Hi Anea! I've always wondered what the Star Princess makeup looks like? I've seen Patti Cohenour's dark blue eyeshadow and it looks interesting. Thank you!!!
I would say that the makeup here is whatever the Christine actress wears in the rest of the show, as it really isn't any time to adjust the makeup after Masquerade.
That said, the earlier Christines wore heavier makeup than what's seen on most Christines today. They "pancaked" their face more, with heavier and paler foundation, and they wore more eye makeup. It started out with very blue eyeshadow - a true child of the 1980s - as seen on Sarah Brightmana and Claire Moore in West End, in many of the early Japanese Christines, the early Hamburg Christines etc. Here's Sarah Brightman:
And Claire Moore:
Anna Maria Kaufmann in Hamburg:
Kyoko Suzuki in Japan:
(not sure if this is indeed Kyoko Suzuki, but it does at least show the quite blue eye-makeup with the Star Princess costume):
In the original Broadway production they did instead do heavier "smoky eye" makeup. This was also implanted into the West End production, as well as the Australian. It means Claire Moore went from the very blue eyeshadow above and to this:
Ditto for Sarah Brightman on Broadway:
And thus also Patti Cohenour:
She also kept a dark makeup for her Canadian run, but I would say it was a tad lighter than her Broadway run. More light areas on the eyelid, in sync with the other Canadian Christines.
Which again would translate into the Star Princess look. Not that I have a supergood photo of her makeup there, but this cropped blurry fullshow still gives an indication:
I hope that answered your question... If not you did at least get a look of the rare and amazing VERY BLUE EYESHADOW of the 1980s...!
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Apparently Rebecca Caine got keep her silver Saloon Girl masquerade mask she wore in London. Has she ever shared photos of it. I tried to look for her Insta but couldn't find any
Come to think of it, I don't think I have seen any onstage photos of the mask. I think I have only come across these two photos of it, taken at the same time. I believe these were the photos taken for the original costume "bible". I would think the actresses shared the mask, though I'm sure an extra one or two were made in case. So it's likely that this is the same/similar design that Rebecca Caine used as well.
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