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Laura is training to become a make-up artist. Look at the mini movie with the sound turned off. What does she have in her bag? What do you think these things are used for? Make notes as you watch. Then look at the mini movie again, this time with the sound on.

These are the little ears … Erm, we use these when we cry-, we’re trying to create like say a fairy or an elf, and then you get some liquid latex and you put it onto your ear and then you just pop them on. And then, cos they won’t match everybody’s skin colour, you have to like match like a foundation up to the person’s skin colour and just cover it. So then they just sit on the ear like that.

And then this one is a nose. Erm, you do the same with the ears, you … put latex on it … and then you pop it on and match it up to the person’s skin tone. And then you can create a whole look from it. Erm … people use them quite a lot in theatre … erm or for a fancy dress party … erm … in films … [laughter]

Erm … This is the thing we use to make … erm … beards … erm … moustaches … erm, maybe give someone a bit crazy eyebrows. So you just pull it apart … and then the same – with latex – you just put it on and then fluff it up.

And that’s the- , and we use, erm … bald caps, as well. You just pop the bald cap on and then you match it up, again, to the skin tone. And then with this you can either leave a … leave the person bald or put a wig on. Erm … some people use it in body art as well. They … paint over it and then put like a head piece … on.

These are the things that we use … erm … on teeth. So like to show like decaying teeth or … maybe you’ve lost one. Erm … you just … it looks like nail varnish and you just paint it on … to someone’s teeth. Comes out when you brush your teeth.

Erm … and here, I’ve got some eyelashes … Oops … These ones are very feathery ones … that you can use in theatre … quite a lot, and they curl up. So you get different kinds of … funky eyelashes … to use.

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