Video Tag
Every video tagged “SPFX” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
86 videos
Makeup artist Alexys Fleming (Madeyewlook) uses body painting and special effects makeup to tell her personal story of living with Type 1 Diabetes in a 'Draw My Life' format. Painted insulin pens on her chest represent the medications she has actually used throughout her life, blending Halloween artistry with genuine personal advocacy. The video doubles as a Diabetes Awareness Month tribute, pushing back against common misconceptions and stigma surrounding the condition.
This quick tutorial from Madeyewlook demonstrates how to recreate a cracked porcelain doll look using a combination of professional-grade body paint, drugstore eyeshadows, and a high-coverage foundation. The look achieves an eerie, broken-doll aesthetic with painted crack lines and a pale, doll-like complexion. Despite the short runtime, the product lineup is clearly called out, making it easy to source the supplies. The overall style blends classic Halloween spookiness with a wearable costume concept.
Madeyewlook's Alexys Fleming showcases a bold, colorful full-face and body paint transformation featuring rainbow and holographic elements, captured originally as a Facebook Live stream. The look incorporates professional-grade body paints and eyeshadows to build a surreal, monster-inspired creation. Product details were compiled after the fact from the live stream recording, giving the video a candid, behind-the-scenes energy.
Makeup artist Alexys Fleming (Madeyewlook) recreates the iconic beehive-head look from American Horror Story: Cult using a combination of a plastic bald cap, sculpted clay, gelatin prosthetics, and professional body-paint products. The tutorial walks through constructing and adhering a textured hive structure to the head, then painting and coloring it for a convincing on-skin illusion. Finishing touches include coordinating eye and lip makeup to complete the AHS-inspired character look. The result is a striking, high-difficulty Halloween or cosplay transformation.
This short behind-the-scenes clip follows makeup artist Alexys Fleming as she applies a full Silver Surfer body paint look on YouTuber Jesse Wellens for a street prank video filmed in New York. The transformation uses black and white body paints from Paradise and Wolfe to achieve a convincing metallic effect. At just two minutes, the video is more of a teaser glimpse into the process than a full step-by-step tutorial, with the complete prank payoff living on Jesse's own channel.
Madeyewlook's Alexys Fleming recreates the striking demon transformation from Panic at the Disco's 'Emperor's New Clothes' music video in this special effects makeup tutorial. The look combines prosthetic horns and ears, silicone applications, airbrushed body paint, and custom fangs to achieve a high-impact black-and-white demon aesthetic. Professional-grade products are used throughout, making this a technically demanding build suited to experienced makeup artists. It doubles effectively as a dramatic Halloween or concert costume look.
In this imaginative Halloween makeup tutorial, creator Madeyewlook explores a Disney role-reversal concept — transforming herself into a sinister, green-toned evil Ariel and then into a regal, glamorous Princess Ursula. Both looks are achieved using professional-grade theatrical face paints and eyeshadows, showcasing the dramatic range possible with body-safe pigments. The tutorial demonstrates how swapping a character's color palette and styling cues can completely recontextualize an iconic character. It's a highly creative, skill-intensive look best suited for experienced makeup artists or dedicated Halloween enthusiasts.
Madeyewlook (Alexys Fleming) brings a subscriber's original artwork to life by recreating it as a full face paint and makeup look. The transformation uses professional-grade water-activated paints and bold, saturated colors to faithfully interpret the fan-submitted design. The result bridges fan community engagement with high-skill theatrical makeup artistry.
This short tutorial by Madeyewlook demonstrates how to recreate the iconic Billy the Puppet look from the Saw franchise using entirely latex-free products. The artist uses cream-based face paints and eyeshadows to build up the character's signature pale base, bold red cheek spirals, and dark accents. At just three minutes, the video delivers a fast, focused breakdown ideal for last-minute Halloween costume planning. The latex-free approach makes it accessible to a wider audience, including those with skin sensitivities.
Madeyewlook's Alexys Fleming delivers a dramatic Pumpkin Queen character look as a wicked counterpart to the classic Pumpkin King. The transformation blends face and body painting, a silicone prosthetic, and a mix of professional-grade theatrical paints with mainstream cosmetics. Real pumpkin seeds are incorporated as a creative embellishment, pushing this look firmly into special-effects territory. It serves as the opening statement of the creator's Halloween season lineup.
This tutorial walks through a full android character transformation inspired by the video game Detroit: Become Human, using a bald cap, cream makeups, and body paint to achieve a pale, mechanical aesthetic. The creator applies and blends multiple cream and paint products to build up a convincing synthetic-skin look. A wig is incorporated to complete the character likeness. The video is described as a nightmare shoot, so viewers are directed to the comments for additional context.
This tutorial by Madeyewlook recreates a severe burn makeup look inspired by the 2015 horror film The Lazarus Effect, produced as a paid promotion for the movie. The creator walks through applying special effects burn and injury makeup using body painting techniques. At just six minutes, it is a compact but visually striking look suitable for Halloween or cosplay. Viewers squeamish about realistic fake injury depictions are advised to skip.
