HALLOWEEN- EASY SLIT THROAT MAKE-UP

Last Halloween I went out several times and wanted different looks for each. This look was created in the spur of the moment, we (me and my flatmates) decided to go out early for Halloween but still wanted to dress up. So I created a slit throat using liquid latex and kept the face simple with a creepy scarecrow look- I wanted the whole focus on what I had spent most time on- my fake bleeding, gory sliced open throat. This look took me a total of an hour. VERY IMPORTANT- WEAR A TOP YOU DON'T MIND GETTING RUINED AND TIE YOUR HAIR BACK! I have already described my liquid latex technique in a post earlier this month.

I started with a thin layer of liquid latex- before I even started this look I pulled apart pieces of toilet paper into the thin layers, so they're ready to use because your fingers will get sticky and gross- I then added toilet paper on top of the liquid latex and waited for it to dry. I did this process about 4 times, just do it depending on how deep you want your wound, obviously add more layers for a deeper effect.

When I was happy with the thickness of the wound, I cut through the middle with some tweezers and ripped along on each side of create a messy and realistic effect. My advice would be to never cut with scissors because it will always come out sharp and clean looking which is the last thing you want with this sort of injury. 

Then cover the wound in a foundation that matches your skin tone, then fill the inside part of the wound with dark red, purple and brown colours- you can use a mixture of lipsticks, eyeshadows and eyeliners for this, just make sure you blend it out. Also add the same colours to the outline of the wound.

This is the detail stage, add bruising using purple and brown shadows and veins using a dark purple eyeliner pencil, contour your wound by adding darker colours on the inner edges of the cut. It is important to make it look as realistic as possible, you can always add texture (using cotton balls etc) to the inside of the slit to make it look like guts, veins etc!

This stage is where I set the foundation around the wound with translucent powder and added some fake blood into the inside of the wound and let it dry. I also added more bruising around the wound and veins. Then I added drips of fake blood, allowing it to drip down as naturally as possible to create the finishing look you can see at the start of this post. 

THE FINISHED LOOK:

The make-up on my face isn't too detailed because it was last minute plans and as I said before I wanted the focus to be on my neck. I just smudged some black eyeshadow around my eyes, drew out a scarecrow style nose and obviously the faint stitching on my mouth/cheeks. I don't think I even had foundation on for this look, really simple and easy.



Disclaimer- Last year was my first time using liquid latex in my life and I'm self taught, I'm aware I'm no expert.

Happy Halloween everyone! Be safe and have fun !

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