Safety pins: Halloween Look II

Hello boils and ghouls!

 Here's the last of the Halloween posts and the final Halloween makeup look!

In this look we're casually going to safety pin our mouth together. I got the inspiration from a tutorial that was sent to me to try out! You can watch it here.

Things You'll Need:

Liquid Latex

Tissue Paper

Cream Makeup

Foundation that matches your skin tone

Brushes

Makeup Sponges

Blood

and of course...Safety Pins

How to Create the Look:

1. Apply a layer of liquid latex with a sponge on the mouth and cheek area. As if you are extending your smile.

2. Apply the tissue paper on top of the latex and then apply another layer of latex over the paper. Keep repeating these steps until it's the desired thickness and shape. Apply a powder on top to set.

It should look something like this:

3. Apply the foundation on top of the paper so it matches your skin. If it's still a bit discolored, don't worry, you can fix it when we get to the face painting.

4. Take pair of tweezers or a toothpick and begin opening up the paper to create the wound. As if your mouth has been split open (think Joker from Batman).

5. Begin painting around the wounds. Use a combination of red, purple and brown to create a bruising effect. You want it took like like the skin has been irritated and has begun bruising.

6. Using a thin brush and black cream makeup, apply it directly into the part that you carved out and right between the lips. This creates more depth and it creates the illusion that the mouth has nothing on top of it so it's more realistic.

7. Start applying the safety pins. This is the tricky part- PLEASE BE CAREFUL. Open the pin and stick it through the bottom layer of latex and the carefully pull it through and stick it in the top layer. Carefully close the pin. Do the same with a few more pins. It might take a few tries to close them- it's perfectly fine. It doesn't have to be perfect.

8. Apply the blood! Using the same thin brush from earlier. begin apply blood directly to the part of the pins that's on the skin. Then, begin applying blood to the "cuts" where you placed the black. Use a sponge to stipple the blood to the rest of the wounds.

9. Optional- create some bruising effects to other parts of the face.

Here's the finished product up close:

Here's a few more pictures:

There you have it! Feel free to recreate this look! It was a lot of fun and it's pretty effective. 

I hope you all enjoyed this Halloween series. Hope you all have an amazing Halloween!