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Many years ago, I worked as a celebrity makeup artist. And for a while there, I trained in special effects makeupyou know, the gooey, gross, and oozing stuff that makes you gasp or peek through your ...

But, according to special effects makeup artist Dave Elsey, the variations are endless. (Vegan blood, anyone?) ...