Bioluminescent Alien Prosthetic Makeup

Lauren Bennett

Hi everyone! I'm Lauren Bennett and this is Baileya, my bioluminescent alien. I've always been fascinated with the color-changing abilities of octopuses and cuttlefishes as well as bioluminescent organisms with their beautiful light displays, so I wanted to do a makeup that reflects those properties by way of UV paint and LED lights. I made 3 overlapping silicone appliances for the head, a spine prosthetic, and 2 shoulder prosthetics. I incorporated 9 LED strips glued under the prosthetics to give the illusion of a ray of light moving across the head with the help of my friend (credit below) who sauntered and programmed them to meet my vision. I also incorporated a real bioluminescent organism called a Tomopteris along the back of the head and spine as a kind of glowy cerebral element. 

To see the lights in action please check out this video!:
https://youtube.com/shorts/rrf-Tx6ScFU?si=2GmSeORxMff8VmHx


Makeup: Lauren Bennett (@soulfirefx)
Model: Savannah Porter (@savannahporter11)
Photos/Videos: Harrison Webb (@justharson)
Lights: Richard Campuzano (@richard__760)
Wardrobe: Dollskill