Makeup: Creping of the skin with latex & old age stiple

Using Latex or Old Age Stipple 

     All about how to use Latex and Old Age Stipple and Health and Safety 

• When using liquid Latex, you need to use brushes that can be thrown away, so don't use any brushes you love

• Also don't wear your best clothes when carrying this out, wear clothes that are old

• Always apply barrier foam before applying latex or old age stipple

• Make sure your working area is well ventilated

• You apply latex and old age stipple in dabbing motions which is also called 'feathering'

• Between use of these, make sure the cap is on the bottle, to prevent it from drying out when not in use

• When applying, stretch out the skin taut and apply a thin layer then dry with a hair dryer, make sure you test this on yourself, to test the temp and pressure, build up the layers to gain the desired effect you want

• You apply thin layers, so it drys quicker and you are able to build it up more effectively

• Old age stipple works well with a thin layer and add detail of old age spots or wrinkles or lines with make-up and blend, giving detail to give it a believable effect

• Use the old age stipple where you want to create aging, e.g. crease of the eyes, forehead, mouth, under the eyes, hands, lips etc.

• You can blend this in by using a cotton bud with acetone to remove the harsh edges in order to make it blend and look real

• To create dry, flaky skin, use pick up motions with the sponge, making sure you're careful around the eye areas, push sides to form it and to make it look more 'crepy' use powder to finish it off.

Theatrical ageing and creping of the skin on the hands & Face & Health & Safety

This weeks task was creating ageing and creping of the hands and face; we were given instructions, step by step guidance to follow and also health and safety guides to stick to.

Health and safety

• Make sure your model is covered up with a gown to protect their clothes from product spillage, just in case, as this is a messy job.
• Make sure the skin well prepped (cleanse, tone and moisturise)
• Make sure latex, spirit gum is patch tested on model before use 48 hrs before
• Keep hair away from the face when applying products/ makeup
• Decant products between each model
• Keep work surface clear and surrounding area 

First of all when using liquid latex use brushes that you can throw away or use disposable sponges to apply the layers with, you don't want to use your nice brushes that you've spent good money on cause liquid latex will ruin your brushes by sticking in-between the bristles; so therefore this is important to do.

Also to wear clothes that are old we applying this to your model and also cover your model up to prevent from this product ruining their clothes. 

Before applying the liquid latex, apply a thin layer of barrier foam over the area you'll be working on this will protect the skin and when it needs to come off it'll be easier and less painful to remove the latex.

Apply the latex in thin layers pulling the skin taut whilst applying, between each application blow dry the other so it dries and turns see through, build it up depending on what effect you want to achieve. Make sure you test the temperature of the hair dryer before using it on your model and be cautious around the eye area. 

When its dry push the skin together this creates wrinkles in the skin.

I really enjoyed working with liquid latex, as I have never used it before and it was fun and interesting testing it out for the first time.

To create dry flaky skin, use pick up motions with the sponge and apply powder over the top to set the latex and to create a dry skin effect.

You can use a small brush to add detail with some supra color to add age spots, depending on the age you are going for and blend with your fingers, also add foundation and blend over the latex to make it look more realistic.

I did the exact same thing with the face and be extra cautious with around the eye area, as this area is more sensitive.

When applying old age stipple (another product not in this post) use dabbing motions, it works similar to latex and its appearance is also. 

Products & Materials used:

• Barrier foam
• liquid latex
• Foundation Kryolan palette
• Hair dryer
• Stiple sponge
• Loose powder Illamasqua
• Sponge to apply latex (disposable)
• Foundation brush

Some images of my first try at creating old age on the hands, creating a older ladies hand effect and also below these of my first attempt with liquid latex by the crease of the eyes, to add a slight wrinkled look 50+ appearance. Its important to think about the age you want to achieve with these products.

I was a little disappointed with how it turned out, I feel i needed to blend more and layer the latex more evenly over the skin, as you can see in the pictures above and below. However, this is a learning curve and will apply these amendments next time.

A few more images, where I could of blended more and used a even coat of latex to create this look better, but this is constructive and can be done next time this task will be carried out.

A few images of applying it near the corners of the eyes, where I could of blended more, making it look more part of the skin, with the appearance looking more realistic.

Old age Stiple...

This week we played around with old age stiple. I had never used this stuff before, so it was interesting trying it out for the first time and seeing what it looks like.

Health and safety

• Make sure your model is covered up with a gown to protect their clothes from product spillage, just in case, as this is a messy job.
• Prep the skin (cleanse, tone and moisturise)
• Be careful around the eyes when applying products/makeup
• Use barrier foam when applying SFX onto the skin e.g. blood, latex, gelatine
• Keep hair away from the face when applying products/ makeup
• Decant products between each model
• Keep work surface clear and surrounding area 

For Health and safety, it is important to cover up your model before starting to ensure no products get on their clothes. Ask if they have any allergies or if they are allergic to latex, my model has had this product on him before, but it's important to test before (patch test).

I used Barrier foam on the skin before applying the old age stiple, I used a small amount on a stiple sponge and dabbed it gently over the skin and built it up slowly, between each layer I dried it with a hair dryer; when doing this I pulled the skin taut.

Looking at the pictures I feel I used way too much product and it looks very uneven, next time I will gradually build it up with thinner layers of the product.

Here are some images of my first attempt of old age stiple.

After I dried the product I pushed the skin together to give it a lined wrinkle effect.

I feel I needed to cover more of the hand with the product and be more cautious with the amount I used. 

After this I attempted to try and give the hand old age spots with the use of supra colour, I wasn't happy with the result of this, but will work on this with mixing the right colours together and blended more making them look more realistic.

However, I enjoyed the task set this week and will practice this in order to perfect the skill of this product.