Sweat, fever, tears rashes and black eye

So yeah, as the title suggests, there was a lot going on in this studio session. We also did the black eye because we didn't do it previously due to lack of time. Which I struggled at, to be honest.

DEMO PICTURE: 

PRODUCTS USED: 

• Supracolour palette;
• Concealer palette Kryolan;
• Liquid latex;
• Ben Nye bruises color wheel;
• Glycerine;
• Water/contact lenses solution/eye drops;
• Vaseline;
• Moisturiser;
• Cleanser.

Other products that can be used:

• Red eye drops from Charles Fox.

TOOLS USED: 

• Brushes;
• Pins;
• Metal spatula;
• Metal palette;
• Plastic bowl covered with transparent food wrap;
• Baby buds;
• Black stippling sponge;
• Plastic glass.

HEALTH AND SAFETY:

• Consult the model if it's allergic to any of the componets (including latex);
• Don't put anything in the eye that doesn't belong there;
• The hands must be clean before touching the skin.

Other information: 

• If you want to pale out the skin for illness, mix Supracolour or Illamasqua white base with the Kryolan foundation palette;
• Use Glycerine for sweat, it will stay a lot better than water;
• For HD and men make-up: less is best. Add just a little bit of matte base or concealer to hide spots and blemishes;
• For continuity reasons you might want to hide all imperfections before so the character won't look different when the blemishes heal/fade etc;
• You can use brown eyeliner to map the shape for black eyes so that continuity is better, or use facial markers;
• Stencils are also handy for continuity;
• For tears, drop water or contact lens solution into the tear duct, or eyedrops, nothing else than what is specially designed for the eye area though. People tear from the inner corner of the eye so be aware of this as well;
• The black stipple sponge is really good for applying the glycerine as sweat;
• Different eyes have different colours during illness : fever eyes - red, tired, blurry, tired eyes - blue. Always research before creating the character!
• For fever, moisturize the skin really well to get the shiny look;
• When tired, people's ears tend to go red, also the neck can become blotchy when tired or nervous as well;
• Glycerine is good as tears;
• For black eyes you can also use silycone pieces under the eye to create the swollen effect;
• Keep the black eye shiny to look realistic;
• Black eyes are usually staying under the eye socket, be careful not to leave hard liner, always blend;
• For dry-lips effect, use latex or eyelash glue, also good for blisters;
• Can use food colouring to colour the inside of the mouth. 

HOW TO: 

1.  Moisturise well so that the skin has a nice shine;
2. Look for any imperfections that need concealing;
3. Add some moisturiser onto the back of the hand and mix it with the red from the SupraColour palette;
4. Stipple the colour onto the cheeks, blending in any harsh edges with your fingers - this will create fever cheeks. Remember to go into the hairline;
5. To create the illusion of a person who has been crying, add red to the nose and under the eyes;
6. Remember to go down the neck, along with right up to the lashes when doing eyes;
7. Use a fine detail brush to apply colour onto the lids and feather it out;
8. You can also mix isopropyl alcohol with the Supracolour to stipple onto the skin and create a blotchy look;
9. For the lips you can use latex or eyelash glue, I used latex;
10. Apply onto the lips, and use a pin to pick it up and create the illusion of chapped lips;
11. You can also add blood/ red to add an extra soreness to the lips;
12. For sweat, you don't really need a lot of glycerine. A little bit will do, there's no need to do like I did today, putting on lots and lots of it :));
13. Using a black stippling sponge, take the glycerine onto the back of the hand and stipple where you want sweat to be;
14. Typical places include; upper lip, forehead and nose;
15. Wetting the hair can also add the sweaty look;
16. For the black eye, moisturise the eye area so that it shines;
17. Look at pictures for inspiration, and to look at the stage that the bruise was at;
18. Make sure to apply the colour into the corner into the corner of the eye and up to the lashes, blending the colour with your fingers;
19. Add shine to the area by adding Vaseline;
20. When adding the tears, make sure it is the last thing before taking a picture;
21. When using disposable contact lens solution, break the end of the file;
22. Ask your model to sit with their eye open wide and head back;
23. Drop the solution into the tear duct, and ask the model to bring their head back forward;
24. You can also add a drop of glycerine onto the face to create a single tear (NOT, NOT INTO THE EYES as it really hurts).

REMOVING: 

• Any cleanser on cotton pads will do the job;
• Can use water as well.

MY RESULTS: 

REFLECTION:

Not so pleased by what I did. It looked nice but fake somehow. Maybe because I only did half of the face but I'm not sure. I did just half of the face so I could save time so both of us could do all these, as it wasn't that easy to create all in just one look. Maybe that's one of the reasons it doesn't look that real, because it's too ill to be real?! I don't know. The thing is, I can see that I exaggerated a bit with the sweat and the redness, maybe I blended it a lil bit too much (or not enough?!). And also the tears didn't look quite real, they were flowing too heavy I guess. The lips weren't so well chapped (if this can be said) and I didn't really like the black eye even though I really did my best to do it. Maybe it just wasn't a good day, but I definitely need to repeat doing these step by step, not combined, and on the whole face, to see if it will look better in reality and in the pictures too.

MY PARTNER'S RESULT:

Really, really good. I guess that my bare face helped a lot too, haha.