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I'm not a make-up artist, or a beautician, and I've only ever worn make-up on Halloween. As a make-up novice I do not legitimately know the reasons we prefer red makeup. I know that it was heavily desired, and a big symbol for women's suffrage, but I don't particularly understand why red. If I had to guess why red, it would be because it highlights the natural skin tones already present in our skin or lips, to offer an illusion of extra health. It also is the color of our blood when exposed to oxygen. There appear to be more than a few reasons why red is the popular choice. Which brings me to Disney+'s latest show, Ahsoka, and one of it's lead characters, Hera Syndulla. Hera is a green Twi'lek. Yet she wears traditional human make-up, red lipstick and pink blush. Does this make sense when working with a completely different skin color palette? If important for analysis, Twi'lek blood varies from magenta to royal blue. https://i.imgur.com/uC9TI6b.mp4
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Jelly posted:Hera is a green Twi'lek. Yet she wears traditional human make-up, red lipstick and pink blush. Does this make sense when working with a completely different skin color palette? If important for analysis, Twi'lek blood varies from magenta to royal blue. Historically, beauty standards for lighter skin tones have been pushed on people with darker skin tones. I would assume that would happen in the star wars universe too.
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so do you think racists in star wars are more likely to be just a little racist like they specifically hate jawas or whatever or do you think they’re more of the full blown all-aliens-are-scum kind of racists?
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Sep 14, 2023 00:33
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Green skin with red lips. Christmas Eve lookin' rear end mother fucker.
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Sep 14, 2023 00:43
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Also, nice siggy.
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Sep 14, 2023 00:44
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I think it depends on the outfit
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Sep 14, 2023 00:48
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hey OP i think it might be bacause Hera the green Twi'Lek is actually a human female actress in costume
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Sep 14, 2023 00:51
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I feel like green lipstick would look better. In some of the pictures of her that red is way too loving much Also this Literally A Person posted:Green skin with red lips. Christmas Eve lookin' rear end mother fucker.
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Sep 14, 2023 05:48
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as long as it makes the aliens sexier
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Sep 14, 2023 05:58
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One year I decided for Halloween to go as the green skinned babe in the original Star Trek This was possibly the stupidest idea I ever had
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Sep 14, 2023 06:45
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And there is a fuckt9n of competition for this
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Sep 14, 2023 06:46
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i hear it’s not easy being green
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Sep 14, 2023 07:04
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how long did it take to get the green paint out of everything you owned?
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Sep 14, 2023 07:11
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Saint Isaias Boner posted:how long did it take to get the green paint out of everything you owned? It was face paint I looked like Martin Sheen coming out of the water in Apocalypse Now
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Sep 14, 2023 08:04
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Spinz posted:It was face paint Haha that rules but probably not the look you were going for
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Sep 14, 2023 08:06
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Oh this thread is about sci-fi aliens, I was hoping to see some tarted-up greys.
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Sep 14, 2023 08:59
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Knormal posted:Oh this thread is about sci-fi aliens, I was hoping to see some tarted-up greys.  For green skin, you want a purple lip stick, with the precise tone based on the nuance. I know you can get away with pink and green. I don't think OP is too serious about this because there's no receipts, no examples dug up to support the outrage. 
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Sep 14, 2023 09:50
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Spinz posted:One year I decided for Halloween to go as the green skinned babe in the original Star Trek Did you wear the space bikini?
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Sep 14, 2023 09:59
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Extra row of tits posted:Did you wear the space bikini? post/username combo
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Sep 14, 2023 10:49
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Opened thread expecting to see the Big Chap with some lipstick and glitter on, left very disappointed.
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Dick Fontaine posted:so do you think racists in star wars are more likely to be just a little racist like they specifically hate jawas or whatever or do you think they’re more of the full blown all-aliens-are-scum kind of racists?
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Mistle posted:
My own personal thought is the whole "red/suffrage" thing was poignant enough that it carries into our entertainment, logic be damned. Alternatively, show runners simply weren't clever enough to ask this question themselves. Purple does seem to make sense for lipstick, I feel like a yellow/light green would work better for the blush, as I feel the pink there is really offsetting. But I also really like this take: bossy lady posted:Historically, beauty standards for lighter skin tones have been pushed on people with darker skin tones. I would assume that would happen in the star wars universe too. And look, if you want to discuss cosmetology options for the greys, that's open turf here as well.
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Sep 14, 2023 17:59
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greys don't have lips so they'll need a lip liner as well
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Sep 14, 2023 19:08
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Saint Isaias Boner posted:greys don't have lips so they'll need a lip liner as well
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I was looking for some sort of behind the scenes design video but found this entertainment weekly article instead. https://ew.com/tv/rosario-dawson-ahsoka-makeup-process/ quote:Early on, for example, the crew noticed that certain shades of face paint looked different whether Dawson was filming in natural sunlight or in the bright glow of the Volume (the groundbreaking LED technology used to project realistic backgrounds on set). From every other behind-the-scenes extensive make-up featurette I’ve seen, and I admittedly love that poo poo, there’ve already been a bunch of screen tests in different lighting, etc, so the make up won’t stand out as looking completely different in different scenes. Although, the ones I’ve seen are probably all for movies, not tv series. Maybe they figured the discrepancies would be caught and corrected in post, but post didn’t give a poo poo about color matching on that level.
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Dick Fontaine posted:so do you think racists in star wars are more likely to be just a little racist like they specifically hate jawas or whatever or do you think they’re more of the full blown all-aliens-are-scum kind of racists? People in Star Wars are mostly racist towards droids hth.
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Sep 23, 2023 13:01
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I thought the empire was l like 99% racist against everything unless it was ominously evil seeming, like a spooky vizier type figure with head tentacles or a torture droid or a blue guy in a nazi admiral uniform Sucks that everything these days is lame *turns on monitor* Sucks that everything these days is lame
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Sep 23, 2023 13:35
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The bigness of the alien titties is all i care about honestly
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Sep 23, 2023 14:04
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I always figured it was red to mimic blushing which is like a girly thing to do I guess. Hence why it's called blush.
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Sep 24, 2023 00:20
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From the title I thought OP meant the Ridley Scott aliens like
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Devils Affricate posted:From the title I thought OP meant the Ridley Scott aliens like That's a James Cameron alien UGH don't you know anything!
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Sep 24, 2023 00:50
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works best when it highlights what you got
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Sep 24, 2023 01:00
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Knormal posted:Oh this thread is about sci-fi aliens, I was hoping to see some tarted-up greys. Stargate's The Asgard are both!
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Sep 24, 2023 01:00
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Dick Fontaine posted:works best when it highlights what you got I would like to scribe to your newsletter
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Sep 24, 2023 01:39
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Devils Affricate posted:From the title I thought OP meant the Ridley Scott aliens like wow nsfw
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I think they're beautiful even without make-up.
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