Inspration post 5 !!!!! colors colors and more colors

Hi all for  my 5th design post I wanted to focus on color ! lets face it color is all around us and although back and white can be beautiful if we didn't have a little color in the world it be kind of boring . I took a bunch of photos around campus with the main focus being the color and I wanted to talk  with you about them today ! so lets get started .

    This picture I want to share with you is the perfect example  of how black and white can be beautiful but a pop of color can take a picture to the next level the main  color pop in this picture is red and although black and white stand strong on there own I feel like the red really sticks out but in a good way!   The beauty of color splashing is the  mixing of black and white with a main color  together to make something new and exciting!  

I wanted to do a photo comparisons with this photo and the next photo. They were taken form the same spot on top of the look out point behind building F I thought id share because I honestly never knew this existed  myself and I amuse I am not the only one. Color plays a major  role to bring the campus to life.  Anybody can tell just by walking around campus that we are very focused on having a lot of scenery to look at. I for one think that is fantastic because it really dose bring the campus to life. Even form this view !

This photo is taken form the opposite direction over looking the football filed I thought that I would manipulate  color by making green the main focus because Slippery Rocks colors are green and white. Again I think that the pop of one color against a natural background can really add a more intense effect to a rather plain and unexciting photo .  

Avant-garde temped Creativity.Inspritation post 4

Hello Fxers and welcome back  this time around I wanted to do an Avant-grade make up for inspiration Avant-grade is anything new exciting or out there that artists come up with sense I have a love for both photography and being out there I thought I would share my photo shoot the makeup and the thought and editing behind the whole process  so lets get started with some pictures
This was probably one of the most changeling  shoots I ever did because I was blind shooting it was pitch black and the only light or angle or time I saw her was when the light of flash came on so that small frame of time was the only way I could adjust to take these night photos I think they came out pretty good for not being able to see

Makeup - the idea around the makeup was just to be crazy lots of blues to match her newly blue gray hair and hints of copper because I thought it added a different element  lots and lots of glitter

Shot -  Bust shot was done at night because I don't have a black drop or any sort of photography studio I like to work with whatever nature gives me

Edit ~ the makeup and her being the main focus of the photo the only editing required was to brighten the lips and eyes so they would draw in at main focus

Shot ~ wide shot to get the creepiness and back drop of the woods behind her I think this adds mystery to the shot because she is actually stand on a broken tree stump but at first glace it looks as if nothing is underneath her

Edit~ when editing this photo I wanted to make the background striking so even thought the model is the main focus you cant help but look at what's around her I used a darkening filter on just the background so it would be that much more intense and I once again brightened the lips and eyes

Shot ~ is a close up i wanted all eyes to be on her makeup and hair to achieve this all black background i put her on a path that was competle blackness for at less a couple of feet no tress in sight  and zoom in as close to her face while still getting the kind of shot that I wanted

Edit ~ for this edit a brightened the whole face makeup I wanted it all to be seen

 Shot ~ full body for this shot I thought it be interesting  to keep the black background but have more in. So this shot was taken by a spillway that drops down really far . There was a bridge type crossing that she sat on top to make the overall photo more interesting

Edit ~ the edit was kept simple by brightening  the eyes and lips area and messing around with the lighting and the contrast. 

The overall feel for this shot was supposed to be fun and out there and i for a random shoot that we decided  to do last minute  i think it came out really good. 

Until next time Fxers  !!! 

mermaid scales

Hello Fxers and welcome back sorry that my second post this week is a little late but I am going to show you how to make mermaid scales !!! so lets get started

 

What you will need

Pure Glycerin
Water
Gelatin
 a bowl
and something to mix with
a syringe
and some eye shadow
parchment paper
Fx glue (sprit gum will work but it is very hard to get it to stick )
Tip * quick sub for Fx glue just found this out yesterday actually glycerin and water

Steps

Step 1:  Put a half a cup of glycerin, 1/2 cup of gelatin , and 3/4 a cup of water into your bowl


Step 2 : Mix it up until all the products mix evenly then stop.  add your favorite color eye shadow to give your scales  some color


Step 3 Microwave for 12 seconds at time until you get a thick goo batter make sure not over microwave you will burn it or waste it because it wont thicken. Allow for it to cool before you pop it back in the microwave


Step 4 pour the hot liquid into your syringe and begin making small to medium circles on the parchment paper

Step 5 Start to layer the scales on top of each other to resemble that of a mermaid when you have what you are looking for glue it into place on your skin

This is what the finished product looks like with sprit gum it would of stuck a lot better if knowing the tip that I found out yesterday. until next time Fxers enjoy what last of your last night of thanksgiving break

