Less Than 90 Days till Halloween

Yes, it is already July 13, 2011, less than ninety days till Halloween. If Halloween is your favorite day you must have started thinking about what to be for Halloween. Vampires are still in, Superheros are gaining traction, Monsters are always reliable, Witches often save the day, you could be any of these Halloween Characters with Professional Halloween Makeup by Mehron, Leaders in Theatrical Makeup since 1927. Mehron is the Theatrical Makeup that has starred in Circuses, Silent Films, Live Theatrical Productions, Technicolor Films, Television, Color Television, Music Videos, High Definition Television, 3-D Film, and now even 3-D Television. All Halloween Makeup from Mehron is derived from the Theatrical Makeup Collection. With Halloween Makeup by Mehron, you can become any Halloween Character you can dream up.

Anyone can use Professional Halloween Makeup to create a Halloween Character. Mehron has made Halloween Makeup easy with the Complete Halloween Makeup Character Kits. Each Halloween Makeup Kit is character specific, it contains all the Theatrical Makeup selected by a Professional Makeup Artist to create the character for Halloween. These Complete Halloween Character Makeup Kit include, Skeleton Character Kit , Cat/Animal Character Kit , Monster/Frankenstein Character Kit , Witch Character Kit , Zombie Character Kit , and ten other Character Makeup Kits that include, detailed, illustrated instruction written by a Professional Character Makeup Artist to guide you through your Halloween Makeup application.

For the artistically inclined, Halloween Makeup by Mehron includes, Sticky Stuff, Bloody Stuff, Cool Effects Stuff, Application & Removal Stuff, Liquid Makeup for Face, Body and Hair, and the semi soft, water activated cake makeup used around the world by Face and Body Painting Makeup Artists, Paradise Makeup AQ.

Mehron has also produced Color Instructional Sheets, to guide you through Makeup Application for twenty Halloween Characters using Professional Makeup. Instructional DVDs, VHS, tools, that includes the DVD, Face & Body Makeup – Basic Mehron Product Education with JINNY Makeup Artiste , a basic guide that can have you creating interesting Halloween Character with Face and Body Painting Makeup.

Jinny Makeup Artiste DVD Portfolio 1

Get inspired with over 150 completed works of Face and Body Painting by Jinny. The Jinny Makeup Artiste DVD Portfolio 1 is a slide show of Face and Body Painting works of art by Jinny, co-creator of Paradise Makeup AQ, and World Champion Face and Body Painting Makeup Artist. Throughout her career Jinny has been a Competitor, Award Winner and Judge at World Body Painting Makeup Festivals, as well as an Instructor and Demonstrator. From her vast collection of Face and Body Painting Makeup art that she has completed throughout her illustrious career, the Jinny Makeup Artiste DVD Volume 1 is a slideshow of over a hundred of her completed Face and Body Paintings.

The Jinny Makeup Artiste DVD Portfolio 1 is for the working Face and Body Painter, the Novice Face and Body Painter, the Professional Face and Body Painter as well as the fan of Face and Body Painting Art. As a Face and Body Painter, the Jinny Makeup Artiste Portfolio 1 will instill you with plenty of inspiration for your face and body painting creations. As a fan of face and Body Painting Art, you will be awed by the creations of Jinny.

Face Painting, Body Painting, Belly Painting, Fantasy, Monsters, Animals Abstract are the styles of Face and Body Painting that you will enjoy from the collection presented on the Jinny Makeup Artiste Portfolio 1. This is not an instructional DVD, but just from looking at the completed work you can learn from it. As a visual presentation it is something that can be left running during parties or you can browse it at your leisure enjoying this large collection of a variety of Face and Body Painting Styles completed by Jinny.

Jinny Makeup Artiste DVD Vol. 2

To follow up the basics of Face Painting with Makeup, Jinny Makeup Artiste Vol 2 takes you to the next grade through your Face and Body Painting Makeup School with Makeup Artist Instructor, Jinny, World Champion Body Painting Makeup Champion. With Jinny Makeup Artiste Volume 1, you learned some elementary techniques that enabled you to translate your artistic talent into painting with makeup. Volume 1 of the Jinny makeup Artiste DVD series covered designs that could be quickly applied for the working face painting makeup artist. The next in the DVD Serbs by Jinny Makeup Artiste is the advanced class.

Jinny Makeup Artiste Volume 2 brings you to the world of abstract Face and Body Painting with Makeup, showing you techniques on how to begin, then takes you on a journey to find your own style and expand your artistic visions. Because Jinny Makeup Artiste Volume 2 is your next advancement in your quest to be a Face and Body Painting Makeup Artiste, the running time for Volume 2 is thirty minutes longer than Jinny Makeup Artiste Volume 1, making it a ninety minute DVD.

Along with delving into abstract Face and Body painting creative designs, Jinny Makeup Artiste, Volume 2 also covers the intricacies of essential characters that Face and Body Painting Makeup Artists are called on do create. Jinny takes you on a tour of her favorite body painting characters, a monster, a leopard and a dog, all with her unique style and touch. Just like Volume 1 of Jinny Makeup Artiste DVD, you can also stop the instructor with your pause button, and go back over something, Being able to instantly replay the Instructor is almost better than live one on one classes.

Jinny Makeup Artiste Volume 2 has a special addition, a separate section entitled, "Techniques" in which Jinny shares some of the secrets to her Face and Body Painting world wide recognition, her brush handling, brush loading, brush loading, color blending, sponge applications, and hue control. To learn these technical secrets from the co-creator of Paradise Makeup AQ, the ultimate semi-soft water activated cake makeup, is worth more than the price of admission to the private one on one instruction provided by Jinny Makeup Artiste Volume 2.

