| MATERIALS: |
Skin toned/clear liquid latex
Safety pin/bobby pin/needle/tweezers
Foundation
Red and burgundy cream make-up/eyeshadow
A black eyeliner pencil/black eyeshadow/black cream make-up
Setting powder
Fake blood
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| DIRECTIONS: |
1. Apply your liquid latex to desired area. I used the handle end of a fluffy make-up brush to apply mine.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE LIQUID LATEX:
Try using a gelatin mixture of 1 part hot water, 1 part unflavored gelatin and a dab of flesh-toned cream make-up. This mixture dries very quickly, so work fast. |  |
| 2. Once the latex begins to dry, it will start to appear transparent in some areas, now is the time to start ripping holes into the latex with a safety pin or tweezers. Create one or a series of wound-like tears. However, if you do more than one tear, make it look random, like a real wound would. |  |
| 3. If your latex isn't fully dry yet, wait until it is, then apply foundation to the whole latexed area. This blends the latex with your skin and reduces the shine. (I skipped this step, it isn't necessary) | |
4. Begin filling in each wound with a bright red cream make-up. I'm using Ben Nye's Bruise & Abrasion wheel. You can also substitute the cream make-up for colored eyeliners, matte eyeshadow or lipstick.
QUICK MAKE-UP RECIPEs:
1 part acrylic paint mixed with 1 part vasiline. The vasiline will ensure that the paint will come off your skin.
Mix a little bit of eyeshadow pigment with some vasiline. Keep adding pigment until you achieve your desired color. |  |
| 5. Then fill in your wounds with a burgundy color, working from the outside to the inside to create depth. |  |
| 6. Apply your black eyeliner or make-up to the very outside edges of your wounds and blend outwards. |  |
| 7. Dab small amounts of red or burgundy to the outside of the wounds and blend to suggest irritation. |  |
| 8. Set with a translucent powder. | |
| 9. Add blood, and you're finished. :D |  |
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