How do KISS keep their makeup on while performing?

I was watching a vid yesterday and this question just popped into my head.

How the hell do they keep the make up on their face, without it melting under stage lights/moving around the stage/drumming etc.
Do they touch up off stage, or is it specially designed for them?

Makeup melts off me on mildly hot days


i know this will probably get moved to Non Music, but thought it was more a make up ? and not a music ? so i would ask it here.

maybe it's maybeline?

unique said:

1) the impenetrable gravity field created by their massive egos.

or

2) the sucking black whole of their immense talentlessness.




but yeah, either way, i'm pretty sure it's gravity.

I'm sikk of KISS

errant said:

wouldnt gravity drag it off their skin...

prb said:

no, because it's coming from within them

zaza said:

dissin' on the 70's rock gods please

prb said:

I'm talking about their new album..

zaza said:

theyre still recording....

errant said:

maybe the makeup is their real skin, "normal look" is the makeup

Never underestimate the power of greasepaint. That shit don't come off till you take it of with cold cream.

they asked prince what he uses...the rest is history

Fury said:

i had to read that three times b4 i got it

Nikademus said:

no one told me about cold cream after i was in a school play...that stuff stayed on in patches for days

I guess their makeup bill is a lot higher these days.

More surface area.

im dressing up as gene simmons for a xmas fancy dress party or susan boyle i havent quite decided yet.

prb said:

Use primer.

Works wonders.

http://www.urbandecay.com...Potion.cfm

http://www.urbandecay.com...Potion.cfm

PunkMistress said:

is that like Killz?

They wear make up

It's stage makeup.


And, I think KISS is the most talented band in all of creation. Seriously.

PunkMistress said:

It really does! this is good as well, keeps the eyeshadow on all day

PunkMistress said:

i can probably count on my hands how many times a year i actually do wear make up.
i didnt know about primer...does this go on under foundation...

TyphoonTip said:

muirdo said:

go susan...and we want to see the pics

kpowers said:

veronikka said:

to be honest, i didnt even know where my makeup bag is at the moment

prb said:

Click the links and read them, woman!

prb said:

Makeup has advanced over the years. Back in their early day, after Gene did his blood spewing, fire spitting routines on stage, the bottom half of his face was bare from makeup. As time progressed, and make ups got better, so did the "staying power" of their made up faces. The makeup they use isn't what you're getting at WalGreens or even Macy's or Sephora.

Remember, these guys have been doing their makeup for years, themselves, not by someone else. They have it down to a science and can do it in record time, and probably in their sleep.

It's STAGE MAKE-UP that professionals use. you can probably Google Theatrical makeup to find out.
[Edited 11/8/09 15:10pm]