The job market is bleak, but even the United States Department of labor is forecasting a 17% increase in employed Makeup Artists over the next three years. With a natural talent the Jinny Makeup Artist DVD Volume 1 and Volume 2 can teach you how to channel it into a new occupation as a face or body painting Makeup. Of course, all the lessons learned in the Jinny Makeup Artiste DVD series can be used to improve the Face Paining Hobbyists and even the volunteer pressed into service at a community event to man the Face Painting Booth.

Body Painting by Jinny on Model Sindy Perez with Mehron Paradise Makeup AQ

Jinny Makeup Artiste DVD Vol. 1

This sixty minute DVD is an instructional video by Jinny, President of Jinny Make-Up Artiste, Inc, and Co-Creator of Paradise Makeup AQ. If you have always dabbled in face painting and want to learn how a Professional Face and Body Painting Makeup Artist makes it look so easy, this DVD will provide you with the clues. If you are a working Face Painting Makeup Artist and want to learn tips and tricks on how to paint with the fewest amount of strokes to move your line along faster, this DVD by Jinny is for you.

In this Volume 1 Edition of Jinny Makeup Artiste DVD, Jinny focuses on a variety of new designs and face painting tattoos, for every age group and gender, showing you how you can accomplish a Face Painting that says wow with the fewest amount of brush strokes. Combining her years of Award Winning Face Painting Experience with her personable instruction style, Jinny becomes your at home private tutor on this Face Painting DVD Lesson.

As a Face Painting Makeup Artist who has been a Competitor, Champion and Judge at World Face Painting Competitions, Jinny brings priceless knowledge to you in this affordable instructional DVD. From the Proper Makeup Brushes and Applicators, to the proper Face Painting Makeup and its uses, Jinny presents a wealth of knowledge for you to absorb in this sixty minute DVD that you can play over and over again to grasp all the details that will make you a faster, more creative Face Painter.

As the world job markets continues to falter, Face Painting Makeup Artists are in demand. Businesses are trying everything to draw in customer and get consumers to spend some time and money at their places, Restaurants, Ice Cream Stands, and even Clothing Stores are promoting Kid's Nights, with Clowns and Face Painting. The demand for talented, creative Face Painters is growing. When working events like Kid's Nights , Carnivals, Church Fair's, and other Community Events, the line of children can grow fast. Giving an amazing Face Painting in as few brush strokes as possible is an important asset to have at events like these, the children are happy, the management is happy, so you will be happy to when they want you back.

Private lessons in preparation for Face Painting jobs may be just too expensive when you are unemployed, you can hire one of the best Face Painting Instructors in the World with the Jinny Makeup Artiste DVD Volume 1 available at Mehron.

Jinny putting the finishing touches on a Face and Body Painting of a Butterfly.

Take Jinny Home - On DVD by Mehron

In another Mehron first, Mehron introduces the Jinny on DVD, instructing on the use of Makeup Brushes, Basic Face and Body Painting Education and how to use Mehron Face and Body Painting Makeup. The Basic Mehron Product Education with JINNY Makeup Artiste is like having private lessons with one of the preeminent Face and Body Painting makeup Artists. Jinny, President of Jinny Make-Up Artiste, Inc, Makeup Consultant to Cirque-Du-Soleil, and Co-Creator of Paradise Makeup AQ Who better to teach you the the basics of Face and Body Painting, and take your face and Body Painting to the next level.

Jinny has been a competitor, champion, judge and demonstrator at World Body Painting Events. The Basic Mehron Product Education with JINNY Makeup Artiste DVD is like taking Jinny home to be your personal instructor. She cannot pass along her inate talent, but she can show you the technique of Face and Body Painting Makeup Art. On this new DVD, Jinny instructs on the uses of Mehron Face and Body Painting Makeup, how to use Mehron Makeup Applicators and Paradise Makeup AQ Brushes and Paradise Makeup AQ Makeup, the world famous water activated cake makeup endeared around the world by Face and Body Painting Makeup Artists.

Although Jinny has been a Competitor, Champion, Judge, and Demonstrator at World Renowned Face and Body Painting Makeup Festivals and Conventions, she is also an expert Beauty Makeup Artist who has combined the use of Face and Body Painting with Beauty Makeup to turn Beauty Makeup in Extreme Beauty Makeup. The Basic Mehron Product Education with JINNY Makeup Artiste DVD allows you to spend personal instruction time with Jinny, pause, rewind, and review each intricate step of the lessons presented by the Instructor that the pres has called, "The First lady of Face Painting", You can get a sample of what Jinny can teach you by reading the Mehron January 16, 2011 Mehron Blog, The Magic of Jinny on Youtube.

Best of the Mehron Blogs

As one of the most widely read of the Mehron Blogs, the April 21, 2010 Mehron Blog Posting spotlighting Featured Makeup Artist Mark Reid deserves a look back:

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Featured Artist - Mark Reid

Is a person born to be an Artist or does life create them into an Artist? In the case of tonight's Featured Artist, Mark Reid, Master Body Painter, it seems to be a combination of both. Mark Reid has either pursued Art for his entire life, or it has pursued him. Beginning as early as five years old, Mark Reid had a desire to create Art. At age 10 Mark was taking formal lessons using charcoals and paints. Coming from the wide open spaces of New Mexico, Mark's imagination had plenty of room to roam. The journey from canvas artist to Body Painting Artist might at first blush seem unusual, it is not unusual at all. Like most Body Painting Makeup Artists who took their Artistic abilities displayed on the woven fabric and transferred their visions to the human body, Mark Reid took a similar route.

