Backstage

-“What are you doing tonight ?”
The question, even if thrown in a little’ suddenly, demanded an answer states that the Dony was waiting for, probably cuddling one of her cats, on the other side of the chat interface.
“..nothing in particular” typed carelessly, waiting to receive an invitation to a pizza among friends that was active for too long.
-“how about Venice? per uno shooting. I have to give an answer to an American photographer who contacted me, and go alone I broke ..”
Venice has never been in the top ten of my ideal cities, nor to stay, let alone to live, universally recognized as dear (the famous 15 Euros for a coffee in Piazza San Marco are not a legend) and always crowded with tourists often wandering aimlessly.
-“..of course, all expenses paid, paid work, and take my car.” finish the sentence Dony, facing a moment of my hesitation.
“There are.” The answer slipped between his lips fast, had not yet passed by the brain when it came out of the mouth.
Anything would be better than a 'nothing special'. In the company of a friend like Dony also, the time spent on the freeway would fly, we would have had time to update us on our stories, and maintain mastered our English, all in one evening.

The evening itself, was better than all my expectations.
Critsey, the photographer who had engaged in the work, proved to be a nice person, intelligent and sympathetic, over that of good talent in the photograph.
And despite the set of the improvised, the results were not long to wait. I realized the makeup mirror with my suitcase leaning against the table in a bar, near the station Saint Lucia, surrounded by curious, some tourists Asia and some passerby who asked me to be rigged turn.
It was fun and unusual, so as to leave me in a strange mood, also during the following set, by making me appreciate what 39 years almost ignored.
Venice at night changing face. And it is mysterious and beautiful.

The realization of the makeup:
Also for this make up, I chose to use fatty bases by powdering, more stable and opaque compared to classical water based.
Lying on the bottom of the same skin color Dony, however, already free from imperfections, I made light and shade with the classic technique of chiaroscuro. To handle the face and give a more natural, I also applied a touch of blush (blush) in the vicinity of the cheekbones.
The eye makeup was instead creating chiaroscuro reinforcing the already present with a bronze-colored powder eyeshadow, evident on the upper eyelid and just mentioned on the bottom, one-third from the outer edge of the eye, about.
The eyes were placed in evidence even slightly shaded with black eyeliner, thin applied only on the upper eyelid, in the vicinity of the root of the eyelashes, only then finished with mascara.
On the lips I gave free rein to a beautiful red access, gradient darker near the edges and slightly surrounded in clear to increase the volume.

Thanks to:
Model: Donutella Model
Photography: Critsey Rowe

Contacted by the agency that was responsible for directing and implementing the movie, I turned the white skin of the actor, in the tan of a farmer who spends his life in the countryside.

The trick has been achieved with a slightly orange cream base, lying on the sponge on the face and arms, buffered with a dark powder, and then airbrushed shaded in darker parts (backs of the arms, front, tip of the nose and cheekbones) with a chocolate brown color, to give the proper effect of a brownish skin and sunburned.

All this took place on location in the estates Mutti, at the foot of the castle of Torrechiara (Parma).

Outside the box this year the birthday of the famous 'Lola Fox', Drag Queen that for years now animates the nightlife nightclub Art Club Desenzano.
So, not to be outdone, with the most likeable Izzi we launched the construction of a usable body painting during the evening.

With exclusive access to the dressing rooms' girls’ We grabbed a seat, and, airbrush stencils and hand, We set to work. The evening of outrageous fashions and fun altering, put e impossibile aunt authorization..

Lola Fox again Greetings !! 🙂

The question I most often is made by the observer (sometimes a bit’ naively) while performing a bodypaint is' What colors are?’ – 'But then come off with water ?’

Having reassured the public and shaping, maybe with a hint of irony ( 'Sure, with some’ acetone is it all away ') Switch off what is often there, with some dismay of the viewer to know that just a little’ soap and water can undermine all the work within minutes of our day.

But we've never really wondered what we in the colors we use, and if we can reproduce ? In fact, the costs of the colors continuously increasing (wafers of AQUACOLOR 4mg in traditional colors, I found yesterday by a dealer authorized to 5,50 Euro l'una!) is pushing more people to walk the path of experimentation.

For better or for worse.

While using food coloring (that plus the easiest to find – be sure not thinking of coloring the skin by using acrylic, true ?!) is the relative security to avoid allergic reactions and skin toxicity (according to the logic of 'if we can eat, surely we can also spread it on ') you still need to pay particular attention that the product is also easy to remove, and do not leave undesirable spots on the skin.

If you want to go a little’ deeper into what, and accurately analyze the contents of a color to BodyPaint, here is the list of ingredients (in order of use):

• Distilled water (in the case of course is based liquid and not waffle)
• Cetearyl Alcohol – Cetearyl alcohol (emollient / emulsifier / stabilizing emulsions / opacizzante / viscosizzante)
• Sodium Laureth Sulfate – also known as SLS (schiumogeno)
• Octyldodecanol – Octildodecanolo (emollient and solvent)
• Cetyl Alcohol – Cetyl Alcohol (emollient / emulsifier / opacizzante / viscosizzante)
• Stearic Acid – Stearic Acid (emulsion / stabilizing emulsions)
• Propylene Glycol – Propylene glycol (umettante / solvent)
• Triethanolamina – Trietanolamina (pH balancing)
• Glycerin – Glycerol (denaturante / umettante / solvent)
• Sodium Laury Sulfate
• Lenath-40
• Sodium Borate – Borace (buffering agent)
• Dimethicone – (antischiuma / emollient)
• Sodium Chloride – Sodium Chloride (viscosizzante)
• Talcum – Talc (absorbent)
• Methylparaben – Metilparaben (preservative)
• Perfume – Perfume

and, depending on the color of one or more of the following colors:

• Titanium Dioxide – Titanium Dioxide (White) Cl 77891
• Iron Oxides and Mica- Metal oxides and mica Cl77491 Cl77499
• yellow5 Cl19140:1
• Ultramarines Cl7707
• Ferric Farrocyanide Cl77510
• Cl Red7 15850
• Red38 Cl12085
• Yellow 6 Cl15985:1
• Red40 Cl16035
• Pigment Yellow 1 Cl11680
  
• Barium Sulfate Cl77120

Although not all the-shelf components, are quite common, especially in liquid soaps and shampoos.