How to be a zombie

so its the third day of this feel good blogging and todays challenge is to teach you lovely people something. unfortunately since I have been up since 5 am trying to “eat brains” I haven’t really had time to come up with some amazing step by step blog of how to do something awesome . i would have maybe attacked a video blog on how to do some funky pole dance moves or maybe lighting things but sadly no time.. so what to do ?…

Well today I was a zombie , I had to go to zombie bootcamp and have my face attacked to look dead ( or in some cases looking like the day after the night before . Now again if I had time i would have done a video of how to move and act like a zombie, but since this is a quick tutorial I will just tell you how to make your face a zombie.

Step one
get some bad ass white contact lenses , you can try different styles or mix and match creepy contacts ( you don’t NEED these but they really do add to the dead look )

Step two

Get a green make up concealer . Now I learnt from today do not get to excited with this green! . It can go from cool zombie to rubbish incredible hulk if you attack your face with it . just stick to areas like under the eyes , maybe some areas you think that have too much colour ( cheeks , maybe forehead) again this is not to make you green but to make you lifeless so please do this lightly , If you feel your skin is lifeless enough then skip the green.

Step three

If you can get a thin foundation thats basically white apply that to your face how you would a normal foundation . If you do not have the foundation you can always mix baby powder and water to a thin paste and apply this .

Step 4

Using a pink first colour your whole eye area above and beneath do this lightly , its just a light tint to work with( not like some crazy pink but a subtle deep pink or a red) this is going to give you that tired look. now layer it up with Grays and purples until you get your desired look . you want to hollow out the eyes and make them seem sunken , focus on area closest to the nose and bring it out. blending these colours will give it a bruised effect.

Step five.

Using the same tones as used on your eyes ( perhaps minus the pink/ red) start drawing along your cheek bones . if you look at the diagram below the shaded areas are where you need to focus on . Also dont forget to blend this down your neck , use the dark tones to shade around your neck and collarbones to give that zombie look .

Step six

Now using a very thin brush paint on subtle vains, best places are under the eyes and neck. these only need to be light , they need to look real . you can see what i mean on the makeup I did last year on the neck and around the eyes on the images below

Step seven

Find blood ,….. and just throw it everywhere , the more blood the better . get it in the ears , on the hair round the mouth ,, everywhere you think a zombie would find blood . when applying it this sponge is handy for that extra creepy effect

Extra tip

You cant find any fake blood? all the halloween shops sold out and theres only them rubbish ones that look about as cool as a red felt tip ? No worries , make your own .

All you need is
- Red food dye
- Corn syrup
- Chocolate syrup

Mix all of it together andddd tada! you have tasty creepy blood .

Remember its important to not over do it , you still want it to look like you , just do it very subtly and you will be surprised how undead you actually look!

So yeah guys , this is a bit of an odd one but I have had so little time today and i thought i may share my new findings with you ! Also Halloweens round the corner so it may actually come in handy ( especially the fake blood bit !)