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Garret Keogh, Online Editor|17:03 UK time, Wednesday, 28 October 2009

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*BLOOD AND GUTS ALERT!!*

Halloween is all about dressing up, and is truly a time to get messy and gory with the make-up. So, as part of the Halloween Week fun, Being Human Make-Up Designer Marcus Whitney is here to give you his top tips on maximising your vampire chic.



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  • Comment number 1.

    Wow! Almost makes me want to dress up! But I have to be responsible and stuff... Probably best if I don't do that dressed as a vampire. Especially if I'm meant to be responsible for people's kids... Yeah.



    But still cool stuff. :)



    (Am I the first person here again?)

  • Comment number 2.

    Mmm, jelly...

  • Comment number 3.

    Yay for Marcus we love you Marcus :-) will you do me a makeover please? I need one lol oh and can I just say that the "BH make up department" Looks an awful lot like my kitchen lol.



    Oh and well done Marcus - all that watching blue peter has paid off - but seriously how hard was it not to say "and here's one I made earlier" :-P



    And Mr P thank you for the "careful" on the boiling water part - you've saved me and Lenora from doing the health and safety bits this time lol



    BrilliantMightyQuinn (from previous page cos I know people only read the latest one lol) no black is fine I won't wear black ones then - I'll wear my halloweeny ones I think :-P they're red and black I got them in London and I've never actually seen anyone else with them so that might minimize the risk of someone else turning up in the same shoes lol



    Vampfan - me? lose it? Happened a long long time ago lol

  • Comment number 4.

    Hey, this is cool! I'd love for Marcus to come and do my make-up for me. I need it, that's for sure!



    Right, off to play with jelly now!



    Cheers guys!



    Ooh, Hi C and hi gen-gen!

  • Comment number 5.

    Ahh! New video. Right, will watch it first before commenting. Wait, I have already....

  • Comment number 6.

    Hi Eagle, didn't see you there!

  • Comment number 7.

    Thanks! Thats awesome!

    Do you guys think they made this because Aid told us to eat clothes dye, and they thought we might go and kill our silly selves unless the put us straight? Just wondered :)



    But thanks BHP :P

  • Comment number 8.

    That was a surprise.!! Just had the feeling a new vid on its way.!! Fangs to Marcus,all very gory...!!!.I liked hearing about Mitchells eye liner and hair gel.!!!!!!

  • Comment number 9.

    is it bad that all the blood ingredients sound really tasty?! golden syrup, jelly, burnt sugar. yay so excited about Saturday now

  • Comment number 10.

    Yes! Should be something fun to bring to my friend's H.Potter 'convention'. Her mum might abject to us ruining the carpet though....

  • Comment number 11.

    *bounces around excitedly at jelly part*

  • Comment number 12.

    Why am I suddenly craving jelly?

  • Comment number 13.

    Wish you were at Nottingham, Marcus....be interesting if some of us Bloggers got makeovers.!....Go on , tell us what hair gel you use on Mitchell...????? Eagle (3)I didnt know they did Halloween Converse...I may do a mad shopping dash on friday and check out our Converse shop, I need a new biggish bag for Notts too...seen a Converse one which I may get.

  • Comment number 14.

    (12) maybe because of the excess of the stuff there? Drat! Now I'll have to go and eat my way through a packet of biscuits to satisfy my sugar craving.... hurrah for comfort eating!

  • Comment number 15.

    Have put link for my "halloween converse" on my twitter :-D theyre pretty damn good.



    Aww I wanna get my hands in all the gooey gutsy stuff too but I'm allergic to it - boooooo :-(

  • Comment number 16.

    Beatrice, It because the jelly looked so nice!! I want some. Comfort eating is fun! :P

  • Comment number 17.

    Oh don't remind me lol I need a bag for saturday too...still need to find out if Notts train station has lockers - anyone know if they do? Cos can't be arsed with carrying three days worth of stuff for Bristol round the cinema lol

  • Comment number 18.