 

How to make a fake heart : 00

Fakers Fake Hearts Everywhere

Hey guys did you ever love someone so much that you would rip your heart out of your chest just to give it to them. well today I am  going to teach you how to do just that without the whole dying part because  that wouldn't be cool its actual. Super simple  moldable substance unless you mess up like I did the first time and its completely reusable if you happen to have extra . you can add eye shadow to give it color which I will show you how do later this week when we make mermaid scales but for this we are just going to go with the clear color

So how to make this magical substance ?

your going to need
Pure Glycerin
Water
Gelatin
 a bowl
and something to mix with
Fake blood
eye shadow
paper towels
A cup
and plastic warp
measuring cup

Steps 

Step 1:  Put a half a cup of glycerin, 1/2 cup of gelatin , and 3/4 a cup of water into your bowl


Step 2 : Mix it up until all the products mix evenly then stop.


Step 3 Microwave for 12 seconds at time until you get a thick goo batter make sure not over microwave you will burn it or waste it because it wont thicken. Allow for it to cool before you pop it back in the microwave


Step 4: Stuff you cup with the paper towels and place your plastic warp in a heart shape around the paper towels.


Step 5 : When you get the shape you want poor your mixture into the plastic wrap and seal off by tying a knot or placing a rubber band around the top to seal it


Step 6 : pop it in the freezer for about 20 to 40 mins depending on the strength of your freezer


Step 7 once frozen pop out your heart and  drench it blood lots and lots of blood .


Step 8  optional you can add little daps of blue and green eye shadow to look like veins.

Here is what mine look like after I applied the wound and such

Just incase you did quite understand my steps i will link the video that i followed down below have a great break guys i will see you later this week !

Madeyewlook and Glam and Gore

Hello Fxers and today I am going to talk to you about some of my favorite special effect makeup artists on YouTube. The first  one is Madeyewlook by Lex





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Madeyewlook by Lex  is  self-taught makeup artist, and licensed esthetician who started a YouTube channel back in 2011 She is known for her amazing and out of this world tutorials that she makes look so easy but requires great skill. She is the one that got me so interested in special effect makeup. I thought that it was so cool that she was able to transform herself  into these beautiful creations ! She came out with her own Madeyewlook line in April 2015. The line consists of a series of brushes , a eyeliner pen, and I bunch of apparel that goes towards MadeUlook for a cure. She recently done a series of looks for people who were surfing from Diabetes. I thought it was very interesting how she created looks to rise awareness  for the cause on of my favorite looks from that is her Ketone look if you get a chance to watch I would recommend it

 

 

She was also in the nyx face awards. Which is a makeup contest sponsored by nyx makeup the concept is to make special effect makeup looks. Using all nyx products for your design with the exception of modeling bases to create scars fake skin or other extra parts.  Anyone on YouTube can enter and the sponsors will pick the  top 30 based on quality of the video and look , creativity of the video and look , presentation of the look and how to do it, and artistry of the look itself.  After this they will have 3 design rounds.  After  this it is all up to the fan base of these You Tubers  to decide if they move on to the next round. The top 6 goes to nyx headquarters to compete for the title . Lex made it into the final round but ended up not taking home the biggest prize unfortunately My favorite look form her time in the nyx face awards I will link below

 

 

Lex is a triple threat and if you are really into the idea of learning how to body paint that is her one  of her strongest areas. She explains everything really well and I have used many of her tips and tricks in looks I have created. I have yet to try out any of her body paint looks because I am currently waiting for my body paint kit to come in the mail but I look forward to trying some of these more detailed looks when that comes in  .

 

 

The next YouTuber  I want to talk to you guys about is Glam and Gore ! Glam and Gore is ran by  Mykie

 

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 who  is a professional beauty and special effects makeup artist. She created her YouTube channel back in April 2014 and by this October she surpassed nearly 1 million subscribers. As someone who loves YouTube videos and someone who is really into video production Mykie is perfection for her looks down to her videos especially for just starting out on YouTube not even a year ago.  One of my favorite videos of all time form her is a YouTube video she posted this Halloween about the top ten Halloween costumes it starts out as your typical risky Halloween costumes for the first to then just keep getting more advance and creepy and the quality and the effects are amazing.

 



 

Glam and Gore has entered the 2015 nyx face awards and won !! !! I will link the winning look below. Glam and Gore has taught me a lot from how to take simple stuff like bruising and take it to the next level from how to make fake realistic prosthetics form just two simple house hold products she is the best of the best and I inspire that I will be just half as creative as she is one day  here is her winning nyx face awards look

                                                     

 

Until next time Fxers !!!!! Have a spooky day 

SFX Makeup and Price Ranges

Workable Base's

Latex
Scar wax
Rigid Collodion
Third Degree

These are what I like to call my workable bases in  the special effect world  everything listed below you can use to make rips, tears ,burns indents, scales, scars etc. The more expense in price the more realistic the effect is basically how it works.

