Creating cuts, scratches, bruises and perfect black eye

When creating cuts, scratches, bruises and black eye, there are a few points that you need to consider:

• How was it done?
• If black eye, what was the person got hit or punch?
• What size and shape is it?
• How old is it ?

Equipments:

• Supra color palette
• Eye shadow palette
• Spatula
• Palette knife
• Cine-Wax
• Non-flexible collodion
• Liquid latex
• Tuplast
• Transparent blood
• Pro shield barrier foam
• A pin
• Baby buds
• Orange stipple sponge
• Black stipple sponge
• Wound filler



Consultation notes

Creating cuts:
1. First, use a spatula to get some cine-wax and roll the wax into the shape you want with your hand. Then, put the wax on the place where you want the cut to be and use a spatula to blend the edges of the wax. You can use a little bit of cleanser to make the wax go over easier.
2. After that, use a palette knife and create a cut in the middle. You can use a pin to lift some area of the wax a bit to create a more realistic cut. Then use a baby bud and apply the liquid latex over the wax. Use a hairdryer to dry the latex (remember cool temperature).
3. Use an orange stipple sponge and stipple some dark red colour onto the cut area. Remember not to create hard edges! Stipple some foundation onto the cut to make the wax matches your skin colour.
4. You can use the colour for example, red, yellow, green, blue, etc and apply it to the wax with a baby bud.
5. Put the wound filler into the cut and then apply the transparent blood onto the cut. You can use a black stipple sponge and some blood to create scratches effects on the knuckles and around the cut. After that, you can build up more colours to make the cut look more realistic.



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Synthetic Pus Effect can make the cut look more realistic.

Remember 'The newer the wound, the brighter the colour of the blood'.

When the skin get swollen, it will turn a bit shiny and you can use Vaseline to create the shiny effects.

Model: Mireia Lopez

Scars:
Old scars
1. You can use tuplast to create old scars. Use a hairdryer with cool temperature to dry the tuplast. After that, you can use a pin to create a bit roughness to the scars. Then, you can put colour over the top.

1. Apply the pro shield barrier foam on the area you want to create the scar and this helps to protect your skin before applying the collodion. Non-flexible collodion can creates split lips, old scars and cuts.
2. Then apply the collodion to the skin and use a spatula to create the shape of the scar. Remember to gather the skin together when you use the hairdryer to dry the collodion. You can continue to build up more layers after.

Model: Mireia Lopez

Black eye:
1. You can use the colour purple, black, dark red and the mixture of green and yellow to create the bruise effects.

Thoughts about the lesson:

In order to improve next time, for the cut makeup, I can blend the cine wax on the skin a bit more, so the edges look more smooth and the cut will look more realistic. 



Historical Victorian hair

During the start of the Victorian era, tight curls and center parting were popular. The curls were placed on the sides of the face. But later on, you can see the curls were more loosed and relaxed and also the center parting started to disappear. The curls on the side started to move towards the back of the hair and off the face as time passed.

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Portrait of Queen Victoria in her coronation robes and wearing the State Diadem

 Painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter 1845

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Portrait of Queen Victoria
Coronation portrait by George Hayter
c. 1860



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1860

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1870

 Equipments:

• A tail comb
• A hair comb
• Sectioning clips
• A hair tong
• A hair bobble
• Hair pins

To create Victorian  loose curls:

1)  Separate the hair into middle parting. Then, divide the hair into two parts (the front part will be up till the ears). After that, separate the front part of the hair into three parts.

2)  Use the hair tongs and roll the hair inside and towards the head to create curls. Use a tail comb to make the ends of the hair roll into the tong as well. Remember to hold the tong straight when curling the hair.

3)  Finally, release the tong from the hair carefully.

 

 

Victorian bun:

1)  First method: Tight up the back of the hair with a hair bobble. Remember to tight it not too low. Then create twist and roll the twist into a bun shape. After that, attach with hair pins.

2)  Second method: Instead of doing twist, you can create normal plait and then roll the plait into a bun shape and then attach it with hair pins.

 
Victorian plaits:

1) Create a normal plait on the side of the head, but remember don’t start the plait too high as you want to leave a smooth finish for the fringe (the middle parting). After finished the low plait, move the direction of the plait towards the bun and if the model got long hair, you can roll the plaits around the bun and secure it with hair pins.

I have created an early Victorian hairstyle on my practice head at home. As you can see the photos below, the doll hasn't got very long hair, so the bun at the back is tiny and also the plaits on the side is not long enough to roll around the bun at the back. A clear center parting is being seen at the front.

Theatrical ageing - creping of the skin on hands and face

When reading the script, there are few things that need to consider:

 

·  What age the person (the actor /actress) is?

·  What period of people the character is?

·  What kind of background the character is from?
 

Equipments:

• Cleanser, toner, moisturizer
• Cotton pad
• Makeup sponges
• Black stubble sponge
• Spatula
• Steel palette
• Foundation Palette
• Foundation brush
• Thin brush
• Supra color palette
• Disposable mascara
• Hair dryer
• Old age stipple




Consultation notes

1)  Setting up the area and get all the products ready. Ask model if she has any allergies and was she wearing contact lenses. Told the model that you are going to wash your hands before getting started. Put the apron on the model. Clip the model’s hair away from the face as not to make her hair greasy and then cleanse, tone and moisturize the model’s face before applying makeup.

2)  Apply foundation

3)  Ask u model to crease her face so you can see the wrinkles on her face, then follow the wrinkles and use a dark brown colour and apply it with a thin brush to draw the wrinkles on her face. Mix the colour red, green and yellow to create the dark brown colour. Apply the wrinkles on the forehead, eyes, mouth area, nasolabial folds. Also, you can use the colour to darken the eye bags.

4)  For the brows and lashes, I have mixed the colour white with a little bit of yellow and apply it with a disposable mascara to the brows and lashes. (If you want a grayish effect, add some grey colour).

5)  I have also applied contouring to the face.

 Model: Harriet Saloway

Fine red veins

1)  Use a black stubble sponge and dipped the mixture of red and black colour with it. Before apply it to the face, dip the colour onto the back of the hands first before applying it onto the cheeks.  



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Orange stipple sponge: It is for creating textured, mottled or beard stubble effects.

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Black stipple sponge: It can creates bruising, rashes, beard stipple and other textures. 

I have created the red veins on the cheek using the black stipple sponge

Creping on the hands

1)  Apply the old age stipple with a makeup sponge onto the skin. Then, use a hair dryer to dry it (cool temperature, don’t put too close to the skin) and remember when using the hair dryer, you need to crease the skin so to create the creping. After that you can build up a few more layers but make sure it is dry when every time you apply a new layer. After you finished the application, you can cover the colour with foundation to make the skin look more natural and match the colour of the model’s skin tone.

Old Age Stipple is a latex preparation for simulation of aged and wrinkled skin. You can peel it off to remove the products from the skin.

Thoughts about the lesson:
In order to improve next time, I can draw wrinkles around the mouth and also contour the face a bit more to create a more older character and make the face look more tired and aging.