In Dallas, Texas Mark Reid encountered Judy Kubik, who along with Melanie Seidsma were conducting a class in Face Painting "This was the turning point in my career.", Mark recently told the Mehron Blog. Turning his Artistic Talents to Face Painting with Makeup, Mark quickly mastered the use of Makeup to create living Art. 2004 was a pivotal year in the transition from Mark Reid, Artist, to Mark Reid, Master Body Painting Makeup Artist. Marcela Murad asked Mark Reid, Artist to do some paintings for her Magazine, adding that she would also like a Body Painting. The Artist in Mr. Reid could not turn down this opportunity even though he had not yet done a Body Painting with Makeup. Mark recently recalled this time in an interview for the Mehron Blog., "She also asked me to do a body painting. I had no idea how to go about asking a woman to take her clothes off to do this and my girlfriend refused to let me do it. I wanted to be in this magazine so bad, I had to sneak around and did the body painting on a friend. It was the greatest experience. I fell in love with it and my girlfriend left me.......".

With a talented, challenge seeking artistic soul, Mark Reid was enthusiastically absorbing the Art of Body Painting, turning out inspirational living art. Although Body Painting is an Artistic endeavor, like all Artists, the Body Painting Makeup Artist must find a way to make a living at it if they are to continue to have the freedom to pursue and perfect their Art. Mr. Reid often took on commercial Body Painting jobs and was asked to work for a Production Company in Dallas, Texas who were responsible for an event called, "Body Art Ball" Tour. Mark accepted the challenge but was startled by a phone call before the event from one of the Producers who told Mark that they would like him to paint, "jeans" on models at the Ball. Not wanting to turn the job away, Mr. Reid told the Producer that painting jeans would not be a problem. Mark tells it as, "I accepted and a week later they called and asked if I had ever painted jeans. I lied and said "Of course, I can paint great jeans." I immediately called a friend and had her come over. I painted her twice until I got it down and since then I have painted over 200 pair of jeans." Mark Reid has become a specialist in Body Painting Jeans with Paradise Makeup AQ.

Attending the 2004 Face and Body A International Convention in Orlando, FL, Mark met the President of Mehron Makeup, Martin Melik. During their conversation Mr. Melik complimented Mark's work and and offered him some Paradise Makeup AQ to try. Mark recalls this meeting, "Mr. Melik gave me some Paradise Make Up AQ to work with and I really liked it. I have been using it ever since and have promoted it all over the world." Mark has remained a friend, and an independent Mehron Makeup Artist representing Mehron Face Painting and Body Painting Makeup at Seminars, Conventions and Competitions around the world, along with using Mehron Makeup in his personal work and as an Instructor. As a Body Painting Instructor, Mark believes that Paradise Makeup AQ is the Professional Body Painting Makeup that students in his classes need to become familiar with in their quest to perfecting their Body Painting skills. "Being an Instructor, I find that it is easier to teach with Paradise Makeup AQ as it is easy for my students to use. As an Artist and competitor, they have a great selection of colors that allow me to be as creative as I want. The consistency of this make-up is perfect. Not too creamy, it blends perfectly with a sponge or brush and I get great lines using it."

Along the road to becoming a Master Body Painting Makeup Artist, Instructor and continuing to be an Artist that works on canvas, Mark Reid sought the challenge of producing a World Class Annual Body Painting Makeup Convention and Competition in North America (NABPC). 2010 saw this dream fulfilled as Mark Reid put together the First Annual North America Body Painting Convention in Las Vegas, NV, USA. Drawing the attention of Body Painting Makeup Artists, Models, Photographer and Makeup Companies from around the world, the first ever NABPC was a great success. "I was very happy with the turnout as we had almost 90 people from all over the world competing.". As a Producer, Instructor, and Body Painting Makeup Artist, Mark has an affinity for Competitive Body Painting Events, not just because he can channel his internal inspiration and the world that he perceives but also because, "Getting to paint next to someone from another country and making friends is priceless. It is not about winning for me. Once we show up and make a new friend and get inspired by someone's style or learn a new technique makes us all a winner. In 2008 I placed first in the preliminaries in Seeboden. For 2 days I was number one in the World.........I can live with that!"

Live with it he does, Mark Reid continues to blaze new trails in the Art of Makeup Body Painting as an independent Body Painting Artist, who continues to do, "Corporate Promotional events and private body paintings. I can be contacted at markreidart@aol.com or 469-235-3936", while instructing in the art of Face and Body Painting, competing around the world in Competitions, and exhibiting paintings on canvas available for sale in Philadelphia at Musher-Lovelund Studios.

Mark feels that Body Painting Art will continue to develop and grow just as it has for centuries, although he enjoys the freedom to travel to events around the world in pursuit of the Art of Body Painting, he realizes that traveling and crossing time zones constantly begins to wear on the body, time and the freedom to create. He says that he will be involved for the rest of his life in this Art that he loves, but hopes to settle into a routine and establish a School for Body Painting Art where the students will come to him and he will spend less time in the air and more time with a Body Painting Makeup Brush. He plans on continuing to perfect NABPC and looks forward to its continued growth, hoping that each year it is held will affect the lives of Artists and guide them to love the Art of Body Painting with Makeup.

For the next few years at least, look for Mark Reid at Face Painting Makeup and Body Painting Makeup Conventions, Seminars and Competitions around the world as both a seasoned Master Body Painting Makeup Artist as a teacher of the craft.

The Amazing Body Painting Makeup Art of Mark Reid, Master Body Painter.

Mehron Makeup Studio

A renovation has occurred at the Mehron Headquarters, located at 100 Red Schoolhouse Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977. Mehron has installed a complete modern professional makeup studio in its headquarters not only for beta testing with new makeup products, but also to hold private classes, workshops and seminars with the world's top Makeup Artists. Here at the newly modernized Makeup Studio located within Company Headquarters, Mehron expects to host the world's leading Makeup Artists in their quest to improve and introduce the world's best makeup in all fields.

The Makeup Studio at Mehron will enable the researchers and chemists the opportunity to see their developments used as they would in the Makeup Rooms of Broadway, On The Sets of Films, The Runways of Fashion Shows and in the homes of Makeup users throughout the world.

