Change Makeup- FX

Makeup-FX is a company for freelance work. They do all kinds of work such as theatre, film, TV, advertising, fashion, events, costume parties, role playing, teaching and everything else you can think of. (Oliver)


http://en.mimi.hu/beauty/cosmetics.html in this website you can find many link on different types of cosmetic for eyes, nails, face,etc and their prices (Vady).
Vady, when I went to this site, I could not see the future implications relating to work. Do you want to rework this link so that it points specifically at what you have been researching, or add some more comments here to help people find what thwey need to look at in this page?(Jean)

Tattoo decorated

A tattoo is a mark made by inserting pigment into the skin. Mostly tattoos are made on human or animal skin to identification the people who they are. But nowadays tattoo has became common for people that for decorating. The tattoo art continues to be popular all over the world. (Oliver)

Tattoos with Asian writing is a fashion must-have, but does it symbolize cultural insensitivity?

Some people describe the act of plunging a needle into flesh to create a permanent tattoo as nothing short of being a divine experience. The joining of man, art and culture in one sharp point hearkens to traditional tribal tattooing rituals of the past, but the only difference is that these days, rituals are being replaced with convenience. People can now walk into nearly any tattoo shop and pick out a cultural identity of their choice and spell it out on their skin, all within 30 minutes or less.
The popularity of Asian-influenced tattoos in the mainstream is undeniable — dragons and swords have been a fashion staple for years, but a new wave of interest in tattoos with Asian writing, characters or words have created a veritable alphabet soup out of ink and flesh.
Some of the more common tattoos involve words of empowerment spelled out in Chinese characters that mean “strength” or in Japanese kanji like current Denver Nugget’s star Marcus Camby’s proclamation of “to strive” on his right arm.
“The use of kanji has always been popular since the 1980s because there’s always a desire for something different. It’s the allure of exoticism,” said San Jose-based tattoo artist Horitaka.
But like Asian-influenced clothing, tattoos with Asian characters are saturating pop culture and becoming the latest fad for cultural consumption. Vending machines dispense temporary tattoos with Chinese writing for children and neighborhood walk-in tattoo shops carry a large selection of Asian characters.
The most popular form of tattoos with Asian writing is something Horitaka calls a strictly American tendency — tattooing one’s own name onto the body.
A small kanji character that translates to “Haru” sits on Amy Wakayama’s right hipbone. In the summer of 1998, when “tattoos were the rage,” Wakayama summoned her language skills learned from past Japanese classes and chose the character because it represented her middle name “Harue” and her father’s name “Haruo.”
But for others, getting a self-referential tattoo is a very personal attempt to reclaim their diminishing heritages.
Ken Arata, 25, is planning to get his family name tattooed down his spine in kanji to show that his Japanese heritage is the backbone of his existence even though he does not speak the language.
Megan Carriero, 20, is South Korean but she was adopted at a young age by a European American couple in Connecticut who kept reminding her of her Korean name, which means “Silky Girl.” The tattoo on her lower back is the Korean characters for “Silky Girl,” which she researched by rifling through her adoption papers and then showed to the tattoo artist to have etched into her skin.
“Not that I want to combine both my lives, because I am who I am. I am American, but from Asian descent. It’s just my way of giving tribute, in a way, and remembering that I am originally from Asia,” said Carriero.
Because of her own experience, Carriero said that she finds the current popularity of tattoos with Asian characters silly for people to get unless they have a real connection with the culture.
But Nicole Conley defends her decision to get the Chinese words for “Year of the Ram” and “Year of the Rooster” tattooed on the front of each shoulder next to her collarbone. Even though she is not Asian, she has a love for the culture. And her tattoos are not just fashion accessories, but are symbols of a special bond between herself and her husband who has matching tattoos.
Still, Conley said that when Asian Americans see her tattoos, they give her a “quick quiz” and seem pleased as long as she knows the true meaning of the characters.
In his 13 years of experience as a tattoo artist in Los Angeles, Kirk Alley estimated that one out of every 20 customers goes to a walk-in tattoo shop to get a tattoo with Asian characters, and from that percentile most of those are Caucasians and African Americans. He attributes this popularity to a “monkey see, monkey do” attitude.
However, the popularity of these tattoos has created another problem — nonsensical writing and unintentionally funny denotations.
“The Chinese-Japanese written language is very complex. Unless the tattoo artist speaks and writes the language, it’s impossible to translate correctly,” said Alley. “One wrong brush stroke and it says something completely different.”
Stories about tattoo artists wreaking revenge on nasty customers by inking derogatory phrases like “slut” and “ugly” float from one tattoo shop to another like urban legends, but Horitaka has seen a lot of really messed up kanji that declare gibberish.
Whether for cultural or fashionable reasons, he has advice for the burgeoning group of young people scrambling to get their ethnic phrase inked in their skin: do your research.
“People come [into the tattoo shop] and say, ‘I got this off the internet,’” said Horitaka. “Well, the internet is a toilet bowl. Others come in and say, ‘We were at a Chinese restaurant and someone helped us translate this.’ Well, did you tip well?” (Oliver)




