Cuts, Scratches & Bruising for the perfect black eye

Products needed for this lesson

• wax
• Latex
• Collidion
• Bruise Palette
• Wound filler
• fake blood
• selaer
• Pus
• Duo glue
• Old age stipple
• Fixing spray
• Barrier cream
• Vaseline 
• Cotton buds
• sponges
• mixing palette

                                                        Cuts

1. Start of protecting the clothing of your model due to latex being able to stain/damage clothing

2. Mould the wax onto the back of the hand to soften the product with the heat of your hand; only a small amount is needed. Don't use to much.

3. Apply the wax to the desired area, making sure you blend the edges of the wax into the skin to look more realistic; keep some height into the middle of the creation so its easier to work with when adding details.

4. Cover the wound now with latex making sure the edges like the wax underneath are blended well around the edges. If the edges are obvious on the skin it will ruin the effect.

5. Dry the latex with a cool setting on the hair dryer, gently dry your work

6. Use a spatula now to cut the raised middle section of your work; you are now creating the cut.

7. To look realistic fill the wound with wound filler and fake blood, you can also add pus to create a infected look.

8. To create a damaged skin look you can use the bruise wheel to make the skin surrounding the skin look damaged.

Bruising 

1. Start of deciding what age you want your bruise to look like; due to different stages of healing the bruised skin can range in colours. 

2.After the colouring/inspiration has been decided start using the bruise colour wheel; remember the colours on the wheel are extremely pigmented so applying the colouring onto the face should be gentle, a sponge or small stippling bruise is great for this.

3. Build up the colours, working with layers and blending.

4. Vaseline can be added if your making your bruise look new and sore.

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Old Scars

1. Rub barrier cream onto the area of skin the scar will be on

2.Paint the area with collodion but be extremely cautious if working near mouth or eyes as its very strong and could cause damage

3. Blend the skin in the direction of the scar, holding down to dry and set the scaring, like the cuts use the cool setting on a hair dryer and use gently to set.

4. Build up the layers on the scar to make more prominent; so redo these steps to get the best finishing.

5. For old scars you can add some colours to look more suitable and realistic as they will look different to new scars.