    (16) Yep. I swear that if everybody comfort-ate when they were down, it would put an end to violence and we would have world peace. Yay!

    (please excuse increasing hyper-ness; it's all those biscuits I'm having to eat.)

  • Comment number 19.

    beatrice (18), plus we'd all go round as hyper as Aidan in the previous video. :P

  • Comment number 20.

    Check out the new Russell Howards good news blog my picture made it into the shortlist to be on tomorrows show YAY!! The winner wins a copy of the script signed by Russell :-D woohoo

  • Comment number 21.

    Ciera (19): But that would be no bad thing. Gee, I'd pay to be that happy/hyper all the time, it would certainly save on the depressing lows one gets AFTER eating all those sweets.

  • Comment number 22.

    Eagle, Yay! Told you it was good.



    Beatrice, yep. I'd love to be as hyper as that all the time.

  • Comment number 23.

    (22): Have just stuck gold! I'll cram all the celebratory end-of-exam chocolates BEFORE taking the test.... that way all the E-numbers can dash around my brain and make my hand work twice as fast.... I think.

  • Comment number 24.

    Beatrice (23), That's my exact approach to novel writing! xD

  • Comment number 25.

    Ciera (24): Gah, don't mention novel-writing. I haven't been able to write anything decent in months.... well not since the cat came home with a car-mashed leg and gored all over the floor. Possible connection? Eek, I don't want to think I might never write again.

  • Comment number 26.

    Erm, yeah, sorry that last post of mine may have been a little graphic, thinking about it.

  • Comment number 27.

    Beatrice, :( I would say that I'd never mention novel writing again, but that's really not going to happen right now... So sorry. *hugs* And sorry to hear about your cat, is S/he alright?

  • Comment number 28.

    (28): Yeah, he lives, but heck that was freaky, more than one packet of biscuits and 100s of cups of tea were needed after that. Don't worry about mentioning novel writing, I'm just jealous that everbody else can still be creative whilst I stare at the screen and write stuff not worth the pixels it's on.... :( Thanks for the sympathy.

  • Comment number 29.

    sorry that should read (27): xyz etc etc

  • Comment number 30.

    *hugs again* I wouldn't worry about it too much. I've had tons of uncreative times. It'll come back again. Just give it a bit of time.

  • Comment number 31.

    Ohhh, Marcus...my hero...if you can make me look a gorgeous 26 year old that I once...ahem....might have been, I'll bring box of your favourite chocolates with me to Nottingham and ask the cast to make sure you get them hehe...on the other hand, they might eat them before they get to you, so perhaps not a good idea...oh well, the intention was there...when I see the make-up truck around Bristol I'll give you a wave..



    BH PROD TEAM: Wasn't expecting another vid but it was a lovely one of our favourite make-up man...can I be his assistant, please, and run my fingers through Aidan's hair?

  • Comment number 32.

    (30): heck, I hope so. This will sound like I'm blowing my trumpet (and I'm not trying to), but I've never really had an uncreative patch before. I've been writing stuff since I was tiny. But as soon as I sit down to actually SERIOUSLY WRITE (as in not fanfic for once). Bamm! It's all gone. I think it's called irony. *virtual reception of hugs* Thankyou for the encouragement though. With a little hope and prayer and chocolate, it should come back.

  • Comment number 33.

    (17) eagle_eyes4 no, i don't think nottingham train station does have lockers, but the coach station does!



    ----



    erm, hi, everyone :D i just joined the blog, and i'm gonna be in nottingham on halloween! excited! :)



    erm.. off topic, haha. cool video, thanks :D

    i have those exact fangs for the vampires [the cheaper ones!], mine always fell out though :(

  • Comment number 34.

    Gotta go to dentist tomorrow eek - second attempt cos have major needle phobia and last time was shaking too much for them to do it :-( grrr anyway mega nervous and was talking to mum about it and she made me giggle she said just think about that thing at the weekend and when the dentist touches my face imagine its the werewolf doing it lol and when she does the needle bit just pretend its that vampire biting you lol - im quite looking forward to it now :-P



    right im at my nans anyway now and shes done a cracking tea so off to eat - yum yum - then be back in a bit :-)

  • Comment number 35.

