Making Faces... Human to Togruta in 60 minutes

For comparison, this is me in my natural state (with Very Bad Hair). Well, and wearing the Shaak Ti costume. I haven't done a pictorial of the costume because it's pretty straightforward and anyone with a little experience of fabrics can easily make one. The apron thingy is painted with fabric paints and partially quilted by hand, the belt is a chance find in a thrift shop in Albuquerque, the robe is my well-worn Jedi robe dyed brown, the lightsabre consists mostly of bits from the plumbing section of my local Home Depot equivalent, and the boots are actually Qui-Gon Jinn's. But sshhhhh... don't tell anyone! :)

Proof that anyone looks stupid without hair or eyebrows: this is the white part of the face. I've opted for water-based make-up (Kryolan Aquacolor for those of you taking notes); even though it takes two coats to make it opaque, it's far more comfortable to wear than greasepaint, and doesn't rub off as easily. One thing that's really worth investing in, though, is a professional-grade make-up brush: it makes applying the stuff very easy and yields very exact and even results.

The complete face and hand make-up: luckily, the colour of the make-up exactly matched the swimming cap I covered my hair with. The lip paint is fixed with a touch of transparent lip gloss, and I used liberal amounts of black mascara because being without hair and eyebrows is scary enough, but if you make the lashes disappear as well, people will just run screaming :)

Caught red-handed! Yes, this is the same water-based red as on my face - if you cover it with a thin coat of spray-on band-aid, it's very nearly waterproof and certainly won't leave traces on anything and anyone you touch, as well as looking and feeling very natural. The whole arrangement comes off with a dab of paraffin oil or nail polish remover.