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Top Grades*

No no Make-up Mill readers this is not another dirtying down blog post, although we at the Mill do love a little bit of dirt every now and again. This is a top tip I have learned from a wonderful MUA about how to dull down teeth when the colour grading in the film or tv show you are working on makes your actors teeth whiter than Simon Cowls pearly whites!

 When working as a Make-up Artist in TV and Film these are the weird and wonderful things you need to be aware of, how grading in post production can really effect your makeup. in this instance the bright white teeth may not be suitable for the overall look of your makeup so taking that brilliant white down without making the actors teeth look dirty isn't an easy feet. 

Well it wasn’t until Fleet Streets Pegqworks tooth stain in ‘Coffee’ came to town to grubby up those gnashers. The polar opposite of what any Hollywood actor would want to see when they smile into the mirror the coffee colour simply knocks back the bright white glare of pearly white teeth and makes them look much more natural on screen.

Feeling Blue* 

Shiny nose, twinkling cheeks and a glossy brow are never a good thing on camera. When you hear ‘checks’ and all you can see is a shining beacon of light on screen you rush in with whatever you can to blot, blot and blot again to remove the excess grease and grime. 

Having tried several blotting papers from your very well priced ‘Kleenex Blotting Papers’ (roughly £3.00) to a mid range ‘Nurturing Force Blotting Paper Roll’ (£11.95) I thought I had found the limit when it came to the blot busting power of those papers...well how wrong I was!

Not being an overly active shopper in MAC except for their wonderful empty palettes and the likes, I had never seen these blue blotting beauties until working on set with a wonderful Make-up Artist who showed me how not to be blue about blotting! 

They are simply the Rolls-Royce of the Anti Shine world, they really do wick away that glimmer and shimmer but do not take off the make-up underneath-at all- which I have to say is a first! The paper goes from blue to clear when alll your shine has dissapeared. 

They are not the cheapest (12.00)I have to say but sometimes you do get what you pay for. 

Feeling blue? Not always a bad thing!