Makeup
Makeup is a stack of layers, one per product: foundation, contour, blush, highlighter, eyeshadow, eyeliner, lipstick and lip gloss. Each layer knows where it goes on the face; you choose a look, a finish and a colour, and touch it up with a brush. The order of the layers is the order they are applied.
OpenMakeup, in the strip after SkinShelfone chip per product, then paint on and wipe offLibrarymakeup library, in the right panel, one tab per productUndoCtrl+ZLeaveEsc, or another tab
How it works
Every product is drawn from the face itself: the lids, the lip line you painted, the cheekbones and the brow are found on this character, so a layer lands in the right place on any face. A layer is a recipe, not a picture: its sliders can be changed at any time, and the touch-ups you brush on are kept as strokes and replayed, so they survive a colour change.
The layers list is the stacking order: the top of the list is applied last, over the others. A new product drops in at its natural rank, foundation at the bottom and gloss at the top, and you can drag a row or use the arrows to change that.
Usage
- Open Makeup and click a product on the shelf, lipstick for instance. A layer appears in the list and is selected; its rows show under selected layer.
- Or click a look in the makeup library on the right: each product has its own tab, and a click restyles that product's layer or adds it. Pick a look as a starting point, then a finish: matte, satin, gloss, metallic or glitter. Set the amount and the colours.
- Add the other products the same way. Reorder with ▲ and ▼ if a product should sit over another; duplicate a layer with ⧉ for a second coat.
- Touch it up: paint on adds the selected layer where you brush, wipe off removes it; Ctrl flips the brush while you hold it. mirror to the other side copies the touch-ups across, clear touch-ups removes them.
- Leave with Esc. The layers are saved with the character.
Options
The shelf
| Chip | What it adds |
|---|---|
| foundation | Evens the skin in a shade matched to the face. It stays under everything else. |
| contour | Soft shade under the cheekbones, at the temples, along the jaw and down the nose. |
| blush | Colour on the cheeks. |
| highlighter | Light on the cheekbones, the nose bridge, the brow bone, the inner corners and the cupid's bow. |
| eyeshadow | Colour on the lids, a lid colour blending into a crease colour. |
| eyeliner | A line along the lashes, with a wing. |
| lipstick | Colour on the lips, with liner and ombre. |
| lip gloss | A clear, wet shine on the lips. |
| paint on | The touch-up brush: paints the selected layer onto the head. Ctrl wipes. Click the chip again to put the brush down. |
| wipe off | The touch-up brush the other way round: wipes the selected layer off. Ctrl paints. |
Layers
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| A layer row | Click to edit it. Drag up or down to change the order: higher rows go on top. |
| ▲ ▼ | Move the layer up (applied later, over the ones below) or down. |
| ⧉ | Duplicate this layer, touch-ups and all. |
| × | Delete this layer. Ctrl+Z brings it back. |
Selected layer
The rows depend on the product; these are the lipstick's, the fullest set. Eyeshadow has a lid and a crease colour, eyeliner a wing, contour and blush a placement, gloss only a shine.
| Control | What it does | Default and range |
|---|---|---|
| Look | A starting point: classic red, nude, berry, coral, pink, black cherry, metallic rose, gold glitter for lipstick. Every slider stays yours to change. | |
| Finish | Matte, satin, gloss, metallic or glitter: sets roughness, metal and glitter together. | |
| Amount | How much of it: 0 is none, 1 full strength. | 0.9, from 0 to 1 |
| Softness | Crisp edge at 0, blended out at 1; past 1 it spreads into a wide haze. | 1, from 0 to 2 |
| Overdraw | Below 0 stays inside the lip line, above 0 paints past it: fuller lips. | 0.06, from -0.35 to 0.45 |
| Lip liner | A darker line around the edge of the lips, in the liner colour. | 0, from 0 to 1 |
| Liner width | How wide the lip liner is. | 2.8, from 0.5 to 6 |
| Ombre | Fades the centre of the lips toward the centre colour. | 0, from 0 to 1 |
| Roughness | 0.5 keeps the skin's own; lower is glossier, higher is matte. | 0.42, from 0 to 1 |
| Metal | Turns it metallic, tinted by the metal colour. | 0.04, from 0 to 1 |
| Glitter | Scatters glitter flakes that catch the light one by one as the head turns. new sparkle re-rolls them. match skin sets a foundation's shade from the face. | 0, from 0 to 1 |
| Colour, Liner, Centre, Metal colour | The layer's colours, each with a row of swatches and a picker for any colour. | by the look |
Touch-up brush
| Control | What it does | Default and range |
|---|---|---|
| Size | Brush size. Hold B and scroll over the head to change it there. | 48, from 4 to 160 |
| Strength | How much each pass of the brush adds or wipes. | 0.5, from 0.05 to 1 |
| mirror to the other side | Copies the layer's touch-ups across the midline. | |
| clear touch-ups | Removes every touch-up on this layer; the product itself stays. |
NoteLipstick follows the lip mask painted on the Paint tab. If the lips look wrong, fix the mask there and the lipstick follows.
TipTwo coats read better than one strong one: duplicate the lipstick layer, lower the amount on both, and give the top one a gloss finish.
Common problems
| What you see | Why | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Nothing shows after clicking a product | The amount is 0, or the layer is under another that covers it. | Raise Amount; move the layer up with ▲. |
| The lipstick spills past the lips | Overdraw is positive, or the lip mask is wide. | Lower Overdraw below 0, or tighten the lip mask on Paint. |
| The brush wipes when I wanted to paint | Ctrl was held, or the wipe chip is armed. | Release Ctrl; pick paint on. |
| My touch-ups vanished when I changed the colour | They did not: they are replayed on the new colour. | Look again with the amount up; clear touch-ups is the only thing that removes them. |