Hey! So I've seen y'alls requests to see what this makeup would look like if it was a photograph - so I edited some selfies I took post filming and uploaded them on my IG - here's the link to the instagram post! instagram.com/p/CU5isMwvpnj/ ❤
Oh, good!!! Before I came to the comments, I edited some screenshots I took of your video. YOUR PICS LOOK SO GOOD. My edits aren’t as glamorous, but you look really good. The really strong makeup shows up well on stage and in black and white film/photos
I don't believe in ghosts. But you look like a ghost with dark makeup. Very effective makeup. Your eyes look good. Checks are too much. Too much pink. Lips - may be only put makeup on lips.
This definitely shows more of the make ups intent. I also think the make up probably wouldn't have been as pigmented then. Also the stage lighting probably wasn't as white as our light is. Very orange/yellow. That would make the blue look brown and the red more flesh toned, perhaps. In black and white (your photos) it plays beautifully with shadows and light. Love your channel so much. Hope you have a safe, uneventful move back home! We just moved east from CA as well and are loving it. Best xo
My grandmother was a professional jazz musician in the 20s and 30s - she used to do the spot of Rouge in the inside corner of her eye, and she did something with two wildly different foundation shades. I always thought it was just her being weird, but now I'm wondering if she incorporated some of her stage makeup habits into her evening looks. Thanks for the laugh and offering a window into the past.
@robynwilliams460 no - sadly, my grandmother was cooler on paper than she was in my reality. She utterly loathed me, and I don't really have a lot of pics of her, and none at all of her "done up" for dances, etc. I just remember watching the process of her getting ready and being expected to do up her foundation garmets (the waist thing fastened in the back) and make sure she was zipped into her evening dress. She was very striking looking and well put together, though.
One thing to remember is that this is theatrical makeup, and theatrical makeup is usually exaggerated. From the distance of the crowd it looks quite normal, whereas up close it looks quite odd. If you ever get the opportunity to go back stage at a play, musical, or an opera, you will see what I'm talking about. A lot of what they're talking about wouldn't look good close up for day to day makeup, and they didn't use it that way. It was meant for the stage. They would use their stage makeup for photos, and then the photographer would touch it up a little bit. Touch-ups were much easier to do back then because they were working in black and white grey scale, rather than in colour.
Yep! As a former theatre kid, I knew what I was getting into, which is why I said I was gonna try and tone it down and keep it more “normal” and within the bounds of what you see in photographs. ☺️
@@AbbyCox Very cool! I really enjoyed it, as I do with all your videos. I didn't know that you were a theatre kid. Makes it all the more fun! Now I understand the 16 years old references better. What a smashing good time! I would also like to take a moment to thank you for all the hard work and time you put into these videos. They're just so much fun, and I look forward to seeing them every weekend!
Yes, I remember that from being a theatre kid, too. Stage makeup was not what people normally wore. It was to allow the facial features to be seen by the audience from a distance while the actors and actresses were under bright stage lights. It was a new experience for me considering I didn't wear make up at all at the time otherwise.
I think for sure from a distance this wouldn't look at all bad, honestly. Definitely period stage makeup, but I can see how it would accent what the Edwardians would want accented. Also, the blue and red probably played a part in making sure only certain parts of the face were highlighted on stage! Like how in certain lights specific colors vanish. I'd love to see someone play around with lighting while wearing that makeup!
@@alexipembrooke3510 Late Victorian/Edwardian theatres would have been lit with kerosene, gas, or electricity. Gas light looks like candle light, only brighter. In the cities, a lot of theatres moved to incandescent bulbs as soon as they could because it was safer (less risk of fire) and more comfortable (less heat, less stuffy up in the gallery, fewer people getting headaches from oxygen-depleted auditoria) than gas light. Reproduction "Edison Bulbs" with clear glass and incandescent filaments (not the amber glass or LED ones) are almost identical to the originals. Arc lamps could be used for spotlights, they would have given a light similar to xenon bulbs. (A sparking arc lamp caused the Iroquois Theatre fire in 1903. Hundreds died in the tragedy.) Theatres without electricity often used lime light for spot lights. You can see an example here. th-cam.com/video/HIC7B3vt9ZEy/w-d-xo.htmlellowish
Even today makeup for a TV studio or a film set will look wrong in a day light setting. Even makeup that is used today that look great in indoor lighting can look really bad in sunshine. That is really why the people doing makeup is called artist because it really is an art to do correctly.
This video took me back to high school drama days (pre-1980s). This process is exactly how we were taught to apply stage makeup for the annual spring operetta. (The red in the inner corner of the eye was really more of a dot than being blended and was believed to make eyes sparkle.) We were taught how to do our stage makeup by the most beautiful, elderly lady who learned her craft through her membership in the local Grange. Her instruction came from the older ladies in Grange. So, this style of Victorian stage makeup application was preserved and handed down generationally in a small Maine town. Believe it or not!
We had to teach somebody to do that for a community theatre production a couple of years ago. And for the mid-30s woman playing the (probably 50-60s) widowed mother of the main character, we had to show her the white blended bit with the red dot *right beside* the inner corner trick to make her eyes visible but older. Here's to old stage tricks being passed on to younger actors!
@@counter10r We did the red dot even as late as the early 2000s. I wasn't even aware that it isn't done anymore, it's just such an integral part of stage makeup to me haha
While this makeup looks a little strange as a normal look - it makes so much more sense when in the context of the stage. Bright white stage lights really wash out your face making you look super palid, so you really need to OVEREXAGERATE all the colours that should be on your face.
Used to help with costumes for our high school’s productions. The kids probably used even more exaggerated makeup than you did and it looked good from the audience 😄
1901 is right at the end of the era of limelighting and footlights. So makeup design is transitioning away from the greenish light cast by lime lighting and the change in the direction of the lights. Electric lights could be hung overhead, while lime & gaslights were footlights and light is being cast from the edge of the stage up to the face. The shadows seem to be to mimic the lighting people are used to seeing at the theater as much as emphasizing the features! (Source: BFA, Theater/MFA Stage Directing)
Exactly! I did skating and our makeup had to be very intense or we'll look faceless. I used to do the young boys faces because their mums never thought they needed it to express on the arena
So much this! The bewilderment at the instructions and "omg it's SO BAD" reaction are hilarious but also entirely understandable. Meanwhile, I'm sitting here like "wow, that doesn't sound all that different from what I learned in basic stage makeup in 1988... oh, honey, no, you want ACTUAL cold cream under greasepaint or your skin will hate -- oh, she's not using greasepaint, never mind..." And the end result is pretty much EXACTLY what you want for, like, an ingenue in a musical in a mid-size theatre now!
Keep in mind that stage make up before electric lighting had to show the face to the back of the house under gas, kerosene, or other flame lights, that skewed heavily towards amber, and were much dimmer than today. Plus, the light came from below the face as footlights, not from above. So the make up corrects for the shadows, the color of the light, and the distance from the audience in theaters that could seat hundreds of patrons.
