Three things you must have in your Special effects makeup kit !

Hey Fxers and welcome back to Ready Set FX today  I'm  going to be talking to you about my must haves for being able to create any sort of special effects looks . And don't worry its not a lot you can create just about anything with a bottle of latex and some eye shadow. So lets get started!

First off the number one thing that you will need to make any sort of special effect look will be liquid latex. As long as you have a bottle of that you can conquer the special effect makeup world. And don't worry you don't have to go all out a tiny 1oz bottle from the Halloween has let me do countless looks over the last year and I still have some left a little goes a long way.  But in case you were wondering there is a professional special effects latex called Ben Nye. I just ordered some liquid latex from them and used to create a special effects look yesterday. If you don't mind paying an extra 5 bucks this stuff is legit. Its basically  like having a new layer of skin.

Secondly some sort of eye shadow platelet it could be any brand personally I've been using my Smashbox on the rocks platelet for the last year to create all my looks but as long as you have a platelet that contains a dark  red, black ,blue, green, and purple you'll be fine. you can use this to create anything form cuts to bruises to burns which I will be showing you how to do next week so stay tuned!

Thirdly you will need some fake blood you could make your own using corn starch , chocolate syrup, and red food coloring. This will get the job done but it will be very runny. I would recommend getting the fake stuff from Walmart or a Halloween store during the fall season its only about 4 bucks and looks pretty realistic. But if your looking for something you can put in your mouth Ben Nye sells a mint flavor version. I would not suggest swallowing  but its non toxic just in case.

Its not a lot and there are so many more amazing products you can add to your collection. But if your just beginning and your looking for a cheap way to start off your collection or get your feet wet this is all your need to create some simple yet killer looks. Until next time Fxers What do you call three witches living together ?.....................................  Broommates

The Silenced

     Hello and welcome to Ready Set FX! Happy 1st day of Halloween if you love Halloween as much as I do we all know that October basically qualifies as it being Halloween everyday.  That photo you see above is from a little photo shoot I did a couple months ago called  We are silenced it was inspired by a video I saw when I was venturing through  YouTube. So here is a run down of my look and how I managed to not pin my friends actual skin together.

    So I followed Bonnie's tutorial but in my opinion our looks aren't quite the same. And I'm glad  about that I'm going to break this look into 5 simple steps

1.Outline your new mouth  take a red tube of lipstick and extend your mouth out by drawing a straight line from the corner of both side of your lips make sure its at least an inch thick. When you start to look like the Joker you've done it right

2.Fill the outline of your new mouth in with latex at least an inch above your "New Mouth"  If you don't know how to apply latex. To sum it up quickly you put a thin layer of latex over your new mouth then you put  1ply tissues over that latex. Apply more latex to seal it and then let it dry and repeat the process . At least 4 to 5 times

3. Cut your new mouth open with a pair of  scissors make sure to go slowly so you don't rip the latex, or cut your actual skin

4. Insert the safety pins into your fake skin  CAREFULLY!!!

5. Gore it up with blood and bruises basically anything that will take your look to that extra level of nastiness. The more gore the better! 

I posted Bonnies Channel and the video I used to make this look below if you want to check out her channel or get a more in depth explanation of how to do this look. Until tomorrow FXers I will leave with this corny Halloween joke  What's A Vampire's least favorite song ?
Another One Bites The Dust !!!!
Bonnie Corban SFX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yompRYTHfmA