Burns

Products:

Gelatine - Kryolan £7.99 for a block

Gellac - Available in Flesh, Dark flesh, Scar and Blood in a bottle £11

Gelatine by Dr Oetker from a supermarket

Bottle Gellac - put in a bowl with water to warm up

Can also use latex

Don't need a barrier protector with gelatine as it's gentle on the skin

Test the temperature as you could burn someone if it's too hot, test on the back of your own hand

Can scrape some aqua/supra colour once gelatines melted to change colour

Can use gelatine for fashion makeup to add texture eg. Add glitter AFTER it's been melted in the microwave 

Glycerine - adds shine, can be used for sweat. 

Fire burns - black and charred 

Chemical burns - smooth and shiny 

Acid burns - shiny and smooth, red raw

Consultation notes:
Model: Rebekah Newman
Worked on before - no allergies or contra-indications.

How to:

Kryolan block gelatine - put a chunk size of your choice in a bowl and put it in the microwave for 10 seconds and check, then another 10 seconds and see if it's melted enough 

Put the bottle of Gellac in a bowl with some water in for 1 minute, check how it's doing after 15 seconds, give it a shake, give it another 15 seconds and check again and if you think it's ready to use test the temperature on the back of your hand.

Get the gelatine on a spatulas and spread it on to the location of the body blended at the edges, then if you want a rough burn tap it with the spatula to make it rough and bubbly looking for texture and effect.

Get a hair dryer, checking it's cool and dry the gelatine using the side to side motion to avoid rippling and spreading. Once it's dry powder it so when you colour it the brush doesn't stick to it. This gives it a more skin like appearance. To add more texture you can use something sharp like teezers or a pin to pick at it.

Take your grease palette or colouring tool of choice and brushes and add some colour to make it look sore and realistic. Don't use too much product to make it look like it's been painted on, make it more translucent and use stippling effect.

I enjoyed this lesson but would like to practise more using different kinds of burn reference imagery to work with so that I am eventually able to create fake burns caused by all different kinds of accidents (chemical, fire, acid etc.). This area of make-up endlessly fascinates me by the effects that can be made using make-up.