Makeup job on the Deceased

I think we all have...simply because most of us don't always wear makeup. Males especially! I do think the people who prepare our loved ones for our viewing do the very best they can. Unresponsive skin, unnatural lighting both are factors that have their effect upon the results we see. Makeup can't match exact skin tones, and I would hazard a guess that the range in the make up available for this purpose doesn't have a great amount of range. Also like anything else, you get what you pay for. In ancient Egypt the bodies where prepared with expensive oils and fragrances. Today I don't think we'd expect to expend that much even on a loved one and most of us don't have nearly the resources to do so even if we did want to. It's a tough job and we should be grateful that there are those who are willing to do it with as much compassion as they do.

I would say only one thing.. Let the soul lie in peace.....amen

that is so funny, really. but i guess it has something to do with body chemistry or maybe it just proves that our soul is what makes us beautiful. with it gone, the body is nothing.

The makeup on the people I've cared about hasn't been that bad I have to say. I guess I'm lucky. That has to be a creepy job, mortician, I wouldn't want to do it! It would just creep me out!

defenitely thats not the job i want to do,,

Unfortunatly I have been to them. Maybe its because they didnt know them and know what they looked like when they were living. I know they give them pictures, but I still dont think that would help.

Remember that the makeup artist who does the job has not seem that person every day of their life like you have. You would notice if the person had something slightly different about them, but for someone who has to do makeup copying a picture it's very hard. The picture of the person could have been taken in strange lighting etc which would make it look slightly different. There is always the option for the family to do the makeup themselves but I wouldn't recommend this. MY cousin is an undertaker and said it's not pleasant.

i nvr look at the decesed _, i'm too scared ..lol.

I'm not sure why they don't do it more real like either. The only thing I can think of is that the people who do the makeup part just basically use one or two colors, spread it on and go for it. I hate to say it but I think they just don't care. I personally prefer to have no open casket and, give all my organs to those that can use them and cremate me! lol

i prefer to remember people the way i last say them,

I often wondeered if they cared at all? just as long as they got there money

well this is a aukward situation to be in

no, but is it good or not? hehe. but creepy isnt?

It might also depend on the person working there, the resources avaliable to them, and their overall talent. I think it would probably also be helpful is the people doing it were given a photo for reference.

Do they put makeup on a deceased. But, what for? That's a funny idea, though.

The viewing I've seen--just one--the makeup was fine but his lips had been sown together and you could see the strings where it was sown. I really didn't want that picture in my head, but it's there.

Make up is a nice thing to do sometimes, but sometimes its horrible cause sometimes they don't look like they looked like when they were alive.. When my Grandmother past away it was so sad.. cause she didn't look like herself at all..It was so hard.. She is so missed..

ya you are true in putting out these disussion, i think for the persons who die naturally thre should not be any makeup at all, or it should be as simple as possible so that sanity could be preserved