Your Fantasy Costume

Kryolan is a brand of professional, theatre and fx make up that I use for my performances. Among all make up brands I always recommend MAC (that we’ve previously mentioned) and Kryolan. As both have really high quality products, Kryolan is more focused to FX make up.  It has all you may need, from fake eyelashes (remember our previous article about eyelashes) to anti-shine powder, iridescent, shimmering and glow in the dark make up. Basically it has two different sets of colors, a collection based in water (Aquacolor), that blends the colour  as nice as a watercolor palette. They’re super for body and face painting, though if you’re wearing it too long or in sweating conditions they have another brand of make up based in oil and absolutely indestructible unless you use a cleaning milk. Important thing (at least for me) is that so far I know  they don’t experiment with animals!! I have a very very sensitive skin and I feel super-comfortable with the aquacolor brand.

Also if you’re intending into a further transformation (getting old, becoming a zombie) they work with wax, putty and latex too for special fx make up. And of course they have spirit-gum similar glues and removers. There’s no limit regarding the color and materials provided to become whatever you want to be.

If you want to see their entire catalog or find a local store close to your area you can visit Kryolan official site

As we previously covered in our article about Vampire Fangs, if you’re intending to be a vampire, zombie  or monster this halloween, you may be in need of fake blood. I forgot to mention then that Kryolan works precisely with theatre fake blood up to 5000 ml bottles of pro fake blood (easily washable from your skin and clothes) and in two shades: light and gory dark.

To finish with this article, I leave you with this youtube video  using kryolan make up, this time this guy is creating a mask (great for masquerade) only with the make up and some beads

Enjoy!

Another year and Halloween drawing near (hmm that was quite a rhyme)

With True Blood tv series and other vampire movies Vampires seems to be a hot topic again… I’d say a classic, but waves of popularity comes and go and it seems the vampire trend is back. Thus we’ve decided to make this article about vampire fangs and monster teeth

Scarecrow Vampire Fangs makes the best-selling and most affordable  vampire fangs and theatrical teeth on the market. These affordable custom teeth are designed for realism and wearability. Scarecrow® teeth use a specially formulated, dental grade material for fitting (not over-the-counter craft plastic). The patented approach means there is NO boiling water, NO adhesives and NO unsightly partial plate to construct. You get a tight, rigid, SNAP-FIT without modeling any plastic around your molars. You can find them all over ebay and they also have an official site here.

Here’s a youtube video where you can see how to fit them. Beware they need 10-15 minutes to harden

If you still had any doubt here’s another

Above: fangs from Dental Distortions
Below: Ripper model

Another awesome provider for even more extreme fx, going beyond vampires into nastier and uglier monsters and creatures like demons, werewolves and orcs  is Dental distortions. Made from high quality dental acrylic and designed for ultra-realism, each set is meticulously stained by hand so they don’t look like white fake plastic but dirty enough LOL. No two sets are the same, just like real teeth! Created for Halloween, our products have found a special place in the Hollywood film industry and have been used in a wealth of movies and tv series. Also Dental distortions goes a step further and includes also claws. You can buy Dental Distortions models here

Here´s a tutorial about how to apply Dental Distortions fake teeth

Of course you can go to a dentist, or even try to make a mold of your own teeth to make the ultimate and more realistic effect, there are quite a wealth of tutorials online to do so, but that option is not so affordable. We´ll cover that though very soon.

A final touch! Add some fake blood

Other recommended links:

Custom Fangs: based in UK, custom fangs and prosthetics
Vampfangs: here you can find both scarecrow and dental distortions and other kits

Tim Burton’s “The nightmare before Christmas” is one of my favorite movies… This stop-motion animated jewel released early nineties when I was a teenager. I went to the cinema seven times in a row when it was released just to learn the songs by hear (in those times to find the soundtrack where I was living was a complex task, but finally I found the little precious soundtrack of score that Danny Elfman scored for the movie)… “Oh somewhere deep inside of this bones….!” Yes, this film archieved what looked impossible, to make a charming prince to fall in love with out of a  thin  doll of a skeleton with such a great personality… the mighty Pumpkin King Jack Skellington. A gentle mix of genres, it even had some space for romance, and thus Jack and Sally became one of the most loveliest couple ever.. This movie also showed to the world the spirit of Halloween into countries like mine that have no tradition of it. Years later it started to become a cult movie and gain the recognition it initially deserved…

Let´s start with the heroine…. Sally Rag Doll!

There are cheap already made versions available, but you can opt for a fine hand-made version

Polishing details with this stitched glovettes (or you can opt for theatrical make up too. See attached video for Sally’s make up tutorial)

I think this might be more accurate to what the character is, just like the one below with wool hair juts like a doll:

Still due to aesthetics some prefer to wear a bright red fiber hair wig, the next one is suitable in hair  style:

Step by step Sally rag doll YOU TUBE tutorial (4 videos)

Pt 1: Face
Pt2: eyes
Pt3:Eyes and face
Pt4: Finished look

JACK Skellington

Jack’s mask alone

I don’t need to say that the very classical Halloween skeleton gloves are indeed great and useful for Jack’s costume.

Santa hat for turning Jack’s into Christmas mood!

Other characters in the movie

Zero (Jack’s dog)

Major Tom

Oogie Boogie

pumpkin prop “Halloween town”

Singing…. “This is halloween! This halloween! halloween! halloween!!”

I loved  GHOSTBUSTERS movie when a child (well the first part at least as I felt very dissapointed with the sequel) curiously after so long now that there are rumours of a new Ghostbusters movie on the making…  so somehow these days i’ve had the tune again in my head and one can imagine that pretty soon they’ll be back into fashion… I think they’ll work with the original cast… yay for nostalgics like me… raised in the eighties….
Ghostbusters had many elements of silly comedies… but laughable as it is it had al  so some creepy moments too…

In the picture above you  you can see a very accurate replica of the costume,  you can download the pdf step-by-step tutorial from INSTRUCTABLES webpage. Download PDF
All the materials you need can be found here

Are you not handy but still want to opt for the best ghostbuster (and expensive) option, you can get  all sort of props and even an exact replica  of the proton pack in real scale too purchasing all the pieces along together. there are even very expensive props with light and sound, just like the next one.

Other options, pluses and things you might need

Above you can  see a ghostbuster movie logo  embroidered  iron patch that you may need to customize your clothes into an official “ghostbuster” outfit.

or the whole jumpsuit

Don’t forget to get a pair of black gloves (details are important)

Ahhh  the final touch… YOU NEED to get into the mood listening to the Ghostbusters soon… I know it’s a hit from the eighties… but WHO DOESN’T KNOW this great song? It’s the idiosyncracy and spirit self of the ghostbusters movie… and has a great groove too!!, if you’re making an entrance somewhere you need it…
You can get it from itunes, amazon and other digital retailers. There’s no doubt this is a Halloween party hit!!

Download mp3 song GHOSTBUSTERS from AMAZON (0.99 c)

If there’s somethin’ strange in your neighborhood, Who ya gonna call …?