look at me, I’m Sandra Dee
I’m incredibly excited to be a part of Handbag’s Summer Camp 2 series. Instead of behind-the-scenes I’m on stage for this one, playing the character of Suzie Turner in L’imitation of Life, a parody of Imitation of Life. But you knew this already.
The hardest part for me right now is getting her look right. I’ve been playing with my eyebrows and I think I’ve got them, but I’ve decided to add something interesting into the mix. After much research and lots and lots of hemming and hawing, I went ahead and purchased an airbrush makeup kit.
No, it isn’t a top-of-the line kit. I can’t justify spending that much money just yet until I practice. I decided to purchase a moderately priced Dinair kit. Now, it’s not as if I need to airbrush my makeup on to turn into Sandra Dee. And funny enough, I may end up not using it at all for the part. But it’s given me a hell of an excuse to drop some cash on a new and interesting area of research.
I wanted an airbrush kit when I was 14. Of course, I didn’t want it because I thought I’d use it for makeup, but then again, who doesn’t remember watching Pris in Blade Runner spray the purple makeup across her eyes? Very raccoon she was. It left an impression on me.
For the last couple weeks I’ve been sifting around on the internets, scouring youtube and a million other video sites looking for example videos of airbrush makeup kits. Most, if not all folks recommend buying a professional Iwata airbrush and compressor. But, for the same cost as that hardware, I’m getting a smaller compressor, the airbrush, and a complete set of makeup from Dinair.
So with any luck, I’ll get the kit in a week or two and start playing with it. And maybe, just maybe, it’ll help me flesh out those gamine eyebrows I’ve been longing to have since I was a child since I found out I was cast in the show.