Nail Art
It began 5000 years ago. In India, henna was used for manicure. Nail art history is not so easy to investigate as there are contradicting theories concerning nail art origins. What can be sated conclusively is that nail art history is a process of progressive development that is constantly built up by nail art techniques and styles. Modern nail art trends are fascinating and innovative.(Linda)
The various forms of modern nail art trends include nail polish used to colour the fingernails and toenails. Nail art history shows, that French Revlon company founded in 1932, started with a single product - a nail enamel unlike any before it -developed a unique manufacturing process. Using pigments instead of dyes, Revlon was able to offer to women rich-looking, opaque nail enamel in a wide variety of shades never before available. There is a wide variety of services available from manicurists, and each manicurist might have a specialty. A reputable manicurist ensures that a client knows what services are available and explains the procedures and costs. Nail art origins are traced from the term mehendi, used synonymously for henna, derives from the Sanskrit mehandika. Much of the modern revival of henna derives from its popularity in India. According to nail art history, manicure is a cosmetic beauty treatment for the fingernails and hands enjoyed by both sexes. A manicure can treat just the hands, just the nails, or both. A standard manicure usually includes filing and shaping of the nails and the application of polish. Modern nail art trends include specialty manicures, such as the French Manicure. Treatments for hands usually include soaking in a softening substance and application of hand lotion. A similar treatment performed on the feet is a pedicure. The word "manicure" comes from the Latin manus, meaning "hand," and cura meaning "care". All through the whole nail art history the art of maintaining fine nails was based on the ingredients, which may also surprise those who use them: nail polish, for example, can contain the shimmery substance of fish scales called "pearl essence". Nail art origins indicate, that pearl essence is obtained primarily from herring and is one of many by-products of large-scale commercial fish processing. This is rarely used due to the high cost and extreme fragility of this type of colorant. Modern nail art trends include the primary source of the pearlescent shine used in artificial nails, which is a natural, mined mineral. The mica, which is translucent, is coated with a very thin layer of titanium dioxide. This coating causes colour to appear through interference effects with the mica; varying the thickness of the titanium dioxide changes the colour. Various services for nails can be provided in line with modern nail art trends, such as the application of artificial nails, such as nail tips, acrylics and artificial nail gels. A manicurist can also apply treatments to real nails, such as filing, polishing, and painting. Fancier manicures include painting pictures or designs on the nails or applying small decals or imitation jewels. Nail art history reveals, that the red colour of acrylics and artificial nail gels can come from iron oxide (rust) or from organic pigments. Typically, the pigment is crushed very finely while being mixed with castor oil. This pigment mixture is then mixed with a wax base to form a finished nail polish, nail art origins tells us. This is extremely expensive and is used as rarely as possible. Pure carmine dye is usually more expensive than gold. Ancient women used to strive for beauty and were eager to discover various means to capture the imagination of men. It is due to these factors that nail art origins were concentrated mainly in the sphere of men-women relations. All through the whole nail art history the art of maintaining fine nails has been widely appreciated by women as one of the major ways to express them. In ancient India when a young girl has had her first period she is considered ready to enter into a marriage and this is when her lips and fingernails were painted bright red. Speaking about landmarks in nail art history, airbrush nail art system calls for special mentioning.(Linda)

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http://www.multiart.nu/bodyart/english/index.html (Van)

Particularly, in Australia, Body Painting is not a new field as Aboriginal communities started decorating themselves with this kind of art years ago.
https://www.amonline.net.au/bodyart/painting/paintup.htm (Van)

Not only in Australia but also in Asia and Africa, people have painted themselves for special occasions for thousands of years. It is traditional and meaningful for them. Obviously, Body Painting has been known long ago, and it changes as we change, step by step, follow the development of this world.
https://www.amonline.net.au/bodyart/painting/henna.htm (Van)

Back to the present, let’s see what people do to their bodies. At the moment, and in the future as well, Body Art tends to be more popular and professional. People do not only use Body Art to decorate their bodies but also to make it look like wearing clothes, although the fact is, they are not….
http://www.multiart.nu/bodyart/english/index.html (Van)

Let’s see how the artists do it, paint on human skin…
http://www.multiart.nu/bodyart/english/index.html] (Van)

Here are some more photos for us to have a better outlook on this kind of art.
http://www.multiart.nu/bodyart/english/index.html (Van)