To begin, I used a concealer a few shades lighter than Charlotte's natural skin tone in her T-zone area to create a substructure for the entirety of the makeup and a white pressed powder all over her face to create a paler complexion as she was supposed to appear washed out and ill due to her severe drug addiction.
Next, I contoured Charlotte's face using a mixture of brown and earthy-toned powders; applying this to her temples, jaw line, the sides of her nose and cheekbones to create the elusion of a thinner face as I wanted to make her look gnawed and frail, relating to her drug addiction but also to create a shocking appearance to inflict fear on the audience as she is one of the two antagonists.
Using a small blending brush, I applied a small amount of light brown powder in various areas of her face such as the creases in her cheeks and some wrinkles on her forehead to create an "aged" look as Charlotte was supposed to be portraying a character who is twice the age of herself.
I secondly applied a red colour underneath Charlotte's eyes to create a base for some under-eye circles, then slowly blended in various brown powders to add to the verisimilitude. I did this to add to the fear factor of Charlotte's overall frightful appearance as, since we are producing a horror film, a scary character is what the audience will expect to see and is therefore a typical convention.
To complete the look, I smudged some black mascara on her eyelids to give a rugged and un-kempt look as black is a semiotic that connotes danger and death; this not only mirrors the dark personality of Charlotte's character when she hangs her own daughter, but also foreshadows the sinister plot of the film, (such as Agnes' death). I also applied a coat of bright red lipstick to her lips to reflect the dangerous personality of her character since this makeup was for the scene where she hangs Agnes.
My own Youtube tutorial for this makeup look:
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