Latex

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( Liquid that dry's clear making a thin layer of fake skin on top of your real skin ) 2oz - 16 oz.  any where from $3.99 to $28.00 dollars cheap to expense brands  Pints for regular Halloween stores or party places can cause you about 16 bucks  Note***** a 2oz bottle can last you a few long time

Scar wax

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(Moldable base that can do everything latex dose and more with  out the drying process) 1oz $4.50 , 2oz $7.00, 8oz $16.00,  16oz $24.00.

Rigid Collodion 

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( Liquid when applied to skin will cause temporary indents and puffiness)  prices vary form $4.25 to $13.50  but depending on where you look and buy this could vary

Third Degree

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 is a truly unique two-part silicone modeling and casting compound. It sets in less than five minutes, it is clear which can be colored with silicone pigment or makeup (A little color goes a long way, don’t over do it on the color, you want to keep that translucent “skin” look). This silicone product is used to create wounds and deep gash effects on the skin. It can also be glued to the skin using itself as the adhesive. Effects can be peeled off and used again.
( source of info https://www.mallatts.com/store/3rd-Degree-Kit.html)
Tip**** Never ever double dip into more than 1  container or mix the products together inside the containers this will ruin the whole batch
Prices  vary from $24 dollars to $34 depending on where you buy

Paints

cream base makeups
grease paints
makeup stacks
water activated
alcohol activated

Cream Based Makeups

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great for any beginner or advanced makeup artist. super creamy and spreads on easily comes in every color but dose needs a few coats to show up really good runs $1.00 a tube to $3.00 a tube.

Grease Paints


 an oily mixture of grease and a pigment. this sticks better to the face and stays on easier after application.  this product runs aware from $3.00 for   the cheaper stuff from up to $7.00 or more for the expensive stuff

Makeup stacks   

 

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 these are stacks of different colored makeup that fit a specific theme such as zombie , clown , colorful , cool tones, etc. they can  be use for a variety of different things. The run any ware from $7.00 to 10.00 for the cheaper but still very effective brands from  up to $30 for the high end brands.

Water activated Paints

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paints that are activated by water better for store and much better when paint on your face. prices vary form $10.00 at the cheapest to $40.00 to the most expensive

Alcohol activated Paints

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paints that are activated with alcohol a step up from water making them longer lasting and more durable . the prices vary from $30 or the small ones. $50.00 to $80.00 for the regular ones, and the special ones running over $100.00 in price

Bloods

fake blood
thick blood
dark blood
scab blood

Fake blood


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 that can be made or bought in stores around the holiday seasons is the simplest from and beings of fake blood that you can use for special effect looks to movies and more  buying  it runs form 4 dollars to about 11 dollars

Thick blood

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 is the type of  blood that is know to be used on movie sets and for more realistic special effect looks that will show up better on film and on camera  this stuff run about $4.00 for every 2oz. But 2oz can go a long way.

Dark blood 

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is the type of blood that you would usually use in combo with regular fake blood or thick blood it just adds on to the over all effect of your look Dark blood is the same price market as thick blood running about $4.00 for every 2oz's 

Scab blood

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is a favorite by many special effect makeup artists it is scabby and thick and gives the best fake blood effect around even more so when used in combo with any of the other bloods above a little goes a long way . But this stuff is costly 1oz is  $6.50,  6oz is $20.00 and 16oz is  $35.00

I hope I bring a little light to of the most common special effect finds and there prices until next time Fxers

 

 

Inspriation Post 3

Hello my lovely Fxers  This week has defiantly just been a depressing one for me So there is nothing like another Inspiration post to lift the sprits! Ill be back to my regular posts next week. Something that lifts my sprits more than anything is taking photos its one of my favorite things to do to pass the time so today I am going to show you some of the photos I've took sense being on this beautiful campus I hope you all enjoy !  

This photo I took on a lazy Saturday and I mean lazy I wasn't even planning on leaving my dorm. But I'm glad I did or this picture  just wouldn't exist. The thing about living In F is its a pretty far walk so what better opportunity to take photos right? Well anyway I was walking out of building F , and the sun was setting which made everything look dark expect this pastel like sun set  in the backdrop it was so clamming and peaceful and beautiful I just couldn't pass it up. If your wondering why it is in a circle well I just discovered the fish lens setting on my phone to say I am a bit obsessed would be the correct wording

 

This photo was taken on a walk to class my original plan. Was going to be to try to snap chat a video of me blowing on one. And I don't care what any one says we all think oh this would look pretty cool on snap chat and then try to attempt it and fail we all have been there even if we don't  want to admit it. But that is how this photo came about I thought if a couldn't take a video id just photograph it and I thought it came out pretty good.

