This is Sam’s scar the first time I applied it myself on 9/17 without Christa McCarthy, our makeup designer.  She taught me how to do a technique using wax, that I will apply and basically build from scratch for each performance.  On this day, I used the red for the first time.  In our previous incarnations Christa only had a little blush, but we liked the effect, so she got some red makeup to see how that works.  Dámaso Rodriguez, the director, liked the effect but thought it was a little too red.   I agree.  I kinda just got wild with it just to see what would happen, so I can pull back on the amount I use.   I also think we might be able to help that with more highlight colors.    I really just have reds now. Plus, I kinda just got wild with it just to see what would happen, so I can pull back on the amount I use.   I’ll have to ask Christa about possibly using highlights.  It also tends to pull up at the bottom on the more fleshy cheek area.  We’ll have to try new techniques to help prevent that.