You said “good enough” and I heard Rachel. And then you played her. And I love you. My roommate gets that song in her head at work all the time. Sings it when she’s all done trying to make something work better.
I now *demand* that some high-end brand starts making mascara that creates beads at the tip of every lash. I don't know why we let this trend go out of fashion tbh
I can't remember the name of it, but there was a product that did that, maybe early 00s. I think it was called lash pearls or something, and I think it was Dior. It was basically like a shiny goop that made little globs at the end of your lashes that looked a little bit like rain drops. It was more of a runway/fashion thing than a real person trend but I'm sure it was available
@@lickthismiff I looked around and there was one "Lash Pearls" mascara by Givenchy in early 2000s! Reviews were terrible, though: apparently it was a nightmare to put on and an even worse nightmare to take off!
As a dancer, I can honestly say that this is what we look like up close!! Being on a stage (with the additional caveat of gas lights or candle flames), the lights make a *huge* difference!! That actually reminds me of when I was doing costume competition for 19th century and someone competed with an *orange* silk ballgown that otherwise would have looked “weird”… BUT she had pics of the same dress under candlelight and it looked GORGEOUS!!
It was a pretty cool inside into what would be a heavy stage makeup look for that era. I love makeup and looove history of makeup. Lisa Eldridge has some amazing content about vintage makeup here in TH-cam and she also has a 3 Episodes series with BBC, Makeup: a glamorous history
Lisa Eldridge is The Queen of Makeup and Makeup History!!! There were so many moments watching this I thought of something Lisa said/did 😁 What loveliness!
I think the reason it feels like "a lot" when you look in the mirror is that we're used to seeing that look in black and white--the shading you did was actually spot on, I thought, for a Gibson Girl ad. Honestly, given the variety of make up shades available, I'll bet the actual Edwardian actresses looked like something out of a really bad 80's movie, too if you saw them in living color. I was genuinely impressed with the job you did, given another set of not-so-stellar 100+ year old beauty instructions!
I actually turned my monitor to display greyscale and it looked pretty spot on. Weirdly, I think Abby could have actually gone more dramatic if it was for black and white.
the blue and red on the eyes really reminds me of kabuki makeup. given the whole “japonisme” of the time period it wouldn’t really surprise me if they were drawing inspiration from japanese theater!
The 'rouge paw' likely refers to the applicator - a rabbit's foot is referenced as being the best makeup tool in 1827's "The Road to the Stage" Also i believe the rouge was supposed to go in the outer corner of the eye rather than the inner corner?
Agreed on the rouge paw. But the red dot of rouge on the inner corner is an old stage actor's trick to make the eyes more visible. It sounds bizarre, but it actually does work.
coming from someone who trained in Ballet and stage production for a while, it honestly doesn't look to different from what I did when on stage, including the red in the tear duct, and the white under the eye. it's cool to know that it hasn't changed that much within the last 130 years
When I was in high school in the '90s, we used Noxema instead of cold cream, to rub into our face before applying the stage makeup. We also used a combination of regular makeup and clown makeup to get a result that would be visible under the stage lights, and the clown makeup literally stained our skin if it soaked into it! I remember having circles of red stained into the skin on my cheeks, for almost a week, after opening night!
@@thecupthatcheers9763 ohhhh the koolaid mouth stains I have seen! I did makeup for a theater company for forever and after back to back shows some of our players looked like they had been attacked by sharpies! Good times 😂
This makeup actually looks pretty nice on you! I’m a stage actress and our makeup methods have truly not changed much since the Edwardian period. Thanks for this fun video!
@@AbbyCox I saw a ballerina do a makeup tutorial and she did tiny red dots at the inner corner of her eyes. It's hard to know from the article how much the older stage actresses were using.
@@AbbyCox at my high school in any plays, the red dots was just something we did for stage make-up! Every last one of us had the red dots. Went to college and in my first play, doing my make-up, started to add the red dots and my fellow cast mates were like “um...what the actual eff are you doing?”
@@AbbyCox That blue underneath reminded me of my high school & college days (late 80s/early 90s). And, yeah, if you do it again, try just a tiny red dot as close as possible to the inner corner of your eyes. It works a treat for making the eyes more visible on stage. I don't know why people stopped teaching actors to do that for stage...
Having done stage makeup for renaissance festivals, this is actually a pretty good look. If you were on stage with people 20 feet or more away, this would look wonderful. Stage makeup likes to accentuate eyes, cheeks, and mouth. It's a little too heavy with the red by the eye for an everyday look, but this accent is still done by professionals for an on stage look. Thanks for the walk through. You looked fantastic, just not a look for up close blogging.
It’s interesting…I got a bit of an 80s vibe off the final makeup look. Sort of a mashup of Joan Collins and Stephanie Zimbalist….though I guess the 80s fashion as a whole could be described as ‘Power Victorian with Excessive Shoulder Pads’… 😁
@@cayreet5992 Unless, like me, you have/had relatives of the Pentecostal denomination. In which case, you saw plenty of Victorian/Edwardian up-dos on top of clothes that looked very much like Stringchronicity describes (just sans makeup).
A few years ago I went to a flamenco show and one of the dancers did a class for some of the audience afterwards. She hadn't taken her makeup off... what had appeared from the theatre like amazing sculpted cheekbones were actually ovals of brown makeup.
It’s definitely a look! It’s really not that bad, though. I’d have been all for it in my mid twenties, and wore looks that were somewhat similar in my goth days…I kinda miss red eyeshadow. 😂 The shot of you snuggled up with the pups watching TV is wonderful! What’s better than cozying up with a book/show/hobby and your fur baby(ies)?? That’s my perfect rainy afternoon right there. I’m so excited for you, and I wish I could attend your lecture. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing the new stuff you have planned. Have a lovely couple of weeks!
When I was little and doing dance shows, we had to add a red dot to the inside of our eyes because it helps to define it with the stage lights when you're at the age that you don't wear lots of eyeliner, etc. and we did the exact same thing of taking a bright red lipstick and just adding a dot there lol. It's truly stage makeup
What an interesting journey through time! Reminds me of the one time I had a full face of makeup for an onstage dance performance. What's most fascinating to me is how the finished look is somewhere between the makeup I'd expect from a Kyoto maiko (apprentice geisha) with its emphasis on softer "youthful" eyes, and the more visually striking definition of the eye-cheek region found in Okinawan dance and Chinese opera makeup (though these much more sharply "contour" the area with pink/reddish makeup, and go much harder on the eyeliner contrast!). Of course those rely more on a stronger white makeup base than what I'm seeing in your look and are from different cultures entirely, but they have the same effect of making the face visible from a greater distance! Just thought I'd share :') Also commenting to show support for your new upload schedule!! Between your upcoming move and other obligations I'm happy to see you dialing back on the amount if it'll save you some stress 💜
Probably the biggest thing to remember is that their stages only had footlights so that makeup is designed for pretty extreme up lighting. Before electricity, it would have been a row of gas lights, as well.