    So were those expensive fangs a mould of Aidan's teeth do we reckon?

    Hmmm......

  • Comment number 36.

    35) ATfan1: lol....I was actually checking them out to see if I recognised the shape of Aidan's teeth which are quite regularly shaped and not big...I wasn't sure but I don't think it was....I froze it on the close-up and I think Aidan's teeth are a slightly different shape.. after all, we have seen rather a lot of him and them and the front ones ...god I'm an Aidan geek aren't I lol....it isn't even as if I stare at him well, not too much...I just notice stuff like that....on him...

  • Comment number 37.

    Yeah....I only notice stuff on him.....*ahem*......

  • Comment number 38.

    Well..thanks for the insight Marcus..

    So Mitchell wears eyeliner now and then.....mmmmm just to make those gorgeous eyes even more....irresistible eh?....not mentioning the hair gel...can't stand it...unless I could be the one applying it of course..

    Good to know that Aidan gets a proper mould made....no cheap stuff for our man!

  • Comment number 39.

    Wow...another one...you are spoiling us..can't keep up.

    How fab is Marcus? I love practical stuff and that was all practical!!

    And not a mention of treacle and red jumper dye.

  • Comment number 40.

    ..and ty Marcus for the lesson on creating safe fake blood...although I do think the beautiful one has come in for some stick from the last vid re fake blood..just misundersttod I believe....may have to compose a little post to him....

  • Comment number 41.

    Yeah, I reckon he got a telling off for that one Brown!

    Bless! x

  • Comment number 42.

    ..and talking of treacle and red jumper dye..



    a little message to Aidan....



    ok.....Aidan baby, just on the off chance that you, emm , dip into the blog now and then ( or get Lenora to do that cos you and Russell ..inexplicably... don't want to/can't/ have no time to)..... a few whispers to the wild....



    .....there's been some comment re your suggestion that fake blood could be made from ordinary dye like you use on clothes...or hair....not that you or I would know of such things...mmm.



    Now, I know that you were just a little excited about actually talking to the bloggers on camera...and nothing at all to do with the amount of sweeties consumed ( provided as ....a temptation...by the BHProduction Team...) And I blame that Russell for geeing you up about how would you look as a vamp Trick or Treating....so of course you got into the fake blood thing..and ..in a blokey/vampire sort of way said any sort of dye would do.....now, we both know that as far as other vampires are concerned this would be true cos this would render 'victims' senseless so they could be...ahem...fed upon ..much easier.

    But....I know that Mitchell ( and Aidan ) would not need to render anyone senseless as we would all fall at your feet without needing any imbibed or inhaled substance soooo.....

    ....just keep the craziness going baby..I love it.



  • Comment number 43.

    Just thinking about him renders me senseless. Lovely post Brown! :)

  • Comment number 44.

    Great post (42) Brown! I'm going to watch episode 6 of BH now....final re-run before Saturday!

  • Comment number 45.

    How could anyone make those eyes any more irresistable than they are already?



    Those babies....someone suggested they might be Mitchell and Lucy babies... over my dead body....which I would definitely not object to hehe...

  • Comment number 46.

    That'll teach me not to refresh...nice one brown...have to think of suitable rejoinder...

  • Comment number 47.

    Ahh, Saturday. *sulks*

  • Comment number 48.

    Stil talking about the vampire then lol ahh nothing new there then



    allanahdavis - welcome :-) lots of fresh blood at the minute :-P be good to see you on hallween - the same offer is there - feel free to come meet up with us lot if you want the more the merrier :-)

  • Comment number 49.

    Beatrice: Hi there...I'm sure someone will be taking pics and sticking them up somewhere on the various sits we frequent...we will try to be good about that if we can! There'll be blog overload on Sunday methinks..

