Modern Monster is an interesting concept. These types of characters look more like humans than the monster which is fascinating to me. I think our culture is obsessed with the idea that monsters don't always look like monsters. Which is why concepts like Frozen and Beastly are popular. This look is inspired by the makeup from I,Frankenstein and also the idea that a person is made up of little pieces from every other person and situation it encounters in its life time.
You'll Need
Primer
Pink lip pencil
Scar wax or creepy skin wax
Brown eyeshadow
Purple eyeshadow
Black eyeshadow
Pink lip gloss
Red lipstick
Liquid eyeliner
Fake blood
As always begin with a clean face and apply primer
1) using pink lip pencil draw lines where you want your scars to go. They can be thin or thick, you just need a rough draft before you roll wax onto your skin.
2) press your wax onto your skin. Mine came in a Halloween makeup kit. It gets everywhere. I ended up scraping it out of its little tub with the back of a makeup brush and used the back of the brush to press and roll it into my skin. I used the back of another brush to help blend the edges into the skin.
DO NOT put the wax on your eyelids or very close to your eyes.
-- for the scars on my neck I simply skipped the wax and used the pink pencil and brown eyeshadow.
You can set the wax with baby powder if you'd like before you move on.
3) using your brown eye shaddow, lightly shade around the scars. This will help give it the effect that the scar is thick and raised up from your normal skin.
4) in parts of the wax that are thicker, pull out some of the wax in the middle of the scar. The back of a makeup brush will do the trick. You do not have to blend the new edges.
5) fill the open scar with a mix of the purple and black eyeshadow. Black in the center and purple toward the edges.
6) fill in open scars with fake blood.
6.5) use pink lip gloss over the closed scar for the shinny effect of new skin.
7) using the liquid liner, create stitches. I went for big and sloppy as I was very impatient at this point.
8) fill lips with lipstick
Optional: color different sections of your face with different shades of foundation and bare skin. Add white face paint to a bit of foundation to alter it just enough.
Funny story about this look, I answered the door while wearing it and scared the postal worker. Highlight of my day haha.
Costume:
Modern monster. Wear whatever you want. I think jeans, sneaks, and a hoodie would be fine.
