Happy 2010 to All

Happy New Decade from Mehron, wishing everyone a colorful Happy, Healthy, Artistic and Prosperous Happy New Year!

The Final 2009 - Best of The Mehron Blog Series

In the Final Installment of the Best of the Mehron Blog Series which featured the Best Mehron Blogs from 2008, the featured blog was first published on the final day of 2008 . On the final day of 2008 Mehron was excited to be greeting 2009 with a lineup of new products, colors and innovations about to be introduced to the world of Face and Body Painting Makeup, Theatrical Makeup, Fashion Makeup and Extreme Beauty Makeup. Again as we close out another year, Mehron continues to research, develop and formulate quality Makeup Products that will be at the forefront in the innovation of Makeup throughout the new decade. Here from the Mehron Blog Archives is the Blog entitled:

Farewell 2008

As another year grows to a close Mehron would like to thank our customers and Authorized Dealers for another exciting, innovative and successful year. 2008 was an extraordinary year for Mehron as we introduced a brand new Web Site, a Blog, redesigned and reformulated some of our products and introduced new makeup products.

In 2008 Mehron was a Gold Sponsor of the Face and Body Art International Convention. Jinny, President of Jinny, Make-Up Artiste Inc. and Co-Creator of the Paradise Makeup AQ by Mehron, was a First Place Winner at "The World Body Painting Festival" held in Dageu, South Korea on August 25 -31, 2008.

On September 21, 2008 Mehron was an exhibitor at The Film, Stage and Expo Exhibit which was held at The Hilton New York in New York City, NY.

Mehron, was a proud sponsor of the Tunnel to Towers Run honoring the firefighters of 9/11/01.

Mehron contributed 10% of all sales during the month of October from sales of the Mehron THINKS PINK campaign to Breast Cancer Research and Support Groups, which use the money to support the research needed to wipe out Breast Cancer in our lives.

On Saturday, October 4, 2008, in keeping with the Mehron commitment to support Breast Cancer Research and Awareness, Stephanie Ferreira, Marketing Director of Mehron participated in an event at a local beauty shop, Salon Odette’s in Middlebury, Connecticut for Brave at Heart.

Ricky's NYC, the cutting edge beauty store with locations throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Westchester County, Long Island, Connecticut and Florida has added the Paradise Makeup Collection by Mehron, Innovators of Extreme Beauty Makeup to their offerings.

Shelli Farber, Product Sales and Education Manager of Mehron, Inc. was featured in an article by Brynn Mannino in a Woman's Day Special Publication for Halloween 2008. The Article was entitled: Halloween Makeup: Tips & Tricks.

In the October 2008 Global Cosmetic Industry (GCI) Magazine, Martin Melik, President of Mehron, Inc., was the featured interview guest.

Mehron received an email from Austin Davidson, an active duty U.S Army Serviceman who came up with a costume idea while deployed. He wrote to tell Mehron about his experience using Mehron Makeup to create his costume that he calls Reptile-Man which he planned during his deployment, and shared his hilarious video A Day in the Life of A Reptile-Man", with the Mehron Family.

Shrek The Musical has opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theater located at 1681 Broadway, New York, NY, produced by Dreamworks, featuring a custom colored Mehron Makeup for the featured character, Shrek, and Mehron's Extreme Beauty Makeup for the Princess.

Cutting Edge Makeup Artists like Mario Ink, and Meagan Hester joined the legion of friends that Mehron has cultivated among the artists who perform their magic using the products produced by Mehron in the USA.

The 2008 Roosevelt Marching Band from Honolulu, Hawaii used Mehron Makeup in their award winning programs, turning themselves BLUE for a presentation that featured music that featured BLUE in the title.

Holiday Makeup Looks were featured on the Web Site. A Modern Vampire Character Kit inspired by Twilight Vampires and True Blood was introduced for Halloween along with the Evil J Villain Character Kit based upon the villain of caped crusader fame. The ultimate face serum was introduced, Velvet Finish Primer and new colors were added to the Detailz line. The Extreme Beauty Makeup Collection was expanded using the knowledge of over 80 years of Makeup production to make the highest quality makeup for all your makeup needs.

2008 was an exciting year for Mehron and 2009 promises to be an even more exciting year with enhancements to the current line and the unveiling of a brand new Makeup Line for the new and exciting field of High Definition Film and Video.

Mehron would like to extend warm wishes for a peaceful, healthy, happy and prosperous 2009 to all of our Patrons, Authorized Dealers, Makeup Artists and the Performers who have made 2008 an exciting year at Mehron. Enjoy the Holiday Festivities safely so they we can continue to experience the Art of Makeup together in 2009 and the future.

Makeup in 1910

In a couple of days we will turn a new decade. Throughout history the turning of a new decade has come to signify pivotal change, and history tends to record eras in ten year and hundred year increments. Decades reflect the incremental changes while centuries mark major change. So it is from 1910 till 2010. One hundred years ago on New Year's Eve 1909 everything in the world was drastically different including the concept of beauty and fashion. The seeds of change in both cosmetics and fashion were being planted in 1910 and throughout the following one hundred years both would be revolutionized. In 1910 Mascara was just being formulated by T.L. Williams, who while watching his sister Mabel apply petroleum jelly to her eye lashes came up with the idea of mascara, a mascara that became known as Maybeline. The women of 1910 began to experiment with enhancing their eyes by applying petroleum jelly to thicken their eye lashes, this is one of the precursors to modern beauty cosmetics.

In 1910 Vogue had a feature that showed the use of henna by women overseas to outline their eyes, film makers and woman took notice, and eye enhancing makeup was on its way. The darker eye outlines created by this form of eye makeup made the eyes look bigger, perfect for expressiveness in silent films. In the last hundred years eye makeup has been revolutionized and it is hard to image a time that black was the only choice. As we head into the new decade E.Y.E Powder by Mehron has taken eye makeup to the next level. E.Y.E Powder is available in Black Onyx along with a selection of other fashion eye makeup colors. Mascara is still here in 2010, along with Metallic Powder, Paradise Makeup AQ - Detailz, and AdGem, fashion makeup eye accents that the women of 1910 could not have even imagined.

In 1910, Makeup Foundation was still years away, today Mehron produces Celebré Professional Cream Make-Up Foundation and StarBlend™Cake Makeup Foundation in over eighty colors combined. The women of 1910 would have been amazed at a choice of over eighty colors, in fact most people in 2010 are amazed to learn that Mehron produces Foundation Makeup in over eighty hues and shades for every skin tone on earth.