When Makeup Artists come to collaborate with the Mehron Team, they will now have a newly renovated workspace to use when experimenting with their newest ideas, colors, and makeup tools.

The Mehron Makeup Studio will also function as a Makeup Room for shooting in-house ads, product covers, makeup kit covers and instructions and instructional videos for use with Mehron Makeup Products.

Beauty launchpad, Mehron, and Toni

Beauty launchpad Magazine is the magazine for Professional Makeup Artists and Stylists, it's web site offers online exclusives not published in the magazine. In a Beauty launchpad online exclusive writer Karie L. Frost recalls the February 2011 Fashion Week collaboration between Mehron Makeup and Designer Toni Francesc in presenting his Fall 2011 Collection. In a captioned pictorial retrospect Ms. Frost uses pictures by Richard Esposito to bring the reader closeup to the Makeup Application of Lead Makeup Artist Jackie Mgido who led the Mehron Makeup Artist Team in this Fashion Week Challenge. Toni Francesc uses a thematic approach to present each of his collections at New York Fashion Week and February 2011 was no exception. To present his 2011 Fall Collection at New York Fashion Week, Mr. Francesc used the myth of Garuda as the basis for his designs.

Ms. Frost uses a quote from Makeup Artist Jackie Mgido to summarize one of the photos and the the juxtaposition of Mehron Makeup with the theme of the Toni Francesc Collection. "For the eyes, we wanted to create a dramatic look that also represented the bird,” says Mgido. “I used Mehron Feather E.Y.E Lashes to create this look, along with Black Onyx E.Y.E Powder and Slate Grey E.Y.E Cream blended on the lid to represent the ashes.” Mgido further defines the wing-like shape using Mehron Black Detailz liner."

In this Web Exclusive on Beautylaunchpad.com, Karie L. Frost takes note of the flawless application of Celebré Pro HD Make-Up in her caption, "The strength of the eyes and the mouth feel grounded by flawless matte skin with lighly contoured cheeks - a trend that seems to have plenty of steam for this coming fall."

Bolder Brighter Eye Makeup

On page 94 of the July Issue of Beauty launchpad, a Creative Age Publication, the magazine for Professional Beauty Makeup Artists and Stylists, writer Karie L. Frost in her brighter Hue Feature pages writes about a "Brighter Gaze". In this feature Ms. Frost discusses the new trend in brighter eye makeup with Makeup Artist Maria C. Scali. She relates that the days of safe eye makeup color choices like, black, brown and navy are gone. Today Eye Makeup is a rainbow of colors, including colors that were never thought of for eyes like yellow and orange. Ms. Scali explains that if Makeup Artists have clients that are bit skeptical of the new bright colors, which make eyes look brighter and younger, you can ease them into it by applying just a pop of color in the corners, and expand as they feel more comfortable.

Mehron Makeup Artist have been doing this for years with Detailz, the liquid detailing makeup from the Paradise Makeup Collection. Originally developed for Face and Body Painting makeup Artists, Detailz is now a staple among Beauty and Fashion Makeup Artists, as well as Face and Body Painting Makeup Artists. In face, Jinny, the First Lady of Face Painting, has been using Detailz for years in her dazzling eye makeup applications, creating what has become known as Extreme Beauty Eye Makeup.

Detailz is exactly what Karie L. Frost point to in her feature called, "Brighter Gaze", as part of her Only Hue Feature in the July 2011 Issue of Beauty launchpad magazine. Her features has a nice close up of the Detailz Bottles of Yellow and Orange along with the free fine tip application brush that is attached to each Detailz Top. You can see exactly how this fine tipped applicator will give you control over the Detailz of your new exciting eye makeup look. Although Ms. Frost shows the Yellow and Orange colors of liquid Detailz and their fine tip application brushes, there are more daring color choices for you to experiment with in the Detailz liquid makeup selection.

Detailz currently comes in the traditional black plus eleven other detailing colors to enhance and brighten you eyes. Even the Black of Detailz is not your everyday black, all Mehron Makeup is highly pigmented producing a true rich vibrant color that comes with over eighty years of experience producing Theatrical Makeup for Stage, Studio and Screen. With the Detailz fine tip applicator a little goes a long way, with the color expertise of Mehron, no need to worry about the color changing because you have had it so long, the rich, vibrant, dazzling colors that you buy are the same colors you will be applying months later from the same bottle.

Karie L. Frost highlights Mehron Detailz Yellow and Orange as an exciting twist to achieve youthful eyes with non traditional eye color, with Detailz you can also try the seductive colors of Silver, Gold, Purple and Red, or the innocence of pink and teal. The Twelve colors of Detailz will give you endless possibilities for accenting your eye makeup to achieve a brighter gaze that is only you.

Mehron Launches Again

As the Space Shuttle finishes its final mission, no longer will it be poised on the launchpad ready to blast off to new frontiers. Such is not the case with Mehron Makeup. As Mehron Makeup continues to formulate and develop the newest in Beauty Makeup Products and Colors here on earth, they once again find their creations on the launchpad. Beauty launchpad, a Creative Age Publication, is the magazine that Professional Beauty Makeup Artists and Hairstylists turn to to see what the newest trends, colors and makeup products are taking off in today's fashion world.

In the July 2011 issue of Beauty launchpad Magazine, writer Karie L. Frost highlights Mehron Fashion Makeup Products in her feature Only Hue. On page 92 of the July Issue of Beauty launchpad, Ms. Frost discusses the makeup look that twenty five million households see each week on American Idol. The deep bronze skin tone of Jennifer Lopez, highlighted and accented by bold, lively bright lip colors. Karie L. Fisher suggests that Makeup Artists can achieve this same look for their clients even if their skin tone does not have the natural bronze base like J.Lo. Ms. Frost points out to the Professional Makeup Artists that read her feature, that Aura Bronzing Gel is a choice for Professional Makeup Artists and their clients.