  • Comment number 50.

    ok....we're onto the babies thing again..this is dangerous and I was already told off before by Cieria for getting too obssessed on it ( obsessions for anyhing BH related...surely not..)

    Unless Toby has gone fast forward in BH2 I can't see the babies belonging to either George/Nina or Mitchell. They ( it...cos we don't know how many babies are in the actual story) could belong to Lucy...or this other woman linked to Mitchell mysteriously mentioned few weeks back on twitter ( he was in her apartment and it wasn't Lucy's)...or the Prof's ...or a combination of any of these ( still with me everyone?)

    Not wishing to upset TwinA17 ( mother of real babies on set)..but my personal favourite is that the vampires ..not Mitchell you understand...ate the babies...

    *retreating from all mummies about to throw something at me*

  • Comment number 51.

    There will be blog overload if a certain lovely Bristolian I'm staying with lets me get my hands on her computer :-P

  • Comment number 52.

    RE (45) That didn't make a lot of sense did it lol....meant that he could, oh I can't say that...er right...well I wouldn't actually be dead, only immortal, after he'd bitten me, and after that...well it would be over my dead body wouldn't it (or rather, he could be over my 'dead' body)...ignore me I've got Notts fever hehe

  • Comment number 53.

    Brown - we dont know much about werewolf pregnancy though lol maybe its faster :-P

  • Comment number 54.

    (49): Oooh yes; pictures pictures, pictures! *goes mystical* "I forsee that the blog will go bannanas on Sunday". Hehe. Well, at least I have somewhere to go on Saturday, but really, BH vs. H.Potter, I think BH wins....

  • Comment number 55.

    Eagle:: Well, the sex certainly was!



    And yes my PC is fine for you to use..

  • Comment number 56.

    anglo (52) No, it made no sense whatsoever....the worrying thing is, I understood it perfectly!

  • Comment number 57.

    Lol Anglo I do hope that wasn't a judgement on darling George's ahem, abilities :-P

  • Comment number 58.

    Vampy:: Hi hun...yes VF but you and I understand each other perfectly....we read each others thoughts, know what each other means and synch posts...



    I couldn't explain what Mitchell would be doing over my dead body because I'd be Modded but I'd guess you know what I meant there too....hehe

  • Comment number 59.

    (57) Eagle:: It was purely vampire talk, hun lol....and believe me, I wasn't casting aspersions on Mitchell's abilities....far from it...remember the bit quoted from the clinic??



    Daisy: "You're good with your hands aren't you?" Ruairi: "So I'm told"

  • Comment number 60.

    ust about to watch the doc that I mised yesterday woo Ianto :-D Jack :-D Catherine Tate :-D Doctor :-D I am a happy girly lol

  • Comment number 61.

    Daisy: "You're good with your hands aren't you?" Ruairi: "So I'm told"

    Thats gotta be a classic! Do you know if there is a video of it on YT yet?

  • Comment number 62.

    Anyone else catch the Front Row special on vampires? https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nds0m/Front_Row_28_10_2009/



    Toby was on extolling the virtues of Mitchell, and even mentioned season 3!!

  • Comment number 63.

    Haha the Daleks talking German - thats hilarious - Ive seen this episode before but cant remember that bit cant remember most of it to be honest but ahh Ianto...oh I so want a Ianto - can I have one for Christmas? Please? Does Santa owe anyone here a favour?

  • Comment number 64.

    Oh hello Captain :-P Ooh hello naked Doctor...hello hello and hello again lol

  • Comment number 65.

    If you're having Ianto, I'll take Captain Jack off of your hands...

  • Comment number 66.

    Eagle: Sorry I got my posts mixed up....hehe...I wasn't casting aspersions on George's "abilities" in that direction either....it's just that when he's the wolf, things are much more....passionate, shall we say....and Nina certainly wasn't complaining, now, was she?? lol

  • Comment number 67.

