Practical- Cuts, Bruises and Black Eye

Health&Safety

• Carry out a consultation to make sure the model has no contra-indications and is not allergic to ant products.
• Make sure all products are displayed appropriately on the working area. 
• Make sure model's hair is tied up and is covered with a cape.
• Wash hands before and after. 

List of Products and Tools 

• Cleanser,Toner, Moisturiser
• Cotton pads, Cotton buds, Couch Roll
• Supra Colours 
• Appropriate Brushes 
• Disposable Brushes for Latex
• Plastic Palette
• Spatula's 
• Round edged metal spatula
• Cine Wax
• Stipple sponge
• Acetone 
• Sealer

Black Eyes

• When creating a black eye always make sure you have a reference image of a real black eye that you are working from.
• Get the model to close her eyes and apply some moisturiser on and around the eyes.
• This will make the colours put on more bendable. 
• Always make sure the darker heavier colours are in the corners of the eyes and are blended out.
• Also the colours should go as far as the lash line.
• The colours mostly used to create black eyes are dark purples, blues, yellows and some shades of blues.
• Apply the colours lightly and build up the colours gradually.

Cuts & Bruises

• Wax is used to create cuts.
• Warm up the wax on the back of the hand.
• Apply some spirit gum on the area of the cut and tap it until it goes tacky.
• Put the wax on top of the tacky spirit gum and smooth it down using the palette knife and fingers.
• To avoid your fingers from sticking to the wax apply some moisturiser or vaseline onto your fingers or palette knife.
• Make sure there are no harsh edges and it is all smoothed out and that it is not spread out too far on the skin.
• Make the cut in the middle and cover the surrounding wax with latex or sealer if someone is allergic to latex, apart from the middle of the cut.
• Make sure the edges of the wax is covered with latex as well as this will keep the cut in place. 
• If there are any harsh edges from the latex this can be removed or blended using acetone.
• Apart from the cut itself the rest of the wax has to matching the colour of the skin in that area.
• Always stipple the colour instead of painting as this gives a more natural effect. 
• Supra colours can be diluted using IPA(brush cleaner).
• The base of the cut has to be dark, black or a bruise purple could be used for this.
• Wound fillers are also used for cuts, use a hair pin to fill the cut using this.
• To create bruises the bruise wheel from krayolan could be used and simply stipple the colours using a stipple sponge. 
• In the images below I created cuts, broken fingers and bruises

Evaluation
I enjoyed creating cuts and bruises as I found it really interesting as you can create so many different effects using the same products and techniques. The little struggle I had was matching the wax base skin colour to the model's skin colour. I have to work on this and have more practice.  With the black eyes the one I created doesn't really look like a black eye. I have to work on this mostly getting the colours right and make sure they are all blended together giving off a more realistic look.