The Clowns Love Fall

It's not easy being a clown in the heat of the summer, Clown Makeup, Clown Nose Hat, Costume, it's hot! Although most people hate the idea that summer is almost gone, Clowns love Fall. A crisp Autumn Day, a community event, street fair, bazaar, or carnival makes clowns happy. Spending hours a day making people smile and laugh is a lot easier in Clown Makeup, Costume and Clown nose during a cool Autumn Day than on a hot summer Sunday. Clowns would much prefer to work indoors in air conditioning, than out in the heat of a summer day. Battling the heat for a clown is doubly hard, battling the heat and putting all their effort into their performances which are most often active and lively, drains a clown. It's hard to be a Clown when your down.

As summer winds down and the and the sun becomes less intense, clowns are a happy group. Performing for hours at Fall Festivals, Pumpkin Picking Farms, Apple Festivals, and Community Fairs suddenly becomes fun again, less draining, the cooler outdoor performance is easier to sustain. Just like the rest of us, it is easier for a Clown to be active, cheery and full of energy on a clear cool day than on a hot humid day.

During the Autumn Season you will encounter all kinds of clowns, Hobo Clowns, White Face Clowns and Auguste Clowns. The clown begins his day earlier than most, beginning with the clown makeup. Even within the different kinds of clowns, the many colors of Clown Face Makeup available today, makes each clown individual and distinct. The Hobo Clown represents the everyman, allowing their Makeup to be very personalized and distinctively different. The introduction of HYPER-FORMANCE CreamBlend™ with a color selection of over thirdly shades is an easy to apply pushup stick cream makeup that allows the Hobo Clown to create a more unique and personified character than ever before, certainly more so than in 1927 when Mehron White Face Clown Makeup was the main selection.

White Face Clowns over eighty years later are still enjoying Mehron Clown White, the easy to apply, easy to remove, full coverage, super white , consistently uniform, non cracking White Face Clown Makeup available throughout the world at Authorized Mehron Retailers. Over the years Classic Clown White has been joined in the makeup mirrors of clowns by Clown White Lite This lanolin-based, highly pigmented Clown White Lite provides maximum whiteness, but can be used sparingly and still maintain full coverage and easy application.

For the Auguste Clown who loves the Fall there is Clown Pink, the true pink face clown makeup that maintains the standards of the original Clown White by Mehron. As Clowns discover the choice of accent colors available to them in the Face Painting Makeup Line of Mehron Makeup, the traditional White face Clown, Auguste Clown and Hobo Clown are discovering a unique Clown Look for that is all their own for Autumn and all throughout seasons.

Bring Back the CLOWNS

Clowns hard at work in the offices of Mehron Makeup

To reintroduce the world to the amazing world of Mehron Clown Makeup, Photographer Richard Esposito spent the day at Mehron Headquarters in New York for a day of Photographing the Clowns. Makeup Artist Reyhan Piatt, who also happens to work at Mehron Headquarters as a Brand Support and Product Specialist turned Cathy Mascis into a White Face Clown beginning with the world renowned Mehron Clown White and capping it off with colors from the Mehron Clown Makeup Collection. Proving that anyone can be turned into a clown, Reyhan Piatt enlisted her son, Deniz Piatt to be a Hobo Clown with Mehron Clown Makeup, and her niece Melissa Piatt had the honors of being an Auguste Clown.

Mehron Makeup has been turning people into Clowns since 1927 starting with the formulation of the brightest, cleanest, whitest Clown White Makeup on earth. Originally made by hand by the Founder of Mehron, Mehron Clown White continues to be an important product in the ever growing Makeup Collections of the Mehron Brand that must meet exacting standards set forth by Mehron Melik in 1927. The recently held photo shoot at the offices of Mehron in New York is an assessment to the continued commitment by Mehron to produce the Professional Clown Makeup that Clowns around the world can count on for true vibrant colors that can turn any person into a a professional looking clown.

