Halloween SFX Makeup: Glassy Wound

Hi everyone!

I've never done any really in depth special effects makeup tutorials before, but it's something that I like. This is how to make a bruised wound with "glass" in it. You could also change the color palette a little and make it work for ice coming out of your skin. I think this would be great if you want as a car crash victim or a zombie or something.

You will need:

Liquid latex

If you are allergic to latex, a latex-free eyelash glue will work too, but not as well. Sorry. Also VERY IMPORTANTLY do not use this anywhere with hair or you will lose some of it. Think eyebrows.

Eyeshadow/Hydrocolor in magenta, black, and light blue:

The colors I will be using are hydrocolor makeup paints, so they act just like regular watercolor paints. Mine are in the Monster palette from Wolfe FX. Ben Nye Magicake works too, and so does Kryolan Aquacolor. If you don't have any of these things, using plain eyeshadows mixed with water will give you similar but inferior results.

The colors that you really really need are a magenta/oxbloody red, black, and a deadish blue color.

Rock Candy

This is what makes the glass shards. It looks a ton like safety glass and is safe to use.

Brushes and Sponges

Ones that can get dirty and/or stained.

Fake Blood

Halloween store or homemade is fine

How to:

Okay, if you're going for the dead look, I recommend going with a blue-tone base instead of green. Blue takes the pink out of your skin and makes you seem deceased. So, first I sponged on a layer of the blue paint.

After the blue/gray layer is on, I like to sponge on some black to give it some more of that bruised definitely-dead look. It makes the skin tone look variegated and more like it should. This whole tutorial will be demonstrated on my left arm, but you could definitely do your whole face.

Now for the glassy parts. Take your rock candy and whack it on the floor a couple of times to break it up. Yeah, put some muscle into it. You want chunks of many different sizes. Next, take these rock candy sugar chunks and dip them in your liquid latex. Yes, liquid latex always smells this awful. Place them close together on your “wound” so that you start to get that embedded look.I like to start with the big chunks and then the small bits. Get creative.

After you have all the candy chunks on your arm, hold still and let it dry. I think this would look so cool on your forehead, but remember, latex does not go on your eyebrows.

After that, take your bloody red/magenta color and paint around the glass shards. I did this with my thin paintbrush, then blended the edges a little with my sponge. I also put some in the middle of the shards to make it look a little bloodier. Gross.