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GENE'S MAKE-UP
THE EVOLUTION OF THE MAKE-UP

Gene played around with his image for a while, but it somehow always centered around a demonic look. On pictures 1 to 5 you can see early variations of his make-up, starting out in late 1972 when he just painted his face white, and added some red eye shadow (picture 1). Over the next few months the make-up evolved into the demonic character we know today. 
Picture 5 shows Gene in the spring of 1973, and by then the look was slowly coming together, even though it would still be refined some more times. From the hairline and down his forehead, there was now a black triangular shape, resembling Bela Lugosi's hairstyle in the original Dracula movie. And the batwings around the eyes had also begun to take shape. 
Picture 6 is from the late summer, and now the batwings had started to look like they do today, even though the tips were bending back, but soon they started to point upwards (see picture 7 underneath here, taken in the fall of 1973).

Picture 7 is from the photo session for the debut album's cover (which would be the fall of 1973), and the upper tips of the batwings were now bending upward. More interestingly Gene now had three lower tips at the corner of each eye (you'll have to look very closely to see that!)
Picture 8 is from January 8th 1974 (according to the Farewell Tour book), when KISS officially signed their contract with Casablanca Records. The batwings are here much more angular, and the tips are moved away from the forehead. 
Picture 9 should be from around February 1974. The shape of the batwings are now more like we know them, even thought the upper tips are still moved pretty far back. Now there is only one tip at the side, this one pointing upwards. 
On Picture 10 another point had been added, one just under his eye, pointing outwards. This photo is from the Spring of 1974.
Picture 11 shows the progress of this: a little later in 1974, Gene had started to paint the last point downwards instead. The make-up pretty much stayed this way until early 1976!
Picture 12 is a very rare variant of the make-up! I have only seen a few photos of this variation, from around the summer of 1975. Look closely and you'll see that Gene has TWO small tips at the brink of his nose, instead of just one!! Most photos I have seen is from an outdoor photo session in front of The Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, but I have also seen a few concert photos!

For the European tour in 1976, Gene had added another point down (picture 13) to his make-up. This was altered slightly over the next year or so, ending up like the one we know today (picture 14). The three outer points (one up, two down) had become broader, instead of the thin points on picture 13!