In 1910 Women's hem lines were rising to almost two inches above the ankles, can you imagine their look of surprise if they were to witness a Body Painting by Jinny Houle, Carolyn Roper, Alex Hansen or Mark Reid. Just think of their look of fascination as they watch an airbrush spray LUX Airbrush Makeup in vibrant colors on a model creating a work of art on a human body. Times change, visions change, concepts change as the calender changes from one year to another, one decade to another and one century to another. As Mehron inches ever closer to the century mark of producing quality professional makeup in the USA, free from animal testing, the consistency remains, even as the innovations continue. As Mehron closes out another decade with a whirlwind year in 2009, the future is a canvas that will be painted by the introduction of new makeup, new colors and new makeup applications. Looking towards the future with a foundation built in the past, Mehron will greet the new decade with Makeup Innovations that will exceed the future needs and demands of the Makeup Market.

Ready for New Year's Eve, Is Your Makeup

Without a doubt New Year's Eve is one of the longest nights of the year. A test of endurance, sustainability and your partying prowess. It is also a test for your makeup. Can your makeup last the night without constantly running to retouch and reapply? Is your makeup Professional Makeup, manufactured in the USA from selected ingredients, free from animal testing? Unless you have already discovered the Mehron difference, your answer will be no. Mehron Makeup was founded in 1927 and catered to the professional performers who required durable, long lasting, non running, non cracking, non cracking makeup that would maintain its look and texture throughout long performances.

New Year's Eve is your long performance, discover Mehron Makeup at an Authorized Mehron Retailer near you. Mehron Makeup has taken over eighty years of experience and applied it to formulating Beauty Makeup, Extreme Beauty Makeup and Fashion Makeup for you, the everyday performer. Stars from silent film through the glamor days of Hollywood and performers of all kinds from clowns to opera stars know that Mehron won't let them down no matter how testing the performance. For over eight decades Mehron has not wilted in the stage lights of Broadway or in the three rings of the circus.

Explore the creations of Mehron for Face and Body, Lips, Eye and Cheeks and Extreme Accents this New Year's Eve and every day throughout the year and you will never understand how you ever applied any other makeup. Mehron Makeup is individualized by your needs and desires. Mehron Extreme Beauty Makeup can be subtle or daring, subdued or sensuously exciting, it's up to you. Make a New Year's resolution that you can easily keep, vow to use the Makeup that has been made in the USA for the stars of stage, screen, television, music and live performances throughout the world since 1927, put Mehron Makeup on your dressing table.

Sall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?

In Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare writes, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date.... Shakespeare laments the quick passing of time and praises the beauty of a summer's day. Nothing steals summer beauty away like the icy winds of winter. In a few short weeks the summer glow dissolves from your skin leaving it looking dull and lifeless. Trying to add color to your skin with cover up makeup only makes it look unnatural. Mehron has introduced a solution for you. Aura Bronzing Gel is a unique, lightweight bronzing gel for all over body coverage, that gives skin a beautiful, even, natural-looking glow, mimics the look of a day in the sun without the damaging effects. Aura Bronzing Gel has a natural base of Japanese Green Tea, and contains a super-hydrating, skin-smoothing extract blend of Lemongrass, Ginseng, Chamomile, Comfrey, Cucumber, and Aloe Vera gel all tied together with a propriety formulation of a golden bronze pigmentation by Mehron.

Aura Bronzing Gel can bring back the beautiful glow of summer skin even on the harshest of winter days. Be compared to a summer's day every day of the year with the affordable easy to use Aura Bronzing Gel by Mehron. This amazing gel hydrates and feeds your skin while proving a bronze tone that will not only achieve the look of a day in the sun but will also boost your spirits on the short, dark days of winter. Mixed with Mehron Cake or Cream Foundation Makeup or used alone, Aura Bronzing Gel can extend summer's short lease. Just because the sun retreats your beautiful bronze glow doesn't have to disappear.

Aura Bronzing Gel was a key foundational coloring gel at the Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week where the Mehron Makeup Artists transformed fashion models into bronze Greek Gods and Goddesses with the help the exclusive Aura Bronzing Gel by Mehron. Because of its natural formulation that moisturizes while working Aura Bronzing Gel can be used every day without any worries about clogged pores or damaged skin. Aura Bronzing Gel is not a skin dye, tan in a can or fake coloring agent. It is an enriched blend of natural herbs in a green tea base with bronzing pigmentation that adds a warm shimmering bronze color to any skin type. Even dark skin can achieve a natural glow with an application of Aura Bronzing Gel, it is definitely for every skin on earth throughout any season of the year. Let your poet compare your beauty to a summer day even in a blizzard.

A New Year Deserves a New Look

Christmas is over all too fast, another sign that the New Year is approaching. New Year's resolutions are in your mind as December 31,2009 is only days away. New Year's Resolutions can be hard to keep, doing away with a habit, or vowing to change an attitude are easier said than done. A easy New Year's Resolution to keep is to change your LOOK. 2009 was a pivotal year for Mehron Makeup, taking to the runways of prestigious Fashion Shows to premier the newest in Fashion Makeup. New colors, new textures, and new looks were unveiled by Mehron at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York City and at Rock fashion Week in Miami Beach, Fl during the Autumn of 2009 so that you can have a New Look in 2010. Not only is the newest in Beauty Makeup by Mehron ready to colorfully dazzle your look, it is also made with skin caring ingredients, never tested on animals and manufactured in the USA under the supervision of the the second generation of the Melik Family.

Famous for Theatrical Makeup, Clown Makeup, Character Makeup, Glamor Makeup, Special Effects Makeup and Beauty Makeup since 1927, Mehron has now entered into the realm of Fashion Makeup. Mehron Fashion Makeup is not just for the stars or runway models, it is every day makeup that will enhance the beauty of your LOOK each and every day of 2010. Start your new 2010 Makeup Look with the finest Cream Foundation available in a variety of shades unsurpassed by any other Cream Foundation Makeup with a silky smooth feeling that never feels heavy or thick. If you prefer a Cake Makeup Foundation, Mehron innovated Cake Makeup Foundation in the days of Silent Films and has continuously improved it for over eighty years giving you the widest selection of hues in a Cake Makeup Foundation with the StarBlend™ brand of Professional Cake Makeup Foundation. This Cake Makeup Foundation is built upon a foundation in Makeup Research and Formulation that has graced the faces of the most glamorous stars from the heyday of Hollywood Glamor through the new beginning that 2010 promises.