Madeyewlook's creative 'What If' series flips the Disney script, presenting Maleficent reimagined as a glamorous princess and Sleeping Beauty transformed into a sinister villain. The tutorial delivers two distinct full-face looks using a mix of theatrical and high-end consumer products, demonstrating how color palette and technique can completely reframe a familiar character. Both transformations lean into theatrical makeup principles — bold color blocking, dramatic eye work, and character-driven styling — while remaining achievable for intermediate makeup enthusiasts. The side-by-side concept makes this a strong reference for costume planning or Halloween character makeup.
This tutorial by Madeyewlook recreates the eerily elegant Other Mother from Coraline using a combination of conventional cosmetics, professional body paints, and strategic layering to achieve a seamless character transformation. A standout element is the illusion of painted-on clothing applied directly to the body, elevating this beyond a standard face look. The creator walks through a multi-product base, detailed eye work, freckle placement, and lash layering to capture the character's signature uncanny aesthetic. It's a high-skill, product-intensive look suited for Halloween cosplay or a competition-level costume.
Madeyewlook's Alexys Fleming transforms a classic prom queen look into a gruesome undead horror character using special effects and body painting techniques. The tutorial blends glamorous beauty makeup with SPFX elements to create a 'dead prom queen' aesthetic perfect for Halloween. At just six minutes, it delivers a punchy, visually striking transformation without lengthy instruction.
Makeup artist Madeyewlook recreates the haunting look of the Insane Child from the video game Alice Madness Returns using a combination of prosthetic wax, spirit gum, and professional-grade face paints. The tutorial walks through building dimensional texture with modeling wax before layering color using the Skin Illustrator FX palette and Graftobian Pro Paints. The finished look captures the character's unsettling, distorted aesthetic with a dark, editorial edge. A wig styled to match the game's character completes the transformation.
Madeyewlook creator Alexys Fleming delivers a full siren creature transformation inspired by the character design from a supernatural TV series. The tutorial covers eerie, dark mermaid face and body painting using professional-grade paints, an alcohol-activated palette, and liquid latex to sculpt convincing webbed-hand effects. A layered approach blends deep greys and blacks with a silvery shimmer to create an otherworldly aquatic horror look. Sponsored content aside, the techniques are directly applicable to Halloween and haunt costuming.
This tutorial by Madeyewlook delivers a dual Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees Halloween look, complete with body-painted clothing that creates a striking optical illusion. Using a combination of professional body paints and cosmetic products, the creator blends both iconic slasher aesthetics onto face and body. The result is a theatrical, high-impact costume-level makeup look that goes far beyond standard face makeup. At just seven minutes, the video is tightly edited and focused on the finished techniques rather than exhaustive step-by-step instruction.
Madeyewlook creator Alexys Fleming flips the Snow White universe by transforming one half of her face into a ghostly, poisoned Snow White and the other half into a regal, glamorous Good Queen. The tutorial demonstrates two distinct full looks in a single split-face concept, blending special effects techniques with high-fashion editorial makeup. Alcohol-activated paints anchor the theatrical side while premium cosmetics carry the polished queen aesthetic. The result is a striking Halloween or cosplay look that reimagines iconic Disney characters.
This tutorial by Madeyewlook (Alexys Fleming) walks through a Kryptonite Superman comic-book makeup look, blending bold graphic body-paint techniques with special effects elements to recreate a stylized, distressed Superman aesthetic. The look draws heavily on comic-panel illustration style, using multiple professional face and body paints to build flat graphic shading and pop-art line work. A kryptonite effect is achieved using physical materials adhered directly to the skin with Pros-aid for a dimensional, costume-quality finish.
Experienced SFX artist Alexys Fleming (Madeyewlook) walks through a wide range of fake blood products, primarily from Graftobian, comparing their textures, finishes, and ideal use cases for Halloween makeup looks. She covers everything from thin flowing stage blood to thick gels, pastes, powders, and gelatin, showing how each behaves on skin. The video is presented as an honest personal review — one brand was gifted, but no paid sponsorship is involved. Together the products form a toolkit for building convincing, layered gore effects.
This tutorial by Madeyewlook breaks down the most common makeup adhesives used in special effects and Halloween looks, explaining when and why to reach for each one. The video covers spirit gum, Pros-Aide, Lash Grip, and liquid latex, walking viewers through their different properties and best-use scenarios. It is presented in an approachable, beginner-friendly style aimed at demystifying the often-confusing world of SPFX adhesives.
Madeyewlook delivers a special effects and body-paint makeup look inspired by wisdom tooth surgery, blending horror and humor in her signature comic-style aesthetic. The tutorial showcases SPFX and body-painting techniques to create an exaggerated, over-the-top dental surgery concept. The "products used" listed are purely comedic, offering no real supply information, so specific materials cannot be confirmed.
Madeyewlook's Alexys Fleming presents a creative "what if" reimagining of Disney's Aladdin, transforming herself into an evil version of Genie while flipping Jafar into a princess. The look blends special effects and prosthetic makeup techniques with theatrical glamour to achieve a dramatic character transformation. The tutorial sits at an advanced skill level, showcasing the kind of detailed SPFX work Alexys is known for across her channel.
