Talk:Airbrush makeup

internal links[edit]

I have went through and added some internal links so that it wasn't a dead-end page anymore. While going trough and doing this, I noticed that section six is essentially a quick-reference version of section three. Should it be deleted? In response to the article issues "How-to content," I think that section 4 and 5 should be re-written to eliminate the how-to content. FSX High Flyer (talk) 23:09, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that 6 is just a repeat of 3 and for continuity sake should be removed. Also, the page should be linked to the general "Makeup" article for ease of access as they are both highly related. I think 5 should be removed as it is simply a how-to and provides no relevant information other than basic "Do this" information. Four can be easily reworded to remove that aire of How To by removing You and other personal articles. It should be worded more in a third person sense rather than first or second.

Jlo10212001 (talk) 16:58, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Dinair section sounds like product placement. Fine if you put that the company was the first to make personal use products but the section makes it sound like a sales pitch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.233.24.210 (talk) 23:28, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

MGM used a Hudson type compression sprayer http://www.hdhudson.com/how-sprayer-works.html that uses a hand pump, like a bicycle pump to pump and store air pressure. The liquid is then pushed through a very small hole to become a jet or a spray. An effect like a low pressure aerosol can. It is still used in gardening for spraying products on plants. Compression pressures can be 40+ psi. The Airbrushes used for airbrush makeup relies on the "venturi principle" to pull liquid into a flowing airstream. The speed of the airstream atomizes the liquid that is being drawn into it. The airbrush appears not to have been used for makeup until the early 1980s. The main reason for this timing or apparent delay was the introduction of new cosmetic ingredients that could be adapted into formulations that could be airbrushed. The big breakthrough came in the early 90's when the Dinair company introduced a copolymer formula that could be sprayed at a very low pressure ranging from 3psi to 6 psi. This enabled the development of numerous new techniques of photo retouching-like applications of foundations, blushes, eye shadow, brows, lashes and the rest, and their success in Hollywood that followed. If you would like more detailed information please post a request. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Airbrushjohn (talk • contribs) 05:20, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

MGM – Ben-Hur connection[edit]

The article currently says "Airbrush makeup became popular in the 1930s when MGM used it for painting hundreds of Ben Hur extras." Not likely: MGM produced Ben-Hur as a silent film in 1925 and remade it as a sound film in 1959. They didn't make any such film in the "1930s". It appears that this contribution by user "Cre8tivedrama" on July 15, 2009 is a piece of "creative writing", not based on fact.—Quicksilver^{T @} 21:39, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Overly aggressive editing[edit]

I started to do some work on this article, but now that I've looked through the history, I don't think it's worth bothering. Apparently how it works, different ways of using it, when and what it's used on and why, who's involved, and how it compares to other methods of makeup application are all "puffery" with "no encyclopedic value" and have been repeatedly edited out. What's left is just next to completely useless, but I see no reason to bother fleshing out the article just so it can get stripped again. 75.60.97.135 (talk) 06:43, 20 February 2011 (UTC)ML[reply]

safety[edit]

Has anyone done any studies regarding safety of this air borne material on the lungs?