I’ll be painting faces at the Rocky Horror Masquerade at the Alabama Theater on October 26, 2007. If you need to become a Transylvanian, or just want something cool for the costume contest, let me know and I’ll make you up for it!
Here are a couple of photos from the film. Clint Till has graciously allowed me to use them. The first is after I did the base makeup and while I’m am applying blood on the actor as he is in place in the scene. The second is a close up of the actor in scene.
Late last night Clint sent out word that he had pictures up on Parc Entertainment’s Myspace page. The photos are under the photo link under the main profile information, where it says view photos. You can see a few pictures of the dead makeup I did on the bottom of the first picture page, and at the top of the second page. I had done some regular powdering on the actors for the first Sunday shoot, after Tara had to leave, and I could stay. Then yesterday we ended up coloring one of the child actors’ hair with eyebrow pencils and black powder to get his appearance closer to the teenage actor’s hair color, since the children were playing younger versions of the characters. That’s the extent of my regular makeup experience on the film!
Today shooting for Clint Till’s film Collection finished. I was able to make the first and the last day’s shoots, as well as one other day. Today Clint was working with two young boys, shooting flashbacks of the two brothers characters in the film.
In working with the other makeup artist, I found out that she has some fun experience with haunted houses and other neat things. I’ll definitely will be working with her in the future to do stuff.
One of the guys doing photography for the film has a school film project that he is about to start. He is doing a werewolf film. I’m going to help him out with it, if I can. It will depend on my paid work schedule. He is going to be shooting after the 8th of March. His schedule will probably run into LAFFEST, unfortunately.
I finally have downloaded a picture of my halloween costume. It was a great $250.00 costume. $10.00 for the accessories and $240.00 for the root canal.
Here’s what Mike was doing for Halloween…
Finally, I made up a person as Gene Simmons from Kiss for a Halloween carnival. Since he didn’t want to shave off his mustache, it was interesting doing his makeup. But you can judge the results for yourself.
This past weekend was much better! I had 2 appointments for 3 people set up ahead of time at Costume Creations on Saturday. One man was going to a Hollywood themed party and the host wanted him to be Howard Stern for it. That was the first time I had tried to make someone up as a celebrity. It worked out pretty well.
The second appointment was to make a couple look like they were freshly risen from the grave. They were hosting a party Saturday night and had added dirt to the yard to make it appear that they had dug up out of the ground. I can make folks look like zombies! I made them look dead, then I added the latex effects to get the crumbly rotting effect. Its so effective to get that icky look. They looked good!
Unfortunately I don’t have pictures of the makeup jobs I did. It looks like I am going to be working with Costume Creations for future Halloweens. I can’t wait!
I’ll be taking appointments to do Halloween makeup next Friday and Saturday, October 27 & 28, 2006 at Costume Creations in Vestavia Hills. Costume Creations hours on Friday are 10:00 Am to 9:00 PM and on Saturday are 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. I’ve already filled appointments for 2:00 PM through 6:00 PM on Saturday. So you need to contact me at 907-0747 if you are interested, because time slots are filling up.
Are you looking for an excuse to dress up? Friday night has the Rocky Horror Masquerade Ball at the Alabama Theater, the ACME Cajun Dance with costumes, the Boo 11 Halloween Party for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the Boo at the Zoo. Saturday is Boo at the Zoo, the 1925 Phantom of the Opera at the Alabama Theater, and other events at the clubs in town. There are costume contests at most of these events. Where else are you going to get your makeup done by someone who has been doing makeup for the Birmingham Jaycees haunted house for 15 years?
Halloween is 2 weeks away and parents are working on those costumes for trick or treating and the festivals. People are told to use makeup instead of masks for safety. But how is a parent to substitute makeup for masks in those costumes?
Let me give you a little bit of background about me and my knowledge. Thirty years ago, my mother purchased a halloween costume for my younger brother that included facepaint instead of a mask. On Halloween, she dressed him in his costume, then put the makeup on him. He had a nasty allergic reation to the paint, his face was swollen and red. It was the paint that came with the costume. It was supposed to be fine, but it wasn’t. How do you avoid something like this happening to you or your children?
The first and most important thing is to use good paints. There are so many paints that are available at halloween, and some of them are great and some aren’t so good. Some brands of professional paints are: Mehron, Kryolan, Ben Nye, Snazaroo, Wolfe Brothers, Fardel, Grimas, Cinema Secrets. These brands have done the testing and will have listings of the paint ingredients available to check. All of of these folks use ingredients that are FDA approved for use on people’s skin. Do your research, its much less expensive to get good products than to pay for a doctor’s care after a reaction.
If you think you or your child may be allegic to a paint, you can do a patch test with the makeup. Buy a small container of the paint and put a small circle on the inner arm. Let 15 minutes to one hour go by. If the paint does not cause any redness, swelling, or itching in that time, you should be good to go. If it does cause any itching or swelling, wash it off immediately. If you are concerned about the reaction, contact your doctor!
Glitter is lots of fun, but the wrong glitter will hurt. Use cosmetic grade glitter on you skin. Cosmetic grade glitter is polyester glitter and is a smaller particle. Craft glitters are made from metals, glass, or mica and the colors are not made with pigments that have ingredients that are FDA approved for use on people’s skin. If a piece of craft glitter gets in a person’s eye, it can cause major damage.
Be smart about your costumes and makeup, and you will have a very Happy Halloween!