1. Face bare of all makeup (listening to Metallica sing about scars fyi) for comparison.
2. Marked out a few rough scar lines with a black eyeliner:
3. First layer of rigid collodion (smells funny, kind of sweetish and I bit like nail varnish/pear drops). Starts to work within about 30 seconds.
4. Second layer starts to indent my skin a bit more, feels about as tight as a face mask but not terribly uncomfortable. It's slightly tingly as it dries but not painful to me. I would wonder how someone with more sensitive skin might fair..
5. Tried to layer in a bit of liquid latex for texture, but mostly it stuck strands of my hair to my head. 2nd an third layers starting to feel tighter, works better on my head and eye more so than my cheeks (strangely). The funny expression below is to show how tight and dramatic it's getting.
6. Unflattering upshot shows the indentations best. The headphones are also holding my hair back and yes, I'm still listening to Metallica!
7. Adding in a bit of reddish lipstick and smudging it along the lines of the forehead scar.
I also added some regular foundation and matt powder in my usual tones over the cheek scar and added some white eyeshadow to highlight the depth of the scar as it was just what I had to hand. I Did a bit too much on the eyes though, so it looks a bit 'garage doors'.
8. The best looking scar I think. Close up. Ignore the scuzzy looking texture of the liquid latex, it didn't really work the way I had in mind (to wrinkle the skin nearby) and note how much the rigid collodion moves the fine skin on my eyelid!
9. Added a ittle more red to the end of the existing black cheek scar and added more collodion thickly. Quite like the way it starts to buckle if I stretch out my jaw as it dries. Putting makeup over it looks well, quite shite really but I was kind of thinking it might age the scar along the healing process if it's no longer as freshly red and swollen. Perhaps a pink base would have worked better?
10. Well, couldn't just leave it looking normal now could I?!
Transforming the rest of my face into a workable overall look which was vaguely like a broken doll.
11. Close up of a red-based scar work looking quite nice and fresh - like a scab.
12. And some edited pics to finish.
In conclusion, I'm fairly happy with the overall result considering I was just using my usual makeup and quickly freestyling how it might work. The rigid collodion works pretty fast but does leave quite a shiny finish that was peeling up in places. I'm curious to try this again but using a water-based makeup as a base instead of it being straight on bare skin (pretty much) to see if it works in much the same way.
I probably spent nearer an hour tinkering around and faffing about with the doll makeup look, but it really can be a quick process just to add onto normal skin. I wish I'd tried just adding the rigid collodion onto unmarked skin without pencilling on any sort of guide but I'll save that for my next plan (split face, using a large scar as the divide down the centre of my face).
I very foolishly just peeled off the bits of rigid collodion after wipes and cleanser failed to move it at all, which was easy but quite painful (like ripping off a well-stuck plaster) and am kicking myself for not trialling the Mastix remover. Lessons learned there!
