Life Masks

Here is the latest in what I have done in my intermediate makeup class. Since our last project has to be a mold for our faces, we had to do life masks so we can design on them.I have to say it was a once in a lifetime experience. We started the class with a prayer(which we never do) and asked that we all be calm during the process on making them... later I found out why.

1st. we put on hair caps, to make sure we kept all the hair out, and we applied vaseline to our eyelashes and eyebrows. then the process begun...

2. As you can see in the picture above, 3 girls where there to apply the masks correctly. 2 of them applying the pink material(I forgot its name) and the one sitting across is making sure that the nostrils are open so the person can breathe normally.And then the scary part begun... I actually did good at that point but a couple of girls freaked out the moment they had their faces covered.

3. then plaster was applied all over the face to keep the mask on place. at this point it starts to get warm and hard. and this is where I panicked! I couldnt hear very well and started to have a hard time breathing, and it is not like you can just take it out once it is hard.  I could just hear my heart beating hard and I started to wave my hands so they could come help me out, it was quiite scary I must say, something had to come hold my hand ( haha I know how it sounds, but it helped) for about 20 minutes.

 

Once the mask got dry, I was able to just take it off. Then I poured out plaster  in the negative and voila! there is my face!