The commitment to producing the best clown makeup on earth and carrying on the traditional established over eighty years ago is always on the mind of Martin Melik, President of Mehron and son of the Founder Mehron Melik who demanded excellence in all his Makeup Products. Although Martin does not hand formulate Mehron Clown Makeup like his Father, he is a hands on President who is always checking the quality of both the ingredients used and the finished product of all Mehron Makeup.

In 2010, Mehron Makeup finds itself on the cusp of becoming the most sought after Beauty Makeup and Fashion Makeup with introductions of innovative Makeup Products that have starred on the Runways of the world's most renowned Fashion Shows. Although Mehron is conquering new frontiers in Beauty Makeup, Fashion Makeup, and Extreme Beauty Makeup, every Mehron Makeup product line which includes Clown Makeup, Theatrical Makeup, Character Makeup, Face Painting Makeup and Body Painting Makeup still receive the utmost attention to detail from everyone in the Company, continuing to fulfill the dream of the man who started it all by hand in a New York City Loft off Broadway over eight decades ago.

The Clowns

Clowns are noted in historical records throughout the history of civilization. The art of clowning has taken on many forms throughout history. Some clowns actually affected political policy as they played the role of court jester to Rulers and Kings. Because they were seen as amusing buffoons, Jesters and Clowns were often allowed more freedom of speech than others and were in many cultures the only ones who were able to criticize an authoritarian despot. Jesters and Clowns would often speak out criticizing political policy and influencing the Rulers and Kings to reverse course. By using buffoonery and sarcasm, Jester or Clown would make decrees and laws appear stupid, planting the seeds of change in the mind of the Dictator or King.

The look of the Jester and Clown changed with the times, by the Sixteenth Century the White Face Clown is already noted in historical records. The look European White Face Clown evolved into an almost sophisticated appearance with well tailored "Jester" clothing. William Shakespeare was aware of the importance of the Clown, using the Clown character to speak the lines that would be political suicide if spoken by any other character, similar to the Comedians of today that can criticize politicians and political decisions without any uproar and repercussions

As freedom of political criticism became more available to everyone the clown continued to evolve in other ways. The Circus Clown became the Clown of laughter and fun, enhancing the Makeup, exaggerating the costumes and using over sized and silly props to keep their audience smiling. Clowns were used for warming up an impatient audience, to keep an audience involved while sets and equipment were rearranged and to attract people to an event.

The Modern Clown, is categorized into specific Clown Types, The White Face Clown, The Auguste Clown, The Hobo or Tramp Clown are three of the most common Clown Characters. The White Face Clown today begins with Clown White, then adds eye coloring, most a red nose and cheek coloring. The White Face Clown usually wears over-sized colorful clothing, and extra large shoes adding to the silliness of the character. White Face Clowns like Bozo The Clown wear a tailored costume which gives him his identity.

The Auguste Clown portrays the country bumpkin or every man, simple, inquisitive and always finding perplexity in situations. The Auguste Clown uses Pink Clown Face Makeup rather than White Clown Face Makeup to emulate the complexion of the everyday man. Auguste Clowns vary in their Makeup use, some use a full range of Clown Makeup Colors while others only accent the eyes.

The Hobo Clown or Tramp Clown is the clown that evokes sympathy. Seen as a down on his luck character, the Hobo Clown makes light of the situations acting naive and invoking an empathic feeling from the audience.

All types of Clowns and Clown Makeup can still be experienced at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey^®Circus. The Clowns of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey^® Circus have favored Mehron Clown Makeup for decades, so much so, that when Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey^®started their Clown College, Mehron Makeup was called upon to develop a special palette of Clown Makeup for their students.

In 1927, when Mehron Makeup was founded, the Circus came to town by Train or Wagon, today over eight decades later the Circus still comes to town, just not by horse drawn wagon, but they still use Mehron Clown Makeup just as they have for over eight decades.