For a few months now, I have been interning with the Taylor Jameson Hair Design in Northside. Each year, the salon participates in the annual Northside Fourth of July Parade and this year, I was asked to assist with makeup. The theme for the salon was Zombies and I was so excited to do some more character makeup!
I met with the salon's team the night before the parade and Michael Sparto gave a demonstration of the zombie look that they wanted for the next day. On the day of the parade, I was instructed to do base coats on peoples face and exposed skin of either a green or blue hue. Once things got moving and my task was complete, Michael gave me two people as my own projects.
With these two "zombies" I was allowed to decide the contouring, shading and wounds. Nancy was my first and biggest project.
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| Model: Nancy |
She had a blue zombie tint that I used a reddish brown, or a dried blood color, if you will, to contrast with for shading and extra zombification. Also, painting her lips with a pale cream helped complete the walking dead look. I say that Nancy's project was bigger because I gave her a bite mark.
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| Nancy's left arm, bite |
For this, I used liquid latex and it was also my first time using this product. I kept dabbing the liquid latex in a bite mark shape with a toothpick, letting it dry and then adding more layers. Once it had dried, I applied some blue and purple eye shadow to give the illusion of bruising, threw on some fake blood and she was ready to go scare people. :)
My second project was Kevin, who worked at the salon and had been styling hair until it was parade time. I had less time to work on him, but was able to use my knowledge and experience from Nancy to create a zombified look for Kevin.
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Model: Kevin
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Kevin was a very natural zombie, as you can see. Because we were on such a time crunch, we took photographs before I finished his hands and neck with blue. I had a wonderful time creating zombies and being one! And just for a little fun, here is a picture of me as my zombiefied self. (I did my own makeup as well.)
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| Missy White: Zombie |