Yeah and often they were limelights (hence the phrase) which doesn't throw off warm or blue light as modern lighting does. It had an odd shade when hitting the skin as well as draining the colour from everyone on stage making them look weirdly corpse-like.
Stage make up is not made for close up, even today! Even looks that are supposed to be "natural" are make up heavy. Fun to hear what the ancestor of mascara was 😀
yeah, I took caps and greyscaled it in my phone's photo editing program, and it actually looks really good. I wasn't that surprised tho. (former MUA in a previous life aka before marriage and kids lol)
Abby instantly starts a new makeup trend. E girls start using red inner corner eye highlight to go with the blushed nose and face. I enjoyed this very much, thank you xo
Absolute riot, love it. Navy eyeshadow, gosh that brings back memories of this Almay trio I had in high school, interesting makeup times lol. I'm torn on you moving, I'm happy that you'll be closer to family, but then Nicole can't come to rescue you in the middle of a project and Chrissy's chaos will be even further away :(
The main point that I took from this is that you, Nicole and Chrissie aren't going to be neighbours. I'm going to miss your cameos in each other's videos but hopefully, we'll get to see you all together when you visit each other
Hearing it and thinking it actually made me physically ill. Im someone who wants friends close cause Ive lost too many people to moves or distance. So every time I hear of people moving away from friends part of me mourns for them as the pessimism surges feeling the friendship definitely will suffer for it. It doesn't help my best friend of a decade is very likely to move states away probably in a year or so. Neither of us will have the money to visit so once shes gone there is every chance I will never see her in person again. Just being 40 minutes away has put a bit of a strain on us at times and then covid? Its got me extra sensitive to the worry.
This made me think of school panto... getting covered in grease paint, then queueing for the mirrors to take it off with pots of cold cream! (Went to a convent school... nuff said).
How many of us sang “good enough”, just before the clip of Rachel?? I love creator crossovers 🤣🤣 Watching you crack up at yourself at each stage added so much fun. I kept yelling, “No Abby, don’t talk!” while you were aggressively powdering your face.😅 This look back was really enjoyable, and I think your eyes look pretty dang great! Definitely a vibe. 😊
Oh I hope your IU talk will be taped for TH-cam! Sounds like a great topic. And as much as I enjoy seeing you, I'm all in favor of every other week uploads. My fav videos are the high quality deep dives into a topic. "Limpid large eyed innocence" is such a descriptor lol.
I learned in high school marching band that stage makeup is VERY different from 'everyday wear'. Imagine how much darker the colors would need to be if you were going to be seen outside at night, and under bright lights but from dozens of yards away (say, the press box where the judges sit during contests). Up close the 'field' makeup looks a lot like... well, a bad cupie doll in a B horror flick set in the 80s! LOL. You are so much fun Abby! Thanks for the 'march' down memory lane! 👍😁❤
It’s so interesting to see some of the tips they mentioned are still used by cosplayers today! White in the waterline, or even somewhat below is a common tip to make eyes look bigger or drastically change eye shape!
Wait, this is so cool! I've worn a lot of stage makeup over the years, and had it explained what needed to happen for what lighting conditions and such, but I've never found a primary source for what they were doing that far back! Oh, and fyi: the red dot in the inner corner is still done. It helps you not look crosseyed, which is often a problem with a big wing
This was a fun video to watch. It also makes me happy that I never got into wearing much makeup. And that I don't wear makeup now at all. Life is so much easier just being me as I am. For better or for worse.
Apparently a rabbit's paw ("lucky rabbit's foot") was used to apply rouge! In this moment, 10:35, I think they mean for you to apply powder, then use a brush or puff to whisk away excess.
It just reminds me of when I sang on stage in a large choir. The two main things even nowadays they say is to do a bold lip and heavy eyebrows / eyeliner so they can be seen and not just washed out to nothingness with the stage lights.
Ok, I am watching your tutorial and just realized this was my makeup routine in Jr high. Please keep in mind that I'm 61 years old and my mom didn't allow me to wear makeup until I was 16. That meant it was put on in the girl's bathroom with minimal lighting. Ah youth.
Yup, when I was in high school we used greasepaint foundation, contouring to make sure our noses didn't disappear, and outlining our eyes to make them stand out, all that good stuff, contouring was maybe a bit different, but otherwise, yeah, that looks pretty much what we did for high school theater. (I *only* ever learned how to do stage makeup, so normal makeup is like ????)
Abbey have you looked at yourself in this makeup with vintage filter or black and white? I just did and I think you achieved the look the 1901ladies had . Great fun video as always thank you.
as someone who has worn a lot of stage makeup this actually looks so normal to me haha we even did the dot of red in the corner of the eye sometimes, but the eyeshadow was usually way more intense
Oh Abby, You brave, brave woman but I totally love it. It was interesting and funny, girly yet chilled. And I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. Your facial expressions with some of those instructions were hilarious. But thank you for being fun and quirky and giving us a glimpse of Edwardian theatrical make up. Thank you for being you! So much fun. Thank you.
Abby: I look like I have a disease Me: It's tuberculosis-chic! Honestly as a former theatre kid, it's not that bad, definitely different from how we'd paint our face today for the stage, but makes more sense in context with uplighting
I've done stage acting and this is beautifully natural! I enjoyed hearing you read the techniques. The eye liners were what truly made me giggle because people think it's a new thing. I use white eye liner frequently due my eyes being deep set and hooded. Thank you for such an information and awe inspiring video.
I’ve only recently started watching a few of these historical dressmakers but I often feel that they miss excellent opportunities for the Spongebob time cards. Seeing them here makes me smile.
22:56 😂🤣🤪😜EPIC! I was thinking for those old folks like myself who went to high school in the mid 1980's that this makeup is quite familiar. LOL Over the top color on the cheeks with crazy lined eyes. The Insta photos came out great though! You can see how even with a stage look in that black and white photo of the actresses of that time it created a dramatic effect. Bravo!
This reminds me of the 1980s and the makeup they did in those days. I always tried to recreate that look but never got it to look as nice as this looks on you! :) (I now think that is due to the wrong face shape, and not knowing how to apply makeup in general...)
Moving out east…. Exciting!!! I may have a sliver of a chance of metting you someday!! Well first I have to wait for the Canadian/US borders to open to vehicle traffic lol! I love the look. For theatre, everything has to be extra for it to be visible to the audience. Paint for the back of the room as they say!!! When I did dancing as a kid the makeup was always extra and even now doing cosplay for 20 years I tend to have to apply makeup pretty heavy for certain characters (and to make it last cause my skin is poop and doesn’t want anything to last lol.)
I would LOVE to see the costumes from dangerous liaisons!!!! That is one of my all time favorite movies and that's coming from someone old enough to have seen it when it came out!!!❤️❤️❤️
Question: could you do a video explaining a love knot/love plait? I've heard references to this in the highway man poem and other literature. Like what did this plait look like? Was it just a red ribbon braided into the hair or was there a specific way to braid? Was this braid at the back of the 18th century hair updo? Was this a sign of courtship or betrothal? How long was it used? I'm super curious and since you wrote the 18th century beauty book, it makes sense to ask you. Please make a video.
