I have a makeup question!!!

Well I know they use specially made green make-up from MAC for Wicked. At least they did. It cleans a bit easieer. Either way it'll be a pain. I'd contact MAC to find out what the deal with it is.

( more fondly refered to as Elphaba or Fabala)

Why would she be referred to as Elphaba in this version if Gregory Maguire didn't make it up until years later?

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She does not paint her arms or chest, she wears a body suit. she only does her hands, face and neck.

She does use the MAC stuff, and I think she mixes it somehow with water. But, and I don't even know if you're worried about this, that makeup is very... soft. You know, it's Elphaba makeup, where at this time she is the good guy, until almost the very end. The Wicked Witch is an almost completely different character, with much harder features and such. I almost don't know if it's the right look for the part. On the other had, green make-up is hard to come by at any time so you may just want what you can get.

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The easy way to go with this one (as it is not a large scale production, I'm assuming) would be to go with the Ben Nye water based green. It comes in several different kits, washes easy, and has a semi-translucent appearance, not to mention it will probably be much easier on the skin. After you apply the makeup, use the ben nye water-based-makeup sealer (it's a pump spray, pretty cheap and very easy to use) let it dry, then accent with blue and purple powder. For arms and such, try buying green tights and experimenting with those :P

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Lame movie version? Huh? The Wizard of Oz movie was lame? Wow.

Don't get me wrong, I completely respect differing opinions, but I've just never met anyone (ANYONE!) who thought that was a lame movie! I guess I'm just surprised, is all!

At any rate, to answer your question - I'd follow the others' advice and use water-based makeup. Oil-based will be a nightmare on your skin. If you can get to a MAC pro shop, use the Landscape Green. Otherwise, any water-based green makeup will do(try dance/theatre supply stores). The good thing about water-based makeup is that it goes on a bit like watercolor paints, and has almost a "dry" touch when it is set. It still gets on clothes and things, but not messy all over the place like oil-based makeup.


Good luck!

It was a chromacake called Landscape Green. It's Brushed on when combined with water using a Japanese Makeup Brush. Then, they use a lighter green, which has more of a blue tint to it to highlight her nose, cheeks, and other highlighted parts of her face. They use a purple shade, can't remember the name for contouring, and eyeshadow, they also had a silvery shade for highlighting of her eyelids. After this, they covered everything with a powder called Golden Olive to make the landscape green look a bit more like skin, and to dampen the brightness of the landscape green. You can only attain some of the shades by calling a 1-800 number that any MAC stand in a retail store can give you. It's on their cards, or probably on their website.

But yes, the Wicked Witch is a totally different character. Having designed the makeup for this character for a production I did, it should be a brighter green, with harder angles, prosthetic warts, and even if you can... a prosthetic chin, because it's an iconic character.

Hope that helps.

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I bought my MACpro forest green chromacake and olive pigment off of Ebay, when I wanted to dress as the WWWoW/Elphaba for Halloween. BUT... someone suggested Ben Nye... go with that because it's cheaper and just as good...

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Well I know they use specially made green make-up from MAC for Wicked. At least they did. It cleans a bit easieer. Either way it'll be a pain. I'd contact MAC to find out what the deal with it is.

It wasn't specially made, they had a green makeup already.

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okay just to explain myself the wizard o9f oz is lame because if you haven't seen or read wicked it makes elphie out to be just a horrid person, and the movie version is lame because eery little girl in the civilized world has sung somewhere over the rainbow into the ground. thank you all so much for your advice it helps a ton! especially you Alli579, now i know what to look for :)

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Updated On: 1/31/06 at 07:37 PM

someone from a board knew ALL of the makeup she used for the show like the powder and everything. i think i deleted the message but i can ask her again if you want

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Great advice, everybody! I'll defer to Alli's advice, since she knows more than I do, but I do have another thought. You might also think about Temptu. It's more expensive than Ben Nye, but it really really stays! It was developed for Rebecca Romijn-Stamos for Mystique in X-Men. We've used it quite a lot, and the only ones which there have been problems with are the metallics. They don't really stay on. The others won't come off 'til you use mineral oil or rubbing alcohol.

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