Mummy Costume

waldiddy · #1 09-15-2011

I'm around halfway finished w/ Halloween costume for this year, so I decided to upload my results so far for your feedback. I'm gonna try the Mummy makeup suggested by Martha Stewart:

http://www.marthastewart.com/265931/...makeup#slide_9

Here's my result:

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And, here's what I've got of my costume so far:

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RoxyBlue · #2 09-15-2011

Great face

You might want to wrap the bindings a bit tighter. They seem a little loose.

beelce · #3 09-15-2011

Looks great......loose bindings don't bother me....creepy face

Haunted Spider · #4 09-15-2011

What are you making your costume out of? The legs look good. that is all I could see in the pictures.

ouizul1 · #5 09-15-2011

How are you keeping the bindings from falling apart when you move around? I never could get that part figured out.

waldiddy · #6 09-15-2011

The leggings are simply an old pair of black running tights as a base. I bought strips of white spandex, with each strip about 6" wide. The strips were soaked in a mix of tea & coffee for several days, and, after drying, I cut the strips to size and stitched them to the pants. It's a very long, slow project. I could try to get them tighter, but I"m trying not to stress my sewing too much.

All I've done so far is the pants ... still gotta do the shirt.

The make-up is also kinda tedious. Last night was just a practice run, and it took a little over an hour! I wish it looked more like the example on Stewart's website, but I guess what I ended up with was pretty creepy anyway.

waldiddy · #7 09-15-2011

BTW, before starting the costume, I briefly thought about just buying one off-the-shelf. Not sure if you've seen what's for sale, but the only reasonably priced ones I could find were terribly .. instead of wrappings, they're basically just off-white tattered fabric. They don't look like a mummy at all!

ouizul1 · #8 09-15-2011

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Originally Posted by waldiddy

...I cut the strips to size and stitched them to the pants. It's a very long, slow project...

Ah. That made perfect sense as soon as I read it...costuming is obviously not my bag. I can imagine just how tough a project it is

...mummy costume is now officially off the wish list.

Haunted Spider · #9 09-15-2011

good plan with the spandex material. Just steer clear of any gauze or material that is flammable You don't want to become a burn victim for the next 30 Halloweens. The make up looked good. I will tell you that a good make up job, with layers and not just painting the skin takes me an hour minimum every time. So you are pretty much on par with that. As you practice it, you get better at it and it goes faster but good make up takes time.

As a helpful hint, go out and buy some witch hazel. It is an astringent that you use before applying the make up. It will help your skin to not be as oily and sweat as much. Your make up will last longer that way. If you are going to have it on for a long time, and you are worried about sweating through it, they do make a product called sweat stop which greatly reduces sweat for make up applications.

Haunted Spider · #10 09-15-2011

On the make up.

I looked at the martha stewart picture and yours. For one, they did the make up on someone else which makes it easier. Two, you have too thick of layers, most likely from the paper towels being too big and having to bunch them up. Cut smaller strips of paper towel. Also, the type of paper towel you use is important. If you use the brown paper towels like they have in restrooms, it gives you a smoother texture and wrinkles better.

Good luck with the make up. Try it again a few times and post pictures.