Dirt, dirty teeth

Today we had a busy lesson creating dirt on the skin and dirty teeth using lots of different products.

Health & safety:
- Make sure the clients clothes are covered as the products used can get very messy.
- If the client has previously had teeth whitening or tooth caps then do not use the enamel on their teeth as it could potentially effect the colour. (dirty teeth)
- Dont get any of the 'dirt effect' skin sprays in the mouth and make sure that the clients eyes are closed whenever you spray the product. (dirty skin)
- Make sure the room is well ventilated as we are using spray products and we don't want the fumes to linger. (dirty skin)

Products used:
- Kryolan teeth enamel - black and nicotine
- Fullers earth
- Water
- Cotton buds
- Spatula
- Hair dryer
- Supra palette
- Bowls
- Kryolan body sprays - grey, brown & black
- Blood watered down ( if you want to add blood)


Dirty skin

1. Place some fullers earth into a mixing bowl and add water to make the consistency into a paste and then apply the product to the area you want the dirt to be.
2. To dry, use a hairdryer on a cool setting and wait until the product turns white (thats when you know it's dry)
3. The drying process should crack the fullers earth to create the look of dry,cracked skin. If it isn't cracked enough then you can squeeze the skin together and the product should crack.
4. Using the kryolan sprays you can take whatever colour you would like and lightly spray from a distance to add different colours to the area.
5. Using supra colours you can place them underneath the nails and around the cracks on the skin to create dirty nails.

Dirty teeth

There are different types of tooth enamel that you can buy to create different types of dirty teeth. I used black and then nicotine over the top, and i liked the look it created.

1. Check with the client that they don't have their teeth whitened / tooth caps before applying the tooth enamel.
2. Dry the teeth you want to make dirty using a cotton bud.
3. Make sure the client doesn't close their mouth through the whole process or let their lips touch their teeth.
4. Shake the bottle well before using it and apply some product onto a mixing palette / surface.
5. Using a clean cotton bud apply the product to the teeth.
6. Once you are happy with how the teeth look, let the enamel dry on the teeth and then the client can close their mouth and it shouldn't smudge.
7. To take off the enamel use a cotton bud and surgical spirit

Self reflection:

I really enjoyed using these different products to create different effects on the skin and teeth. When it came to using the fullers earth i found it very easy to use but it was very messy and i didn't really like the outcome of using that product at all. It didn't look like dirt to me, it looked like a zombie or some kind of rotting creature.
The colour of the sprays were really effective and i liked the colours that they produced on the skin however, i found them very difficult to work with as the spray itself sprayed out a lot of product at once and it was hard to be light handed with it. Once it hit the skin it dried incredibly fast meaning that i couldn't really fix the issue or work with the product.
As for the tooth enamel, apart from the smell (which was gross) it was a great product and so so effective. In a way it was easy to use, just have to do research and make sure you know what kind of dirt you want on the teeth and what effect you are going for.