I Got Bitten! (Diseased Zombie Bite)

Hey guys after watching my YouTube feed fill up with tons of Halloween makeup looks, I saw a few variations on different types of zombies bites and I thought it would be really fun to create one of my own. Although I wish I'd done the bite further down as the anatomy isn't quite right with the bite being where it is, I'm still really happy with the result. Like the other looks featured on my blog, this would be perfect for Halloween (just remember a good adhesive and sealer will help it stay in place all night!). Hopefully you guys enjoy this look, and if so here's how I created it.

The Finished Look!

What You'll Need:

Mouldlife Sculpt Gel in Flesh

IPA (99.9%) Alcohol

Metal Palette/ Metal/Plastic Spatula

Skin Illustrator FX Palette

Skin Illustrator FX Palette

Bloodymarvellous Scratch Gel

Bloodymarvellous dark/light blood

Various Sponges

Step One:

Wipe the area you're going to apply the sculpt gel to with makeup remover to make sure the area is free of any dirt and oils that could effect the adhesiveness of the sculpt gel to your skin. Then mix equal amounts of part A,B and C of the sculpt gel mixture (add more of part C if you prefer a longer working time with the sculpt gel), by using a different spatula or tongue depressor for each part you take out, as cross contaminating the parts will make it so the part you contaminated will be unable to be used again. Once these have all been thoroughly mixed together, take half the mixture and apply it to the area your bite will be in a semi-circle shape, and use the sides of a spatula to blend it into the skin seamlessly. Be careful to make sure you have enough working time to get the piece looking how you want it to before it starts to cure. Then do the same on the other side, to create a bite shape outline. 

My sculpt gel started to cure before I could add the teeth marks, so I simply just mixed up a small batch of new sculpt gel and added it onto the current piece smoothing down the edges again. I did one side at a time so once all the edges have been blended on one side, take a spatula or stiff brush (make sure it's a brush that you don't care about, as the silicon will cure in it and you'll have to throw it away) that has a squared off end, and begin to push this down into the sculpt gel and then scrape away from the structure, wiping off any excess on a tissue. Repeat this on the other side until you're happy with the results. Also as this is curing tapping it with a sponge will help to reduce shine and add texture to it.

Step Two:

Next take a cup or beaker you dont care about and pour a small amount off the 99.9% alcohol into it, making sure you're in a well ventilated area. Then take several triangle sponges and pull random size pieces out of them. Then using the yellow from the skin illustrator FX palette, pour a small amount of alcohol into it and dip the sponge into the colour, making sure you only have a very lightly pigmented amount of colour on the sponge and randomly dab this around the bite. Repeat this step with the green, blue and bruise tone from the palette, concentrating the darker colours more central to the bite.

Step Four:

Then using blood tone from the skin illustrator FX palette, create a more opaque colour by using less alcohol than you used with the other colours on the arm, and paint this into the bite with a small paint brush. To build up intensity allow each layer to dry before adding another. Then take a mixture of bruise tone and black, using barely any alcohol, and apply this to the deepest parts of the teeth marks to help create depth.

Step Five: 

Using the wound filler gel in scratch from Bloodymarvellous, use this to lightly coat the whole bite.

With just the wound filler gel

Then taking the light blood from Bloodymarvellous use this to fill the bite, and then using a tissue randomly dab the colour all around the arm to create a spattered effect. Then use the dark blood to fill certain areas of the bite and lightly tissue this just around the bite.

Step Six:

To remove use a cotton pad soaked in PPI's Super Solv plus (sorry I forgot to photograph this) and wipe this over the arm, this will remove the colour, and then using another soaked cotton pad start brushing up the edges of the silicon and they will easily lift up and then carefully you can pull the whole silicon piece off. (Be warned if you are doing this on a hairy area, much more care will need to be taken with the removal as silicon sticks to the hairs and pulls at them. If this is the case use a cotton wool bud soaked in the Super Solv plus and gently work at unconnecting the hair from the appliance.) Then once the silicon appliance has been removed go over your arm with more Super Solve plus until all the colours, blood and any leftover silicon is gone. Then wash the area with soap and water and use a moisturizer if the area feels dry.

Once again guys I hope you had fun learning how to create this look, and have even more fun re-creating it. Thank you!

Becky ox

Creating a Decaying Zombie!

