ok thats great, thanks for the replies guys, looks like im gonna need to raid my girlfriends make up draw haha!
A word of advice;
The makeup your girlfriend uses and is quite different from the
makeup needed for a production. They way makeup is used on
actors for photography is very different than they way your
girlfriend uses it. This is a common mistake - my girlfriend uses
make up, she knows what to do for a movie. Then she applies
makeup to a male the way she usually does and....
Well you can just imagine.
That blood is fine. To make it look realistic you will need experiment
just like the blog says. I use black coffee rather then water to make
it more opaque. Adding "Photo-Flo" really helps Karyo based blood
flow naturally - it tends to bead on skin without it.
Standard makeup and special makeup is usually not on the radar
of low budget filmmakers at all. It's good you're thinking about it.
Make up is even more essential in the HD age than ever before.