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

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.