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image of greek theatre masks taken from google images

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Theatrical makeup started to become prominent during the development of Greek theatre (1200bce-323bce) using a toxic mixture of toxic substances (white lead and mercuric) a white and red "face paint" were created, however this practice became less popular as the famous Greek theatre masks were used to convey emotion to an audience, they developed from painted masks as the introduction of stage lighting "washed out" actors and blurred their faces making exaggerating expressions a must.

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a recreation of greek theatre makeup taken from google images

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in my opinion the start of the use of makeup in greek theatre showed revolutionary understanding of the effects of stage lighting, the highlights and shadows it creates and how to work around this. they also understood that expressions would be unrecognizable from a far so to combat they used exaggerated features to make the production appealing to all watching. which to me was the start of a technique still used today

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During the early stages of theatrical makeup many handmade supplies were used (many hazardous) to create the desired look, soot, burnt cork, vermillion, red lead and flour were a few of the most popular, this is significant as it shows the little knowledge they had on skin safe products to use and highlights the great development of products to were we are today.

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in my opinion the evolution of makeup within the theatrical industry shows a great use of imagination and resourcefulness towards what they had at hand, it also paves the way for the improvement of health and safety with makeup products

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A mixture of lard and coloured powder was introduced in 1870 as a form of theatrical makeup this practice was then developed over time becoming the standard for theatre productions and then also used for clown makeup after being mass produced in ready mixed stick form

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one of the styles which separated makeup from the norm and the unusual was the emerging of clown makeup, this became easy with the evolution of grease paint as it created a thick white creme base, clown makeup much like the greek makeup highlights facial features to exaggerate expressions this time for a more comical look. the first appearance (17th century) of the clown makeup is said to be the french clown Perriot who used a flour whitened face for his look.

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After the prolonged use of grease paint people became unhappy with the oily finish and after many unsuccessful trails a water based matte base was formed, this created a matte dry finish which was much preferred and the formulae is still developing and in production today

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coming to the present day, makeup brands such as ben nye,mehron and kryolan have developed their product starting from the original greasepaint,pancake makeup etc formulae to a more skinsafe, adaptable and breathable version. with the development of more adventurous products like prosthetics,latex etc the theatrical makeup industry has developed significantly throughout time. this is significant as with the time and effort put into newer products i am able to experiment with products i know are safe and usable