 

I know this is probably one of the most generic shots that could ever be taken. But on my first day of classes I thought it was so cool that we had one of these in our quad so I took the oh my god it the best thing in the world approach and took this picture. I really don't know I just think it is pretty cool that we have all of this secrecy around campus .

 

 

This last photo is of a moon shot the day that the red moon craze was going around although it dose not look to red because honestly it just didn't show up to good around these parts . But non the less I thought it was cool to actually just get a shot of the moon because it is pretty hard for moon shots to show up on cameras. Unless you have like a super expense camera that it will show up good on and I'm not afraid to admit that I am a broke college student so that isn't gunna happen.

 

Until next week Fxers have amazing, fantastic, Incredible, insanely awesome , beautiful , gorgeous , lovely loving day !

Sources of Inspiration 2 Movies

Movie Inspiration 

So this week I wanted to do my second inspiration post. Since the 9th grade I wanted to be a movie maker because I wanted to take real life topics that happen to real life people and bring them light to them. To let people know they aren't alone. Most of all  help other people to understand something that the might not ever experience. I find it remarkably inspirational  when I watch a film that dose that because that is my goal in life. For my second inspirational post I want to discuss design aspects right down to the story line that make these movies so great and powerful

The first movie I wanted to talk about was actually a move I saw for the first time this weekend it is called Before I Disappear
                                                                         5 out of 5 

This has a lot of bad reviews outside of its 4 star rating on Netflix actually because of the fact that nobody liked the ending, and hated how it jumped topics They also didn't understand some of the odd camera movements and angles. As for me all those things that they hate is what I loved about this movie. And what I thought really took it to the next level

This movie follows a young man Richie who is writing a suicide note to his ex who has passed. He plans on ending his own life to join her. Until he gets a call from his sister asking him  to watch his  niece Sophia for a few hours. Sophia gives Richie something to live for. The whole movie Richie is slipping in and out of  near death and depression. Which is why the directors choice to jump in and out of senses  from topic to topic made perfect sense to me. Because you have to understand that Richie is about to commit suicide and suffers from depression it makes perfect sense that his personality is going up and down.  I think this movie did an amazing job of explaining the human condition .

Spoiler *** 

There is one part where it is Richie 2nd attempt at ending his life he takes a whole bottle of pills and gets a phone call from his niece in his looped state he is attempting to make it across town to his niece this is where the shakey hand held sense come in but it works trying to make you feel like your actually there.

The ending of this movie I quite like because it wasn't exactly a happy ending although it could of been it leaves you to decide what happened

Spoiler ** 

Richie is in the bath tub quite like how the movie began about to end his life when the phone rings and his sister invites him to dinner it then cuts two Richie burning the suicide note. Only to start a new one I love you I miss you Richie then it ends with him seeing a ghostly image of his ex. The ending can be taken to ways Richie finally fought his demons and can move forward with his life. Or he ended the on going battle. But you can choose which one thus creating your own ending which i like.
                                                                           5 out of 5

Remember Me I have a love hate relationship with this movie and this why I don't want to give it  five stars but it the ending ripped my heart into 1,000 little pieces. So just for that I must.  this movie focus around the love story of two broken people a girl Ally  who is trying to deal with the lost of her mother. And a boy Tyler who is trying to deal with the fact that his parents spilt up after brother  committed suicide. They meet each and fall in love while helping each other deal with there demons. The movie is centered in New York in 2001. And for all of you that never saw this movie you are probably thinking that it is just another stupid love story. I will not lie its a love story of two broken people that found each other but the ending is so unexpected and gut ranching  that makes it so much more than just another love story.
The first time you watch this movie you are just shocked because you would of never thought that would of happened. I know your wondering what happens ok. do not read the spoiler if you have never seen the movie I'm begging you go watch it first.

Spoiler***** The Ending

Tyler has  just made up with his father and is waiting for him  to arrive at work it cuts to a shot of his sister in school with her teacher writing 9/11 on the board. And then Tyler  dies he dies in 9/11 twin towers plane crash and it ends with a poem in his voice from his journal . Its shocking its just everything is going great and you  expect this happy ending and he dies. I think it made the movie fantastic because you become emotional invested in Tyler like he is your good friend it causes you to feel such pain when he dies in the most horrible way and we get a tiny glimpse of what it was like to loose someone on that tragic day. Again the free handed camera work right around the 9/11 scene brought another layer to this movie .

