Creating Black Eyes

Black Eyes

You can use red eye drops. You can also use Kryolan pencil in crimson to create red eyes. You use the Ben Nye palettes to create the bruises and work off photos for realism. If you want a fresh bruise you use more purples, blues and reds and for older bruises you use more yellows and browns. You can use a stipple sponge and red to look like broken veins. Don’t powder bruises, for realism you can add Vaseline to make the bruise look swollen.

Need:

cleanser, toner, moisturiser

Ben Nye Bruise palette

stipple sponge

vaseline or 8 hour cream

Method

1. Cleanse, Tone and moisturise the face for a clean base. 

2. Choose whether you are doing a fresh or old bruise. Depending on the age of the bruise determines how much yellow you use. an older bruise is more yellow and faded.

3. Start with the lighter tones and get darker. You can use your finger or a sponge however I prefer using my hands as it warms the product and blends more easily. I started with green, then yellows and added a few blue/purple tones to the areas that would have the most impact. 

4. make sure the colours are blended into the skin at the edges. 

5. To finish, add some vaseline or 8 hour cream to give the bruise a swollen effect.