I think I speak for the average American when I say: “Holy s$@&* Cosmo Magazine is HOW OLD???” Apparently it launched in 1886…who knew? When did they start with the sex, ‘cause I’m pretty sure they weren’t writing about THAT in 1901!! 😂😅
My very first high school play (mid-90’s), the make-up we had was a million years old and was old nasty cake pan make-up. I...looked exactly like you minus the blush yet complete with red dots up by my eyes. I love this whole video!
It probably would look better in grease paint or theatre cream makeup. Stage makeup is designed to be highly pigmented and blendable. I would guess the rouge paw is a puff, and it's largely to adjust the tone on the face If it goes on after powder, it should be powder rouge by modern understanding. You would also want to emphasize your mouth as instructed so your face looks less flat. Anything you don't paint a contrast into disappears under the lights. Still interesting to watch.
I didn’t think it looked too bad. It would have been interesting to see a black and white photo and see how it compared to the period photos. Thanks for the fun!
Ok but the fact that I totally understood the 4th Street comment only because I recently saw another video of yours where you mentioned your town (hi fellow local) - chef’s kiss!
I use the singing line "good enough" all the time. Thanks Rachel Maksy. Hahaha this is a funny video. Thanks Abby for giving us a laugh. Love from Australia
The rouge in the eye era is an interesting technique. I wonder if it was to help the eyes appear more bright and fresh under the stage lights. I know a lot of early stage light had a yellowish cast to it so maybe it helped to counter act that! Cool video! Please do more! :)
Watching this was like... 😄💖 😄💖I love you. I just plain love you. Your reactions are GOLDEN! Your sense of humor matches mine so much that I am just cracking up.
I laughed so much watching this....so fun. And, yes like so many others have said, you nailed stage makeup. Even the red inner eye...in the mid 70's it was a little bottle with an applicator that left a dot. We were told that without it we would look cross-eyed on stage. Um....???? Someone cooked up a good story to sell some expensive stuff, lol.
I'd like to ser how you did your hair. It looks great. In other videos you've said you have somewhat thin hair, having very thin hair myself, I'm extra interested.
OMG, it's so gratifying when you and i broke out in laughter after you rouged your first cheek. Ty for doing this, it cheered me up. Having a long week here.
Zooby (apologies if I spelled wrong) is just like "Wait, I'm an adult? I didn't even have my Bark Mitzvah!" I apologize for that pun. I'll be on my way.
What a riot you are! Serendipity dropped you in my feed last night. Definitely what the doctor ordered. Thank you! Note: I'm no pro but the definition of your nose popped when you added the inner corner pink. You being wonderfully creative, perhaps you can evolve that if you want that look. 😁
I loved the end result especially the eyes. Must get a white eyeliner. Must get some black too. Whitby Goth weekend (UK) is coming up at the end of the month. Have to let my Goth flag fly :)
@@m.maclellan7147 thank you for the idea. Don't think it would go with the modified victorian ish outfit. skirt at calf length due to long skirts and wheelchair wheels not getting on. Superman impressions is not a good look 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh, you resolve so many questions! About 50 years ago when I was in high school, I worked costumes crew and makeup crew for musicals. We had a 2,000 seat auditorium. Obviously we went a lot heavier on makeup than a normally sized theater would require. Some of the girls used a white dot of grease paint on the inner edge of the eye and a red dot on the outer edge -- not blended, just a brushtip dot. From what you read to us, maybe their older female relatives were channeling Edwardian theatrical makeup tips? I could never figure out why they were so devoted to the idea because from stage, it really didn't make a difference.
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Hey! So I've seen y'alls requests to see what this makeup would look like if it was a photograph - so I edited some selfies I took post filming and uploaded them on my IG - here's the link to the instagram post! instagram.com/p/CU5isMwvpnj/ ❤
Oh, good!!! Before I came to the comments, I edited some screenshots I took of your video. YOUR PICS LOOK SO GOOD. My edits aren’t as glamorous, but you look really good. The really strong makeup shows up well on stage and in black and white film/photos
Your videos are interesting and very funny.
I don't believe in ghosts. But you look like a ghost with dark makeup. Very effective makeup. Your eyes look good. Checks are too much. Too much pink. Lips - may be only put makeup on lips.
This definitely shows more of the make ups intent. I also think the make up probably wouldn't have been as pigmented then. Also the stage lighting probably wasn't as white as our light is. Very orange/yellow. That would make the blue look brown and the red more flesh toned, perhaps. In black and white (your photos) it plays beautifully with shadows and light.
Love your channel so much. Hope you have a safe, uneventful move back home! We just moved east from CA as well and are loving it. Best xo
ahhh the edits are great♡♡♡♡♡
My grandmother was a professional jazz musician in the 20s and 30s - she used to do the spot of Rouge in the inside corner of her eye, and she did something with two wildly different foundation shades. I always thought it was just her being weird, but now I'm wondering if she incorporated some of her stage makeup habits into her evening looks. Thanks for the laugh and offering a window into the past.
that is so cool! your grandmother is one cool lady!
Two different shades of foundation...kind of like modern bronzer and foundation?
Rouge in inner corner eye is still done but with reddish pencil.
Your grandmother sounds fabulous! Do you have any pictures of her on Insta?
@robynwilliams460 no - sadly, my grandmother was cooler on paper than she was in my reality. She utterly loathed me, and I don't really have a lot of pics of her, and none at all of her "done up" for dances, etc. I just remember watching the process of her getting ready and being expected to do up her foundation garmets (the waist thing fastened in the back) and make sure she was zipped into her evening dress. She was very striking looking and well put together, though.
One thing to remember is that this is theatrical makeup, and theatrical makeup is usually exaggerated. From the distance of the crowd it looks quite normal, whereas up close it looks quite odd. If you ever get the opportunity to go back stage at a play, musical, or an opera, you will see what I'm talking about. A lot of what they're talking about wouldn't look good close up for day to day makeup, and they didn't use it that way. It was meant for the stage. They would use their stage makeup for photos, and then the photographer would touch it up a little bit. Touch-ups were much easier to do back then because they were working in black and white grey scale, rather than in colour.
Yep! As a former theatre kid, I knew what I was getting into, which is why I said I was gonna try and tone it down and keep it more “normal” and within the bounds of what you see in photographs. ☺️
@@AbbyCox Very cool! I really enjoyed it, as I do with all your videos. I didn't know that you were a theatre kid. Makes it all the more fun! Now I understand the 16 years old references better. What a smashing good time!
I would also like to take a moment to thank you for all the hard work and time you put into these videos. They're just so much fun, and I look forward to seeing them every weekend!
@@AbbyCox And one other thing... I've got that real estate around the eyes problem too. It's so cool to see how you get around it.
Yes, I remember that from being a theatre kid, too. Stage makeup was not what people normally wore. It was to allow the facial features to be seen by the audience from a distance while the actors and actresses were under bright stage lights.
