Final scar

Products needed:

• pros aid
• alcohol
• baby buds
• cotton pads
• Holika Holika Jewel-light Peach Eye Maker
• mascara
• black eyeliner
• brush kit
• BhCosmetics lip palette
• Illamasqua translucent powder
• Illamasqua sculpting duo
• Foundation (Kryolan/ Catrice)
• eyebrow gel
• eyebrow kit
• hair band
• paddle brush
• comb
• supercolor palette
• alcohol based flesh colour palette
• bigger wooden brushes
• baby powder
• Pros aid remover 
• bowls for alcohol and pros aid

Makeup Step by Step:

• first make sure face is clean ( not a tiny bit of old Makeup left) and that you prepare the skin(cleanse, tone and moisturize where needed->dry areas )
• add primer
• apply the foundation and buff in/blend in well-> we want nice looking skin
• apply translucent powder and make sure to cover especially the eye area as we don't want any foundation in the eye creases as well as in the fine lines under the eyes
• do light contouring on face-> make sure it's not overly dramatic as we want the skin to look natural
• fill in eyebrows with a tone that matches your model and apply some eyebrow gel to fix the eyebrows
• eyes: apply the Holika Holika Jewel-light Peach Eye Maker in the outer corners of the eyes and blend them inwards-> but only until you reach about the middle of your eye; make sure both sides are the same and balanced; then with the same colour go to the outer corners underneath the eye and to a fine line until you reach the middle of the eye-> using your ring finger blend out the line so it is not looking so harsh anymore-> now use the other side of the Holika Holika pencil (which is a pale peachy glitter) and apply in in the inner corners-> using your ring finger again blend out the glitter towards the outer corners so they will have a slight shimmery finish; next you do the eyeliner, use a nice deep black and do a nice winged eyeliner-> depending on eye form you maybe have to adjust the wings-> as my model was Asian the eyeliner turned not out the way I waned it to be so I had to keep adjusting it. You really have to pay attention when doing eyeliner on mono lids as they sometimes tend to disappear as soon as the eyes open.
• now curl eyelashes and apply mascara
• apply only a tiny bit of blush onto the cheeks, I used a peachy colour which would go with the eyes-> but make sure you barely see the blusher
• lips: for the lips I used a berry colour from my BhCosmetics lip palette

The Hair:

• for the hair I decided to just do a messy bun

Image for Hair and Make-up

->the lipstick turned out a bit more reddish than the berry colour I used to do before but it still fits the look and overall character.

-> side note: while you are doing the Makeup keep checking how the Pros Aid on your scar is drying? If it is nearly dry apply some Pros Aid onto the skin where you want to apply the scar. I noticed that the glue is drying on skin way faster then on the mould so I do it just before the glue on the scar is dry. Also check that the ends don't curl up after you applied the glue on the scar. Also you apply the glue on the flat side but I think that is kind of obvious.

Applying the scar:

• after the glue went clear and is tacky ,carefully apply it onto the skin
• before you properly apply it make sure the placing is absolutely right
• place it on skin and press it gently down
• pour some alcohol in a bowl and get baby buds
• start blending away the Baldiez layer
• keep blending away until you can't see anymore-> remember that it has to look real and you don't want to see any edges
• when you are done blending take some pictures to see how it looks on the camera-> sometimes you see things on the camera you didn't notice before
• after I have done the application I apply a tiny bit of baby powder onto it as it makes it less sticky
• start colouring
• first use the alcohol based flesh colours and match the overall skin tone of the knee
• after matching the basic skin tones go into more detail->get help from your reference images
• because I want the main scar to be lighter than the actual skin tone I added some 'Alabastar' from the Kryolan foundation and white supercolor onto it; go over with the lightest colour of the flesh color palette-> just to make sure it is still matching even though you make it lighter
• around the scar you can also add some yellow; darker flesh tones and red tones but make sure they are subtle and that you blend them very well
• on the research images of my sisters scar you can see that the two little scars from the tube are still slightly red so I added some different red tones from the supercolor palette -> if it is too pigmented just add a bit of flesh colour over it again
• keep doing this until you are satisfied with your scar and the colour tones
• now take some pictures with camera again so you see how the colours look on camera
• if everything is fine , take more close up's, different angles and mid-length shots
• if not correct the colours first and then check it on camera again

Application of scar

I managed to do the application quite quickly and I am happy with the end result. There is just this one bit in the left side where the silicone is slightly coming off or more looks a bit weird/different. Otherwise the blending layer took on the skin texture nicely which will make it look more realistic later when it is painted.

With paint on

(with the scar on my knee looks kind of like an Owl face^^ don't you think :D??)

I feel the colour match this was definitely better compared to my first actual practice shoot. I payed attention to matching the silicone piece accurately to the surround skin tones and then only highlighted the scar edges with a mix of foundation and red super colour to give it more definition and depth. Using the same red mix I covered the little tube scars with it. Even though the main scar is quite light after a year those two little ones still have a light reddish undertone.And I think I managed to do that quite well. I am happy with the end  result and think the scar looks quite believable. The only thing is that it is a bit unfortunate that you can't really see the small lines on the main scar after I applied the paint. Because of the actual scar it has a lot of lines on it which gives it a different skin texture and I tired to achieve that as well but I think when putting the paint on it simply fills in those lines. That is something I should have considered before. But if I should do something similar again I will have to think about it when doing the sculpture.

Overall the whole process of making and applying it was very interesting and fun. I enjoyed myself a lot even if the silicone doesn't like me ^^