Inside Makeup for a Film

Meagan Hester, Key SPFX Makeup Artist and Character Art Director for the soon to premier Independent Film When Bobby Met Larry written and performed by Carlos A. Gonzales, shared the list of Mehron Makeup products that she used to create the five main characters of the film. As a diverse Makeup Artist, Ms. Hester is familiar with all the Mehron Makeup Products and although this film did not call for using one of her favorite lines of Mehron Makeup Products, she did use a cross section of Mehron Makeup. In a recent interview, Meagan Hester related "I especially love the Mehron Blood Makeup for FX work". Although When Bobby Met Larry required her to use a lot of her makeup skills, it did not require using Performance Squirt Blood, Stage Blood, or Coagulated Blood Gel, but with Halloween on the horizon and the Vampire Age upon us, Meagan will surely be using these Mehron Products in the near future.

For the Characters of When Bobby Met Larry, a Production of SugarCamp Films, Meagan Hester used a variety of Mehron Makeup to transform Carols A. Gonzalez into five distinct characters. Ms. Hester used her Makeup Artistry to change the age, sex, and race of Actor Carlos A. Gonzales for his roles in the film, When Larry Met Bobby, Directed by Phil Coccioletti with Assistant Director Jessica Hester.

The Character of Will was created using:
Celebré PRO-HD Makeup Foundation in Light Ebony
Barrier Spray over the prosthetic
Color Set Powder
Applied with Mehron Powder Puff and Sponges

The Character of Guisseppi was created using:
Celebré PRO-HD Makeup Foundation in Light Ebony for shadow increase and old age
Barrier Spray
Color Set Powder
Mehron Hair White for eyebrows
Crepe Hair in light grey, white and grey

The Character of Larry was created using:
Velvet Finish Primer
Color Set Powder
Celebré PRO-HD Makeup Foundation in Light Olive
Barrier Spray
Touch-Up™ Matte Finishing Anti-Shine Gel Treatment

The Character of Rosa was created using:
Velvet Finish Primer
Celebré PRO-HD Makeup Foundation in Fair Tan
Gloss Tone over Lip Color
E.Y.E. Lashes
E.Y.E. Cream
Black Eyeliner
Brown Eyebrow Pencil
Cheek Cream in pink

Carlos A. Gonzales as Bobby in When Bobby Met Harry.

Carlos A. Gonzales as Carlos A. Gonzales

A Film With Mehron Makeup

When Mehron was approached about being involved with an Independent Film Project by Meagan Hester a Makeup Artist who has worked with Mehron over the last couple of years, of course the answer was yes. Mehron Makeup is steeped in the principals of its Founder Mehron Melik, who was a friend and supporter of the Performance Community. Continuing this tradition by sponsoring artists in all facets of performance, Martin Melik, the current President of Mehron, is pleased to have Mehron be a part of viable artistic endeavors by serious and conscientious artists with a plan and a worthy project. When Bobby Met Larry, a Film written and performed by Carlos A. Gonzales is one of those projects that Mehron was pleased to be a part of by supplying the Makeup needed to complete this project.

When Bobby Met Larry is a film about the interaction of five characters, whose flamboyancy and personality quirks project caricatures of themselves. All five central characters of When Bobby Met Larry are portrayed by Carols A. Gonzales, a comedian and actor who has appeared in Sex in the City, NYPD Blue, and Law and Order. Mr. Gonzalez wrote When Bobby Met Larry to highlight a cast of characters that have been a brewing concept in his mind for many years. Upon meeting the right combination of people it was clear to Carlos that the time had come to get this concept out of his mind and onto film.

The two main characters of When Bobby Met Larry, directed by Phil Coccioletti, and co-directed by Jessica Hester are of course Bobby and Larry who interact with the other three principal characters and themselves to form the nucleus of the film. Bobby and Larry interact with Giuseppe, Bobby's Grandfather, Rosa, the Waitress, and Will, the cook at a neighborhood restaurant and expose each others eccentricities through their interaction. When Bobby Met Larry is a Production of SugarCamp Films and is currently in post production for a soon to be announced premier.

With Carlos A. Gonzales playing all five of the main characters of When Bobby Met Larry, Makeup and a Makeup Artist were essential elements of this film's concept. The Makeup was supplied by Mehron Makeup from across all their Makeup Lines including but not limited to their Special Effects Makeup, Beauty Makeup and Theatrical Makeup. The Makeup Artist, practicing all her diverse skills to create five characters from a single performer was Meagan Hester. Listed in the credits as Key SPFX Makeup Artist and Character Art Director, Meagan Hester was much more than that to this film. She had to interpret the writer's concept of each character into real people using her skills in all forms of Makeup Artistry. Changing Mr. Gonzales from an older man as Giuseppe, into a woman as Rosa, and into Larry, a flamboyant, cocky vibrant personality, as well as turning Carlos into the somewhat crazy Will, a cook with an attitude, and into the nerdy, shy reserved Bobby. The performing ability of Carlos A. Gonzales is essential to project the personality of each character, the Makeup makes a performers job a bit easier as they are transformed to look like the character they are about to project. The skills of Makeup Artist Meagan Hester were put to the test in the making of When Bobby Met Larry, transforming one performer into five distinctively different characters is a task that any Makeup Artist would be proud to accomplish. The Makeup by Meagan Hester is so well accomplished that the viewer will easily forget that Carlos A. Gonzales is all five of the major Characters of When Bobby Met Harry. The Makeup for When Bobby Met Larry is all Mehron Makeup Products professionally applied by Ms. Hester, who recently told the Mehron Blog in an interview, "I love Mehron, it is consistent, easy to blend, great colors, and I have learned how to control it to get just the effect I want."