The Perfect Scary Halloween Mask- This Halloween Makeup Idea is A Recipe for Horror
Posted: Saturday, October 14, 2006
by Robert Closs
The School of Professional Makeup Ltd
What Lies in Granny’s “Crypt"-ic Cupboard?
Searching
for a scary Halloween mask? This Halloween makeup idea is
not for the faint-hearted! This gruesome brew is for those who love the horror
of HELL-oween. If you are nifty enough, Granny’s goodies could turn you into
this!
The base of this Halloween makeup design is plain gelatin and strawberry jam.
Remember, although this recipe sounds ghoulishly delicious, it’s not to be
eaten!
Follow directions on the gelatin box, adding the
proper ratio of boiling water to plain gelatin. To this, add about 1/3 ratio of
glycerine to your mixture. (Glycerine is available in most pharmacies.) The
glycerine will prevent the gelatin from cracking and give you ghoulish lasting
power. Bring the mixture to a gentle boil and simmer for five minutes. When it
starts to cool, skim off the milky froth that floats to the top. Clear gelatin
is all that should remain.
Pour part of the gelatin mixture into a cup that you will work from. You can
reheat the remaining mixture on the stove or just microwave the cup you are
working with, as the mixture will cool and become difficult to work with.
Take your artist’s spatula and put a small amount of gelatin on the back of
your wrist to test the temperature. The mixture should be warm and fluid, but
not uncomfortably hot to the skin. Now apply the gelatin to the face as if you
were icing a cake.
Purposely do some sections of your subject’s face thicker than others to
develop different textures and levels. The gelatin will want to drip sometimes,
so catch these drips with the tip of your spatula and change their direction so
they don’t set. Do one layer, let it dry and proceed with the next layer. As
each layer gets tacky, use the tip of the spatula to create nooks and crevices.
After 3 to 5 layers have been completed, you can create small holes to look
like open, rotting wounds! (For those of you that are completely grossed by
this Halloween mask, stick to lip gloss!)
Take the tip of your artist’s spatula and carefully dig a little hole through
the layers until you arrive at the skin. You must be careful not to scratch the
skin for obvious reasons – it hurts. A pair of cuticle scissors will help snip
away small parts of gelatin to create large craters. Now fill the small holes
and craters with strawberry jam (no tasting) and let the jam bleed slightly out
of the wound…..Yum!
Ghouls in training may take this scary Halloween mask a step further by
darkening the eyes with red, purple and black eye shadows. A grey and blue eye
pencil will give a gorgeously ghastly color to the mouth. And remember, no
nibbling on the jam, just on your victims!
More makeup ideas can be found on my Makeup Blog.
Bio: Robert Closs is the founder and managing
director of The School of
Professional Makeup in Toronto, Canada. He has been a successful
makeup artist for 25 years, and is currently appearing on Life Network's
popular makeover show "So Chic" with Steven & Chris. Photo courtesy of Due North Publications.
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Robert, Every year I do a black base with light mix of gray, and white around the eys and as a nose feature,... can I do the mix here with gelitan and glycerine over the black base or does it need to go direct on top of the skin. Keith