For Face & Body, Lips, Eyes and Cheeks, and Extreme Accents, Mehron Makeup is ready to highlight your Natural Beauty and make it shine like the stars. Mehron E.Y.E Powder , CHEEK Powder , and CHEEK Cream offer you the safest fashion forward colors for your new LOOK. With natural ingredients and sophisticated blending Mehron's highly pigmented Makeup is ready to help you bring forth your new LOOK for 2010. For 2010 choose from a smorgasbord of color that includes Cashew, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Eggplant,Wine Berry, Just Peachy, Wild Plum and Cotton Candy to accent your wardrobe. Visit an Authorized Mehron Retailer near you before New Year's Eve, to start your New Year with YOUR NEW LOOK.

Merry Christmas to all from Mehron

During this week of the Commemoration of Christmas, Mehron would like to extend wishes for a Merry Christmas to all who celebrate around the world, and in the spirit of Christmas pray that Peace and Tranquility will become the normal state of affairs. May everyone around the globe enjoy the the spirit of Christmas.

Happy Holidays

Best of the Mehron Blog # 9

In a continuing series of featuring Mehron Blogs from the past, tonight's Blog was originally posted on Wednesday December 17, 2008 and pointed Mehron Blog Readers to some Featured Artists on the Mehron Web Site. The Makeup Artists featured by Mehron articulate different styles, have different techniques and specialize in different aspects of Makeup Artistry. What these world renowned and recognized makeup Artists have in common is that they all use Mehron Makeup. Not unexpectedly since the December 17, 2008 Mehron Blog Posting, the Artists featured all went on to win further recognition and awards in 2009, including another World Championship in Body Painting by Carolyn Roper. Ms. Roper was featured in a Mehron Blog after her first place finish, you can read about Ms. Roper by searching the Mehron Blog Archives. The Best of the Mehron Blog Series features Mehron Blog Postings from the past by dusting them off and republishing them from the darkness of the archives. Readers can easily search the Mehron Blog by using the Google driven Mehron Blog Search. The December 17, 2008 Mehron Blog was an introduction to some of the Artists who use Mehron Makeup to achieve their goals, it was entitled:

A World Tour of the Art of Makeup

Art takes on many forms. There are many mediums that artists use to convey thier art to the world and allow the world to experience their art, painters use canvas, musicians use instruments, writers use words, directors use film and Makeup Artists use the beauty of the human body. People easily use the term Makeup Artist in everyday language without giving it a thought. Just look at the term "Makeup Artist". It explicitly says Artist, implying that Makeup is an Art. A place to really experience the Art of Makeup is through the Mehron Website. Within the Mehron Website is a section titled, "Featured Artist".

In the "Featured Artist" section of the Mehron Website, the Makeup Artists that have inspired Mehron, been inspired by Mehron and have exhibited their artistic abilities of applying makeup in a dynamic, innovative and unique way. Featured as of today, December 17. 2008, there is Jinny Houle, and Award Winning Body Painter and a co-creator of Mehron's Paradise Makeup AQ Collection. Also featured Are Mark Reid, a Master Body Painter, who does a remarkable job using Paradise Makeup to create jeans on a body where there were none before. You have to visit his Web Site and view his galleries. Speaking of photo galleries, a visit to Carolyn Roper's Galleries is a must, the 2007 World Body Painting Champion, her web site galleries will leave you blown away for a couple of hours. You will not believe what Ms. Roper can do with Makeup and an Artistic Vision. Sharon Hodges is a Body Painting Makeup Artist who brings you into the realm of ethereal fantasy with her Art. The newest Featured Artist is Mario Ink, a rising star in the world of Makeup who is creating new horizons with his artistic vision using the medium of Makeup.

As you browse through the "Featured Artist" section of the Mehron Website you will be taken on a journey through an artistic world that is expressed by using the Human Body as a canvas. Makeup Artistry is in the midst of its Renaissance. It is a time of unbridled passion and vision that is brining this art medium to the next level day after day by these Artists using the medium of now, Makeup and Human Beauty.

Most Read of the Mehron Blog # 10

Maybe it is all the press that Mehron has generated in 2009, or the premier of LUX Airbrush Makeup, the Makeup of the Future, or the introduction of Mehron Beauty to the Fashion World at two prestigious Fashion Shows, whatever it is the Blog originally posted on December 19, 2008 has garnered a consistent readership throughout the latter half of 2009. The December 19, 2008 Mehron Blog Post pointed retailers to the application for becoming a Mehron Authorized Retailer. With the steady stream of new introductions across all Mehron Makeup Collections, specialty retailers are realizing the benefit of offering their clients the superior Makeup of Mehron that is featured on Stages and Screens around the world, and now has become a part of the Fashion Runway. Mehron Beauty Makeup and Fashion Makeup opens the door to a more varied specialty retailer, from Spas and Salons to the Freelance Makeup Artist who services private clients by appointment. When the Blog was originally posted in December 2008, the USA and Canada were in the grips an unusually cold snap, and as coincidence would have it, the Eastern USA has just experienced an unusually powerful Nor'easter. Readers can always search the archives through the Blog Archive Link , with over 450 posts now in the Archives, we feature ten throughout the year that have been read the most by the Mehron Blog Readers. The December 19, 2008 Mehron Blog Post was entitled:

Mehron Authorized Dealers

The last weekend before the gift giving days of the Holidays is here, and winter has put a damper on shopping in most regions of the the US and Canada. A lot of North America will be in a deep freeze,what a great time to browse the Mehron Website, read about the remarkable history of Mehron Makeup in the Blog Archives and visit the photo galleries of Mehron Featured Artists, where you will experience a world of Makeup that most of you had no idea existed. When watching a movie, attending a play or just watching television most of us don't think about the Makeup that is involved in making the characters real to us. Mehron has been supplying the Makeup for Professional Performers since 1927, and throughout the years have made this high quality theatrical makeup available to everyone in the various Makeup Collection that are offered through Mehron Authorized Dealers.

You can find a Mehron Authorized Dealer near you through the Mehron Website. The "Find a Dealer" link will take you to a search of our data base containing thousands of Authorized Mehron Dealers throughout the world, one is sure to be near you! So, with time getting too short to place a Web Order, use the Website to find what you like and call the Mehron Authorized Dealer near you to find out if they carry what you are looking for. Mehron Authorized Dealers are pre-screened retail stores that have the ability to stock a wide selection of Mehron Products for your shopping convenience.

Business owners interested in applying to become Mehron Authorized Dealers can follow the link, "Become a Dealer" and you will be taken to a PDF form. Print the form, fill it out and send it to Mehron to be considered as a Mehron Authorized Dealer. All specialty costume store owners should take the first step and fill out the application form to add the most respected Theatrical Makeup and Special Effects Makeup Brand in the Entertainment World to your store's offerings.

Looking for a New Career?