And the thing that makes it so much more real no knew that was going to happen. People in that building could of been fighting , dealing with lost,  planning on fixing relationships. They were people that had these mazing life's and struggles and hopes and dreams and they got taken away with no warning and  that's what makes this movie so real and raw and just not like another love story because it makes you think about the what ifs in life.

                                                                        4 out of 4

 I have never saw I movie quite like this it deals with the very serious issues of being transgender but dose it at such a young age which makes you  that much more attached to the characters. Again this movie had gotten beaten down and accused as being an insult to the transgender community. For mere fact that the ending wasn't happy and did not lean towards acceptance. I am 100% in support of the LGBT community don't get me wrong. But once again I think the ending made the movie that much more powerful.
This movie follows a ten year old girl Zoe who's family moves to a new town. Where he  decides he wants to become Mikae and introduced himself as just that to his friends . This story is about a girl making a transition into a boy  and the new struggles he will now face as Mikae. Mikae mother was a horrible women that could not accept the fact that her little girl was actually her little boy  which lead her to do some rash things.

Showing Mikae having to cut his hair, or bandage his torso, or try to imitate what all the guys were doing. showing these scene  is what made the movie because we read about this or hear about it but actually seeing it is a different story and makes you feel so much for that person.

Spoiler***** The Ending

Mikae's mother outs him as been born with girl parts in front of his friends  this ending was heart breaking and it was uncalled for a mother none the less to do this to her son. But this is what made the movie great because back in 2011 and even today  horrible but true a lot of people wouldn't of accepted this. As much as a I agree that we should support positively for this topic. This movie showed what it was like for people that are transgender and the kind of things that happen when people don't accept them for who they are. Its a horrible fact to face but people actually are like this and do treat people this way. It brought a horrible and ugly truth to light. And maybe just maybe for hard headed people that felt that way it brought  them to change there actions.

The 411 on Liquid Latex

                              The 411 on Liquid Latex

Hello Fxers and welcome back to my blog I know that I always give a brief  summary of how to apply liquid  latex for all the looks I have shown you this far . But there are so many things that you could do with this product its like the ruler of the specail effects world. there are alot of pricey products out there but if you know your facts on liquid latex you can save a lot of money. When it comes to create certain effects and looks .  Lets get started on the many ways you can use this gem of product.
 

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Liquid Latex Prosthetics

Yes instead of spending large amounts of money on prosthetics or prosthetic making products . You can make your very own prosthetics using Liquid Latex ! Warring it is harder to work with until you get used to. Making prosthetics with latex is simple easy and cost effective. I personally make prosthetics out of  gelatin and glycerin which is still very cost effective because you can use it multiple times but that is for a holy different kind of future blog post . Back to Latex!!! Lets get started

Pick something you want to prosthetic. It could be anything just for the sake of explaining this to you i am going to say we want to make a prosthetic of a bullet hole, because it is probably the easies.

So you are going to pick a hard surface That you don't mind working with makeup on you are going to take your liquid latex and put a round circle the size of a bullet hole on to the surface your working with and then let it  dry. do this 3 to 4 times. Tip* you could build it up with tissues if you want a thinker surface to lay around with. But it is not required .

When completely dry peel the prosthetic off  of your surface and bam ! lol that is kind of iconic because we are talking about bullet holes haha okay yes im painfuly funny moving on !

Glue the prostheitc on to your face using lates , sprit gum or some kind of fx glue.

You can use this method to make just about any prosthetic you can work on your face or use some type of mold the options are endless

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Liquid Latex for tears in the skin

Lets face it you can add a cut a tear or rip to the prettiest costume in the world and it will still make it look cooler.

 So if you read any of my other posts you would know i say this alot but this is how you do it because honestly since halloween paseed my blog is probably currently the least intresting.

So you put a layer of latex across any part of your body. Basicly the face neck and arms becsue i cant see you putting it anywhere else  . Then put a layer of 1ply tissues over it. wait for it dry. Repeat this process until you feel that your fake skin is built up enough to play with. I usally do 6 layers because we have to cut this open . I dont want to aciddently slice my neck or face open. so the more layers the more safety.

 

Liquid Latex Body paint ????

I have heard of body painting and I have heard of using latex for special effects. But I never would of thought to put the to of them together . In my research I wanted to find something out that I didn't quite know about latex. This just happens to be it.

At first it was so strange to me because latex sticks to hair and wouldn't that be so painful if your pint on a body part that has hair like arms for example?