    ATfan1: (61) now I may be mistaken but I do believe that by the end of next we may be getting a Clinic viddy...however it may not necessarily have that quote in it but we will have to wait...I'm good at waiting provided there's something good at the end of it...and where the vampire is concerned, over my dead/alive/immortal body, anything is good if he's in it...although of course he shouldn't really be in it at all should he, if he's a vampire?....think of Mitchell's face when he had it explained to him by Lenora..

  • Comment number 68.

    Yeah, that was so sweet. He really didn't seem to get it :)



    & I can't wait for the clinic vid :) Anything he is is is definitly good yes!

  • Comment number 69.

    _Nimue (62) I'm listening to it now. Thanks for the link!

  • Comment number 70.

    (67) (68). I'll make sure that's in the vid *sighs*



    Very interesting radio show about vampires (see 62)..undead

  • Comment number 71.

    talking about vampires investing in property (cos they live so long)..I was thinking about that this morning...why doesn't Mitchell own a house?

  • Comment number 72.

    Meh. The beautiful one wasn't in it. But I listened anyhoo and it was rather good, yes.

  • Comment number 73.

    I love Toby tho'. At least he's a few years older than me!

  • Comment number 74.

    joooos I guess because technically he doesnt really exist - he's dead and he changes his identity every few years - at least moves and changes his birthday anyway

  • Comment number 75.

    Woh..._Nimue 62) ...thanks for the link..suggest everyone listens to the R4 clip from tonight..although the first bit did throw me somewhat!



    Toby ...'and news of a third BH series has just come through'!..

    broadcast lasts 30 mins but is v. interesting on recent Tv/fim interest in vampires.

  • Comment number 76.

    Yeh, I was pretty excited when that came on earlier :o). An unexpected treat for the journey home.

  • Comment number 77.

    Hi ladies, didn't know we had a new vid did a post on our last vid, never mind I'm a bit out of practice ...



    Just wanted to pop in to say have a good time in Nottingham and don't do anything I wouldn't (that gives you plenty of scope) and if you get the chance give Aidan one from me (a kiss that is of course)..



    Thanks to you all for your kind words after our loss, husbands brother 39yrs old in hospital having a minor op so sad... husband is in the medical profession so thinks he should have had some idea that there was a problem.. so bloging time is still limited as he feels he has to talk it out and needs lots of hugs and attention.....



    Managed to keep track of you all most days and CTM (chuckle to myself) at all the comments... keep it up Lot's of pics please



    LUV an STUFF

  • Comment number 78.

    eagle_eyes4 - where are you guys meeting up? in the cinema? what time are you all getting there?

    how many are going from here too?



    i hope we'll be allowed cameras.. i've never been to anything like this before, it's in a cinema, won't they have to be off or something??

    if we are, i'm going to take alot of photos :D

  • Comment number 79.

    Eagle (74), yeah I guess so! It's a very sad existence isn't it.





    Really looking forward to those 60's scenes in BH2. I think we're going to learn a lot

  • Comment number 80.

    Angiefan: So sorry for your loss. Thinking of you. Glad the blogs are keeping your spirits up!

  • Comment number 81.

    angiefan..sorry for the sad news...RT jooooos....thinking of you and hubby.

  • Comment number 82.

    Angiefan - Thinking of you, the next few days will be hard, but they will pass & things will get better trust me.

    "Give Aidan one for me" did amuse me somewhat, then again I do have a one track mind!

  • Comment number 83.

    Got to go, telly time.

    Night Night all x

  • Comment number 84.

    "news of 3rd series has just come through" so says Toby! Yippee!

  • Comment number 85.

    allanahdavis - think there were about 8 of us off here going at last count and I think 5 of us are meeting up at train station around lunchtime then gonna get cab to cinema and meet the others there - because some people are going with their other halves etc.



    I hope cameras are allowed - I should think they will be - its not just a cinema its like a media centre place so it does all other stuff there besides show films.