With layoffs continuing at a record pace, many people find themselves out of work in their chosen profession and accepting work in any field just to earn an income. Others take their layoff as an opportunity to pursue a different avenue in life by returning to school to master a new profession. With a downturn in advertising, graphic design artists are especially hard hit along with writers and photographers. Manufacturing job losses are the ones that make the headlines, just as many jobs that require an artistic ability are being lost to this recession. When a manufacturing job, the employee is sent for retraining, with the retraining usually being in another aspect of manufacturing, the same for a service industry job. For those that use their artistic acumen to maintain their income, retraining is not as easy. The source of their abilities comes from an innate perception that leads to their creative talents, it is not an abilities that can be retrained, but it can be redirected in particular instances.

As this recession winds its way back up to a normal economy, jobs will be created by new demands. Even if the Advertising Industry will never again have the same demand for artistic talent, other industries will. Because of exciting changes in the world of makeup, a demand for a new bred of creative talent is being created. High Definition video has created a demand for a new makeup and makeup application, Lux Airbrush Makeup fills the need created for a superior airbrush makeup, the need for the creative makeup artists will be filled by the ranks of the artistically inclined. The release of James Cameron's Avatar is a pivotal event in the world of Film Makeup. The 3-Dimension presentation of Avatar will become the first of many such film presentations which will create a need for more talented artistic makeup artists. The Airbrush Makeup Artist is destined to be an essential Artist on the film sets of the very near future. As video presentation continues to evolve, so too will the demand for the talents of Makeup Artists in many specialties.

The Face Painting Makeup Artists, Body Painting Makeup Artists, Airbrush Makeup Artists, Fashion Makeup Artists, and Special Effects Makeup Artists are all specialties that will be in demand as the technology of performance continues to advance. The Makeup Artists of the future will not only have to understand color balance and detail, they will also l have to posses a natural artistic vision for creating living art on the face and body of the performers and models on whom they work.

Mehron, Leaders in Theatrical Makeup since 1927, has seen the future of the creative demands of Makeup. In 2009, Mehron began introducing the Makeup of the Future with the release of LUX Airbrush Makeup along with many new introductions in the world of Fashion Makeup. Mehron continues to prepare for the future with research that will continue to produce the Makeup that the future demands, just as they have since 1927. Mehron Makeup will continue to produce the Makeup of the Future in the USA from selected ingredients and free from animal testing. The Performance Industry will create the demand for the Makeup Artist specialist, Mehron will create the superior Makeup needed to complete the task. The question now is will there be enough artistic talent ready to meet the demand.

College Bowl Fan Makeup

The College Football Bowl Schedule will be in full swing over the next few weeks culminating with the New Year's Day Bowl games. For fans of College Football it is the last exciting games of another long college football season. For the lucky college football teams that make it to the Bowl Games it means national exposure for the players, bands, and fans. The college football players know that national television audiences in the millions will be watching them, including scouts from the NFL. The college bands will be putting on their best halftime performances because they also know that most will be televised to audiences that have never seen their show. Then there are the fans, cheering, decked in school regalia and even painted in school colors. The television cameras always capture fans that have painted their bodies in the team colors for the big event. What the television cameras don't capture is the day after when the body painted fans of the college team struggle to remove the paint that they used to show their team spirit on Bowl Game Day.

As with everything in life there is a right way and a wrong way to accomplish something. The wrong way to paint your body in support of your team with school colors is to use paint. Paint is meant for paper, canvas, concrete and plaster. it is not meant for skin. The right way to paint your skin with team colors is use Makeup that was manufactured specially to be applied to skin. Not only is is safer and healthier for your skin, but Body Painting Makeup is easier to apply and easier to remove than paint. Although Body Painting is an art which is proliferating in this century, the name is a misnomer. Body Painting is accomplished with Makeup not paint.

To achieve a dynamically true color presentation of your team colors on your body for the big Bowl Game, you can choose from a number of easy to use, affordable professional Body Painting Makeup from Mehron, the standard in Body Painting Makeup. Mehron Body Painting Makeup is used throughout the world by Professional Body Painting Artists in commercial applications, theater, film and competitions. With a world of colors to choose from, Mehron Body Painting Makeup is made in the USA with selected ingredients that is gentle on the skin and highly pigmented for a bold rich color. Never tested on animals, Mehron Body Painting Makeup has the colors of your team. Choose from the Water Based Fantasy F-X™ Makeup available in easy to use tubes, the water activated cake makeup of Paradise Makeup AQ, or Liquid Makeup for Face, Body and Hair. No matter which of the professional Body Painting Makeup Products you choose, you will save hours in removal time and your skin will appreciate not having the toxic chemicals of paint seeping into it. Get ready to cheer for your favorite College Bowl Team with the Makeup that has already made it to the Pros, Mehron, the Theatrical Makeup of Choice since 1927.

All She Wants for Christmas is Her Makeup

First published in 1948, the Childhood Christmas Song "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" written by a Smithtown New York Music Teacher, Donald Yetter Gardner was recorded throughout the years by various musical artists. The Andrews Sisters in their best childlike voices turned the song into a plea with their inflections. From the prescriptive of a six to eight year old little girl missing her two front teeth can be the ultimate cosmetic affront to her childhood beauty. "These two teeth are gone as you can see I don't know just who to blame for this catastrophe!"Mr. Gardner hit the proverbial nail on the head, an affront to beauty is a catastrophe. Time doesn't change this concept much, as children turned into teenagers, new sets of cosmetic concerns take center stage. In the teenage years young girls become familiar with the beauty enhancing abilities of cosmetics to hide acne, blemishes and skin discoloration which they find offensive and convince themselves that the whole world will stare at their zit if not properly hidden with the magic of makeup.

Every Year as Christmas passes the catastrophe of missing two front teeth at Christmas time fades further into the memory as concentration is on the present state of appearances. Each age group has a different concern as each succeeding Christmas passes. Throughout the years each new fashion fad can be found beneath the Christmas Tree on Christmas Morning. The Flapper Dress, Bobbi Socks, Poodle Skirts, Mini-skirts, Midi-skirts, Bell Bottoms, Leggings, are all fashion fads that were found by in gift boxes underneath the Christmas Tree in one decade or another. Sometimes these fashions are faded out in a manner of months and the December Christmas Gift makes its way to the bottom of the closet by February.

If you found a Fashion Gift for Christmas that has been under the Christmas Tree since 1927 and is always in style, and it is what she wants for Christmas, that would be the Christmas Gift to buy her. The Christmas Gift that will not go out of fashion in two months, a gift that will delight, excite and win you praise is Mehron Makeup. With roots in Performing Arts Makeup including Special Effects Makeup, Mehron could even help with the two front teeth thing. However, what she really wants for Christmas is the new Fashion Makeup that Mehron has been premiering on the Runways of Fashion Shows in 2009.