But then it occurred  to me that it dry's quick it is able to peel off easily and it is good a base to paint over  sometimes the strangest things can make art I suppose.

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Don'ts of Latex  

Dont put latex in hair because it will not come out you will have to shave your head not kidding. I once got a tiny bit in the tip of my hair once thank god it was only the tip.

Be careful if your putting latex around sentive area like the lips and eyes. Getting latex  in your eye can blind you . Becasue just like any other surface  it will create a thin layer and you dont want a thin layer of latex over your eye.

If your going to be putting latex over your eyebrows please glue them down using sprit gum as long as you have a sprit gum remover it is perfectly safe becasue latex is so hard to get out of your eyebrows.

Until next time Fxers

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na BATMAN ( Actualy the Joker )

Hello Fxers and unfortuntly it is the  dreaded month of November lets all have a moment of slince and bow our heads in respect  for Halloween that pasted this weekend R.I.P. until next year my old friend. Just becasue Halloween is over dosent mean specail effects die off until next year. So you best belive  that  I will be going strong. The only good thing about November arrving beside thanksgiving is that all Halloween  products go on sale the day after Halloween so you can stock up for the next year or next day or week if your some one like me.  Lets be honest here who doesnt like to mess around with specail effects makeup all year round  "circkets " Okay i get it im the only one .

Well someone asked me to do there makeup for Halloween this past Saturday and i thought awsome they said they wanted to look the joker form batman. And me trying to put  my own spin on things started to weigh the possiblitlys.Thier is like three basic jokers the newest being sudice squad tatted up joker which i find the hardest thing on the plant to accomplish  because i cant draw in real  life so how can i paint tatoos all over my body. The second being the most well know joker with  the iconic catch phrae why so serious  ? Which is absoulty doable but I dont go slight with things I go exterme or go home. The last joker is the basic joker white face , black eyes, red lips up to your ear. So I naturaly picked the seond joker but he didn't have scars . His  smile cut to deep and the sides of his face are kinda peeling off

                                               JOKER

 

 

 

What you are gunna need

 White face paint

Black face paint

Red cream paint

Liquid Latex

Blood

Green wig  

 

 

How to

 

Step 1 Paint your face white and hosntly this is the most annoying  part becasue you have to do so many layers to get a good coat.

 

Step 2 Messly  fill in your whole area with black cover thoose eyebrows to .  Kind of a gross tip if you lick your finger you can drag some of the black down into the white to make it look messer .

 

Step 3 If you can srunch up your face and your forehead wrinkles up you want to define thosse wrinkles with the white face paint if your like me and not gifted with this skill to keep it simple  we will skip this step.

 

Step 4 Go crazy we are challenging the joker here! Start to messily fill your lips in with the red cream paint.

 

Step 5  Start to apply your latex and tissues from the cornor of your lip to almost the end of your check. If you need to see a quick explaintion of how to apply latex you can look at my other posts because i explain it in just about everyone or stay tuned for this weeks second post where I will  teach everything you need to know about Latex .

 

Step 6. Cut your new skin open apply differnt shades of red brusing if you want and lots of blood

 

Step 7 This is the most important!! You must have the green hair garb a wig , dye your hair  or the spray in the color works just fine  .  Without it this look can go form joker to bad clown makeup in 2 seconds falt

 

 

Until next time Fxers Do you wanna know how I got these scars?

 

 



 

6 Super Easy Last minute Halloween Costumes for College Students on a Budget Girls and Guys !

Halloween on a Budget !

Happy almost Halloween Fxers and in honor of my favorite holiday. I thought I'd offer you 6 last minute Halloween looks three for girls and three  for guys. Because honestly we are all college students here and while it be cool to go all out this Halloween a lot of us don't have the time, patience or money to do so . So I came up with six looks that are super easy and low cost this Halloween . I spilt it into girls and guys but its Halloween so really you could do any of these looks if you wanted to!

The Guys

Slit throat

What you will need

Liquid Latex  Budget tip * If you don't have latex Elmer's Glue is a good sub.

tissues

fake blood  Budget tip* food coloring and cornstarch makes fake blood.

red blue green food coloring

wire optional

optional foundation 

 

How to

Step 1 Put a layer of latex across   your neck the length is up to you . Then put a layer of 1ply tissues over it. wait for it dry. Repeat this process until you feel that your fake skin is built up enough to play with. I did 6 layers.

Step 2  Cut open your fake skin . Be very careful sense this is around you neck area. Optional you can use foundation to blend the latex into your skin it will make it look more realistic  

Step 3 I used my injury stack to create bruising around my neck. But we are on a budget here so. Take your blue ,red ,and green food color and begin applying them all around your neck and on your fake skin. if your colors mix that's a good thing.  

