Freaky fake-outs | Download Product Review - CNET  Freaky fake-
outs  Create creepy effects with this basic e-book.   Makeup FX
is really just a set of HTML files that can be viewed with any
browser; it's like a Web site that's hosted on your own computer
instead of on the Internet. A table of contents splits the
techniques into beginner and intermediate levels, and there are
sections for makeup, gore, effects, and costumes. Some of the
more useful tips include recipes for fake blood and latex skin,
and there are instructions for creating a variety of other nasty
things such as fake burns, pus, phlegm, and rotting skin. We do
wish that some of the instructions were more clearly written;
for example, the instructions for the slitting-wrists effect
(ick!) state, "Make or buy a prop knife. Use tubing and food
coloring bottle, attach to end of tubing with blood. There
should be skin on the skin, and knife should slit through it."
After reading that, we're still not sure exactly how we would
proceed if we wanted to