Tips for Using Alcohol Makeup for Halloween

"Hi, my name is John Mays. Some people refer to me as “Evil” John Mays. I’m a makeup effects artist and I’m here to demonstrate some makeup techniques for Expertvillage.com. Now just kind of close your eye. Now this alcohol will cause the colors to run together a little bit more, so also it’ll give it a chance for all of them to kind of mix up on her face and on the appliance; it covers your brush strokes and things like that. Because she’s got a screw driven through her face, we need to show a little more trauma over on this. Now, yellow kind of looks pussy, shows we’ve go a little bit of an infection going on. I just want to make the wound really look like it’s not having a good time. If you can, layer your colors because that gives you more depth and gives your makeup just a little more credibility."