  2. Blush touchups


For Makeup application, please see below:
Hair (For Sunday Jan. 26th, as well as Previews & Performances) Rules
  1. Each child must bring their own LABELED brush in their LABELED MAKEUP BAG.  Sharing of hairbrushes or accessories is not permitted.
  2. Children should have clean, freshly washed and dried hair before each performance

Role Specific Hair Styles
Here are the guidelines for hair styles of all characters.
We've attached pictures for your benefit.

Peggy Sue: Low half ponytail with curls
​Betty Lou: pigtails with bows
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Sheriff Stone + Deputy Dillon: Neat hair; out of face

Jenkins: Neat hair; out of eyes

Mama Mo's: low bun (will be put in hat)

Daytona Bob: Gelled hair, slicked sides, (hair NOT spiked)
Peyton + Biffy: High ponytail with poofy front tutorial.  Bow for hair will be provided.  We have one for each girl.
Nigel: clean haircut; out of face

Additional Preppies:
GIRLS: High Ponytail with 1-2 curl at the end
Jack: ​​Gelled/Moused hair, lift on top, sides slicked back, not spiked
Gearheads (Turbo, Velocity, Booster, Additional Gearheads): Gelled/Moused hair, lift on top, sides slicked back, not spiked
Gearhead Girls: Puffy top with low ponytail and two curls.  If hair is too short, pull it back.  We will supply each girl with a bandana to make a head band like below.
Portia + Edsel: Hair down, curled at the end.  We will supply you with the headband.  Each girl will have their own.
Greasers (Castrol, Penz, Boy Additional Greasers: 
BOYS: Gelled - Side part, flat - slick look
GIRLS: Side part, pins on side
45ers - Hi Tone, Waxx, Flair, Victor, Additional 45ers:
BOYS: Neat hair, moused back on side
GIRLS: High top, flat on sides, hair down