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Oh, Seven Deadly Sins, how you trouble me so. It's interesting because while I am always down to do this series, and it is also one of my highest requested series, I somehow can never finish it! I truly believe at this point in my life, and all of the points in my life, I just cannot acquire the attention span needed to create all seven sins. I have all of the ideas and character concepts, but can never quite seem to do them. Maybe I just don't truly have a passion for the subject or characters at this point, and one day I will get it and finish/restart the series. Not going to lie though, Gluttony turned out pretty sick regardless if I ever restart it. Wrath (2014) This makeup was actually also created so that the lava glows under UV light. Pretty nifty, and works really well if you were surrounded by UV light, like a party or a 5k night run. Might scare a few people, but none the less, you will look really cool. YouTube Tutorial for Wrath: https://www.youtube.com/watc...

HAHAHA! While this may not be the most popular look that I have done, OH MAN do I remember creating this look! I referenced one of the album covers that I grew up with, and just got to painting away! Funny enough, I have actually met Rob Zombie and the band in person through meet and greets at the concert and I have to say, he is a super chill, really nice dude. They all are! I mean hey, you can't constantly be a Super Beast . YouTube Tutorial on how to look like the Zom himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UUQHciFwCM Products Used: Mac Chromacake (light blue) Graftobian Pro Paint (White, Black) Mehron Paradise Paint (dark blue, light green) BH Cosmetics Eyeshadows Urban Decay Perversion Eyeliner EBA Vibe Airbrush Paints (water based) Yellow, White, Blue Want to check out the makeup brushes used in this video? While the original set of MadeULook makeup brushes are no longer available, we do have nifty new ones thanks to those who supported th...

Interestingly enough, in 2019 I am pretty sure I am about to go back into a Disney series, seeing as the Disney theme parks (other than Universal) are one of my favorite places to go and as I am writing this, I will be visiting Disneyworld again in a couple of weeks! WOO! At the time I created this tutorial, this was done as a request! :) Yes, I do still accept requests in 2019! Products Used: Urban Decay Electric Palette (Jilted, Gonzo, Urban) Urban Decay Perversion Eyeliner House of Lashes Noir Fairy Sugarpill White Shadow Graftobian Pro Paint (White, Black) Mac Chromacake (French Violet) Mehron Metallic Powder (Gold) Want to check out the makeup brushes used in this video? While the original MadeULook brushes are no longer available (thank you so much to those who supported my first line of brushes back in the day!), you can find the newest line on www.madeulookbylex.com (Ooooo!) Of course, they are still blue :) MadeULook Luxe ...

HOLY ALICE MADNESS RETURNS! You have no idea when I tell you that Alice: Madness Returns was my entire life when I first stated to play this game. To this day, Alice and her story  continue  to inspire me when I am having artist block, and overall the story of Alice in Wonderland itself will always have an influence on my style of work and imagination. I love the story of Alice, I love the patience and manners, the madness within her mind, and the creativity that spews from her noggin. While Alice in Wonderland has many renditions of her story and imagination, Alice: Madness Returns is a video game that explores a darker version of events that lead her to enter "Wonderland." This game is pretty graphic, as well as has an extremely dark story line, so I absolutely would not recommend it for kiddos. While parental discretion is advised for the game itself, my tutorials of the characters are pretty safe (other than y'know, plastic knives, rather frightening characters, an...

Back in 2014 , and still today, I was and am still pretty proud of the shading within this character. This was the first time I successfully to my satisfaction created shading within my cheek (specifically the left-hand side looking at the photo straight on). This was a part of a very small spread out series on my channel that I was calling popsicle zombies at the time. I loved the way they turned out, and I loved making them different colors! This series was also one that another social media influencer took advantage of, which was kind of a bummer. At the time, I thought they just enjoyed my work! ... until they stopped mentioning they even know me. It ended up being a life lesson, people aren't always so nice.  Of course, I always encourage people to have their hand at painting :) That is what I make my tutorials for! There is a difference between recreating and learning, and recreating to steal. It's what it's. It doesn't make my zombie any less pink, or my h...

Writing this in 2019, I can still remember how incredibly proud I was of this makeup look back in 2014. I was so pleased with the shading on the leather portions, as well as the eyes being as even as I could make them. Funny thing is, I went on to actually make a Psycho mask on Twitch towards the end of 2018. Chances of me recreating this look again in 2019 when Borderlands 3 is released? Very high . They actually showed a preview of the game on Twitch, but I missed it (darn it!). I really need to brush up on (AKA learn) how to play FPS (first person shooters). While I love the characters... I have a tendency to die. One thing I never did with this look was put the finger gun to my noggin. I wasn't a fan of that pose, and still really am not a fan of it. I saw a meme the other day that said "Borderlands 1 has one finger gun, Borderlands 2 has two finger guns, Borderlands 3....?" HA. Hilarious. Anywho. YouTube tutorial for Psycho 2014:  https://www.youtube.com/...

Mortal Kombat's Scorpion 2014 was the next step up from my original Scorpion I created just two years prior to this look, maybe even just the year prior! I had learned so many things just simply from practicing. I then later went on to recreate scorpion yet AGAIN in 2019. Will there be a 2021 Scorpion? 2025? Wow, it's insane to even think those years will be happening in my lifetime. They seem lightyears away. To give mass perspective of how much things have changed since 2014, now writing this post in 2019, I was still shading my makeup looks using my original BH Cosmetics palettes from when I was a teenager. YouTube tutorial for Scorpion 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GL3GeciEUM Products Used: BH Cosmetics 120 1st Edition Palette Mehron Paradise Paint (Black, White) MAC Acrylic Body Paint (Black) Urban Decay Primer Potion Mehron Black Eyeliner Sugarpill Eyeshadow (Yellow, White) For reference, Scorpion 2012. The precision on my 2014 li...

I remember this exact day of uploading and creating this video. I actually started this video pretty late at night. Funny thing is, what you guys DO NOT see in the video are lamps balancing on my bed, towels down all over my bed so I don't get makeup on my sheets (inevitable), my messy finger printed laptop, full of body paint that WAS NOT water based easy to come off paint (ahem), and the general madness that was actually this video.

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Ever want to be a sock monkey on a snowy day? Me too! What a fine Winter we are having this Spring in Chicago. Back to the low degrees and over 5 inches of snow in almost the month of April! Oh Chicago, how I love and hate you at the same time. Mostly love. Read more for products used >>

Oh-ho-ho! Iron Man is one of the trickiest characters for face and body painters everywhere, mostly because he is iron! Robot body paints are always the hardest.

Wolverine comic body paint. Yep, that's going to freak out your friends when you are speaking with a drawn expression on your face.

Since the online game "Five Nights at Freddy's" became a social media basically blast of awesome and popularity, I had been getting non stop requests to recreate the characters in a body paint tutorial. I see a lot of cosplays in the future! I am also part psychic.

Good (morning?) everyone! Once again, super late night post. It is currently almost 12:30am. I swear, I AM LOVING this whole blog thing. Maybe I just love to talk? Who knows! Today I began my new Alice in Wonderland theme. It was requested that I revisit this theme (I also did it last year). I think it's a great idea! I am so excited to see how much my mind and creativity has grown since I last featured this theme on my page. So I decided to kick it off with a BANG with an almost four hour body painting session. This will be a short blog post, but sometimes, at least I think, it's more fun to see the process, than just the end result alone! Personally, I love to see the the middle parts of a piece of art. Why? Maybe because it's just a reminder of how far you came when creating that piece. I think its incredible how much of a difference color makes. As you can see, everything started as just an outline . You wouldn't even know what they WERE until they were...