It's Just a Scratch!

Hey Guys, I was very excited this week when my Mouldlife sculpt gel arrived in the mail along with PPI's skin illustrator FX palette! So as you can imagine I had to create a look straight away, and since this was my first time using the sculpt gel I opted for just creating some large 'scratch' marks on the forearm rather than doing anything overly extravagant. Just be warned I did tell my sister that putting it on her forearm wouldn't be fun to remove as when you remove the sculpt gel from a place that has a lot of hair it tends to pull at, although I'll show you how to over come this. Again this look would be brilliant for Halloween as the sculpt is a 2 part (the 3rd part acts as a deadener) silicon mixture that cures dry and flexible, meaning unlike wax it wont be squashed easily or wear off easily.
But anyway here's the look, I hope you enjoy! 

The Finished Look! 

(p.s Sorry about the Pj's it was quite late :P)


What You'll Need:

Mould Sculpt Gel in Flesh

Mouldlife Sculpt Gel in Flesh

Mixing Palette, Metal and
Plastic Spatula

Isopropyl Alcohol (99.9%)

PPI - Skin Illustrator
 FX Palette

Isopropyl Alcohol(99.9%)

PPI - Skin Illustrator
 FX Palette

Bloodymarvellous Thick and Light blood

Various Sponges

Bloodymarvellous Wound filler
 gel in Scratch

Step One:

Pour some of the 99.9% alcohol into a cup/beaker you dont care about and then use a thin brush  (sorry I forgot to take a picutre of these, but they're ones that have been used in previous looks), and dip it into the alcohol so you're able to activate the aged blood colour from the skin illustrator palette. Make sure the brush is well coated in alcohol so the colour applied is quite transparent, if the colour is too opaque you can apply more alcohol to it to wash it out. 

Then take equal amounts of part A, B and C of the sculpt gel mixtures using a spatula or tongue decompressors if you have them. MAKE SURE you do not use the same end of the spatula or tongue decompressor to take each part of the mixtures out as, when part A and B are mixed together they cure and set, meaning if any of part A gets into B or B into A that silicon part will be ruined. Part C acts as a deadener and gives you more working time with the silicon and helps to increase the flexibility of the silicon once it has cured. Place each part out separetly on a metal palette (I used about 1gram of each part, and then applied more later to get my desired effect), then using whatever end of the spatula mix them together quickly.

Step Two:

Once the silicon parts have all been mixed apply directly to the skin over where you laid the marks earlier. Make sure to smooth out the edges to get a clean blend into the skin. You can also use a sponge as it starts to cure to help bring texture and reduce the shine of the silicon.

In this picture I added another 2 grams of each part A, B and C totaling 6 grams of the silicon mixture to help build up the edges of the silicon. Then carefully use the edge of your spatula to create the large scratches in the silicon pushing the excess silicon up towards the edges to help create more depth. Now allow the silicon to fully cure. You can speed up this process by using a hairdryer. The silicon will be cured once it is no longer tacky and has set in place.

Step Three:

Using the same cup/beaker as you used earlier to put the 99.9% alcohol in, refill this and use a thick wash of the aged blood in the Skin Illustrator FX palette to start filling in the inside of the wounds, allow each layer to dry before adding more colour to build intensity. Then using blood tone lightly wash this all over the scratches and around it blending it out with more alcohol and a sponge. Build the intensity where needed, such as the inside and perimeters of the scratch, by layering up the colour and using less alcohol. You can use a variety of different shaped brushes and sponges to create your desired effect.

Step Four:

Then take a metal spatula and use it to scrape out some of the would filler gel in scratch and apply to the inside of the scratches. (This stuff is extremely thick and I ended up having to use my fingers to get it to separate, but it creates a lovely effect when applied to the inside of the wound as it doesn't move.)

Just the wound gel added

Next take the thick blood from bloodymarvellous and apply this to the inside of the wound covering any areas where the wounder filler didn't go. Then taking the light blood apply this inside and around the scratches heavily and then use a tissue and dab the blood so only a little remains, this helps to create a splattered and messy effect.

After applying the light blood 

Step Five:

First use a pad soaked in the 99.9% alcohol and wipe this over the skin to remove the Skin Illustrator colours and blood. Then like I mentioned in the introduction since this was applied to a hairy part of the forearm it was a lot harder to get off than if it had been on smooth skin with little hair, as the silicon clings to the hair. So to remove this in the most comfortable way, using a make up glue remover such as PPI's Super Solv would be great, but unfortunately mine hadn't arrived in the mail yet so I used the 99.9% alcohol. To use this soak a cotton wool bud in the alcohol and start to carefully flick up the edges of the silicon by circling the cotton wool bud. Keep doing this and using new cotton wool buds soaked in alcohol until the whole appliance is removed, being very careful not to pull out any hairs or to pull too harshly on the silicon as it will hurt yourself or your model. Once the silicon appliance has been removed go over the area again with a pad soaked in the alcohol to remove any excess silicon or colour/blood and then wash your arm and apply moisturizer to it.

Thank you for reading this blog post guys, I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you have fun recreating the look.

Becky ox.

The Chelsea Clown!

