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What's a good base for foiling?

post #1 of 9
11/19/07 at 10:54pm
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I've been using bare canvas paint under foiling and I'm not too happy with the result. The foiling looks great at first, but after it dries.....not so fabulous. Any suggestions?

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post #2 of 9
11/20/07 at 7:38am

Re: What's a good base for foiling?

What do you mean by foiling? Applying gold foil?
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post #3 of 9
11/30/07 at 5:46am
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Re: What's a good base for foiling?

Sorry for the late response. I'm still learning how to use this forum.

Perhaps I'm using the wrong term. What I meant by foiling is:

Using mixing medium to appy pigment to my eyelid wet.

Thank you
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post #4 of 9
11/30/07 at 9:54am

Re: What's a good base for foiling?

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Originally Posted by breechan View Post
Sorry for the late response. I'm still learning how to use this forum.

Perhaps I'm using the wrong term. What I meant by foiling is:

Using mixing medium to appy pigment to my eyelid wet.

Thank you
Go here: http://raquel13.com/makeup/tutorials/ and look for the 'glossy eyes' tutorial on the lefthand side of the screen. She shows the foiling technique about halfway through the tutorial. She uses MAC Fix + for the wetting agent but notes that you can use saline solution or moisturizing eye drops.
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post #5 of 9
11/30/07 at 10:42am
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Re: What's a good base for foiling?

Thank you for that link. I checked it out. I guess I'm doing a crappy job of explaining myself. I didn't mean a glossy eye, but rather a technique of applying eyeshadow with a moistened brush with mixing medium. It dries and just gives a very intense, almost gilded look.

Now, I don't have a problem with the eyeshadow bit.

My question is, what is a good primer to use underneath for this technique? I'm finding MAC paint to be less than stellar. I'd like to hear what others have found to be good primers for this technique. I'm thinking about getting rubenesque, or UDPP.

...gosh going back and reading what I wrote in previous posts....embarassingly vague.
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post #6 of 9
11/30/07 at 11:12am

Re: What's a good base for foiling?

Just use Mixing Medium and Pigment...You don't really need a base for that.
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post #7 of 9
11/30/07 at 9:46pm

Re: What's a good base for foiling?

If you want to use an additional base underneath the mixing medium (which can pretty much act as a base on its own due to it's adherence properties), you can try paint pots if you are findind the paint tubes to be to dry after time goes by. The trick is to use very little base, and to make sure that it is spread out really evenly across the entire eye area before foiling. Often, uneven application of the base will cause the mixing medium/pigment mixture to creasse unevenly or to clump in areas.
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post #8 of 9
12/1/07 at 3:01am
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Re: What's a good base for foiling?

Thanks for the awesome responses everyone! Maybe I'll get the gust to post it on FOTD someday.
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post #9 of 9
12/1/07 at 3:09am

Re: What's a good base for foiling?

Bare study would work well.
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