Start with an elegant bottle of Velvet Finish Primer, the powerful antioxidant serum that helps increase production of collagen and decreases the look of fine lines and pigmentation that are the result of aging. Velvet Finish Primer, helps to create a perfectly smooth makeup canvas, decreasing lines and combating wrinkles, making skin tight and supple at the same time. Velvet Finish Primer even comes in a black velveteen pouch which adds to the appearance of a high priced spa treatment. Velvet Finish Primer is just like a high priced skin firming treatment at a spa, it just doesn't have a high price.

Along with Velvet Finish Primer you can gift wrap a bottle of Aura Bronzing Gel, the look of a tan in a bottle that is nowhere near the price of a tanning session. Aura Bronzing Gel is not a dye, it is a "super-hydrating/skin-smoothing" extract blend of Lemongrass, Ginseng, Chamomile, Comfrey, Cucumber , Aloe Vera gel, and Japanese Green Tea, plus a generous helping of golden-bronze shimmer. Unwrapping a bottle of Aura Bronzing Gel is like unwrapping a day on the beach, she will be able to add the look of a day in the sun at will and use it over her Velvet Finish Primer, and under or blended with the Mehron top of the line foundation Makeup that you will get her to go along with her priming serum, and shimmering gel.

Everyone knows that the foundation is only the beginning, don't miss the opportunity to make your Christmas Present even more thoughtful with a palette of E.Y.E Powder 8-color Palette,

E.Y.E Powder , E.Y.E. Lashes, CHEEK Powder 8 Color Palette, CHEEK Cream, and L.I.P. Color Cream. Introduce her to the First Name in Fashion Makeup, Mehron, with a reputation that spans almost a century of Makeup Production in the United States free from animal testing and formulated from high quality,m selected ingredients with a pigmentation that has met the standards of Broadway and Hollywood for over eighty years.

After the new car, the diamond ring, the Caribbean Cruise, the Aspen Ski Jaunt, the trip to Paris, London and Rome, all she really, really wants for Christmas is Her Makeup, and if she knows what is best, Her Mehron Makeup to be precise. You can't turn back the clock and grant her wish for two front teeth, but you can stop the clock and get her a gift off of her Christmas list today. Mehron Makeup is available throughout the world at a Mehron Authorized Retailer.

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

The Rudolph Story might have been a bit different if the other Reindeer had known that they could have had shiny red noses like Rudolph with a little help from Mehron. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written in 1939 by Robert L. May as an employee of Montgomery Ward Department Store where he was a copywriter for the advertising department. In 1949 Gene Autry recorded the song adaptation of Mr. May's story, making it the second largest selling Christmas recording behind White Christmas. In 1939 when Mr. May first created Rudolph's story, Mehron Theatrical Makeup was already twelve years old, and by the time Mr. Autry turned it into a hit Mehron Theatrical Makeup was in its twenty second year as a leader in Performance Makeup.

The Rudolph Story is of course the classic bully story, where in the end the bullies learned to respect the object of their ridicule when he shines with a special talent that helps them out of a jam. We are never told exactly how Rudolph develops his shiny red nose which earns him the admiration of Santa Claus and the respect of the other reindeer. Rudolph's Shiny Red Nose can be recreated in a number of ways using Mehron Makeup Products. For classroom productions of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, ProKNOWS™ Clown Noses are the quick easy solution for a Rudolph nose. ProKNOWS™ Clown Noses have a soft foam interior and are colored in a high gloss red. ProKNOWS™ Clown Noses are the clown noses of choice for Professional Clowns around the world, they are lightweight and comfortable through performances. The brilliant gloss red make this a great choice for classroom theater when recreating the story of Rudolph.

For more elaborate productions of this classic Christmas tale, Mehron gives your Rudolph a world of choices for creating the most famous nose of the Christmas Season. Depending on the Production level of your Rudolph Production. If you want to take the Special Effects Makeup route to a Rudolph nose, you can begin with Modeling Putty/Wax with Fixative "A" to mold and attach a perfectly round nose. To add the brilliant red that you would expect a light up nose to have you can select from a number of Mehron Makeup Products, including, Red Detailz, a liquid makeup with a fine tipped applicator that can be used to apply perfect circles.

Red Detailz Liquid Makeup combined with the brilliantly sparkling glitter of one of Mehron premier makeup glitter accents can make a a bright shiny Rudolph Nose for any age level production of the Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. Discover the shimming brilliance of Mehron Paradise Glitter, GlitterWear, GlitterDust or GlitterSpray all available in true bright red. Any one of these accenting makeup glitters can give your Rudolph a sparkling shiny nose. You don't have to be a Hollywood Makeup Artist to create a Rudolph nose when you have the Reds of Mehron Makeup to guide the way.

A Holiday Gift for the Performing Arts Student

Dedication and rehearsal time are essentials for the Performing Arts Students around the World. Juggling course loads that include Geometry, Chemistry, English Literature and History along with putting in hours of rehearsal at the Theater makes for hectic days for the Performing Arts Students. A lot of Performing Arts Students don't even head home for the Holidays because of the dedication to their craft. A Holiday Gift of Time would be perfect for these busy students, however time is not on sale at any price. An essential Holiday Gift for the Performing Arts Student that will seem priceless is the Gift of Professional Performance Makeup.

Dedicated to the Performing Arts with over eight decades of rehearsals and performances, Mehron Theatrical Makeup is the right choice for your Holiday Gift to a Performing Arts Student. Actor, Clown, Dancer, Mime or Singer, any Performing Arts Student would be thrilled with a selection of Professional Theatrical Makeup manufactured in the USA free from animal testing. A Professional Theatrical Makeup that has starred on the stages of Broadway since the infancy of the Theater District in Times Square, New York, on film since the days of the mighty Wurlitzer, at the New York Ballet, Opera Houses around the world and in Circuses, Vaudeville and street performances since 1927. Mehron, Leaders in Theatrical Makeup since 1927 offers Professional Student Makeup Kits that are the perfect Holiday Gift for the Performing Arts Students.

You can select a Mehron Makeup Student Kit of Professional Theatrical Makeup specially packaged for the Performing Arts Student. Celebré Makeup Kits are Unisex Student Makeup Kits that contain seven base colors in Mehron's famous Celebré Makeup that are essential to to Performers, along with applicators and instructions on how to use the Professional Cream Theatrical Makeup contained in the Celebré Makeup Kits. The Celebré Makeup Kits contain an assortment of Professional Cream Makeup that is highly pigmented, offers full coverage without a caked on look. Mini-Pro Student Makeup Kit Featuring CreamBlend Makeup Base is a great beginners size Theatrical Student Makeup Kit for any level of Performing Arts Student.

