Make up tips

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE TUTORIAL FOR SOME FABULOUS TRICKS & TIPS FOR GETTING YOUR PERFECT STAGE FACE ON. LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!

It's that time of year again when we dive into our treasure trove of make up and get our little darlings looking gorgeous for the stage! Why do we need to put make up on the kids? Well, though your little dancer may look like a mini drag queen off stage, I can assure you that on stage, they will just look like their sweet little self (with just a touch more pizzazz.) The lighting used can wipe them out and make it very hard for them to dazzle us with their brightest smiles so they need a little help to highlight their features PLUS IT'S FUN! Little girls love make up! Mums, I feel your pain....it's hard to get animated, excited little faces still long enough to weave your magic wand. And then there is the liquid eye liner....oh and the tears, you forget how easily and often little faces can crumple into tears until you spy your pain stakingly applied handi work sliding down their faces. BUT know this, it does get easier and quicker. A little bit of practise before the big day and you are good to go. Remember, children, like animals smell fear! Go into the application with confidence and assertiveness. You are a make up magician. Here is my guide to lighting up our Junior's faces.
* Use a foundation in their shade ( you can go one shade darker than skin tone for stage but make sure you cover neck etc as well). I suggest using a sponge to apply. It's much quicker and much better for coverage. Some skin tones may not require much foundation.
* DO use powder to blot out shininess and it will help rest of make up to go on with ease and stay on.
* Use a white highlighter (shadow or powder form- some have a real sheen or a glitter) and lightly place under eye area and along cheekbone. Get your little one to suck in cheeks and generously apply hot pink blusher (for very rosy cheeks.)
* Closing eyes, cover entire eye area in white or ivory eyeshadow. Using a brown eye shadow cover entire eye lid. Accentuate corner of eye with a darker brown shade. Trace top lid with crayon eye liner in black and extend along eye in a cat's eye. (I use a crayon liner rather than pencil as it is easier on little faces). Use crayon liner under eye as well but below natural line so as to enlarge eyes.
* Use a white eye liner in corner of eyes on both sides.
* If using false eye lashes apply now. Use glue on both lashes and paint along upper lid. Press firmly and hold until fully dry. If not using eye lashes ( on little ones etc) just use mascara on top and lower lashes. Apply LOTS especially if they are fair.
* You can then if you like go over crayon with liquid eye liner ( I use the pen ones) as again they are much easier.
* On fair children , it is important to draw in eye brows in slightly darker shade than hair. Just lightly colour in.
* Outline lips in lip liner- I colour in lips with it as well and then apply lip stick! HOT PINK- as bright as you can find!!
There are always lots of mums who have been there, done that all before and remember their first days of making up their children and who are only too happy to help! Please ask us if we can help you! Concerts should be fun and not stressful!

Dress Rehearsals - Orange Civic Theatre

DRESS REHEARSALS
Wednesday the 7th December- Orange Civic Theatre

4:30pm Intermediate Hip Hop (Monday 4pm class)
Pre- Senior Hip hop ( Monday 5:30pm class)
5:30pm Inter Contemporary (Mon 4:45pm class)
Senior B Jazz (Monday 6:30pm class)
Intermediate Tap
6:30pm Intermediate Ballet (Wednesday 4pm class)
Senior Contemporary
Intermediate and Senior Performance teams

7:30pm Finish


Saturday the 10th December- Orange Civic Theatre

1pm Future Stars (Saturday 9:30am class)
Junior Jazz (Saturday 10:15am class)
Thursday Boys performance group
2pm Junior Ballet (Saturday 11am class)
8 years Jazz/Hip Hop (Saturday 11:45am class)
Senior Tap
3pm Senior Jazz
Senior Ballet

4pm Finish

Tutorial: Ballet Stage Make Up

ALL THE BEST TO OUR YEAR 12 STUDENTS

Just a big shout out to our year 12 students!! Final week of school is here! Enjoy every minute this week. All your hard work is about to pay off. We wish you all the very best, CONGRATULATIONS and good luck for your HSC.

KEEP WATCHING THIS SPACE..

Hi all,

can you believe we are in the final week of term 3?!!!!!!! crazy! SO much is happening. The poor blog has been a little negleted but never fear it will be updated very soon with all eisteddfod news and photos...

P.s... keep watching this space to be first to hear the theme for the concert!!!

WHOA WHAT A START TO TERM 3

Can you believe we are already in the start of week 6 of term 3?? Time flys when your having fun!!! The poor little blog has been negleted but never fear the blog WILL be updated assap!! Before the details come out lets recap on everything thats been happening in the last 6 weeks (briefly..)

- Miss Steph has sent us a postcard (check out the notice board!!) we will be welcoming her back with open arms very soon. Word has it that Miss Steph has some amazing chorey for all our hip-hoppers!!!

- Eisteddfod!!!!!!!!!! RESULTS RESULTS RESULTS!!! Keep an eye out!!!

- GOOD LUCK!!! to all our performance groups that will be tackling the crazy weekend ahead with Miss Rachel and Miss Leesa doing a tag-team for orange and bathurst groups. A BIG GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR FIRST TIMERS!!! Especially our under 6 years! You are already superstars in our eyes.

- Welcome Miss Jasmine!!! If you havent had the pleasure of having Miss Jasmine yet, you are in for a treat!

- CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE THAT AUDITIONED LAST SUNDAY!! 100% success!!! GO STEPPING OUT 2012 DISNEY TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Until then, happy dancing everyone!

TERM 3

Welcome back everyone! WOW didn't the holidays jusy fly?! Very excited to welcome everyone back this week and to see all your smiling happy faces! What a term ahead that we have planned. Keep an eye out for dates for USA tour auditions and Information day (EXCITED!) and Eisteddfod news and updates!

Make sure that you keep checking the blog for updates from Miss Steph!!!! FYI: I just received a facebook post from Miss Steph. She has arrive safely and is Hawaii enjoying the beach and sunshine!!! (so jealous from the snowy/cold/rainy orange!!!)

We have a BIG term ahead! Keep working hard everyone!

TIP of the week! STRETCH - STRETCH - STRETCH!!!!! Most of you have had 2 weeks off from stretching! Did you know that for every week that you dont stretch you lose 6 weeks of flexibility (except for our hypermobile/floppy joint friends - they are an exception to the rule! So - you do the math!! Its cold and rainy, making it heaps harder for our muscles to get warm, leaving us prone to injury. Do you and your body a favour and ensure that your muscles and joints maintain the range of motion that they need to dance like a superstar!

Happy dancing everyone!