A recent Mehron addition to the Beauty Makeup Collection, Mehron Aura Bronzing Gel is a lightweight bronzing gel that can be used all over the body, even the face, that mimics the look of a day in the sun without the harmful effects. In fact Mehron Aura Bronzing Gel has a super hydrating, skin smoothing base made with Lemongrass, Ginseng, Chamomile, Comfrey, Cucumber, Aloe Vera, and Japanese Green Tea with a generous blend of bronzing shimmer that produces a seductive bronze glow. Aura Bronzing Gel can be used alone or mixed with Celebré Pro HD Make-Up for a look that even Ms. Lopez will envy. Aura Bronzing Gel paired with the amazingly vivid colors and hues of Mehron L.I.P. Cream, the look that Karie L. Frost is highlighting in her Only Hue feature in the July Issue of Beauty launchpad, can be a look that is Only You with Mehron Beauty Makeup.

Mehron Helps With Prison Therapy

In these tough economic times businesses of all sizes are feeling the pinch. Social Programs that depend on the charitable contributions of others are really hurting, and programs that are funded by State Budgets has been closed. Early in 2011 Martin Melik, President of Mehron, was contacted by Sabra Williams, Director, The Actors' Gang Prison Project. Ms. Williams explained that funding cuts had decimated a thriving project that was bringing arts into the prison, specifically an acting workshop. When the State of California cut the funding for the Arts-in-Corrections Program the final curtain was about to close on the work that The Actors' Gang Prison Project was undertaking at the prison in Norco, California. The Artistic Director of the Actors' Gang, Actor Tim Robbins told prison officials that the shows would go on, that they would continue with private funding and donations.

Enter, Sabra Williams contacting Martin Melik. Ms. Williams explained to the President of Mehron that throughout the years The Actors' Gang had always used Mehron Makeup, that it was an essential part of reaching out to the inmates through the Commedia dell'arte workshops of the Prison Project. After hearing her plight and pinching the budget in other areas, Mr. Melik freed up enough to fulfill the donation request of The Actor's Gang Prison Project sending them Gallons of Whiteface, ProColorRing™ Bruise, Application Sponges, Paradise Makeup AQ, Color Cup, Zombie Flesh and Setting Powder.

The Actors' Gang Prison Project is an interpretation of Drama Therapy using Commedia dell'arte, a technique favored by Tim Robbins to enable people to reach into their inner emotions in preparation for playing characters. It is a form of theater that was in favor in Italy in the 16th and 17th centuries, an improvisational performance that often occurred on outdoor stages and relied on props instead of formal scenery.

The Actors' Gang Prison Project states on it's Web Site:

"Arts programs have proven to stem the tide of violence. Dr. Lawrence Brewster, Sociology Professor at California State University at San Jose, found that prison Arts In Corrections programs reduced incidents of violence within the prison by 75-81% and saved close to double the cost of the program in measurable benefits such as security and medical costs. Later it was proven that the program lowered recidivism rates by 51%.

Theater has therapeutic aspects built into its process, which leads to discipline, self-examination and working with others of different backgrounds. In addition to nurturing communication skills and creativity, the program builds individual self-respect. For some, this confidence motivates them to overcome difficult backgrounds and set previously unimaginable goals, such as going to college. The process provides an opportunity to work with peers of different races and gang affiliations, thereby bridging their differences. The result raises social consciousness, imparting the sense that they are woven in a social fabric and each one is part of a larger whole."

The Actors' Gang Prison Project is one of only two left in the State of California, the other has had to do the same and raise their own funds to keep their program alive. Mr. Robbins and The Actors' Gang hope not only to be able to keep their program alive, but to expand it to other prisons with private donations.

On June 30,2011, The New York Times published an article by writer Adam Nagourney who witnessed Mehron Makeup in action when he went to visit the Actor's Gang Prison Project in Norco, Ca. Mr. Nagourney got a first hand look at Sabra Williams and Tim Robbins conducting their workshop. The Actors' Gang Prison Project was also covered by NPR Radio, BBC and The Los Angles Times. Mehron was there to help this time, but may not always be able to help especially if the program expands as is the hope of Director Sabra Williams, and Actor Tim Robbins. You can donate to the Actor's Gang which not only does prison outreach, they also do Community Theater, Bring Theater into the Schools and have a host of other projects to keep the arts alive. You can donate to The Actor's Gang through their Web Site, 75% of their budget is from donors like you, Actors, Theater Owners, Makeup Artists, Producers, Directors, Drama Professionals, and all those involved in the arts.

Theatrical Makeup as a Therapy

The elements of Theatrical Therapy traces a long and winding road back in history to the time of Aristole and beyond. As the man who coined the word "catharsis", Aristole acknowledged the emotional cleansing that acting could have. Like an early form of Psychodrama, a method of psychotherapy where role playing and acting out are encouraged to reveal inner emotions, Aristole realized that Theatrical Performing was a form of emotional exploration. In 1925, Jacob Levy Moreno moved to New York City from Romania and began to pursue his theories of psychology which led to the implementation of Psychodrama as a formal therapy. After presenting his theories to the American Psychiatric Association in 1932, Dr. Moreno spent the next forty years in New York City refining his approach to therapy, which included, Theatrical Therapy, Group Therapy, Psychotherapy, and Psychodrama while holding positions at Columbia University and the New School for Social Research. Before his death in New York City in 1974, Dr. Moreno wrote his own epitaph which reads, "The Man who Brought Laughter to Psychiatry".

Arriving in New York City in 1925 and continuing to live and work there until his death, Dr. Moreno bore witness to the rise of New York City as the theater capital of the world. Walking the same streets as Mehron Melik, who was during the same time becoming a part of the New York Theater Scene by founding a Theatrical Makeup Company, Dr. Moreno was probably influenced by the live performances that permeated New York City at the time. His marriage of acting and therapy consumed his life, and became the passion of his second wife Zerka Moreno who has become the foremost authority in the field of Psychodrama, which continues to evolve.