Step. 4 Optional but to make your cut look deeper take a dark food color, black marker , eye shadow what ever you'd like and color in the area where you cut your fake skin open .

Step 5 Add lots of blood everywhere there is never to much fake blood your neck just got sliced open there should be tons of fake blood.

Step 6 Optional you could add thin wire and stick it through the latex to make it seem like there was a struggle.

 Exposed Bone

 What you need 

Liquid Latex  Budget tip * If you don't have latex Elmer's Glue is a good sub.

Tissues 

fake blood  Budget tip* food coloring and cornstarch makes fake blood.

red blue green food coloring

Gum the white color 

How to 

Step 1 Put a layer of latex across  your arm the length is up to you . Then put a layer of 1ply tissues  over it. wait for it dry. Repeat this process until you feel that your fake skin is built up enough to play with. I did 6 layers.

Step 2  Cut open your fake skin . Be very careful because you don't want to cut your actual skin open. Optional you can use foundation to blend the latex into your skin it will make it look more realistic  

Step 3  I used my injury stack to create bruising around my arm. I also used a couple of different eye shadows intensive the bruising. But once again we are on a budget here so. Take your blue, red, and green food color and begin applying them all around your arm and on your fake skin. if your colors mix that's a good thing.  You are also going to want to bruise inside the cut as well. 

Step 4  Chew some gum because this is going to act as your "fake bone". After a few chews you will be able to  mold into the shape of a bone. 

Tip* Make sure you your hands are clean of any other products you were using before working with the gum . I did not and had to repeat this step 3 times. We will be adding slight color to this later so you want a blank canvas.

Step 5  With you latex glue your bone into place the angle and direction is completely  up to you.  and then being to use your food coloring to slightly bruise your bone.  if you don't know how to make bruising check out my blog post on how to make fake  bruises .

Step 6 Blood everywhere go blood insane. Fake blood is the best part of any look. 

                                                       Missing Eye

what you will need

Liquid Latex  Budget tip * If you don't have latex Elmer's Glue is a good sub.

Tissues 

fake blood  Budget tip* food coloring and cornstarch makes fake blood.

red blue green food coloring

Black face paint or eye shadow. 

How to Missing eye

Step 1 Put a layer of latex across  the bottom rim of your eye . Then put a layer of 1ply tissues  over it. wait for it dry. Repeat this process until you feel that your fake skin is built up enough to play with. I did 6 layers.

Step 2  Cut your new skin open once again its kind of an important area so be care. Optional you can use foundation to blend the latex into your skin it will make it look more realistic  

Step 3  Take your blue, red, and green food color and begin applying them all around your arm and on your fake skin. You  could color the inside of the wound black to give more depth. 

Step 4 . Cover your entire eye with black. you may need to do this a few times to get  the look that you want .

Step 5 Blood, blood and more blood your eye just fell out so there is no such thing as not enough.                                                              

                                               The Gals

  Rotting Alien 

What you will need 

Liquid Latex  Budget tip * If you don't have latex Elmer's Glue is a good sub.

Tissues 

eye shadow or shadows of your choosing  

shimmer dust or glitter  

How To 

Step 1 Using the eye shadow of your choosing begin by covering your whole face with it until you get a good visible color .

Step  2  Put a layer of latex on random parts of your face  . Then put a layer of 1ply tissues  over it. wait for it dry. Repeat this process until you feel that your fake skin is built up enough to play with. I did 6 layers.

Step 3 Blend the latex in with the color of your face  Use a sharp object to pick at until you get a tear. this will make the skin look infected and bothered.

Step 4 Pick an additional  eye shadow color shimmers work better. Dust it  inside the tear and around the infected area . This will act as the blood or puss. by we are rotting  glitter  and sparkles because we are a pretty alien ok.?

                                                                    Deer 

What you will need 

Brown eye shadows 2 or 3 different shades  

white cream eye shadow

Black eyeliner  or eye shadow 

How to 

Step 1 fill in your eyebrows with second darkest shade of brown you have .

Step 2 Make a line going from your eyebrows all the way the sides of your half way down transition to your darker shade of brown. and being blending it out on both sides leaving the middle of your nose open.

Step 3 Fill the middle of nose in with your white cream eye shadow. 

Step 4 Fill in your nose how ever you would like with your black eyeliner stick  I dipped my down to make it look more deer like. 

Step 5 Make a line going your the bridge of your nose to the top of your lip. And fill your upper lip with the black eyeliner stick. 