Hey guys I've been waiting to create a Chelsea smile effect for a little while using Mehron Synwax, and although I'm happy with the final results I believe there's definitely a lot of practicing I need to do with the wax before I'm happy with the final result. Overall I don't think I used enough adhesive and mixed too much Vaseline in with the wax so it became extremely sticky and hard to work with, but hey practice makes perfect and hopefully when my sculpt-gel arrives i'll be able to recreate a better smile. But still I think this look would be really effective for Halloween (just remember a sealer will help to keep it in place all night), so I hope you guys enjoy this one!

The Finished Look!



What You'll Need:

Mehron Spirit Gum and  Remover

Mehron SynWax

Triangle Sponges

Vaseline

Random Brushes, Spatula
and Ben Nye Bruise
wheel

Face and Eyeshaow brushes

Illamasqua Rich Liquid Foudation
 in RO115
and Eylure Eyelash adhesive

Mehron Paradise Paint - Red and
Black

Natural Collection
Loose powder

Ardell Lashes 105 and
Sugar Pill 'Porcelain'
Eyelashes

Bloodymarvellous
Thick and Light blood

Sugarpill Eyeshadow Palettes in:
Burning Heart and Sweetheart

Step One:

Using a brown or dark eyeshadow lightly place out where you want the wax for the Chelsea smile to go and then go over these lines using spirit gum and tap it so it become tacky. Then using a metal or plastic spatula scrape out some wax and then lightly coating your fingers in Vaseline start molding the wax, making sure to get all of the lumps out of it. Then rolling the wax into a sausage the same length of your marker lines, place this onto the spirit gum. Then using the spatula lightly coated in Vaseline blend out the edges of the wax until you're happy with how it blends into the skin. Then taking the end of the spatula carefully scrape out the area where you want the cut to be. (As you can in the picture below I didn't apply any spirit gum around the bottom of the mouth and therefore the wax started to fall down and misshape so make sure to apply spirit to places where the wax will be, although do be careful around the mouth, and tissue off excess Vaseline). Then once you are happy with this apply a light whitish foundation, I used Illamasqua Rich liquid Foundation in 115 using a foundation brush and sponge, I then set this with a translucent powder. 

Step Two:

Then once the foundation has been set, apply a small amount of water to the Mehron Paradise paint in red, so you get a thick consistency of paint. Then with a thin eyeshadow brush paint four lines in the shape of a diamond and start to colour them in with the paint, but only go with the paint to the top of the eyebrow and leave a clear rim around the bottom of your eye as it is recommend to not use this colour of paint too close to the eye. To fill in the rest of the eye use a white eye pencil and use it on the areas not covered and blend out. Then using the red eyeshadow from the Burning Heart palette, put this over the top of the white pencil. Then taking a small eyeshadow brush, use the purple eyeshadow from the Burning Heart Palette to outline the red, blending it inwards. Once this has been done, use a medium size face brush and lightly blend around the diamond shape so it creates a faded red/pink effect around the diamonds. Dont worry about any fall out this adds to the messy, horror look of the clown. 

Step Three: 

Using the red Mehron Paradise paint again getting it to the same thick consistency, use a small brush to create a circle on the tip of your nose and set with the red eyeshadow from the Burning Heart palette. Then using the same techniques as we did on the eyes use the purple eyeshadow from the Burning Heart palette and go around the edges blending it inwards to help create a more 3D effect. Then mixing the white eye pencil from earlier and the red paint to create a light pinkish shade draw a half moon shape to the top left corner of the circle to again help with the 3D effect.

Step Four:

Next using the Ben Nye bruise wheel, use a small brush to apply the dark blue and red/brown to the inside of the cuts, blending it out with a sponge and being careful not to disrupt the wax. Then use the lighter red over the outer perimeters of the cuts and again blend this out around the outside and inside of the cuts, being careful with the wax. 

Step Five: 

Next using the Mehron Paradise paint in black, wet it with a small amount of water and then using a thin brush draw on eyebrows that flick up at each end. I decided to do one eyebrow arched higher than the other, but you can draw them both the same. Next use the paradise paint to thickly line the eyes and set with black eyeshadow making sure it's all dry before opening your eyes. Then apply the Ardell lashes to the top lashes and the Sugarpill lashes to the bottom lashes. Once these have dried, use a black eyeliner to waterline the eyes so the eyelashes blend better. Again don't worry about any fall out from the black eyeshadow, this adds to the look.

Step Six: 

To finish off the look use some white eyeshadow to highlight each top right corner of the diamonds around the eyes and apply the thick Bloodymarvellous blood in the inside of the cuts and blend/spatter using a sponge and then use the light blood to help create drips around the mouth and use a sponge to spatter it around the outside of the mouth to create a very messy effect.

Step Seven: 

To remove first gently pull off the fake eyelashes (you can reuse the lashes by pulling off any excess glue and sanitizing them with a makeup sanitizing spray if you wish). Then use the spatula to scrape off the wax and then makeup remover to get rid of the rest of the makeup. Scrape off any leftover wax and then using the spirit gum remover on a cotton wool bud wipe this over the areas you applied the spirit gum making sure it is all removed. Then wash your face with a cleanser and apply some moisturizer. (P.S the red Mehron paradise paint can stain lightly but should be easily removed with an eye-friendly cleanser.)

Thanks once again guys for reading this blog post, I hope you all enjoyed the outcome and have fun recreating it. 
Becky ox.