It was a new experience for me considering I didn't wear make up at all at the time otherwise.
Add to that, that they had gaslight, at the most early very weak electric.
I think for sure from a distance this wouldn't look at all bad, honestly. Definitely period stage makeup, but I can see how it would accent what the Edwardians would want accented. Also, the blue and red probably played a part in making sure only certain parts of the face were highlighted on stage! Like how in certain lights specific colors vanish. I'd love to see someone play around with lighting while wearing that makeup!
That would be fantastic! Authentic stage makeup fro history under historically accurate lighting (well, as close as can be safely reproduced)
@@alexipembrooke3510 Late Victorian/Edwardian theatres would have been lit with kerosene, gas, or electricity. Gas light looks like candle light, only brighter. In the cities, a lot of theatres moved to incandescent bulbs as soon as they could because it was safer (less risk of fire) and more comfortable (less heat, less stuffy up in the gallery, fewer people getting headaches from oxygen-depleted auditoria) than gas light. Reproduction "Edison Bulbs" with clear glass and incandescent filaments (not the amber glass or LED ones) are almost identical to the originals. Arc lamps could be used for spotlights, they would have given a light similar to xenon bulbs. (A sparking arc lamp caused the Iroquois Theatre fire in 1903. Hundreds died in the tragedy.) Theatres without electricity often used lime light for spot lights. You can see an example here. th-cam.com/video/HIC7B3vt9ZEy/w-d-xo.htmlellowish
@@Velostigmat that thought me more that three semesters of theatre. Bless you sweet stranger.
Alexi Pembrooke My pleasure. It is so much fun to geek out online with a fellow enthusiast
Even today makeup for a TV studio or a film set will look wrong in a day light setting. Even makeup that is used today that look great in indoor lighting can look really bad in sunshine. That is really why the people doing makeup is called artist because it really is an art to do correctly.
This video took me back to high school drama days (pre-1980s). This process is exactly how we were taught to apply stage makeup for the annual spring operetta. (The red in the inner corner of the eye was really more of a dot than being blended and was believed to make eyes sparkle.) We were taught how to do our stage makeup by the most beautiful, elderly lady who learned her craft through her membership in the local Grange. Her instruction came from the older ladies in Grange. So, this style of Victorian stage makeup application was preserved and handed down generationally in a small Maine town. Believe it or not!
I was going to say the same--we did the red dot on inside corner of the eye in our high school theater in the late 70s!
Another who was taught to do a red dot. God I’m old.
We had to teach somebody to do that for a community theatre production a couple of years ago. And for the mid-30s woman playing the (probably 50-60s) widowed mother of the main character, we had to show her the white blended bit with the red dot *right beside* the inner corner trick to make her eyes visible but older. Here's to old stage tricks being passed on to younger actors!
I believe Marilyn Monroe also put a red dot on the inner corner of her eyes! But I'm not sure how accurate that is though.
@@counter10r We did the red dot even as late as the early 2000s. I wasn't even aware that it isn't done anymore, it's just such an integral part of stage makeup to me haha
While this makeup looks a little strange as a normal look - it makes so much more sense when in the context of the stage. Bright white stage lights really wash out your face making you look super palid, so you really need to OVEREXAGERATE all the colours that should be on your face.
Used to help with costumes for our high school’s productions. The kids probably used even more exaggerated makeup than you did and it looked good from the audience 😄
1901 is right at the end of the era of limelighting and footlights. So makeup design is transitioning away from the greenish light cast by lime lighting and the change in the direction of the lights. Electric lights could be hung overhead, while lime & gaslights were footlights and light is being cast from the edge of the stage up to the face. The shadows seem to be to mimic the lighting people are used to seeing at the theater as much as emphasizing the features! (Source: BFA, Theater/MFA Stage Directing)
Exactly! I did skating and our makeup had to be very intense or we'll look faceless. I used to do the young boys faces because their mums never thought they needed it to express on the arena
So much this! The bewilderment at the instructions and "omg it's SO BAD" reaction are hilarious but also entirely understandable. Meanwhile, I'm sitting here like "wow, that doesn't sound all that different from what I learned in basic stage makeup in 1988... oh, honey, no, you want ACTUAL cold cream under greasepaint or your skin will hate -- oh, she's not using greasepaint, never mind..." And the end result is pretty much EXACTLY what you want for, like, an ingenue in a musical in a mid-size theatre now!
@@TheValerieMeachum I really wish she’d used stage paints!
Keep in mind that stage make up before electric lighting had to show the face to the back of the house under gas, kerosene, or other flame lights, that skewed heavily towards amber, and were much dimmer than today. Plus, the light came from below the face as footlights, not from above. So the make up corrects for the shadows, the color of the light, and the distance from the audience in theaters that could seat hundreds of patrons.
I was trying to think where the light would have come from, as well as the colour it would cast!
I see your comment now after I left mine and 100% agree with you, I think you articulate better what I was thinking.
You said “good enough” and I heard Rachel. And then you played her. And I love you.
My roommate gets that song in her head at work all the time. Sings it when she’s all done trying to make something work better.
It was a favorite moment for me
Every time.
I now *demand* that some high-end brand starts making mascara that creates beads at the tip of every lash. I don't know why we let this trend go out of fashion tbh
I could be wrong, but think it started at the tip and rolled down the lash to create a bead at the base. 🤷♀️
@@anyascelticcreations Oh, that actually sounds more logic. Bummer. I liked the idea of having tiny beads on the tip of the lashes.
@@PaleMagnolia 🤣🤗👍
I can't remember the name of it, but there was a product that did that, maybe early 00s. I think it was called lash pearls or something, and I think it was Dior. It was basically like a shiny goop that made little globs at the end of your lashes that looked a little bit like rain drops. It was more of a runway/fashion thing than a real person trend but I'm sure it was available
@@lickthismiff I looked around and there was one "Lash Pearls" mascara by Givenchy in early 2000s! Reviews were terrible, though: apparently it was a nightmare to put on and an even worse nightmare to take off!
As a dancer, I can honestly say that this is what we look like up close!! Being on a stage (with the additional caveat of gas lights or candle flames), the lights make a *huge* difference!! That actually reminds me of when I was doing costume competition for 19th century and someone competed with an *orange* silk ballgown that otherwise would have looked “weird”… BUT she had pics of the same dress under candlelight and it looked GORGEOUS!!
It was a pretty cool inside into what would be a heavy stage makeup look for that era. I love makeup and looove history of makeup. Lisa Eldridge has some amazing content about vintage makeup here in TH-cam and she also has a 3 Episodes series with BBC, Makeup: a glamorous history
Yesss!!!Lisa is the real deal when it comes to history of makeup!
I love that series by Lisa Eldridge
Lisa Eldridge is The Queen of Makeup and Makeup History!!! There were so many moments watching this I thought of something Lisa said/did 😁 What loveliness!
Yes! I *love* Lisa!