    Personally I think they'll probably not want us to film the whole thing for youtube but I think they'll let us do photos and stuff - Lenora and Sinead have implied that we'll be able to get our pictures taken with them and I doubt they'll want to stand outside in the cold and do it lol - like when I went to see Ed Byrne we werent allowed to have cameras during the actual gig but before he started and at the end he said we could for a couple of minutes :-) they might do that.

  • Comment number 86.

    Yay 3rd series.....I've just let out a little bit of wee.

  • Comment number 87.

    *hyperventilates* 3rd Season?! Yay!

  • Comment number 88.

    Angiefan - again sorry for your loss - it's always worse when someone is so young :-( feel free to tweet me if you want.



    Vampfan - exciting yeah but kinda wish we didnt know - takes the excitement out a bit - like last series we knoew about S2 before end so we always knew Mitchell was gonna survive! So we already know that at least our main 3 will survive - which on the one hand YAY on the other it kinda takes a bit of the excitement and OH MY GOD! out of it a bit - dont you think?

  • Comment number 89.

    Although Im sure Toby's stories will make up for it :-P

  • Comment number 90.

    _Nimue (62) Thanks for that radio clip.....interesting to note that Toby mentioned that Mitchell was supposed to be a recovering sex addict and agoraphobic....well, the first bit certainly didn't surprise me....and we all picked up on it subliminally lol....and the third series has got the go-ahead. Thank goodness.

  • Comment number 91.

    I wonder how much the "I think I just let out of a little bit of wee there" line will be used on Saturday lol

  • Comment number 92.

    eagle_eyes4



    oh i don't think i can get there till about 2pm :( hope i can get a good seat!



    and i hope we can meet them/get photos after!

    are you going to wait inside afterwards then?

    i'll come and say hi if i see you, though i'm not too sure how i'll find you all, haha



    x

  • Comment number 93.

    (88): Yes, but it is reasuring. I don't know what I'd have done with myself if we hadn't known in series 1 that series 2 was going to happen.... eaten all the icecream in the house and got really fat probably.

  • Comment number 94.

    ...and we heard Mitchell on the radio....ulp.



    Angifan: Sorry to hear about your loss...you know where we are if you need a more private word...most of us I think have YT accounts and you can reach us on there if you need to....condolences to you and the family.

  • Comment number 95.

    eagle (88)::: me, I am just too excited to think that clearly at the moment. I suppose I would have to weigh up 'ooh what's going to happen now' against 'thank god they all survive'......but as the Boosh would say 'but do they really survive?'.



    Just look at it as postponing the time when we have to say 'no more BH'

  • Comment number 96.

    angiefan (77): I'm so sorry. I only hope it begins to get a little easier.

  • Comment number 97.

    (88) Eagle: Yeah, but remember - "someone lives, someone dies".....and one of the main characters, we're told, dies....whom, I wonder? and how 'main' is 'main'....the status of someone like Nina or one of the lesser know main folks, like Prof J/Lucy etc....so are there two deaths, one of whom is a major character? Oh its all exciting stuff...only three months left...12 weeks...

  • Comment number 98.

    VF (95): No don't say it! BH is NEVER allowed to end. There shall never come a point where we have to call it a day, say "it was fun whilst it lasted" and walk away sad, a little reminicent, and in the end forgetful of all it gave to us. It can just never happen. The ghost and the vampire can just go on filming forever after all!

  • Comment number 99.

    Anglo...Toby was talking about another person being the agoraphobic....thhat's the one he turned into the ghost (Annie)and the other had anger issues and that became the werewolf. Toby explains this better on the first Comic Con vid...if you go onto my YT chaneel you'll find it on my favourites.



    Know what you mean eagle (88) but I'm still thrilled about that news



    Man home now so time for him , record True Blood and then we'll watch

    it later...got to say I quite enjoyed last week's episode and really like the two black actors and their characters.

  • Comment number 100.

    VF:: You heard any more about what's going on at your end?? Nottingham or no Nottingham?

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