Before we get too far removed, I want to get up my review of Mehron 3D Gel.
This stuff claims to do it all.
Sculpt it, smooth it, use it as an adhesive, heck just add some of your makeup to it and it’s automatically colored your custom color. It even won’t stick to your hair, clothes, whatever else you don’t want it on, with just water cleanup.
And it works fabulously…under the right conditions.
I discovered this while out looking for liquid latex for my makeup in the Lab. Doing a small test prior to the lab, I quickly fell in love with it.
You simply place the bottle in a pot of water on LOW/Warm on your stove, and wait for it to melt. Then, apply it. I used a sponge, a brush, but finally settled on my fingers as the easiest means of application. Mixing makeup into the liquid form makes it whatever color your makeup was.
The stuff IS more sturdy in it’s adhesion than spirit gum, but not quite on the same level as medical adhesives. It works with all the same tricks and effects I’ve come to know and love from liquid latex. And, when it came time to remove it, it simply rinsed away under hot water. I was ready to declare this stuff the best product ever invented with the caveat of using some common sense not to burn yourself.
However….
It’s the washing away that is the weakness of this product. It responds to heat. And, when one is stuffed into an out-building with no air conditioning on a warm September day…it’s gonna melt. Thus another year with no theatrical makeup in the Laboratory.
So, this product is to be used with care at all stages. If you are going to be in a nicely cooled room/party and taking it easy, this is easily the best product out there. If you are going to be a ‘working act’ in a haunt, in a warm room/weather, or active/dancing, you’re better off looking elsewhere for your theatrical makeup as this will end up in a puddle before long.
well said, same effect goes with wax 🙂 thanks for the review 😀
It might be too late to help but a better product would be 3rd Degree which is a silicone modeling compound and it’s very useful and amazing.
Hey, thanks for the help! Te only question I have is in regards to the melting process. What do you mean by melting? The bottle melts or until the gel is liquified? And how would we check?
Thanks, Sophia
If you’re working under hot conditions, the gel tends to melt off your face.
I did NOT like this stuff at all. I have to rip and cut the bottle open to get the stuff inside to put in a plastic bag so it could melt. Very upset.
Amelia, you don’t need to cut it out of the original packaging. You put the bottle it CAME IN into the warm/hot water until the products melts … then use it. Being careful to temperature test the liquid 3d gel to ensure you don’t burn yourself.