I would love to see what your final look looks like in either a sepia or black and white photo
I used my phone camera with the b&w mode it looks really good in b&w
I think the reason it feels like "a lot" when you look in the mirror is that we're used to seeing that look in black and white--the shading you did was actually spot on, I thought, for a Gibson Girl ad. Honestly, given the variety of make up shades available, I'll bet the actual Edwardian actresses looked like something out of a really bad 80's movie, too if you saw them in living color. I was genuinely impressed with the job you did, given another set of not-so-stellar 100+ year old beauty instructions!
I actually turned my monitor to display greyscale and it looked pretty spot on. Weirdly, I think Abby could have actually gone more dramatic if it was for black and white.
the blue and red on the eyes really reminds me of kabuki makeup. given the whole “japonisme” of the time period it wouldn’t really surprise me if they were drawing inspiration from japanese theater!
Can we just stop and say how cute it was with both pups cuddling you on the couch while watching TV???
The 'rouge paw' likely refers to the applicator - a rabbit's foot is referenced as being the best makeup tool in 1827's "The Road to the Stage"
Also i believe the rouge was supposed to go in the outer corner of the eye rather than the inner corner?
Is this why a rabbit's foot used to be kept as a lucky charm/amulet kind of thing?
Agreed on the rouge paw. But the red dot of rouge on the inner corner is an old stage actor's trick to make the eyes more visible. It sounds bizarre, but it actually does work.
No,definitely inner corner. Check out The Red Shoes moira shearer.
coming from someone who trained in Ballet and stage production for a while, it honestly doesn't look to different from what I did when on stage, including the red in the tear duct, and the white under the eye. it's cool to know that it hasn't changed that much within the last 130 years
“Step one: cold cream”
My jar of ponds on my desk: hot damn it’s my time to shine”
🤣🤣🤣🤣
ROFL!
When I was in high school in the '90s, we used Noxema instead of cold cream, to rub into our face before applying the stage makeup. We also used a combination of regular makeup and clown makeup to get a result that would be visible under the stage lights, and the clown makeup literally stained our skin if it soaked into it! I remember having circles of red stained into the skin on my cheeks, for almost a week, after opening night!
@@thecupthatcheers9763 ohhhh the koolaid mouth stains I have seen! I did makeup for a theater company for forever and after back to back shows some of our players looked like they had been attacked by sharpies! Good times 😂
This makeup actually looks pretty nice on you!
I’m a stage actress and our makeup methods have truly not changed much since the Edwardian period. Thanks for this fun video!
It actually looks pretty good. Extra, but pretty.
I really didn't hate the blue underneath after a while..it was the lipstick in the inner corner that I wasn't a fan of...and all the powder 😂😂😂
@@AbbyCox I saw a ballerina do a makeup tutorial and she did tiny red dots at the inner corner of her eyes. It's hard to know from the article how much the older stage actresses were using.
@@AbbyCox at my high school in any plays, the red dots was just something we did for stage make-up! Every last one of us had the red dots. Went to college and in my first play, doing my make-up, started to add the red dots and my fellow cast mates were like “um...what the actual eff are you doing?”
@@AbbyCox That blue underneath reminded me of my high school & college days (late 80s/early 90s). And, yeah, if you do it again, try just a tiny red dot as close as possible to the inner corner of your eyes. It works a treat for making the eyes more visible on stage. I don't know why people stopped teaching actors to do that for stage...
"I'm distracting myself with how dumb I look" is my actual state of spirit all the time.
Having done stage makeup for renaissance festivals, this is actually a pretty good look. If you were on stage with people 20 feet or more away, this would look wonderful. Stage makeup likes to accentuate eyes, cheeks, and mouth. It's a little too heavy with the red by the eye for an everyday look, but this accent is still done by professionals for an on stage look. Thanks for the walk through. You looked fantastic, just not a look for up close blogging.
It’s interesting…I got a bit of an 80s vibe off the final makeup look. Sort of a mashup of Joan Collins and Stephanie Zimbalist….though I guess the 80s fashion as a whole could be described as ‘Power Victorian with Excessive Shoulder Pads’… 😁
Oh, dear heavens. As someone who lived through the 80s, how did that never occur to me?? I'm stealing that phrase for future use, thanks!
Makeup, absolutely. Hairstyle, not so much.
@@cayreet5992 Unless, like me, you have/had relatives of the Pentecostal denomination. In which case, you saw plenty of Victorian/Edwardian up-dos on top of clothes that looked very much like Stringchronicity describes (just sans makeup).
I haven't heard Stephanie Zimbalist name since the 80's!!! Remington Steele!!! Wow!!! Blast from the past. Alot of make-up was used for sure.🤣😂🤣
Stage makeup never looks good off stage, but this isn't terribly different from what we did for plays in high school and college.
A few years ago I went to a flamenco show and one of the dancers did a class for some of the audience afterwards. She hadn't taken her makeup off... what had appeared from the theatre like amazing sculpted cheekbones were actually ovals of brown makeup.
I'm getting serious Delta Burke vibes.
You also need to see yourself in a black and white kinda hazy photograph 😍
It’s definitely a look! It’s really not that bad, though. I’d have been all for it in my mid twenties, and wore looks that were somewhat similar in my goth days…I kinda miss red eyeshadow. 😂
The shot of you snuggled up with the pups watching TV is wonderful! What’s better than cozying up with a book/show/hobby and your fur baby(ies)?? That’s my perfect rainy afternoon right there.
I’m so excited for you, and I wish I could attend your lecture. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing the new stuff you have planned. Have a lovely couple of weeks!
I think I would have liked it if I had used red/pink eyeshadow instead of the lipstick, but the rules were rules lol ❤️❤️❤️
I still love my red/pink/gold eye looks. I feel like it is so forgiving. Not remotely goth, just naturally pale.
When I was little and doing dance shows, we had to add a red dot to the inside of our eyes because it helps to define it with the stage lights when you're at the age that you don't wear lots of eyeliner, etc. and we did the exact same thing of taking a bright red lipstick and just adding a dot there lol. It's truly stage makeup
The majestic Rachel Maksy makes an epic cameo
What an interesting journey through time! Reminds me of the one time I had a full face of makeup for an onstage dance performance. What's most fascinating to me is how the finished look is somewhere between the makeup I'd expect from a Kyoto maiko (apprentice geisha) with its emphasis on softer "youthful" eyes, and the more visually striking definition of the eye-cheek region found in Okinawan dance and Chinese opera makeup (though these much more sharply "contour" the area with pink/reddish makeup, and go much harder on the eyeliner contrast!). Of course those rely more on a stronger white makeup base than what I'm seeing in your look and are from different cultures entirely, but they have the same effect of making the face visible from a greater distance! Just thought I'd share :')
Also commenting to show support for your new upload schedule!! Between your upcoming move and other obligations I'm happy to see you dialing back on the amount if it'll save you some stress 💜
I would totally be down if this became a semi regular series going through different centuries and decades within
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who hears Rachel Maksy in my head every time I say “good enough”. It’s always her now. Always.
