Theatre make-up that will knock your socks into the next county.

So I have returned from surviving the chaos of planning a wedding... and I took a much needed Honeymoon. :) We went down to Florida and spent 6 days in Disney, which was such a blast because I got to show my new and only husband around. He'd never been there before which baffled my mind. Anyway, my most favorite thing to do there is go see the Cirque Du Soleil show that's in Downtown Disney called "La Nouba." If there's anything that a makeup artist could love and admire is the careful craftsmanship of each production of Cirque Du Soleil.

Since Cirque performers have to apply their own makeup, the head make-up designer Nathalie Gagne involves them in the actual creation of their onstage look. “Unlike actors, acrobats aren’t used to studying their own faces,” she says. “One of my goals is to get them to do just that, and help them find within themselves what I call ‘lines of force’ that will serve to build their characters.”

Nathalie is also responsible for ensuring the integrity of all makeup designs that bear her signature. Since the performers always apply their own makeup there are workshops in makeup techniques that is now part of the general training provided to Cirque du Soleil artists. Nathalie first teaches performers how to do their own makeup, and then writes a step-by-step application guide for each of them (Hmm... sounds kinda like what we do at Blush).

(Seriously, may I encourage you to go see a show and prepare to be enlightened and inspired. http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/)

That's about all really, just wanted to share how much I love the colorful make-up artistry (among other things) in these shows. Having my roots in theater it really plucks at my heartstrings.

Love,

Nicole