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Facts To Learn When Considering Funeral Makeup Artist
The job of mortuary makeup artists requires a high level of expertise. The best in the field are the ones who are able to perform all the duties of the position. This is an individual with a great deal of artistic skill as well as a high level of integrity and ethics. We have all often heard people exclaim how the deceased looked "better than ever" or "just as they remembered". This is not a fortunate coincidence, but rather the work of a well trained artist.
It is quite amazing that a person can be made up in death to look as they did while living, especially by an individual who did not know them. How this is done is the family member will give a photo to the funeral director, and the artist will recreate what he or she sees.
The custom in many places is for loved ones to have a viewing of the deceased before they are laid to rest. Often people will have difficulty believing the person has died if they do not see it for themselves. In the event of ongoing illness or a death caused by a serious accident, this would not be the best idea, if not for the work of makeup artists who work for morticians.
Many surprising supplies are used by makeup artists who work with the deceased. Keep in mind, the purpose of the makeup is to make the individual look as much like they did when alive as possible. This primarily is for the survivors, not the deceased. Wire, cardboard, plaster of Paris are just a few common materials that may be used. There are others as well, that are used as the situation requires.
Ordinary makeup can not be used for a funeral. It would not work properly. Instead it would cake up and refuse to blend. This is because it is made specifically for warm, living skin. A special blend has been created that is easily applied to skin that is no longer alive.
Helping to create, or rather recreate the look of a lost loved one for their family is a unique gift. It requires a special person. It is indeed the final gift for a person exiting this world.
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