Make-up for Layla

Regarding our make-up, it was the first time we had tried out the make-up on Layla. This was a big part of the production because she had to look the part. We had already decided on the clothing she should wear, but when it came to face make-up and props and we needed to experiment a bit. 

We knew we wanted certain elements to be striking about her to suggest the horror element. This was things like a pale white face and dark black eyes.

Above is what she looked like before the transformation began.

Here are the different props we used to get her to look as she did in the production.

After focusing on her make-up, we then had to do her hair. Here all we used was water to make her hair look wet in clumps across her face. We then tied it up a bit at the back to make it look matted and unattended to. 

We then thought another small prop of a bandage with blood seeping through on her arm was a nice touch. This was simply done by wrapping her arm in a bandage and the fake blood was ketchup. This was easy enough to do and it looked really effective. This was another element we only decided on while we were doing her make-up; it was unplanned. 

Below is a picture of her overall make-up and costume. We were really please with how we had done in the creation of this. 

Although it was tricky, we remembered how we created this look in order to make the next time we completed her make-up more efficient and also remaining similar.