No matter which Student Makeup Kit you decide on, All-Pro Makeup Kit, Mini-Pro Student Makeup Kit Featuring CreamBlend Makeup Base, Celebré Makeup Kits or the Dancer's Makeup Kit, you will be giving a Holiday Gift of Professional Theatrical Makeup that is essential, exciting, and useful to the Performing Arts Students. This Holiday Season give the unexpected gift and show them your support for the long hours that your Performing Arts Student is racking up in pursuit of their ambition.

The Colors of the Season in Makeup

Red, Green, Blue and White, Silver, Gold, Bronze, and Copper are the predominate colors of the Holiday Season. Easy to find in a sweater, dress, jacket or gown, the colors of the Holiday are just as easy to find in Makeup if you know who makes the richest colored, specially formulated, made in the USA Makeup. Never tested on animals which is especially important if you are giving the Holiday Gift of Makeup during the peaceful time of Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. It is easy to remember the first name in Makeup, Mehron. It is just as easy to find an Authorized Mehron Retailer near you almost anywhere in the world. Just visit the Mehron Web Site, and click on the Store Locator link, just fill in the location and the interactive Data Base of Mehron Authorized Retailers will find the ones closest to you.

When you find a Mehron Retailer near you too can create the perfect, individual Holiday Makeup Look. Whether you choose the traditional colors of red and white as your Holiday Makeup Look or you prefer to be a bit more glitzy by accenting with Metallic Colors, Mehron has you covered. Green Lipstick, yes Mehron has that. True Red Lip Coloring, yes Mehron offers that. Snow White Eye Shadowing Makeup, yes Mehron formulated that. Blue eye Makeup accents, yes it is Mehron again, There really is only one name to learn for highly pigmented Holiday Makeup that offers a wide range of Holiday Makeup across a broad spectrum of Professional Makeup Lines, the first name in Makeup, Mehron.

You've struggled before just to find a bit of green makeup for a Holiday Makeup Look, now never struggle again. Mehron Green Lipstick is one choice for you in Holiday Green makeup. Mehron also offers a Professional Makeup from the Face and Body Painting Collection that gives you the power to create the most intricate accenting details for your Holiday Makeup Look. Detailz, from the Paradise Makeup AQ Line, is available in a vibrantly rich true Holiday Green. Detailz is a Liquid Makeup that comes in a bottle with a fine tipped applicator for creating the most amazing accents for your Holiday Makeup Look.

Glitz up any Holiday Makeup Look with the shine of Metallic Powder, a finely granulated powder makeup that can play a starring role in your Holiday Makeup look or can be a supporting actor to a glamorous Holiday Makeup Look. You will find the foundation of Professional Theatrical Makeup in all Mehron makeup products. Mehron, Leaders in Theatrical Makeup since 1927, now the innovators of Extreme Beauty Makeup has the Look you want. Make your Holiday Gift Giving is easy this year when you shop for Mehron makeup for yourself or as a gift for the Holiday Season. Show your true colors, the Makeup Colors of the Holiday Season to complete, accent and accentuate your Holiday Makeup Look.

Follow The Mehron Press Coverage

Successful Premiers in 2009 by Mehron at two of the most prestigious Fashion Events, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York City, and Rock Fashion Week in Miami Beach, Fl, USA has led to Mehron Fashion makeup receiving press coverage in a variety of Makeup Magazines. From Upscale Magazine featuring Mehron Green Lipstick to Self Magazine picking up on Mehron Metallic Powder to accent Fashion Eye Makeup, Mehron has received press in over ten Fashion Magazines since the September 2009 presentation at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.

The IMATS Toronto Program Magazine in the November 2009 issue chose a Body Painting by Jinny Makeup Artiste on Model Sindy Perez as the cover photo. From Mehron's exclusive Paradise Makeup AQ Collection being featured on the cover of magazine of the International Makeup Artists Trade Show program to Mehron's presentation at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week being featured in Make-Up Artist Magazine, Mehron is garnering press within the industry insider magazines as well as Fashion Magazines geared towards the general population.

Honored to be recognized by the Makeup Industry Press with coverage, Mehron is extremely humbled by the recognition that the Fashion Magazine writers have given to the introduction of the Fashion Makeup introduced by Mehron throughout the year. As Mehron expands into the world of Fashion Makeup it is important to note that Mehron will continue to be the leading innovator of Theatrical Makeup, Clown Makeup, Special Effects Makeup, Halloween Makeup, Body Painting Makeup, Face Painting Makeup and Extreme Beauty Makeup. The foundation that began in 1927 with the hand made Performance Makeup made in a loft in New York City by the Founder, Mehron Melik will remain the guiding force in all Mehron Makeup introductions in the years ahead. 2009 was a pivotal year for Mehron in being recognized as a major force on the Runways of Fashion. Even with the efforts put forth in introducing the world to Mehron Fashion Makeup, there was still a major innovative Makeup introduced to Body Painters, Face Painters and Theatrical Makeup Artists, with the introduction in early 2009 of LUX Airbrush Makeup, a naturally based airbrush makeup that provides full, even coverage naturally for all over body applications. Air Brush Makeup will become the mainstay of the Entertainment Industry as the demands of high definition cameras create a need for a Makeup that is flawless, and Mehron LUX Airbrush Makeup will be there for the Makeup Artists.

Along with the Mehron Blog, you can follow and read the press coverage that Mehron receives by clicking the Press and Media link on the Mehron Web Site. With the pace of press coverage picking up, not every written review of Mehron makeup will be posted, but every major review that Mehron is aware of will be included in this section of the Web Site. If you spot an article in the Press that you think Mehron should be aware of, you can email the blog at mehronblog@gmail.com.

Most Read of the Mehron Blog # 9

Originally posted on December 8, 2008, tonight's look back through the Archives of the Mehron Blog brings us to one of the Most Read of the Mehron Blogs, entitled, Get The Holiday Look. The topic of this Blog from that is being highlighted tonight is just as timely tonight as it was when it was first posted a little over a year ago. In addition to the Makeup discussed in the highlighted Blog, 2009 saw Mehron introduced and premiere Fashion Makeup on the Runways of Exclusive Fashion Shows, all of which can be incorporated into your Holiday Makeup Look. Mehron Makeup is perfect for anytime of year, any occasion, or no occasion at all. Mehron Makeup is ready for everyday wear, but it is also ready for the Special Times, Special Events and Celebrations of your life. Holiday Makeup by Mehron is no exception, offering you the most vibrant, energetic, fashionably beautiful makeup for any Holiday Festivity. The Holiday Look in 2008 was as sharp and impressive as any Holiday Makeup Look, combined this year with the Fashion makeup that Mehron premiered at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Show, you can now add to your Holiday Look.

