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Hair, makeup & prosthetics · Specialist

Special-effects make-up

Also called: SFX make-up

ELI5

Make-up creating wounds, creatures, transformation, ageing or other physical effects.

Used in conversation

“Let’s include the special-effects make-up in the next design review.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Special-effects make-up” in production design, locations, costume & hmu conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains how spaces, objects, clothes, hair and make-up create the physical world.

Connected terms

  • Prosthetic make-upProsthetic make-up applies sculpted pieces to alter appearance; special-effects make-up is broader and includes wounds, ageing and other physical effects.
Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.