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Creative or operational relevance to directing
The makeup artist's personal kit: colors, brushes, prosthetics, adhesives, sealers, and cleaners. Typically personal property, not production-supplied.
The Makeup Kit is the makeup artist's tool — and usually their own. It is built up over years, tailored to their individual working methods, and compensated for during booking, often as a separate kit flat fee.
What's Inside
- Paints in many skin tones, because actors don't come in standard shades.
- Brushes and Sponges, cleaned between individuals.
- Adhesives and Removers for prosthetics and hairpieces.
- Special Effects Materials — blood in multiple consistencies, wax, gelatin.
- Fixatives and Mattifiers to combat shine under lights.
Hygiene
Products are decanted between actors, and spatulas are used instead of working directly from the pot. This is not just a formality: makeup artists work on eyes, mouths, and open skin areas.
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