Step 6 Blank out your bottom lip by covering it  with white and putting foundation over that .

Step 7 Contour you entire face with your medium brown until you get a nice brown  base. 

Step 8 Add white spots up your forehead and on your checks. 

Step 9 You can make antlers  by glueing twigs and sticks on to a head band. I just happened to have a pair that i got on clearance last year!! 

                                                            Ice Queen 

DazzleDust08 / YouTube

My last super easy Halloween makeup look would be this Ice queen.  And I'm going to link you to this video below because i did not not have to time to recreate or put my own spin on this. Or come up with a new look based on this because i just ran out of time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUjND8NshjY

I hope you guys have an amazing Halloween I know i will until next time fxers make sure to do something extra spooky this Halloween

Sugar Skulls Two ways Easy / Meduim diffculty

Sugar Skulls 2 Ways

 

Hello Fxers and welcome back to my blog. Today we are back at the how to looks. And I thought what a great day to do Sugar Skulls. The 1st  one Im going to show you today is basically how to cheat looking like you know what your doing this Halloween. Its a beginer Sugar skull that involes only three simple steps then for the other one . Im going to step it up a bit and get creative! So lets get started .

 

 

Products Needed

White face paint or cream eye shadow

Black face paint or cream eye shadow

Sugar  skull sticker kit from Halloween Spirit

 

 

Lets get Started

Step 1  Paint your whole face with white face paint and set it with white powder

 

Step 2 Use your black face paint and make a big circle around your eyes starting at your eyebrow and ending underneath your eyes . Fill it in with the face paint then set it with black eye shadow if you have. Fill in your nose with black face paint .

 

Step 3 Get creative with the stickers form your Sugar skull sticker kit. you can do anything you like. and you can also jazz it up a bit like i did. By gluing gems to my forehead to give the look an extra little something. here what it looks like ! 

 

                                           AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE :)

 

My second sugar skull is something I came up with it is kind of like an Sparkle Skull.
 The interesting thing about this skull is that it was completely made out of eye shadow expect for
the white face paint around the chin and mouth and the bling of course! And it transitions between 3 colors.

What you will need
2 glitter shades of eye shadow
2  normal shades of eye shadows the same colors as your two glitter shades
Black eye shadow pigment
1 normal eye shadow of any color of your choosing
white face paint
Dusting powder
Some bling !
2 brushes of your choice

Lets begin!!!!
Step 1 Begin putting the white face paint from under your chin all the way up to the tip of your nose. Blend it out as much as you can.

Step 2 Take one of your glitter shades and  one of your solid shade and being to dip your brush in one then the other  I used blue tones for this !

Step 3 Begin to blend this right  where you stopped your white  face paint Blend about a 1/2 inch into the white. This will make a natural transition and not a harsh one.

Step 4 Continue to blend these to colors until you hit the top of your cheeks .

Tip * The whole section where your blending these colors should turn that color and it should be very noticeable so keep going if it is not quite there

Step 5 Repeat Step 2 with your second set of colors ! I used purple tones for this !

Step 6  Repeat Step 3 only this time your will be blending the color at your temples to make the transition to your next color!

Hint *  leave your eye socket and eyebrow areas open we will fill them in later !

Step 7 Blend these colors all the way up to your hair line avoiding your eye and eyebrow areas

Step 8  Take your two set of colors and begin blending them all the way down your nose until you get a color your happy with.

Step 9 Fill in the tip of your nose with black  eye shadow pigment.

Step 10  Use an eyeliner stick in any color. If you have black it could make the next couple steps easier. Make a big circle around your eyes starting at your eyebrow and ending underneath your eyes .

Step 11 Fill in this circle with any color you want. You can mix colors if you want. I did a deep but bright pink. Then dusted a sparkly sliver over it. !

Tip ****This is wear having a black eyeliner stick would make your life much easier so you can do these following steps with that if you would like !!!!!

Step 12 Begin to outline your circle with your black eye shadow pigment you can do this very easily with a Qtip. Then being to make tiny lines coming off  the circle you have just outlined. Using a Qtip to do this will make your lines thinker thus giving it a cooler appearance.

Step 13 Fill your lips in with black. Then begin to make a line form the corner of your lips to the middle of your checks with your black eye shadow pigment. Make a bunch of evenly spaced lines going through the line you just made. This is you mouth!

Step 14 Add bling wherever you want!

Step 15 If you have it dust your whole face with dusting powder. If you don't know what dusting powder is. It is a fine powder made completely of sparkles !!

                                             HERE IS THE FINISHED PRODUCT !!!

 

Until next time Fxers.  What did the bird say on Halloween?............ Trick or tweet!