https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/zipper-face-inspired-make-up-tutorial • Posted by Leanashe23
(NOT SUITABLE IF YOU'RE ALLERGIC TO LATEX). This cool effective zipper face look has been done to death on Youtube I know, but hopefully this will show you a really easy way to achieve it. The main ingredients here is a zip and tissue paper!
(NOT SUITABLE IF YOU'RE ALLERGIC TO LATEX). This cool effective zipper face look has been done to death on Youtube I know, but hopefully this will show you a really easy way to achieve it. The main ingredients here is a zip and tissue paper!
First you will need the key ingredient: a zip. You can get this at any textiles shop
I would suggest placing the zip where you would like to stick it on your face and lightly trace out the lines with an eye pencil – I used a grey (STORM BY RIMMEL)
Now your face is basically split into two parts: the choice is up to you… You could pick one pretty side and one ugly monstrous side, two different types of monstrous sides… I decided to do one part delicate and pretty, and the other part a bloody skull. So I just add the standard Marilyn Monroe esque pin up make up style for my eyes and eyebrow area.
For the skeleton part of the face – I took a black face paint (BLACK BY SNAZZAROO) and used that to paint my nose to make it look hollow
Take the black and paint the underneath of your chin
Take a white face paint (I’m using BLANC DE CLOWN BY SNAZZAROO) and put a coat over that whole area, not forgetting the lips too
Using my STORM pencil by RIMMEL I roughly sketched out my teeth… Remember without gums your teeth come up much higher than they seem
Using the black face paint with fine or small angled brush – go over the teeth you have drawn… (TIP: DON’T WORRY IF YOU MAKE THE TEETH IMPERFECT, IT JUST ADDS TO THE UGLINESS OF IT ALL :) )
Take a soft brush with a grey eyeshadow of your choice and blend round the edges
A LITTLE EXTRA TIP: To make the skull look more 3D place a bit of liquid latex glue on your chin and a little bit under your nose – try to avoid your nostrils!
Stick some tissue on your chin and under your nose – keep building with the latex if you wish
Add a touch of the black face paint to the corners to create depth – use a soft brush to help with the blending
I then used a mixture of a yellow and a green cream colour base to draw out the ‘brilliantness’ of the white (They were from a costume shop – can’t remember what they were called!)
Use a bit of latex glue along the edges and create that same paper mache effect with some tissue paper – this is going to be the cut wound :)
Add a touch of theatrical fake blood to the tissue paper
Add some more just underneath your ‘teeth’
Now it’s time to stick on your zipper – using the latex glue
Use some foundation and cover the seam – to make the zipper seem like it is ‘part of you’
Add a few stitches with a black liner – I think this creates the illusion that the zipper has been sewn into you too
Continue with the white and black down the neck for an extra effect.. Et fini!