***Cyberdog LED lashes & Webster Wigs***Cyber goth makeup tutorial.

Webster Wigs and LED lashes...Oh my...Time for a Cyber Goth look!!

 It's been a fairly good couple of days and am feeling very creative. So much so I've been creating some new headdresses and designing some new costume pieces which will be for sale at my next Comicon demonstrations... here's a sneak peak at one of them ---->

Its always good when you get a good boost of motivation, I'm pretty sure that a big key to controlling my chronic pain is to distract myself with creative madness.

This weeks tutorial is focusing on some awesome eyelashes from Cyberdog which flashes and my first lace front wig from Webster Wigs. I absolutely love both of these!! I'm totally going to be buying more from these stores.

If you haven't heard of Cyberdog, its an awesome shiny flashy cyber store in Camden, London. I absolutely love Camden Market and Cyberdog is one of my favourite places to visit. Its just so colourful and alternative; you can find the most unique things. One of those things were these LED lashes, Eyelites! They are absolutely amazing and come in various colours. The great thing is that the lashes are connected to a small battery box that you attach to the back of your head. On the box is a button were you can change the setting of the lights so they flash at different speeds and one of the settings even makes them flash to sound!! Absolutely awesome! It was a little fiddly to attach but do able and once they're on they just feel like normal lashes, no extra weight on your eyelids. The control box that you attach to the back of your head is just the same, once its attached (it comes with a little hair clip) you can't feel it. They are pricey at £18 but totally worth it, the battery life last from up to 100 hours and there are 8 flashing modes, you can also get them in a selection of different colours.
For this look I used the white coloured ones and I can't wait to buy more colours.

The wig that I have on is from Webster Wig, "Halle" which is a fantastic lace front high quality synthetic wig. The colour is beautiful and very vibrant with lovely bouncy curls. This is my first proper lace front wig but luckily the wig came with a leaflet about how to put the wig on, care for the wig and style the wig. You also get a wig cap and it all came in a nice little bag. I absolutely love the wig, its so soft and perfect for my crazy makeup looks or just to put on when I can't be bothered doing my hair! The price of the wig was £50 but the website has a range of prices and styles of wigs to choose from; personally I think it was worth it because of the quality and I'll be definitely be ordering more in the future.

So the look I created with both these products is this, club kid style makeup. As always I will be uploading a tutorial video of how I created this look on my YouTube this Thursday so make sure your subscribed.

MAKEUP USED:
Kat Von D Beauty
- MetalMatte palette.
- Saint and Sinner palette.
- 10th Anniversary palette.
- Glimmer Veil in "Gold Skool"
- Studded Lipstick in "Plan 9"
- Brow Pomade in "Aubergine"

NYX Cosmetics
- White gel eyeliner.

Mehron Makeup
- Vinyl 1925 liquid eyeliner.

Unicorn Cosmetics
- Royal Unicorn brushes and Halloween brushes used.
- Lashes in "Majestic AF"

Illamasqua
- Lipstick in "Pristine"

PAM Makeup Gossmakeupartist in "light/medium"

There will be more photographs of this look going up on my Facebook page and Instagram @ Ruth E Moulden MUA so make sure you follow and like me over there!

See you next time.
xRx

Rigid Collodion Quick and Easy SFX; but what is it?

When creating SFX makeups it can be overwhelming the amount of products and equipment there is out there, not to mention the cost of some these things. There are some kit staples that every SFX artist has in their kit and I believe that Rigid Collodion is one of them. Its a fairly cheap product that creates a very realistic effect that you will more then likely need for quick and easy casualty effect at some point in your career.

So what is this Rigid Collodion? Basically its a clear liquid that when applied to the skin will pucker, pulling the skin inwards whilst it dries which gives the illusion of a scar (or if coloured in a specific way can also create scratches and superficial cuts and even to some extent simulating wrinkles.) The depth of the scar depends on the amount of layers that are applied, that's the good thing about this product, it can be as subtle or dramatic as you need.

Like all SFX products there are some downsides to this product, its very very chemically smelly which means that you definitely need to be in a well ventilated area otherwise you and your model are going to get one hell of a headache! As with most SFX products ALWAYS do a skin test! And use a barrier cream/product to protect the skin and reduce irritation during and after/removal of the product. Talking of removal, NEVER pull/peel rigid collodion off, its unbelievable the amount of students I have that seem to love peeling SFX off...IT WILL DAMAGE YOUR SKIN PEOPLE!! Always remove properly using the proper removal products, in this case I love using Ben Nye Bond Off! because it feels nice and gentle, it also removes products fairly quickly. Other products that could be used are Spirit Gum remover which is typically used to remove adhesives but it will remove Rigid Collodion too.

In my next tutorial video on my YouTube channel, I'll be showing you how to create a nice basic scar (image of my arm) as well as some nice scratches/cuts on the face just to demonstrate how dramatic this product can be used.
In the video I will show how I coloured these effects as well as the basic application techniques.

 Please make sure that you are subscribed: -----> https://www.youtube.com/user/RuthMouldenMUA

I think I will probably revisit the use of rigid collodion at a later date, there are a lot things that you could create with it and I think its a fantastic product when used correctly so stay tuned for some bigger casualty effects using this product.

