Demonic Possession Make-up

To prepare for the task, I researched it thoroughly beforehand, mainly using Youtube tutorials. These physically showed me what I needed to do to create my desired look, and the step-by-step guides made it a lot clearer to understand. These are the two best and most helpful tutorials that I found.

List of products used-

• L'oreal True Match foundation
• Maybelline Mineral Powder Concealer
• Sephora and Natural Collection powders
• Sephora Eyebrow Wax
• ELF Eyeshadow Pallet (mainly 4 or 5 colours)
• Various brushes and a sponge 

I used my sister as a model for my task. This was an advantage as she was able to create the 'possessed child' character (as opposed to using an adult.) This was her after only applying foundation and power.

I applied concealer over the lips, to take away their natural rosy colour, which made her look washed out. I then applied a brown-red eyeshadow under the eye area and also to the side of the nose. This made her look 'unwell', which is key in possession make up as the possessed are not themselves.

I did the exact same as before to the other eye. I did not make sure they were both accurate and the same as the randomness of the darker colours on the face makes the look more disturbing and effective. I added this colour to the sides of her head, mixing in more black on the right side.

I countered the cheek-bones and jaw-line to make the face appear more sharp. I put eyebrow wax on the right cheek, lips and top left side of the head (adding a tiny bit of brown eyeshadow to it.) This added texture and appeared as a wound or diseased part of the face, which would be distressing for the audience as it is gruesome and unsightly. 

I darkened the inner corners of the eyes with darker brown eyeshadow. This made her look more unwell and deteriorated. I also added more colour down from the sides of the nostrils, to again contribute depth to the face and make the overall look appear darker, more flawed and to add more shadow to the face.

I put black eyeshadow over the teeth to create a dirty, gory effect. Even though this is possession make-up, slightly gruesome effects distress the audience as the character is obviously demonically influenced and this is the effect that is having.

The wax adds depth and texture, making it look like an infected cut or diseased area. The fact that it is only in specific little bunches of the face and the lips makes it look more realistic, but disturbing at the same time.

Overall, I am extremely happy with the way that the final result has turned out. She has the dark shadows of the face and diseased areas to represent her possession, which is clear to the audience and would cause distress as it adds a lot more depth to the character (links in to supernatural horror genre.) To improve I would use white contact lenses, as this would look unrealistic and therefore prove even more distressing for the audience.