Iron Man Makeup | 2015

Oh-ho-ho! Iron Man is one of the trickiest characters for face and body painters everywhere, mostly because he is iron! Robot body paints are always the hardest.

Products Used:

• Global Body Paint (teal, dark blue)
• Paradise Paint (red, dijon, foxy)
• Graftobian Pro Paint (white, black)
• MadeULook 10 Piece Brush Set

From all of the face and body painters I have talked to, or am friends with, it seems like Iron Man and other robotic characters are always the most difficult. There are many reasons for this, in my theory. Robotic and metal characters tend to be blocky. its only as of recently that robots have been given a smoother, more human like image. Drawing lines that appear to be straight on a curved surface, such as a body or a face, is definitely a challenge. 

LEXTIP: Imagine your face as a flat surface. Do not curve your brush with your face, but draw a straight line as if you were drawing on a piece of paper. Literally let your hand go straight down.

On top of robots and metal characters typically being straight lines, they are also filled with (normally) no human anatomy. There is no bone structure underneath a robot, whether it is a suit or not! When you look at a character like iron man, you see the pointed areas that join together the different sections that make up the body. Well, hate to break it to you, but your body isn't sharp looking like that. 

I was excited to do this look, as it was such a challenge. I am hoping you guys feel as inspired as I did to create an old fashioned comic version of Iron Man! 

For those who are not so daring, or straight lines scare you, I will be adding an Iron Man inspired beauty look to my second channel. Be sure to subscribe. Im being serious. 

Products Used:

Eyes

• NYX Single Shadow (Butterscotch)
• NYX Primal Colors (Hot Red)
• Makeup Geek Single Shadow (Ice Queen)
• Urban Decay Primer Potion
• MadeULook Eyeliner (to be released April 2015)
• Maybelline Falsies Mascara
• Lit Cosmetics Glitter + Glitter Adhesive (Rich and Famous)
• NYX Eyebrow Marker (Medium)

Face

• Urban Decay Naked Foundation (1.0)
• NARS Olympia Palette
• Makeup Geek Single Shadow (Ice Queen)
• Burt's Bees Lip Balm

For my beauty videos, I am still figuring out camera adjustments and etc, so please bare with me through the ups, downs, blurs, and etc :) Or laugh at me with me for it being back to basics again! Heh!