Studio:Creating the illness look

Product used: kryolan supracolor palette, due glue, glycerine, translucent poeder, stipple sponges, round brush.

To start with the look make sure the face is clean .

Apply a pale foundation, very finely. If using panstik, apply it sparingly. Work the foundation in so that it doesn’t sit on the surface of the skin.

Add a tiny amount of white foundation to the forehead, cheeks, and chin. Again, work it in well.

Put a little blue and mauve greasepaint under the eyes (lines going down) and around the nostrils.

Add brown shading in the corners of the eyes and hollow out the temples and under the cheekbones.

Use dark grey-brown - sparingly - in circles under the eyes. Blend the edges.

Put scarlet greasepaint - toned down on the back of your hand - onto the eyelids. Place it close to the lashes and blend it upwards until it disappears. Do the same under the bottom lashes and add a little on the nostrils.

Add some more high up on the cheekbones. Use it unevenly to produce a blotchy and feverish look.

Place a little blue on the lips. Use a shading colour to emphasise the natural lines of the lips to make them look cracked. Frown lines can be added to denote stress.

Powder the make-up to set it.

Smooth a little Vaseline on your fingers and apply it lightly across the forehead and above the top lip. Break the face up a little with shine, so that light reflects on it.

To suggest perspiration, mix equal parts glycerine and water in a fine spray bottle. Spray finely onto the forehead where it will stick to the Vaseline. Dab the upper lip with water. (Use a dropper - made from an empty medicine bottle with dropper attached.)

Add more red to the eyelids and below the eyes to close the eyelashes.