Halloween Make up 2009 – Round 3
On to the last weekend of Halloween make up at Josie O’Kain Costume Shop in Joliet, IL. I’m going to be splitting this up into 2 posts as we did a lot of stuff. I won’t be posting a lot of the make up that we did. Partially cause we had some repeat make up jobs from previous weekends. I love when people keep coming back, but I don’t want to show you all the same images over again. We did a lot of make up on kids on Halloween morning, that I’m not going to share either. They looked great, but I don’t feel right posting images of the kids. There were also about 4 or 5 make up jobs that I simply forgot to take a photo of.
I’ll start off with the stuff we did on Friday. First we had a Frankenstein monster using one of the kits from Rubies. It took some work trying to get all the elements to come together for this, and still have a edge from the thick forehead appliance, but otherwise I think it came along pretty well.
Next we had a cyclops. It’s a nice latex application from Don Post. Don Post makes some nice and very creative items, but sometimes there tend to be some slight issues with the design that I’ll mention more of next time. The cyclops was a bit think so it was a little harder to hide the edges with a normal skin tone, but did the best we could on it.He did change into a costume before leaving, but I will say I’m always partial to modern day clothes with demons and monsters. Who says a cyclops can’t be a Cubs fan.
Next we have a repeat customer from last year which give Ellwyn a chance to show off her great skill with the air brush. This year our fairy wanted more of an autumn look and colors to go with her costume. I started of her base, and Ellwyn went to town on the details. The stencils for the leaves were made by the clients significant other. One of the thinks we do miss out on sometimes is that we often don’t get to see people in their complete costume as she is pictured in a dress she wore just to have the make up done in.
I’ll go ahead and jump to Saturday where I got to work on a customer that generally has come in every year for a long time. Every time I get to do something different. This time we just kept it simple with some horns that were blended in with blood as they burst through his skull.
That’s all for today. I’ll have some more images from Halloween next time.
Halloween Make Up 2009 – Round 1
The Halloween season is already upon us and he have hit our first weekend of make up appointments at the costume shop. Thought I’d take a moment and share some of the work with you.
First off we have a couple going for a dead bride & groom who are hosting a party.
I worked on his make up based upon a photo of a make up job I had done in the past and removed a chunk of his face. For the bride me and Ellwyn split the make up duties to save time.
I went went to work on the slit throat, and then Ellwyn worked on the pale color, details, and eye make up with her steadier hand. Her neck slash and his face wound were created using nose and scar wax to build up the edges, and liquid latex over the wax to secure it.
Next I had a father son pair who have been regular customers. They like a latex application from Rubies called Real FX. It’s a large, pre-colored piece that covers the entire face, but it needs some work to look as cool as it does on the package.
In order to make the 3-dimensional areas like the ridges above the eyes and the chin work, I glue cotton balls in those areas on the inside of the appliance with spirit gum. Also I cut larger areas around the eyes and cut away a couple of the edges to allow it to fit better.
The Scarecrow Real FX piece is probably the one I’ve done the most of the years. It has also had a fair amount of modifications to make it work. Over one of the eyes was a button that he cut out before hand, and one that I’ve cut out several times in the past as well. And at his request I cut the bottom chin part away from the rest, which really allowed the entire thing to have a greater fit.
Finally Ellwyn did a great job on a making a Raiders fan who was dressing up for a contest at a local game.
