You probably already knew that MAC provides makeup and makeup artists for fashion shows all over the world, but did you know that MAC does makeup for music tours, too? If you have tickets to rapper Kanye West’s glow in the Dark North American tour (April-June, 2008), expect to see MAC in action. The MAC team is creating the looks for several of the dancers, backup singers and accompanying musicians on the tour.

And glow in the Dark isn’t the first MAC/Kanye partnership. They’ve been at it for years, with MAC working on a number of Kanye’s tours, special performances and videos.

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To find out more about how MAC works with performers on large concerts and events, I talked to MAC senior makeup artist Jennifer Karsten. Jennifer worked on Kanye’s Touch the sky tour, his 2007 MTV music video awards appearance and the Flashing Lights video.

Jennifer did the makeup for the girl in this video. Yo, shuttle the kids into the other room before you watch this because the end is kinda graphic.

Unlike the full-time singers, dancers and musicians who travel with an artist on tour, MAC artists are usually assigned at each stop along the way. how do all these different makeup artists in different cities maintain a consistent makeup look throughout a lengthy tour? “We all communicate through the senior artists and global communications,” Jennifer says, “so everyone knows what the look is and to keep the continuity going.”

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MAC artists working on high-profile music events face challenges that makeup artists working fashion shows don’t typically face. large concerts are complex productions. “When you’re dealing with someone more high profile,” says Jennifer, “you have a lot more channels to go through.” It can be more difficult or challenging to really get the look correct because you’re filtering an idea through someone else.

For one of his performances at the 2007 MTV music video awards, Kanye wanted a futuristic, glamorous, high fashion makeup look. The MAC team envisioned a glossy, futuristic cat eye (ooh, me likey!). MAC artists created a “test look” on one of the orchestra performers. It then took six hours, several calls, and pictures taken with cell phones to get the test look approved. That left the team with only 20 minutes to replicate the look on the rest of the orchestra.

And, ultimately, fashion show makeup isn’t meant to overshadow the clothing. That’s not always the case in a concert, where the makeup typically defines the look.

MAC makeup tips – concert Makeup

Use matte eyeshadows to add texture and give depth to the eyes.When working with performers on stage, MAC artists need to think about lighting and the audience. The artists typically work with matte or non-reflective tones on the eyes to create depth, layering them with reflective eyeshadows (like shimmer or glitter shades). An excess of shimmery shades tend to look flat, says Jennifer. “Make sure you add some mattes in with some of your shine, so you get a good play of the textures on each other.”

Warm colors look terrific on TV! “We have a tendency to use really warm colors because it looks terrific on television,” says Jennifer. “It looks terrific on video, so many times there’s always going to be a little something kind of brownish, or orange-ish in the creases of the eyes and on the cheeks because it creates that natural look.”

For a long-wearing foundation that won’t melt under hot stage lights, choose a silicone-based foundation.MAC foundations contain silicone. “They’re water resistant,” says Jennifer, and “resist perspiration and moisture.” She recommends MAC Mineralize Satinfinish liquid and MAC Hyper real Foundations.

Doing a smokey eye? try MAC Technakohl on the waterline.“Technakohl eyeliner works terrific on the waterline to do that really smoky eye. They’re also smudge resistant and water resistant, so they stay really well.”

Layer your mascara. For lashes able to last through a long, hot performance, add a layer of waterproof mascara. try MAC Splashproof mascara on top of pro Lash or plush Lash.

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