DIY Mermaid
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I decided to do something "pretty" haha. What do you think? please help support my art by subscribing to my youtube! youtube.com/msmaomaoz
Fins
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First step was the fins on my face! First off I made them with model magic because it's a very light clay, then I took acrylic paint to paint them and while the paint was wet i did sprinkle glitter on top. Next I took some black body paint from Mehron and covered my ears, then i grabbed spirit gum and put that in front of my ears then tapped it tell it was tacky and placed my fins on top.
Extra Support
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to make sure the fins stayed I placed some liquid latex down and put a cotton ball on top then put more liquid latex on top.
Covering Up
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So I used the purple Elmers glue stick to cover up my eyebrows I do this often, then I took some concealer from NYX and put that on the brows, over the latex, under my eyes, and on any blemishes on my face.
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Taking my normal foundation I put that all over my face, then used a translucent powder to set all of that makeup.
Contour
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I used a teal face paint from Mehron to start the contour leading from that fin and I kept the line sharp, Then i took a dark blue eyeshadow from Urban decays electric pallet and a teal shadow from NYX to deepen up the contour. I also drug that dark blue under the chin.
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Taking that same teal color body paint I put that on my brows and down the sides of my nose. I then took the same shadows to deepen it up.
Scales
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I made scales with that same model magic and also painted them with acrylic paint. Then i put some liquid latex and put it on the back on each scale and pressed it on the skin. I put 4 on each eyebrow then I placed more of the bigger ones by the fins and down that contour line.
Shadowing
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Taking a dark blue body paint from Mehron I outlined each scale to act as a shadow and help separate each scale.
Lid
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On my lid I took orange body paint from Mehron and I just patted it up to the teal.
Yellow Detail
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Taking yellow body paint from Mehron I dotted between the orange and teal, then I added a yellow triangle to the inner corner of my eyes.
Yellow Shadow.
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I took some yellow shadow from NYX and added that to the outer corner of my eyes and drug it up to my forehead, then I put some yellow shadow on top of the cheek contour and on top of my nose.
Dots
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I took some yellow body paint from Mehron and randomly placed dots all over the face.
Lips
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For the lips I took some orange lipsick from NYX and put it all over my lips. You may also use body paint.
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Using NYX liquid eyeliner in while, you can also use white body paint, I placed dots everywhere and also outlined the yellow triangle on my inner corner.
Lips
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I took that yellow body paint and added dots all around the lips, then I put a little on the center of my lips and patted it out.
Gils
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I made gils on my neck using cotton balls and latex. I made two on both sides of my neck.
Contour
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I used the same teal and blue shadows to start the contour, and i added sharp line of teal body paint.
Gill Colors
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I took an orange color body paint from Mehron and painted the gills, then I added a line of yellow to the top.
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I added yellow and white dots all over the body.
Mascara
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Last I put on mascara!