Snow Queen Concert Information

Makeup Tips

• Use matte finishes for all makeup (no shimmer, glitter, or frosted). The stage lights will reflect shininess and make you look sweaty.

• A gel eyeliner and a tiny brush is a lot easier to control than traditional tube liquid eyeliner

• Do not apply lipstick before getting into costume!

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Makeup Instructions for Creative Movement, Elementary, and Ballet 1-3

Note for Parents: Applying makeup to a small child (especially eye makeup) can be a frustrating experience for both parent and child. Do the best you can and don’t worry if you’re not able to follow all the steps. Above all, we want your child’s performance experience to be a happy one, and we would rather see a happy child with incomplete makeup onstage than one with mascara running down their cheeks because they are upset!

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Basic stage makeup for Roses, Angels, Village Children, Skaters, Imps, Young Robbers, and River Scarves

pink blush, medium brown eyeshadow, and mascara. You can also fill in their eyebrows and outline their hairline with a brown pencil if they are very fair. We will apply lipstick at the theater. Boys do not need makeup but can wear a little bit of contour under their cheekbones and some brown or black eyeliner on the top lid line to add definition to their faces.

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More advanced/complete stage makeup for Roses, Angels, Village Children, Skaters, Imps, Young Robbers, and River Scarves

• Eyebrows: fill in the eyebrows if they are light or patchy. Do not change the shape or thickness of the brows.

• Hairline (optional): if your child is particularly fair-haired, you can use an eyebrow pencil to lightly trace their hairline. This helps visually separate the hair from the scalp so they don’t look bald on stage.

• Eyeshadow: highlight the lid and underneath the brow bone in white or ivory if the child has a light skin tone, or in a light beige if the child’s skin tone is dark. Then use a thin brush to apply a medium-to-dark brown shadow just to the crease, following the natural contour of the eye. Blend this line outward.

• Eyeliner and mascara: Use black liner (preferably liquid, gel, or pen) to line the top lash line. Extend the line slightly past the outer corner of the eye. For the bottom lash line, line from the inner corner of the eye to the middle of the eye, then extend the line parallel to the top line. Do not join the top and bottom lines. Highlight between the lines in white. Apply mascara if you are brave!

• Cheeks: Apply bright rosy or peachy pink blush along the cheekbones and blend.

• Powder: lightly apply powder to the whole face to set the makeup.

• Lips: lipstick should not be applied until the dancer has put on their costume. Our dressing room volunteers will have lip color and individual applicators to apply when students arrive at the theater.

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Here are some videos showing full stage makeup application for young dancers. The two videos below show different looks for eyeshadow. I prefer the one on the left (white eyelid) as it brightens and enlarges the eye from the perspective of the stage.

Remember: you don't have to do the more complicated steps if they are too much for you and/or your dancer!