The Ben Nye Personal Creme Makeup Kit comes in 8 different shades. PK-0 White: Fairest,
PK-1 White: Fair-Medium, PK-2 White: Tan, PK-3 Olive: Fair-Medium, PK-4 Olive: Deep, PK-5 Brown: Medium, PK-6 Brown: Dark, PK-45 Brown:Light.

What shade of the Ben Nye Personal Creme Makeup Kit should I order?

What shade of the Ben Nye Personal Student Kit you should order all depends on your skin tone.

For caucasian skin tones there are three different shades of the Ben Nye Personal Creme Makeup Kit. PK-0 White: Fairest, PK-1 White: Fair-Medium, or PK-2 White: Tan.

If you have blond hair or red hair, blue eyes or light green eyes, or pale skin or skin with freckles we suggest the lightest shade PK-0 Ben Nye Personal Creme Makeup Kit Ben Nye Personal Creme Makeup Kit White: Fairest.

If you look like you have a suntan year round or have dark brown hair or black hair but still a fairer complexion that wouldn’t be consider olive we suggest PK-2 Ben Nye Personal Creme Makeup Kit White: Tan.

For all other Caucasian skin tones or white skin tones a PK-1 Ben Nye Personal Creme Makeup Kit White: Fair-Medium will be your best choice.

For olive skin tones, Mediterranean skin tones, or Hispanic skin tones  there are two different shades of the Ben Nye Personal Creme Personal Makeup Kit, PK-3 Olive: Fair-Medium or PK-4 Olive: Deep.

For most the PK-3 Ben Nye Personal Creme Makeup Kit Olive: Fair-Medium is the best choice. It covers the most common olive/Hispanic skin tones.

However if you have a really dark complexion while still having the olive complexion the PK-4 Ben Nye Personal Creme Makeup Kit Olive: Deep will be the right theatrical makeup kit for you.

For brown and dark skin tones there are three choices: PK-45 Brown:Light, PK-5 Brown: Medium, PK-6 Brown: Dark.

The most popular brown shade is the Ben Nye Creme Personal Makeup Kit PK-5 Brown: Medium, this shade works for most brown skin tones.

For lighter skin tones (think Tiger Woods or Barrack Obama) the lighter brown shade PK-45 Brown:Light may be the best choice of Ben Nye’s Creme Personal Makeup Kit.

The last shade of the Ben Nye Creme Personal Makeup Kit is Brown:Dark, this shade is designed only for really dark brown skin tones.

What is included in the Ben Nye Creme Personal Makeup Kit?

Each Ben Nye Creme Makeup Kit includes: one creme makeup foundation, one container of face powder, one powder puff, one latex sponge wedge, one stipple sponge, one flat brush, one eyebrow pencil, one four color contour palette with a creme rouge, a creme highlight, a creme shadow, and a creme lip color, and a plastic clamshell storage container.

How many applications will get I get from one Ben Nye Creme Personal Makeup Kit?

Each Ben Nye Creme Makeup Kit will give you approximately a dozen applications, making it perfect for individual use of short run, one or two weekend productions plus dress rehearsals or for makeup application classes at both the high school and collegiate levels.

What if I need a makeup kit that is bigger than the Ben Nye Creme Personal Makeup Kit?

The Costumer can help with that, in addition to The Costumer offering personal makeup kits we offer theatrical makeup kits from Ben Nye, Ben Nye’s Master Production Kit, or The Costumer’s Production Kit which is the largest makeup kit that we offer.