Hello and WELCOME to a #31DayBellyDanceMakeup Vlogging Challenge!
Over the past few months, I’ve been very very busy working on the upcoming book, “Becoming a Belly Dancer: From Student to Stage.” I have been very focussed on the image creation, text, layout, and editing and so forth. Unfortunately, in the press to get the book done, I have let my blog languish. Now that we’re in the final stages of the book development process, I’m eager to get back to the basics and start sharing more content here.
I’ve been thinking about how to dive back into weekly blogging, and I thought to myself, why not spend the month of July putting the tips and tricks about belly dance makeup that we present in chapter 3, Personal Appearance. Performance makeup is one of the most important, and often overlooked part of the complete visual package. So each day during the month of July 2016, I’ll be putting on a new and different belly dance look! As a bonus, I’m going to stick to using only affordable makeup products in these demos.
Folks who have taken my costuming classes or workshops, have heard me break down visual appearance into these five layers:
1 – The body – This is your intrinsic condition, muscle tone, health, energy, tone, and all the other aspects of the physical body.
2 – Grooming – This is how you care and prepare your skin and hair. This includes all of your beauty regimens, hairstyle, makeup, and perfume.
3 – Costuming – This layer is my favorite, and includes the garments that you wear to perform in.
4 – Accessories – This layer includes all of the accessories that finish your look. Jewelry, hair accessories, and made-to-match pieces that are made out of the same materials as the costume.
5 – Props – Many dancers don’t think about their props as having an impact on their overall look, but the veil, wings, swords, trays and other balance props all have an impact on your overall look.
I have never done any vlogging before so this is a totally new and exciting project! Now that I’ve got a week of vlogs posted over on YouTube, I felt it was high-time to share this project here.
Over the course of the next three weeks, I’ll be learning a lot about the nuts and bolts of making and editing videos while I share with you my top tips for creating a belly dance performance face. If you have any questions or comments – please don’t hesitate to email me at davina@davina.us or message me via social media.
July 9, 2016
Dawn Devine ~ Davina