I actually tried real cold cream and grease paint in my early years in theatre. Between the two, I felt like I was covered in motor oil!
Rachel + Singing "good enough" = perfection.
I literally sing that now because of her 😂
Probably the biggest thing to remember is that their stages only had footlights so that makeup is designed for pretty extreme up lighting. Before electricity, it would have been a row of gas lights, as well.
Yeah and often they were limelights (hence the phrase) which doesn't throw off warm or blue light as modern lighting does. It had an odd shade when hitting the skin as well as draining the colour from everyone on stage making them look weirdly corpse-like.
I'd be curious to see it in black and white like the photos with the Edwardian lighting style.
Okay I desperately need a hair tutorial, bc I love how the pompadour swoops in the front and the comb and bun in the back 🥺
Yes! I was looking for this.
Stage make up is not made for close up, even today! Even looks that are supposed to be "natural" are make up heavy. Fun to hear what the ancestor of mascara was 😀
I'm in Chicago but no lie toying with the idea of driving over to see your lecture...👉👈
Take a still in blkack and white and compare side-by-sidse with the pcitures! I think you were closer than you think! :D
yeah, I took caps and greyscaled it in my phone's photo editing program, and it actually looks really good. I wasn't that surprised tho. (former MUA in a previous life aka before marriage and kids lol)
Abby instantly starts a new makeup trend. E girls start using red inner corner eye highlight to go with the blushed nose and face.
I enjoyed this very much, thank you xo
There already is a trend of red under the eyes…
Absolute riot, love it. Navy eyeshadow, gosh that brings back memories of this Almay trio I had in high school, interesting makeup times lol.
I'm torn on you moving, I'm happy that you'll be closer to family, but then Nicole can't come to rescue you in the middle of a project and Chrissy's chaos will be even further away :(
The main point that I took from this is that you, Nicole and Chrissie aren't going to be neighbours.
I'm going to miss your cameos in each other's videos but hopefully, we'll get to see you all together when you visit each other
Hearing it and thinking it actually made me physically ill. Im someone who wants friends close cause Ive lost too many people to moves or distance. So every time I hear of people moving away from friends part of me mourns for them as the pessimism surges feeling the friendship definitely will suffer for it. It doesn't help my best friend of a decade is very likely to move states away probably in a year or so. Neither of us will have the money to visit so once shes gone there is every chance I will never see her in person again. Just being 40 minutes away has put a bit of a strain on us at times and then covid? Its got me extra sensitive to the worry.
This made me think of school panto... getting covered in grease paint, then queueing for the mirrors to take it off with pots of cold cream! (Went to a convent school... nuff said).
ahhh the smell of post show Pod's cold cream....✨memories✨
Pond’s cold cream!! Haven’t thought of it in years!!
How many of us sang “good enough”, just before the clip of Rachel?? I love creator crossovers 🤣🤣
Watching you crack up at yourself at each stage added so much fun. I kept yelling, “No Abby, don’t talk!” while you were aggressively powdering your face.😅
This look back was really enjoyable, and I think your eyes look pretty dang great! Definitely a vibe. 😊
Would you please release a tutorial for how to do that hairstyle?
Oh I hope your IU talk will be taped for TH-cam! Sounds like a great topic. And as much as I enjoy seeing you, I'm all in favor of every other week uploads. My fav videos are the high quality deep dives into a topic.
"Limpid large eyed innocence" is such a descriptor lol.
I learned in high school marching band that stage makeup is VERY different from 'everyday wear'. Imagine how much darker the colors would need to be if you were going to be seen outside at night, and under bright lights but from dozens of yards away (say, the press box where the judges sit during contests). Up close the 'field' makeup looks a lot like... well, a bad cupie doll in a B horror flick set in the 80s! LOL. You are so much fun Abby! Thanks for the 'march' down memory lane! 👍😁❤
It’s so interesting to see some of the tips they mentioned are still used by cosplayers today! White in the waterline, or even somewhat below is a common tip to make eyes look bigger or drastically change eye shape!
Wait, this is so cool! I've worn a lot of stage makeup over the years, and had it explained what needed to happen for what lighting conditions and such, but I've never found a primary source for what they were doing that far back!
Oh, and fyi: the red dot in the inner corner is still done. It helps you not look crosseyed, which is often a problem with a big wing
This was a fun video to watch. It also makes me happy that I never got into wearing much makeup. And that I don't wear makeup now at all. Life is so much easier just being me as I am. For better or for worse.
Apparently a rabbit's paw ("lucky rabbit's foot") was used to apply rouge! In this moment, 10:35, I think they mean for you to apply powder, then use a brush or puff to whisk away excess.
It just reminds me of when I sang on stage in a large choir. The two main things even nowadays they say is to do a bold lip and heavy eyebrows / eyeliner so they can be seen and not just washed out to nothingness with the stage lights.
Ok, I am watching your tutorial and just realized this was my makeup routine in Jr high. Please keep in mind that I'm 61 years old and my mom didn't allow me to wear makeup until I was 16. That meant it was put on in the girl's bathroom with minimal lighting. Ah youth.
Can’t say this looks any different than modern high school stage makeup
Yup, when I was in high school we used greasepaint foundation, contouring to make sure our noses didn't disappear, and outlining our eyes to make them stand out, all that good stuff, contouring was maybe a bit different, but otherwise, yeah, that looks pretty much what we did for high school theater. (I *only* ever learned how to do stage makeup, so normal makeup is like ????)
~8:30 „at least it smells like lavender so its like very relaxing to hear rn” bless u abby. glad to see its not just me
Abbey have you looked at yourself in this makeup with vintage filter or black and white? I just did and I think you achieved the look the 1901ladies had . Great fun video as always thank you.
as someone who has worn a lot of stage makeup this actually looks so normal to me haha
we even did the dot of red in the corner of the eye sometimes, but the eyeshadow was usually way more intense
Your makeup experiment looks great - even for Edwardians! Remember the "10 foot" rule on theatre...if it looks OK from 10 feet away it's cool...
Oh Abby, You brave, brave woman but I totally love it. It was interesting and funny, girly yet chilled. And I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. Your facial expressions with some of those instructions were hilarious. But thank you for being fun and quirky and giving us a glimpse of Edwardian theatrical make up. Thank you for being you! So much fun. Thank you.
Abby: I look like I have a disease
Me: It's tuberculosis-chic!
Honestly as a former theatre kid, it's not that bad, definitely different from how we'd paint our face today for the stage, but makes more sense in context with uplighting
honestly I like everything except the red bit in the eye corners. It's a lot for you, but the eyes looked pretty! I love a good blue with brown eyes.
I honestly like the lipstick in the eye corners. It defines the bridge of your nose and widens your eyes.
I've done stage acting and this is beautifully natural! I enjoyed hearing you read the techniques. The eye liners were what truly made me giggle because people think it's a new thing. I use white eye liner frequently due my eyes being deep set and hooded. Thank you for such an information and awe inspiring video.
I’ve only recently started watching a few of these historical dressmakers but I often feel that they miss excellent opportunities for the Spongebob time cards. Seeing them here makes me smile.