Here's the first of my special effects make up looks, a Decaying Zombie. This look took me around 3 hours to complete and gave me the chance to work with lots of new materials.
Here's the step-by-step method of how I created the look and also the materials I used to create the look. I hope you enjoy the final look!

p.s excuse the backgrounds of the photos, it was hard to find lighting that showed the colours :P

The Finished Look

(make sure to get all the neck with colour! :P)

Mehron - Matte Spirit gum
 and Spirit gum remover

Bald-cap from Youtber 'PinkStlyist'
(he sells them in his store)

Mehron - Clear Liquid Latex

Urban Decay - Naked Basics Pallet

Urban Decay - Naked Basics Pallet
(used Naked 2, Faint and Crave)

Bloodymarvellous -
Thick Liquid blood and Light Liquid blood

Graftobian - Small metal pallet

Mac 224/ Mac 189/ Sigma SS209/
Elf contour brush/ Real Techniques Expert face brush

Mehron - Tooth effects (Decay and Black)

Random detailer brushes/ Plastic spatula
Ben Nye -  F/X Wheel (Master Bruise and
 Death Wheel (forgot to photograph))

Triangle makeup sponges/ Fine stipple sponge/
 Medium stipple sponge/ Fake sea sponge

Step One:

Place the bald cap on your model/self and mark out where you need to cut the cap to fit. Once this has been decided very carefully cut out where you have marked. To help get the placement around the ears cut from the lobe of the ear to the tip and the bald cap should ping into place behind your ear, but adjust if needed.
Next with the bald cap placed on your head, peel the sides back and apply and thin strip of the spirit gum on your head where the edge of the bald cap will be. Make sure to tap the spirit gum so it becomes tacky, and then once tacky stick down one side of the bald cap first and then pulling the other side of the cap taught stick that side down too. Then press the bald cap down to help it stick for about a minute.
After a few minutes, take a traingle sponge and apply a small amount of liquid latex to it and then stipple the latex on the edge of the bald cap where it meets your skin, making sure to keep it randomly placed and not to thick to help blend the cap into your skin better. Keep applying more layers until you are happy with the way the bald cap has been blended into your skin. Make sure to let each layer of liquid latex dry before you apply the next layer and you can use a hair dryer on the cool setting to help make this process go quicker.

Step Two:

Next start to apply liqiud latex to parts of the face where you want to create cuts/lacerations. Build up several layers using the triangle sponge, making sure to keep the edges thin. Then start to colour the bald cap using the Ben Nye Death Wheel using a all four different sponges and all the colours in the wheel stippling them on the bald cap and skin until you are happy with the effects, textures and colours.

I applied more latex onto this to help the cap blend better and then coloured it again.

Step Three:

Once you have the bald cap, face and neck coloured, start to add dark colours around the eyes using the 3 darkest colours in the naked basics palette and the purple, blue and the dark red/brown in the Ben Nye master bruise wheel. Keep the reddy colours around the lid, inner corners and in the lash line of your eye and use the browns and blues around the inner corners and bags of the eyes. Also use the reds and browns around the side of your nose and mouth.

Next using the plastic spatula or a pair of tweezers, carefully start to pull open the latex patches you put on the face earlier, peeling back the side to create a wound shape. To colour the wounds first use the dark brown/red in the master bruise wheel with a small brush to colour the whole of the wound, then take the lighter red and paint around the outside of the wound blending it out with a sponge. Keep doing this until you are happy with the outcome. Next apply the thick/dark liquid blood inside theses wounds filling them and then use the lighter blood to stipple around the wound and to overfill the wound so it creates running droplets of blood.

Next apply the mehron tooth colours, by first drying off your teeth with a piece of tissue and then painting both the decay and black colours on to create a mottled effect on the teeth. Make sure to let the paint dry before letting it get wet again. 

Step Four:

Removal! This is really easy, first just carefully pull the latex wounds off the skin and throw them away, then taking your choice of makeup remover (I recommend wipes), start to remove the fake blood, cream colours and eyeshadow. Once that is removed peel back the rest of the latex around the bald cap, then taking the spirit gum remover on a cotton wool bud, carefully move it along and under the bald cap where you placed the spirit gum and start to removed the glue bit by bit. Once most of the glue is removed peel off the bald cap and then go over the place where you put the spirit gum and use the remover over it again, making sure all the spirit gum has been removed. Then just cleanse and wash your face and the makeup should be all gone.


Thanks for reading guys and I hope you have fun recreating the look!
Becky ox.