How to Used Gelled Makeup for Halloween

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Part of the video series: Halloween Makeup Tips: DIY Fake Wounds Special Effects

Summary: Scary Halloween makeup techniques! Learn how to use gelled alcohol for a long lasting fake wound effect with your horror movie or Halloween makeup in this free video.

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By John Mays
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John Mays is a professional special effect makeup artist. He began working in the haunted house industry in Central Texas, which led to the world of independent films. With his...read more

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"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. We’ve got the stitches on there. Now what I want to do is make a little small puncture wound mark, just a little red mark where the needle would come through on each one. So hold still Angie. So a little prick of red on each one of these and I’ll come back with another color to kind of give it some different variations. This is kind of a split pea soup color which I’m using to make an infection, things like that. What I’ve got here is a little bit of gelled alcohol and I’m going to use that to kind of mix in the wounds there so it’s not quite so factory. The reason we’re using the gelled alcohol is because it lasts a little bit longer and it has a tendency to leave a little bit of a raised mark which is kind of cool. "