Drama Therapy is the child of Psychodrama and uses theater to explore personal growth and mental health. Now widely accepted throughout the world because of the foundational work of Jacob and Zerka Moreno, Drama Therapy has been used in schools, mental health centers, prisons and even business development. Practiced around the world, Drama Therapy includes full scale Theatrical Productions that includes, Sets, Costumes, Theatrical Makeup and Audiences.

The theory is that by role playing (acting), a person will expand their view of emotional situations and deal with them as the character that they are playing, thus enabling them to see and feel the different approaches of dealing with the emotional complexities of life. The more successful programs of Drama Therapy are able to give their clients the full Theatrical Experience including Professional Theatrical Makeup, well constructed sets and live audiences. In the public sector, Drama Therapy Programs are suffering greatly due to a lack of funding, in US Prisons once thriving Drama Therapy Programs are almost non-existent. Other programs in schools, addiction centers and metal health facilities have gone back to almost a group therapy experience where role playing without the benefit of a Stage, Professional Theatrical Makeup, Costumes, Sets and Audiences have become the norm. A Mental Health discipline that has had much success is now fading due to a lack of funding in the public sector.

Mehron E.Y.E. In Marie Claire Magazine

Mehron Makeup continues to thrill the editors and writers of Beauty and Fashion Makeup Magazines. For the last few years Mehron Makeup has been refining their Beauty and Fashion Makeup Collections, introducing new products with hot new colors new colors. Mehron Fashion Makeup has appeared at the last three New York Fashion Week Presentations, won a 2011 O-Ward from O Magazine, a 2011 Essence Beauty Award from Essence Magazine and has had Mehron Beauty Makeup Products featured in Beauty and Fashion Magazines throughout the world. Continuing to be discovered by the writers, editors and bloggers of Beauty and Fashion, E.Y.E. Cream in Deep Blue receives a recommendation from Marie Claire Magazine in the August 2011 edition.

Marie Claire Magazine is recognized as the magazine that women turn to for information on fashion, style, beauty and women's issues. Founded in France in 1937, ten years after the founding of Mehron Makeup, Marie Claire was a weekly publication until the German Occupation which forced the founder Jean Prouvost to cease publication. In 1954 Mr. Prouvost resurrected his magazine as a monthly publication handing over the reigns to his daughter Evelyne in 1976 upon his retirement. Selling worldwide franchises to Marie Claire for publication around the world in each country's native language, the US edition of Marie Claire was begun by the Hearst Corporation. Today Marie Claire is distributed around the world in twenty four languages. A mention in Marie Claire is the equivalent of worldwide recognition.

The 2011 August Edition of Marie Claire has a feature entitled, The Best Makeup for your Hair Color, featuring Brunettes. Writer Marie Choi goes through the picks of Makeup Artists that is best suited to bring out the hair color for Brunettes in both night and day. Among the eye colors they chose and Ms. Choi highlights is Mehron E.Y.E. Cream in Deep Blue.

E.Y.E. Cream is one of the many Beauty Makeup Products that Mehron has formulated using their over eighty years of expertise in producing Professional Performance Makeup. E.Y.E Cream is a super refined top powder that is creamy, supple and smooth in application and appearance. Applied with Makeup Brushes, E.Y.E. Cream has the versatility to be an eyeshadow, a highlighter, a contouring color or eyeliner color. The formulation and granulation of E.Y.E. Cream allows it to be applied over cake or cream makeup. Highly concentrated pigmentation, a Mehron specialty, enables the colors of E.Y.E. Cream to remain true from your first application till your last, and to show the color you selected from the moment you put it on till the moment you remove it. The Mehron knowledge of Makeup Colors is built upon over eight decades producing Makeup for Professional Performers, Face and Body Painting Makeup Artists, and even Special Effect Makeup Artists. Decades of expertise has gone into developing the currently available fifteen colors of E.Y.E. Cream. Rich, deep, mysteriously inviting, true, vibrant colors that include Amethyst Purple, Chestnut Brown, Dark Olive Green, Golden Rose, Jet Black and ten other colors for all your Beauty Eye Makeup.

2011 Makeup Emmy Nominees - Part 2

The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Sunday September 16 at 8:00 PM and will be broadcast on the FOX Television Network. The 2011 Emmy Awards are presented by The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, whose history has taken many twists and turns since its foundation by Syd Cassyd, the legendary ventriloquist Edgar Bergen was its first President, which is fitting as the awarded on January 20, 1949 went to Shirley Dinsdale, a ventriloquist star of a children's television show.

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has always tried to include all the people that make television possible in their awards, honors and Hall of Fame. It is the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences that recognizes and honors all the various disciplines of the Makeup Artists who are an integral part of creating the stars of television. Wherever there is a television production there are makeup artists, newscasters, talk shows, comedies, weekly series, special productions and yes even the newest wave of reality tv, all employ the talents of the Makeup Artist. The following Makeup Artists were nominated for a 2011 Emmy Award for:

Outstanding Makeup For a Minseris Or A Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
Cinema Verite
Mindy Hall, Department Head Makeup Artist
Kim Felix Burke, Assistant Department Head Makeup Artist
Julie Hewitt, Personal Makeup Artist

The Kennedys
Jordan Samuels, Department Head Makeup Artist
Colin Penman, Key Makeup Artist
Amanda Terry, Additional Makeup Artist
Linda Dowds, Personal Makeup Artist

Mildred Pierce
Patricia Regan, Department Head Makeup Artist
Linda Melazzo, Personal Makeup Artist


