Making Faces Playing God

This posting, and the next two or three, are about aging with prosthetic makeup.  Many makeup artists call this the most challenging (and satisfying) kind of job.  In a moment, I'll consider why.  But first I want to share some thoughts about the audience for this blog.  I hope to reach as disparate an audience as possible, but I want to mention two groups.   The first group is the expansive community of professional, amateur, and would-be transformational makeup artists.  I had the great pleasure of meeting and befriending about thirty or more artists when I wrote my book, Making Faces, Playing God.  Many of these contributed to the book and have remained in touch through Facebook or personal messaging, and very many more---quite a few abroad---have linked up through Fb or have had a chance to comment on my book.  I would love to have this blog give me the chance to share what I have uncovered over the last fifteen years in little-known work...