See you next time!
xRx


Rigid collodion can be purchased from:
USA --> https://www.mehron.com/rigid-collodion/
UK --> https://www.treasurehouseofmakeup.co.uk/rigid-collodian-scarring-liquid-25floz.html

OR there is also Kryolan's Rigid Collodion from:
https://uk.kryolan.com/product/collodion-11-ml

***VIDEO TUTORIAL*** Kat Von D 10th Anniversary Collection

Back to Work and Kat Von D Makeup Look.

This week has been a struggle in part and a triumph in others. I've started my phase back return to teaching hair and media makeup at college last Monday and it went positively. I only went in for a meeting with my manager who were really supportive with the whole situation and then went to see my level 3 students. 
I have to say that the hardest thing with this health problem is not being able to finish the students through their qualification and just not being there to see how they progress their creativity through the year. Thankfully I have had the most amazing lady taking over and helping out, Lisa, she has been a total star with all of this and really helped out the students. So seeing them again was amazing, even if that was their last session being signed off their assessments.
The morning went really well but then a massive migraine hit me which lasted the rest of the day and the following day. When this happens I can't help but feel a bit useless and like am going backwards but I realise it can't be helped, and this whole thing is to test out the medication and increase it when it needs it; till I've found the right dosage.

Enough of the life story, time for the makeup! As you may of realised am currently trying to get both this blog and my YouTube off the ground with uploads every Monday for blogs and every Thursday for new videos.

Today's blog and video (which will be uploaded on Thursday) will be a makeup look using Kat Von D 10th Anniversary Collection and some other brands which I'll list. I also have finally be able to use my Unicorn Cosmetics brushes and lashes for this look! Which are amazing quality and are super unique. I absolutely love my unicorn brushes and my heat sensitive Halloween brushes!!

Its be great getting back to playing about with my makeup again, I think its really therapeutic for me. I've got a load of ideas in my head that I want to get recorded. But I do love this metallic look with the blue and gold lips.

I think my favourite product out of the new collection has to be the glimmer veil in "Gold Skool", that colour is beautiful and can be applied over any colour of lipstick for a pop of luxury. You can also use them on the eyes.

One of the most amazing things about Kat Von D's products is they are vegan as well as being designed to be used on both eyes and lips. So that blue pencil used for my eyes is the same as the one I used for my lips. 

Products Used:
Illamasqua: Hydra Veil
                    Radiance Veil.

Kryolan: Cream Foundation Stacker.

Medusa Makeup: "Pink" Gel Eyeliner

Unicorn Cosmetics: Lashes in "Majestic AF"

Kat Von D Beauty: Brow Pomade in "Aubergine"
                                Lock It Concealer in Light Neutral
                                10th Anniversary Palette.
                                Lock It Foundation in 41 neutral
                                Everlasting Lipliner in "Poe"
                                Shade and Light Contour Palette (powder)
                                Metal Crush in "Gold Skool"
                                Glimmer Veil in "Gold Skool"

LA Splash: Liquid Lipstick in "Werewolf" from there Classic Horror Collection.

Cover FX: Custom Enhance drops in "Halo"

Mehron Makeup: 1925 Vinyl Eyeliner


Don't forget that on Thursday I will be uploading the tutorial video to go with this look on my YouTube channel which you can subscribe to here: https://www.youtube.com/ruthemouldenmua

You can also check out my other work on: 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ruth.E.Moulden.MUA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthemouldenmua/

See you next time.
xRx

The Last Of Us {{ CLICKER }} {{Fast sculpt VIDEO}}

Check it out the new tutorial video is up now on my YouTube channel!! Make sure your subscribed to see new videos every Thursday and check out the blog below for more information about this look.



xRx

The Last Of Us - Clicker Prosthetic

This is a old post that should of been done a while ago but because of my health issues it sort of got put on the back burner. Better late then never!

So last Halloween I was hired to create the characters/monsters for a zombie run at a local Youth Group. This event was your typical zombie run, where groups solve puzzles to move on to the next area where they will be challenged again, the cool thing was the Youth Centre is massive...I mean multiple floors with indoor and roof top football pitches so the amount of characters needed was a lot.
One of the areas in the run was a maze, which the groups had to navigate through in the dark...it was one of my favourite rooms. I thought the best thing to have in a maze in the pitch dark, a Clicker. Those of you who play The Last Of Us will know exactly what a Clicker is. Those who are not familiar, its a zombie like person who has basically been taken over by a fungus (think that picture of an ant with a fungus bit growing out of it!) and it makes clicking noises, really creepy croaky clicking noises that tells you one is near. Having this in a maze in the dark was amazing!! It freaked everybody out, including me and I created it!

Here's the sculpt that I created, there will be a fast sculpting video of me creating this on my YouTube Channel on Thursday so make sure that you are subscribed to me on there.

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And here is the fabulous Katie modelling the prosthetic piece applied on the night, thanks to my assistant Lisa as well!

Honestly, I love how it came out. I think she looks creepy and Katie did the clicking noises perfectly!

I love this image, I think it totally fits with the whole The Last Of Us style and Katie definitely made it even better in the maze!

Most of the prosthetic products used were purchased from PS Composites Ltd which included the Monster Clay used to sculpt the piece. I also used tools from Ken Banks and some cheap clay tools from Amazon.

It was coloured using all Skin Illustrator palettes and splattered with blood from Ben Nye (dark blood)

I will be trying to post a blog and video more regularly now, so am thinking Monday's are blog uploads and Thursdays are YouTube uploads, so make sure your following me on both as well as checking out my Facebook and Instagram @Ruth E Moulden MUA

See you next time,

xRx