Get The Holiday Look

Get the Holiday Look with the help of Mehron Makeup, Innovators of Extreme Beauty Makeup. You can achieve the Holiday Look, the fresh look of coming in from a cold winter day to the warmth of a Holiday Fire. Start with Celebré Professional Cream Make-Up, available in almost every skin tone on earth, with eye accents of Snow White and Black Onyx from Celebré ShadoBlend Pressed Powder Eye Shadow, use our Black Eye Mascara and Black Pencil Liner to define and highlight your eyes. For smooth delicious looking lips, try our super creamy lip protecting L.I.P. Cream in Cherry Red touched with our Red Paradise Glitter. To top off your Holiday Look lightly brush our silky smooth powder blush, Celebré Professional Pressed Powder Blusher in Berry Blush, to bring out the shape of your cheeks with a rich winter color. Top off your Holiday Look with a festive Santa Hat and you'll look like Ms. Holiday Magic.

With the extensive color selection in the Mehron Extreme Beauty Collection you can accent any look with a complimenting Makeup Application. All Mehron Makeup Collections are highly pigmented to produce true long lasting colors. Mehron has been producing Theatrical Makeup for over eighty years. With over eighty years of producing Professional Performance Makeup for the most demanding Makeup users on earth, entertainers, you know you are buying the most durable, color intense Makeup available today. Mehron Makeup is sold throughout the World by Mehron Authorized Dealers. Mehron wishes you a Happy, Colorful, Beautiful Holiday Season.

Happy Hannukah

On the eve of the first day of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, Mehron would like to wish everyone throughout the world a Happy and Peace Filled Hanukkah.

Best of the Mehron Blog Part 8

In the midst of Hanukkah and a few shopping days left till Christmas, it is not too early to think about New Year's Eve, after all six days after Christmas we will be ringing in a new decade as the calender turns to 2010. With an odd coincidence 2010 resembles 1910 in many ways, with economics turmoil, the emergence of the Green Economy and a shift in the underpinnings of culture. Continuing with the Series, The Best of the Mehron Blog, tonight we bring to light from the Mehron Archives, a Blog that was originally posted on December 7, 2009 entitled, Retro New Year's Eve Beauty Makeup. This Blog discussed the retro glamor look that can be recreated for New Year's Eve using the current Beauty Makeup Collection by Mehron. In an upcoming Blog before the end of this year, we will discuss the new Fashion Makeup that Mehron introduced throughout 2009 that can be used to create a Fashion Look for New Year's Eve this year. For those who want to go with the Retro Look in Makeup for New Year's Eve, tonight we bring back a Blog from the Archives of the Mehron Blog:

Retro New Year's Eve Beauty Makeup

New Year's Eve is only a few scant weeks away. Yes, another year is about to descend upon us. As you make your New Year's Eve Plans, decide which Party you'll crash, remember it is a long night and the last thing you'll want to be doing is running back and forth checking and re-applying fading and smeared makeup. Before it gets too late, do your Makeup Planning at the place where the New Year's Eve Performers shop. Shop the Makeup made with the expertise of over eighty years of Professional Performance Makeup packed into each package. Mehron Makeup has been around for over eighty New Year's Day Celebrations, from the Roaring 20's to the 21st Century.

The bright sexy vivid colors of the Roaring 20's are making a Makeup comeback with 21st Century Innovations and colors. Mehron Extreme Beauty Makeup beckons back to a wild, exciting, sexy era. An era highlighting shiny, glittery, short dresses with a campy sauciness accented by a Makeup that mimicked stars of Broadway with a hint of beautiful sophistication. The Extreme Beauty Makeup Collection by Mehron takes the glitz of the Roaring 20's a step further with Gold and Silver Paradise Glitter, Celebré Precious Gem Powders and AdGem a new proprietary makeup adhesive that is gentle to your skin but strong enough to hold.

With the Extreme Beauty Makeup Collection you can achieve a wide variety of fashion looks from retro to cutting edge. The Mehron Extreme Beauty Makeup Collection has a color selection that mimics yet refines the retro colors of past and spans to the hottest fashion colors of the 21st Century. This New Year's Eve ring in the New Year with A New Look by enhancing your beauty with the most innovative makeup in the fashion world, Extreme Beauty Makeup by Mehron.

Inexpensive Gold

The price of gold continues to break records on the world markets and affecting the price of gold jewelry and accessories. If it continues higher gold fashion accessories will be only for the very wealthy. Accenting with gold jewelry is a fashion tradition that may come to an end, not only will affordability become a factor in buying it, but the high price that gold is bringing makes it a hazard to wear the gold you already own. All precious metals and semi-precious metals are following the lead of gold and continuing to command higher and higher prices almost on a daily basis. The look of precious metals has been an accenting mainstay of the fashion world for decades. If gold continues its upward rise the fashion world will respond with designs that will mimic the accenting shimmer of gold. Once again Mehron is years ahead of a trend

Mehron accenting Metallic Powder lets you add the look of gold to any fashion makeup look inexpensively. Ultra-fine Metallic Powder captures the captivating essence of gold, yet it is more flexible in its application than gold. You can accent with gold anytime you want, as much as you want and never worry about the price of gold. The silky smooth ultra-fine powder flakes of Gold Metallic Powder captures and reflects light as well as the finest gold jewelry. There is a difference accenting with Gold Jewelry and Gold Metallic Powder by Mehron, Gold Jewelery can never compete with the all the ways that you can use Gold Metallic Powder. You can accent your eye makeup, lip makeup, cheek makeup, body makeup and even accent your hair with Mehron's Fashion Makeup Accenting Powder, Metallic Powder

Metallic Powder can be applied right out of the bottle to mix with Fashion Makeup for your eyes. Hilary Duff told the August 2009 People Style how she uses Mehron Metallic Powder to over shade her eye shadow makeup creating a sparkling, enchanting look. Metallic Powder can be blended with other Makeup to create a rich, shimmering look. Use it accent lips for a dramatic fashion look, or cheeks to glisten in the candle light. The uses for Metallic Powder are as individual as you. Mixed with Mehron Mixing Liquid, Metallic Powder becomes a water based liquid accenting Fashion Makeup that can bring new meaning to the phrase, "you look like a million bucks". As the price of gold continues to skyrocket, you will glisten like a pallet of gold at Fort Knox, an American Gold repository.

