>>1898540I approve of everything pertaining to the method except this:
>I generally then overlay another copy of the character's body over the original and turn off the makeup bits and futz around with transparency on the top layer until I get what look I want. If I want the lipstick effect to be stronger I leave those bits turned on on the top layer.Once you use that to get a look you like with the face, I'd totally use the paint-dropper tool to get the exact shades they generate and then just put those colors on the makeup so that you don't have to overlay 2 characters whenever you want to reuse the effect. But that's just me, the few times I decide to try making makeup.
