How to Apply White Makeup to a Zombie Costume

Video Transcript

"Hello! I'm Matt Cail on behalf of Expert Village. I'm here today to show you how to make a zombie costume. Alright, now that we've let our latex application dry, we're ready to start applying our first layer of makeup. Make sure and apply all of your latex before you put any makeup on, because it's one of those situations where you don't want the latex on top of makeup. It will not adhere as wel. To get started on the makeup, we're going to start off with the base layer of white. By base layer I mean we're only going to very lightly apply this makeup to the face. This is not a clown, this is not a mime. we do not want a solid layer of white. What we want is more of a pillar on the face. We're going to start applying it. You may think oh my goodness this is really thick, but we're going to spread out this paint across the entire face. Basically, picking away from it, dabbing with sponge. Again, take this up and start extending it around. We're going for pale, we're not going for white. One of the biggest mistakes zombies I always see is you have a zombie there and half the people think it's like a dead clown or something rather than a zombie because the person has put on way too much white and they basically look as if they've put on makeup. A zombie should look pale and dead not as if they've had any makeup on. The overall white effect as a pale one and it's a subdued effect. The other colors that we're going to be putting on the face here in a bit are more pronounced than the white is. They're sort of the main shell. The white is only in the background. It is not going to be the main attraction on the makeup on the face."