You control the depth of your Gold Fashion Makeup Look by amount you apply and how you apply your Metallic Powder. Metallic Powder is also available in copper, bronze and silver allowing you to accent any attire with the look real metals. Each metal represented in the Metallic Powder Fashion Makeup Line brings its own unique glistening properties to your Fashion Makeup Look. With the sparkles and glitz of the Holiday Season upon us, it is the perfect time to shimmer, shine and glisten with the accenting power of Mehron Metallic Powder. This one of a kind accenting Mehron Fashion Makeup accessory will make you look like a million bucks when you make your grand entrance at the Company Holiday Party, or at any event during the Holiday Season. Mehron Metallic Powder is available through Mehron Authorized Retailers through the world.

Fashion Makeup That Rescues Winter Lips

The Winter Winds are whipping, plummeting already cold temperatures below the comfort level for exposed skin. Skin that is exposed to sub freezing temperatures has the moisture sucked out of it and is chaffed and chapped by the one two punch of temperature and wind. Chap lip creams are big sellers during the winter months, yet it needs to be constantly reapplied to heal damaged lips. Most offer no protection at all, they are just moisturizing balms that try to lock in the lips own moisture allowing them time to heal. Using Chap Creams usually means having bland medicated looking lips that blend in well with dreary winter weather.

In 2009 it doesn't have to be that way, lips do not have to look like they were lathered in petroleum jelly to be protected from the hazards of winter weather. The ravages of cold icy wind can be prevented before the damage is done with the Fashion Lip Makeup by Mehron, L.I.P. Color Cream. Beautiful Fashion Colors including Wild Plum, Zinnia, Big Apple and Petal Pink are just a few of the sixteen Fashion Colors currently available in L.I.P. Color Cream. This is not your Grandmother's Lipstick, even though your Grandmother's Lipstick could have been produced by Mehron, the First Name in makeup since 1927. With L.I.P. Color Cream, Mehron has combined their color expertise in Theatrical Makeup with their knowledge of skin moisturizing formulas to create a Fashion Lip Cream that hydrates your lips while you wear the Fashion Colors that you love. L.I.P. Color Cream is a richly pigmented cream formula that protects and moisturizes your lips at the same time that it brilliantly colors and accents their natural beauty with rich, vibrant, luscious colors that can accent your wardrobe for work, play, formal evenings and sensual nights.

L.I.P. Color Cream is the future of lip accenting makeup available to you today from Mehron, Innovators of Fashion Makeup. The creamy texture of L.I.P. Color Cream is durably long lasting and does not dry out, cake or crack. The creamy glow of L.I.P. Color Cream is formulated with the same standards that has been the hallmark of Mehron Theatrical Makeup since the days of the Red Lipstick of the Flappers. In the Roaring 20's of thew 1900's Red was the Fashion Lip Color craved by the Charleston Crowd who partied at Speakeasies and swung to the sounds of the music. in 2009 with the world in flux and on the verge of a new era, just as it was a century ago, it is not a coincidence that RED will be the Fashion Color again for Lip Makeup, the difference this Century is that Fashion Lip Makeup will reflect the hues of Red. Get ready because L.I.P. Color Cream is ready for you now at Authorized Mehron retailers throughout the world.

You can use the chap creams in the dark of night when you are alone, but when its time for your Beauty to shine, there is only one cream that should be on your lips even in the shivering winter , L.I.P. Color Cream, the Fashion Makeup for Lips that rescues them from the damages of winter weather while presenting your lips to the world in the most inviting Fashion Colors for any occasion or activity. Moisturize and protect your lips from chapping, cracking and blistering every time you highlight and beautify them with Mehron, L.I.P. Color Cream in colors right off the runways of Fashion Shows.

Santa Claus Makeup

Some people were just meant to be Santa helpers, the pure white beard and pasty pale skin with rosy cheeks and naturally red lips, but most are not. Becoming the image of Santa Claus to help out during Christmas at Community Events, and Schools doesn't have to be an event in itself. If you are renting your Santa Costume from a fully stocked costume store, they should be able to help you select the Mehron Theatrical Makeup that you will need to be a Santa Helper. If you are borrowing a Santa Suit or renting from a shop that doesn't stock Mehron Theatrical Makeup, you can find an Authorized Mehron Dealer near you.

To start the Santa Claus Look Process start with a snowy white foundation makeup base, this can be accomplished with StarBlend™ Cake Foundation Makeup. Among the over fifty colors that you can select from, StarBlend™ is available in White, Extra Fair, Soft Peach, Soft Beige and Alabaster, all great shades for Santa Skin depending on your underlying skin complexion. Once you decide on a Makeup Foundation Shade everything else is easy to do detailing.

If you are using a wig, and costume beard, you will still need to match your eyebrows to the color of the wig. If you have been growing your hair, mustache and beard just for your Santa Performance, you will need Hair White from Mehron. Hair White is the Theatrical way to turn your hair as white as snow without dyeing it. Hair White is a Theatrical Hair Coloring, that is non-toxic and washes out with warm water and soap. Don't take the chance with hair dye, turn your hair Santa White with the Professional Theatrical Hair Coloring Formula by Mehron, Hair White. Hair White can be safely used on Hair, Eyebrows, Beards and Mustaches and will turn your hair a snowy white just like the Man himself.

Rosy Cheeks are the next essential for a realistic looking Santa Helper. Rosy Cheeks can be accomplished with a number of different Mehron Makeup Products, fror instance Red Paradise Makeup AQ, a water activated Cake Makeup that is the choice of Professional Face Painting Makeup Artists around the world. For rosy cheeks that are more pronounced and storybook like, Liquid Makeup for Face, Body & Hair, from the Face and Body Painting Collection by Mehron, comes in a brilliant true red. HYPER-FORMANCE CreamBlend™ and Foundation Grease Paint are also available in brilliant red. To create cheeks that are more subtle , look to the Beauty Makeup Collection by Mehron where you can select either CHEEK Powder, in one of three red choices or CHEEK Cream which also offers a variety of Red Shades. No matter which Mehron Makeup you select, you know that Mehron Makeup is made in the USA, Free from animal testing, and is manufactured under the watchful eye of the son of the Founder of Mehron, who closely monitors the selected ingredients just as his Father the Founder did when he began Mehron by hand making the Makeup in his loft in New York City.

After you have whitened your hair and created your rosy cheeks the only thing left to do is add a touch of color to your lips to look like you spend many hours in the snapping cold of the North Pole. L.I.P Liner Pencil and L.I.P. Color Cream have perfect reds for the lips of Santa. Decide what you need and search for an Authorized Mehron Distributor near you for your Santa Claus Makeup Needs now, before you know it your big day of playing a Santa Helper will be here.