Hi, Mindy!
I want to emphasize a point that Gabby made - the clown
face is really meant to emphasize your expressions, not to
be a mask. It was used to help the audience in the back of
the auditorium to be able to see your emotions, back before
they had microphones to help get voice projected back to
the back of a room.
Use the natural "smile lines" of your face to help guide where
makeup should go to be more expressive for you.
For the mouth, most folks recommend that it not go any
wider than the outside corners of the eyes.
The current thinking is that too much red for the mouth
equates to blood or a big red splotch with a black hole in it
when you open your mouth.
Try a muzzle more like Gabby's - a little red on the bottom
lip only, surrounded by a white muzzle. Pay attention to your
smile lines and use those as a guide for how big to make the
white.
Then blend some red around that to rosy up the cheeks.
Try that, see what you think!
Ashes
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