Creating Hair & Makeup Looks
On the Looks view, click "Add Look" to create a new hair and makeup entry.
- Look Name: A descriptive name (e.g., "Belle - Ballroom Scene", "Ensemble - 1920s finger waves")
- Instructions: Detailed step-by-step application instructions for the makeup artists and wig crew — products, order of application, how the wig is pinned
- Who can add one: anyone who can edit inventory on the show (Costumer, Hair & Makeup Designer, the other Designer roles) as well as anyone who can edit the show. See "Who Can Do What" below
More in Hair & Makeup Tab
- Hair & Makeup Tab: The Six Views — The Hair & Makeup tab has six views, switched with the row of tabs under the title. The address bar follows (?tab=hair-makeup&view=plot, for example), so a link to one view opens on it.
- Hair & Makeup Tab: Adding Reference Images — Each look can have multiple reference images. Click the image icon to open the Add Image dialog:
- Hair & Makeup Tab: AI Image Generation — Generate professional hair and makeup reference images using AI:
- Hair & Makeup Tab: Assigning to Characters — Link hair and makeup looks to one or more characters, from a look card on the Looks view or from a character card on the By Character view:
- Hair & Makeup Tab: By Actor: Looks, Photos, Wig Measurements and Allergies — The By Actor view of the Hair & Makeup tab answers the question a wig maker or makeup artist actually asks — what does this person wear, and what do I need to know before anything goes on their head…
- Hair & Makeup Tab: The Hair & Makeup Plot — The Plot view of the Hair & Makeup tab is the department's running document: a grid with one row per character and one column per scene in running order, each cell saying which look is on and how the…
- Hair & Makeup Tab: Look Photos — The Photos view of the Hair & Makeup tab holds photographs of an actor in a look — the wig fitting, the makeup test, the finished look under stage light. A reference image on a look says what the…
- Hair & Makeup Tab: Who Can Do What — The Hair & Makeup tab is readable by every collaborator on the show and writable by the department itself, so a stylist does not need to be made a Stage Manager to maintain their own plot.
- Hair & Makeup Tab: The Hair & Makeup Department: Notes, Tasks, Reports and Scene Readiness — The Hair & Makeup tab is one end of a department that runs through the rest of the show. "Hair & Makeup" is a department everywhere the app asks for one:
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