22:56 😂🤣🤪😜EPIC! I was thinking for those old folks like myself who went to high school in the mid 1980's that this makeup is quite familiar. LOL Over the top color on the cheeks with crazy lined eyes. The Insta photos came out great though! You can see how even with a stage look in that black and white photo of the actresses of that time it created a dramatic effect. Bravo!
This reminds me of the 1980s and the makeup they did in those days. I always tried to recreate that look but never got it to look as nice as this looks on you! :) (I now think that is due to the wrong face shape, and not knowing how to apply makeup in general...)
Moving out east…. Exciting!!! I may have a sliver of a chance of metting you someday!! Well first I have to wait for the Canadian/US borders to open to vehicle traffic lol!
I love the look. For theatre, everything has to be extra for it to be visible to the audience. Paint for the back of the room as they say!!! When I did dancing as a kid the makeup was always extra and even now doing cosplay for 20 years I tend to have to apply makeup pretty heavy for certain characters (and to make it last cause my skin is poop and doesn’t want anything to last lol.)
I would LOVE to see the costumes from dangerous liaisons!!!! That is one of my all time favorite movies and that's coming from someone old enough to have seen it when it came out!!!❤️❤️❤️
Getting school play flashbacks here. Great fun!
Question: could you do a video explaining a love knot/love plait? I've heard references to this in the highway man poem and other literature. Like what did this plait look like? Was it just a red ribbon braided into the hair or was there a specific way to braid? Was this braid at the back of the 18th century hair updo? Was this a sign of courtship or betrothal? How long was it used? I'm super curious and since you wrote the 18th century beauty book, it makes sense to ask you. Please make a video.
I think I speak for the average American when I say: “Holy s$@&* Cosmo Magazine is HOW OLD???” Apparently it launched in 1886…who knew? When did they start with the sex, ‘cause I’m pretty sure they weren’t writing about THAT in 1901!! 😂😅
I died when you said you were an ingenue and played "isn't she lovely" 🤣🤣🤣 it reads very 80s to me..Designing Women specifically!
I actually really like it! The hairstyle compliments it well, also can see that it would look great in black and white photography💖
My very first high school play (mid-90’s), the make-up we had was a million years old and was old nasty cake pan make-up. I...looked exactly like you minus the blush yet complete with red dots up by my eyes. I love this whole video!
It probably would look better in grease paint or theatre cream makeup. Stage makeup is designed to be highly pigmented and blendable. I would guess the rouge paw is a puff, and it's largely to adjust the tone on the face
If it goes on after powder, it should be powder rouge by modern understanding. You would also want to emphasize your mouth as instructed so your face looks less flat. Anything you don't paint a contrast into disappears under the lights. Still interesting to watch.
"Subie, you're three now. Behave." I love it! Your videos are always top tier!!
It looks great! I've always seen the pictures and wondered what this makeup would look like now on people. Thank you for doing this for all of us.
Due to your comments I nearly fell of the coach laughing. The result wasn;t even half bad.
I didn’t think it looked too bad. It would have been interesting to see a black and white photo and see how it compared to the period photos. Thanks for the fun!
It would be great if you could do a video on beauty/esthetic for each era...ideal face shape, eyes, etc.
Ok but the fact that I totally understood the 4th Street comment only because I recently saw another video of yours where you mentioned your town (hi fellow local) - chef’s kiss!
The Rachel Maksy “good enough” happened in my brain AT THE SAME TIME. 10/10
I use the singing line "good enough" all the time. Thanks Rachel Maksy. Hahaha this is a funny video. Thanks Abby for giving us a laugh. Love from Australia
Its Tuberculosis chic as well as allowing them to be seen from the stage and not washed out under the lights. When see in that light it looks rad!
I just about died when you said you are coming to IU, I am so excited!! I can’t wait to hear your talk!!
The rouge in the eye era is an interesting technique. I wonder if it was to help the eyes appear more bright and fresh under the stage lights. I know a lot of early stage light had a yellowish cast to it so maybe it helped to counter act that! Cool video! Please do more! :)
😂🤣😂💗Thanks for the laugh when the Rouge was first going on!!
Watching this was like... 😄💖 😄💖I love you. I just plain love you. Your reactions are GOLDEN! Your sense of humor matches mine so much that I am just cracking up.
Oh I missed the costume exhibition! Dangerous Liaison was my favorite movie! Glenn Close in that magnificent blue and red gown,chef's kiss!!!!
I laughed so much watching this....so fun. And, yes like so many others have said, you nailed stage makeup. Even the red inner eye...in the mid 70's it was a little bottle with an applicator that left a dot. We were told that without it we would look cross-eyed on stage. Um....???? Someone cooked up a good story to sell some expensive stuff, lol.
I'd like to ser how you did your hair. It looks great. In other videos you've said you have somewhat thin hair, having very thin hair myself, I'm extra interested.
OMG, it's so gratifying when you and i broke out in laughter after you rouged your first cheek. Ty for doing this, it cheered me up. Having a long week here.
Zooby (apologies if I spelled wrong) is just like "Wait, I'm an adult? I didn't even have my Bark Mitzvah!"
I apologize for that pun. I'll be on my way.
that was funny, though
Its so cool how stage makeup hasn't changed that much. This is bringing back ballet memories.
honestly i think it looks gorgeous! the blue underneath and the pink in the inner corners do actually make your eyes look a little bigger and brighter
Fun episode! So excited for you regards your lecture. Bit far from Australia, but would so love to be there!
This lighthearted video has really lifted my spirits, thank you Abby!
What a riot you are! Serendipity dropped you in my feed last night. Definitely what the doctor ordered. Thank you! Note: I'm no pro but the definition of your nose popped when you added the inner corner pink. You being wonderfully creative, perhaps you can evolve that if you want that look. 😁
I loved the end result especially the eyes. Must get a white eyeliner. Must get some black too. Whitby Goth weekend (UK) is coming up at the end of the month.
Have to let my Goth flag fly :)
Perhaps do black & white check if you love Ska ?! ;)
@@m.maclellan7147 thank you for the idea. Don't think it would go with the modified victorian ish outfit.
skirt at calf length due to long skirts and wheelchair wheels not getting on. Superman impressions is not a good look 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@nanettebromley8843 I am sure you going to ROCK IT !
I turned my phone to grayscale and the makeup looks soft and natural. So interesting to see how that works!
Oh, you resolve so many questions! About 50 years ago when I was in high school, I worked costumes crew and makeup crew for musicals. We had a 2,000 seat auditorium. Obviously we went a lot heavier on makeup than a normally sized theater would require. Some of the girls used a white dot of grease paint on the inner edge of the eye and a red dot on the outer edge -- not blended, just a brushtip dot. From what you read to us, maybe their older female relatives were channeling Edwardian theatrical makeup tips? I could never figure out why they were so devoted to the idea because from stage, it really didn't make a difference.
Idk, I thought it made Abby's eyes look instantly bigger