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Ben Nye Hair & Character Effects

Hair Color

Liquid Hair Colors
Ben Nye pioneered natural appearing hair colors vital to completing a performer's total look. Unlike sprays which can be stiff once dry, liquid colors can easily be managed after application. Hair Colors contain a setting agent to keep them from flaking. Avoid use on chemically treated hair. Test before use.
Applications: 3-10 per ounce.
Silver Grey Silver Grey Our original hair color. Apply for a realistic silvery-grey age tone with subtle metallic highlights.
CAT # Description Price
BN-HG1 1oz/29ml
BN-HG2 2oz/58ml
BN-HG3 8oz/236ml
BN-HG4 16oz/473ml jug
Dark Grey Dark Grey Recently revised, this shade is now a true deep grey.
CAT # Description Price
BN-DG2 2oz/59ml
BN-DG3 8oz/236ml
Taupe Taupe Apply this subtle neutral brown on white to medium grey hair for a dramatic color contrast. Recently designed for "Frazier's" John Mahoney.
CAT # Description Price
BN-TH2 2fl oz/59gm
Auburn Auburn Useful tone for blending hair to match wigs and dramatic hair styling. Add to other hair color shades for tonal change.
CAT # Description Price
BN-AH2 2fl oz/59gm
Dark Brown Dark Brown Rich and natural for blending or an all over change.
CAT # Description Price
BN-BH2 2fl oz/59gm
Snow White Snow White Use to age dark brown or black hair. Streak into Silver Grey or Dark Grey to brighten highlights. Excellent for Santa's beard and brows.
CAT # Description Price
BN-HW1 1oz/29ml
BN-HW2 2oz/58ml
BN-HW3 8oz/236ml
BN-HW4 16oz/473ml jug
Midnite Black Midnite Black Quickly and completely blackens hair for unusual and dramatic effects. Caution: Black hair coloring may smudge. Avoid contact with hands and costuming.
CAT # Description Price
BN-MB1 1oz/29ml
BN-MB2 2oz/58ml
BN-MB3 8oz/236ml


Crepe Wool Hair

Crepe Wool Hair
This English woolen fiber has been used for decades to create authentic beards, mustaches, sideburns, and brows. Study our very informative video, "How to Lay a Crepe Beard", taught by veteran makeup artist, Web Phillips.
WH 1 yard/36"/91.4cm. yield 4 moderate length beards.

CAT # Description Price
BN-WH1 White
BN-WH2 Lite Blond
BN-WH3 Ash Blond
BN-WH4 Strawberry Blond
BN-WH6 Lite Auburn
BN-WH7 Dark Auburn
BN-WH9 Lite Brown
BN-WH10 Medium Brown
BN-WH11 Brunette
BN-WH12 Dark Brown
BN-WH15 Ginger
BN-WH19 Lite Grey
BN-WH20 Medium Grey
BN-WH21 Dark Grey
BN-WH22 Black

Bronzing Body Tint
Ben Nye's unique formula produces a healthy temporary tan. Excellent body makeup for shows such as "South Pacific" and "The King and I". Water resistant. Apply with Hydra Sponge. Remove with Hydra Cleanse or soap and water.
Applications: 3-8 per ounce.

CAT # Description Price
BN-BT1 2fl.oz./59ml.
BN-BT2 8fl.oz./236ml.
BN-BT3 16fl.oz./473ml.

Tooth Color

Tooth Colors
Tooth Black has long been a staple in theatre and film to add just the right dimension to character makeups. Ben Nye Tooth Colors dry quickly and last for hours. Colors remove with toothpaste or rubbing alcohol on swab.
.25fl.oz./7ml. Applications: 20-100 teeth.

CAT # Description Price
BN-TC0 Natural White
BN-TC1 Black
BN-TC2 Nicotine
BN-TC3 Zombie Rot
BN-TC4 Decay

Black Light Pen

Black Light Makeup Pen
Fine tip applicator applies transparent makeup "ink" directly to skin or over makeup. Lights up instantly beneath black light, invisible under normal light. Great for live action, haunted house, laser tag, neon bowling, or clubbing. FDA approved. Waterproof and perspiration resistant.
BKP Applications: 10-25.

CAT # Description Price
BN-BKP1 .06 fl.oz/1.7 ml

Portable Flashlight
Both black light fluorescent tube and regular flashlight.
BKF Requires 4 AA batteries (not included).

CAT # Description Price
BN-BKF Portable Black Light

Character Powders

Plains Dust Plains Dust
Looks like real dirt. The brown stuff. No one would know it's a synthetic powder. It sticks to the skin, but washes off easily. Test fabric before use.
Applications: 10-20 per ounce.
CAT # Description Price
BN-MP4 .75oz/21gm Mini Shaker
BN-PD1 4.5oz/l27gm
BN-PD2 10 oz/283gm
Ash Powder Ash Powder
Subtly distresses face, body, or costumes in a pale dust tone. Similar to Fuller's Earth. Synthetic and washable.
Applications: 10-20 per ounce.
CAT # Description Price
BN-MP8 1oz/28gm Mini Shaker
BN-AP1 6oz/170gm
BN-AP2 14oz/396gm
Charcoal Powder Charcoal Powder
With powder on a finger, press downward on the face for that classic "grease stain". Rub into cuticle, knuckles, and fingers for greasy skin. Lightly apply around a wound for powder burns.
Applications: 10-20 per ounce.
CAT # Description Price
BN-MP5 .75oz/21gm Mini Shaker
BN-CM1 4.5oz/127gm
BN-CM2 10oz/283gm

Glycerin
Keep Handy to stimulate tears, perpiration or "oozing" from wounds. Caution: Keep out of eyes.
CAT # Description Price
BN-GL2 2oz/59ml
BN-GL8 8oz/236ml

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