Basically they wear makeup called 'kuraihoshi' putting black or red circles on their faces and painting the bridges of their noses with white, but there are many variations of their makeup: the light makeup like just putting some lipstick, the makeup as thick as adult's formal makeup, stage makeup like an actor in the kabuki dance (very rarely, chigo stain their teeth black or paint eyebrows), thick makeup like a ballerina, and so on.
化粧は額に「位星（くらいほし）」と呼ばれる丸を黒、または赤で入れ、鼻筋を白く塗るのが基本だが、それ以外は、殆ど素顔、口紅を塗るだけの場合から、大人のフォーマルと同様の厚化粧、歌舞伎舞踊と同様の舞台化粧（極稀にお歯黒を付ける場合や引眉する場合がある）、バレエと同様な洋風の厚化粧、と結構様々である。