The Pillars of Earth Colleen Quinton, Department Head Makeup Artist

Makeup Artists nominated for a 2011 Emmy Award for:
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie or A Special are:

The Cape
Camille Della Santina, Department Head Makeup Artist
Karen Iverson, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Mary Kay Witt, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Suzanne Diaz, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Chris Nelson, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Greg Nelson, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Matthew Mungle, Prosthetic Designer

Game of Thrones
Paul Engelen, Department Head Makeup Artist
Conor O'Sullivan, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Glee - The Sue Sylvester Shuffle
Ervn Krueger Mekasl, Department Head Makeup Artist
Jen Greenberg, Key Makeup Artist
Kelley Mitchell, Makeup Artist
Robin Luce, Makeup Artist
Mike Mekash, Makeup Artist
Melissa Buell, Makeup Artist
Christien Tinsley, Makeup Artist
Hiroshi Yada, Prosthetic Designer
Grey's Anatomy - Superfreak
Norman Leavitt, Department Head Makeup Artist
Thom Floutz, Special Makeup Effects Department Head
Bari Dreband-Bruman, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Sue Laprelle, Makeup Effects Artist
Ed French, Makeup Effects Artist
Vincent Van Dyke, Prosthetic Designer
Tom Burman, Prosthetic Designer

The Walking Dead - Days Gone By
Greg Nicotero, Special Effects Makeup Department Head
Andy Schoneberg, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Garrett Immel, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Jake Garber, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Howard Berger, Prosthetic Designer
Jaremy Aiello, Prosthetic Designer

Mehron Makeup wishes to congratulate all the nominees for the 2011 Emmy Awards, but especially all those nominated for their talent and dedication to the art of Makeup. When Mehron Makeup started manufacturing Theatrical Makeup in 1927, television was an idea whose time had not yet come, now over eight decades later, three dimensional television will soon be an old technology. Through it all from the first Black and White Broadcast to the new wave of high definition television, the Makeup Artist has been on the set, and Mehron Theatrical Makeup has been ready for them.

2011 Makeup Emmy Nominees - Part 1

Unlike the Tony Awards, The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recognizes the Artists who are responsible for the Makeup that is an integral part of Television Production. It is the Makeup Artists who turn the actors into believable, realistic, fantastic, gory, horrific,sweet, innocent characters enabling them to become the parts that they play. In Fact The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences sees the Makeup Artist as such a vital part of Television that they break down the Emmy Awards for Makeup into Multiple Categories, so that as many Makeup Artists as possible are recognized for their specialties.

The 2011 Emmy Nominees for:

Outstanding Makeup For a Single-Camera Series ((Non-Prosthetic)- are:

Boardwalk Empire - Boadwalk Empire (Pilot) -
Nicki Ledermann, Department Head Makeup Artist
Evelyn Noraz, Key Makeup Artist

Game of Thrones- Winter is Coming (Pilot)
Paul Engelen, Department Head Makeup Artist
Melissa Lackersteen, Key Makeup Artist

Glee- The Rocky Horror Glee Show
Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
Jen Greenberg, Key Makeup Artist
Robin Luce, Additional Makeup Artist
Mike Mekash, Additional Makeup Artist

Mad Men - The Rejected
Lana Horchowski, Department Head Makeup Artist
Ron Pipes, Key Makeup Artist
Maurine Schenz Burke, Makeup Artist
Mary Kay Morse Witt, Additional Makeup Artist
Tricia Sawyer, Additional Makeup Artist

True Blood - 8 Crimes
Bridgette Myre Ellis, Department Head Makeup Artist
Lana Horochowski, Key Makeup Artist

The 2011 Emmy Nominees for:

Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic)- are:

Dancing with The Stars - Episode 1205
Melanie Mills, Department Head Makeup Artist
Zena Sheytsel, Key Makeup Artist
Patti Ramsey Bortoli, Additional Makeup Artist
Angela Moos, Additional Makeup Artist
Barbara Fonte, Additional Makeup Artist
Nadege Shoefeld, Additional Makeup Artist

How I Met Your Mother - Bad News
Jenifer L. Turchi, Department Head Makeup Artist
Megan Moore, Key Makeup Artist
Bradley M. Look, Additional Makeup Artist

iCarly-IStart a Fan War
Michael Johnston, Department Head Makeup Artist
Patti Brand-Reese,Key Makeup Artist
Melanie Mills, Additional Makeup Artist
Tyson Fountaine, Additional Makeup Artist
Patti Ramsey Bortoli, Additional Makeup Artist
Kim Perrodin, Additional Makeup Artist

The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway
Cristina Waltz, Department Head Makeup Artist
Katie Pellegrino, Makeup Artist

Saturday Night Live - Host Jon Hamm
Louie Zakarian, Department Head Makeup Artist
Josh Turi, Additional Makeup Artist
Amy Tagliamonti, Additional Makeup Artist
Daniela Zlvkovic, Additional Makeup Artist
Katherine O'Donnell, Additional Makeup Artist

Mehron Makeup, Leaders in Theatrical Makeup since 1927, wishes all the above nominees the best of luck in pursuit of The Emmy, and Congratulates them on their nomination. After eighty years of producing Theatrical Makeup, Special Effects Makeup and the Tools of the Trade, Mehron Makeup especially appreciates the long hard hours that the above nominees have dedicated to their profession and recognizes the talent that they have been able to harness to rise to the level of Emmy Nominee.

Heat Wave and Makeup

Even the quality manufactured Makeup of Mehron can't withstand the heat of a hot car in a heat wave. With temperatures across the US surpassing one hundred degrees Fahrenheit, the interior of a car parked with the windows up can approach one hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit in no time. Of course everyone knows not to leave animals in the car, and neither should you leave makeup in the car at those temperatures. The extreme heat of the summer heat waves can effect your makeup. Makeup Artists running from job to job and doing errands in between should be aware of how long you are going to leave your makeup kit in the car or trunk. Your Makeup Kit is your livelihood, don't leave a Makeup Kit in the car while you do errands. You may think that you will only be a few minutes, but what if it's longer. Your makeup could be melting while you are waiting on a line you thought would be shorter.

Not only Makeup Artists who have a lot of money tied up in their supplies have to be aware of the extreme heat of heat waves, everyone should be aware of leaving makeup in a car that is parked and will soon heat up to an oven cooking temperature. Everyone has seen the news reporters cooking eggs on sidewalks and car dashboards while reporting on the heat waves, if the heat can cook an egg, it can cook your makeup. Lipstick, Cream Foundations, Eyeshadow, Eyeliners and even lip pencils can melt in extreme heat, don't take the chance, take your makeup with you. Even if you always leave Makeup and Makeup Kits in your car, these extreme heat waves are not the time to take chances. Protect your Makeup investment by keeping it out of the extreme heat.

Clowns, Face Painters and Body Painters who often leave everything in the car between jobs, should be aware that these are not normal hot days, these are extremely hot days, you don't want to risk cooking your makeup. It may take a bit more time and work to empty your Clown Makeup or Face and Bodypainting Makeup from your car or van, but it is worth saving your makeup. The last thing you want to do is arrive at next week's job and discover that your Makeup Palette has melted and re-hardened to form a new makeup shape.

Restock Paradise

This is the busy season for working Face and Body Painting Makeup Artists, freelancing at fairs, carnivals, circuses, amusement parks, boardwalks and now if kids nights at restaurants. If your lucky enough to get an indoor gig, you are lucky, most summertime days for working Face and Body Painters means working outdoors, or at best under a three sided tent with maybe a fan. No matter, it is steady work for now. Yes the days are long, hot and sometimes annoying, but you're earning money doing something you love.

After those long hot days it's easy to just pack up your makeup and make a mad dash to the car or bar, sit and relax in air conditioning and forget about tomorrow until it comes. Unlike winter, when jobs are not an every day event, you might be blowing through certain colors of your Paradise Makeup AQ quicker than you suspect. Even though the day is long, right before you pack up after cleaning your brushes and storing them away take stock of your stock. See if their was a particular color of Paradise Makeup AQ or Paradise Detailz, or Paradise Glitter that you used a extra lot of that day. Maybe there were a lot of turtles today and your Paradise Makeup Amazon Green is low, or lions and your Light Brown Paradise Makeup AQ is low. Take a minute to see what you need, you don't want to open up one day and not have the colors you need, besides being a long day it might just turn into a whining day if you can turn them into what they want when they sit down at your Face Painting Station.

While your stocking up on your Paradise Makeup AQ colors don't forget to take a look at the newest hues in Paradise, NUANCE, the newly developed hues of Red, Yellow, Blue, Deep Sea Skin, Green Orange and Purple by Jinny, The First Lady of Face Painting. Add Nuance to your Face Painting Booth, with the hues of NUANCE, the newest colors of paradise.

Paradise Makeup Palettes of Possibilitiese

Mehron Paradise Makeup AQ is the water activated cake makeup co-created by the Worldwide Award Winning Makeup Artist, Jinny. With hands on experience in almost every aspect of Makeup Application, Jinny brings her first hand knowledge of Makeup Application to the drawing board whenever she creates a new addition to The Paradise Makeup Collection. Developed for the working Face and Body Painting Makeup Artist who need consistent, daring color with even smooth coverage whether working, competing or just creating Paradise Makeup AQ xolors and ease of application offers remarkable possibilities. Paradise Makeup has been in the spotlight wherever there is Face and Body Painting for years, after a third successive runway spotlight at New York Fashion Week, Mehron Paradise Makeup AQ has found a home in the Makeup Kits of Beauty and Fashion Makeup Artists. Although used by Professional Makeup Artists in Movies, Television, Theatrical Productions, Operas, Ballets, Advertising and in Competitions throughout the world, Mehron remains the most cost effective and affordable Face and Body Painting Makeup that anyone can buy.

With the Restaurant Industry still unable to show sales gains in this sluggish economic recovery, many National Restaurant Brands are attracting more guests with special event nights, such as kids eat free nights, and children's entertainment nights. At almost all of these events the crowds are surrounding the Face Painting Makeup Artist. This trend has extended the demand for Face Painting Makeup Artists who are creative, fast and professional. The Paradise Makeup AQ ProPalette - 12 Colors offers the possibility of turning an interest in Face Painting into a part time job Face Painting at one of thousands of these events promoted by National Restaurant Brands. The Paradise Makeup AQ ProPalette - 12 Colors offers twelve professional size Paradise Makeup AQ water activated cakes in the pure,vibrant, true color. Choose either Paradise Makeup AQ ProPalette A - 12 Colors which includes, Black, White, Red, Yelllow, Dk. Blue, DK.Green, and other essential Mehron Colors, or Paradise Makeup AQ ProPalette B - 12 Colors. which includes the Paradise Cake Colors of Lagoon Blue, Beach Berry. Lime, Mango and eight other deliciously creative colors.

The twelve professional size water activated cake makeup colors that fit snugly in the foam holders of the sturdy hard plastic palette case offers a world of creative possibilities. With enough color choices and professional size makeup cups, the Paradise Makeup AQ ProPalette - 12 Colors can lead you to extra income at events throughout the year requiring the talents of a Face Painting Makeup Artists, who is friendly, professional, a people person and comes equipped with a makeup selection filled with enough colors to create endless color possibilities. The Paradise Makeup AQ ProPalette - 12 Colors doesn't have talent packed inside, what is does have is twelve professional cake makeup colors that will give you the possibility to Unleash Your Creativity with Mehron Makeup, manufacturers and innovators of Face and Body Painting Makeup.