Zombie kids makeup tutorial

Don't forget about your kids!  The Gresham Zombie Walk is a FREE family friendly event!  To inspire you, here is the cutest little video of kids doing their zombie makeup!!

It's so adorable, let's take it viral!!! #zombmobkids






I hope you love it!

XOXO
Sunshine

Join the fun at the Gresham Zombie Walk on October 10th

Easy zombie makeup tutorial

We're getting closer to the Gresham Zombie Walk!  In the spirit of the undead, we will be sharing some zombie makeup tutorials and tips so that you won't be left wondering what to do.

This one is simple, it's easy, and it's made using a makeup kit you can pick up at your local big box store in the Halloween section.

Have fun with it!

We made zombie history in Portland on Zombie Day

Julie preparing for Zombie Day

On Labor Day, tons of zombies converged on an industrial part of Portland to shamble on screen as movie extras for a short film for the Portland Film Festival.

Weeks ago, Julie and I found out about the need for zombie extras, and we jumped on it.  Anticipation built as the days drug by while we waited for another chance to bathe in latex and corn syrup.

In the days before, we tried to decide what we were going to be, but had to scrap most of those ideas because we didn't want to be anything the movie people would have to get permission to use...like Julie's awesome Breaking Bad costume idea and my zombie Princess Leia.

Night Night

We decided to take it back to basics after watching Fido and falling in love with Tammy's simplistic zombie look.  Then we added veins.  Big black and red ropy veins.

The night before, we stuck our veins on with latex and slept in them so we wouldn't have to get up at 4am to zombie up.  It sounds like a terrible idea, but really, a towel and some powder make it super easy to keep the universe from sticking to you.  Even though we slept in our latex to save time and gain sleep, I couldn't seem to settle down.  After all, we were about to be part of zombie history in Portland.

No blood on the car please

The morning of, we got as zombified as we could before we climbed in the car and headed straight for the nearest coffee shop where we scared the holy crap out of the barista, which shocked us too because we forgot we were zombies for a minute.  Still, we chose not to eat her brains, caffeinated ourselves and headed down to find the nearest parking to the set as possible.

Finding parking was no easy task in one-way land, but we did, then we bloodied ourselves up using our reflections in the car window as mirrors, even though we couldn't see anything we were doing (Putting blood on each other didn't even come to mind.  I blame the decision not to eat the Dutch Bros barista's brain).

javajavajavajava

From there, we shambled in the general direction of the set, but not before scaring everyone at a gas station because we could...and we wanted mints.  Zombies need fresh breath too.  A diet rich in flesh will give you some nasty halitosis if you're not careful, and we wanted to impress our new zombie friends.

Soon we found ourselves accidentally wandering through a spot under the bridge with overturned cars and garbage all over the place...which we determined was either the set or one of our kid's bedrooms.  Then we found the line.  We were an hour early because we didn't want to miss registration, which was supposed to start at 9, so we were only about 20th in line, which would have been great if registration started at 9...or 10.  Still, we happily signed a waiver so it wasn't the film company's fault if we died and we wouldn't get mad about our likenesses being used...uh...I was pretty sure it was a movie....so if we didn't want our likenesses being used, I don't think we'd be standing in line melting our latex appliances off in the sun...

mmmm...brains from Fiji....

Next came the waiting.  Then came the realization that not only were we checking being extras in a movie off the list with a big gold star for it being a zombie movie, but we learned that it was a ROMERO ZOMBIE MOVIE!!! As in George C. Romero, son of George A. Romero, the father of all things zombie!  My heart pounded through my chest as I thought about the type of history we were making!

So, the point of a mega zombie short film was not only to make a super awesome zombie sort film, but it was to attempt to break the world record for most extras in a short film.  The word is still officially out as far as I know as of conformation that we broke the record, but rumor has it that we did.  Suddenly, all the waiting was worth it.  Would we meet him?  How close would we get him?  Could we check meeting a famous person off the list too?

wait wait wait wait

Then there was more waiting.

Anyway, we made the best of it in true ZomMob fashion, spending the time cracking up our fellow zombies with new renditions of every song ever made.  Soon, we were joined by some other members of the ZomMob, and we decided to write a movie while we were waiting to be in a movie.....wait for it......a zombie musical called Zombie Jazz Hands 2.  Not because it was part 2, but because we had 2 hands.  Like it or not, keeping both hands is something of a blessing in the zombie world.

The famous sock

Then registration began, they rolled out the tiny red carpet for us to stand on and take our photographs.  A joke started about how the only part of us you'll see in the movie is our socks, so we took a sock-and-shoe red carpet photo, just in case.  We wanted to prove that the famous zombie socks belonged to us.

Then there was more waiting.  Everyone horded through the food carts and the honey buckets, then were herded into an area with a barrier.  There we waited, melted, and continued working on Zombie Jazz Hands 2.  It was actually in this period of waiting that the name was born.

Filming!!

Soon, Romero himself climbed to the top of a ladder and started yelling about what a great morning it was and giving us some insight as to the next phases of waiting.

That's what making a film is, right?  Do some stuff, then wait, then do it again.

The featured zombies and fleeing citizens who paid to be there were taken to the set first and given instruction.  Then we were in the next group and the filming began.  First we shambled through the movie set, waited, did it again, rinse repeat a few times, then we shambled through and stopped when the man playing the director yelled, "CUT!"  and they played out that scene....wait, do

The star of Zombie Jazz Hands 2

it again.  After a few times of that, they brought out the rest of the zombies and the fleeing citizens and we all were one big happy zombie mob chasing down the non-zombs.  Besides, it was late into the afternoon, and we were getting hungry!

Next was the finale when we ate the man playing the director.

I did stand right by Romero and we cheered about the success of the scene and made eye contact, , and I did get a high 5 from the guy yelling through the megaphone all the time telling us what to do.  I suppose that qualifies for meeting someone famous. Sorry Reedus, you had your chance.

Near the set

When it was over, we were stoked to have been there.  Be on the lookout for Zombie Jazz Hands 2.  I'm sure it will be coming to a Snapchat story near you.  In the meantime, the latex has been peeled, blood has been scrubbed, and a deep detox mask applied.

XOXO-Sunshine and Julie

"Wear this where we can't see it."......

Wait, rinse, repeat.

Arrrrrr

Red brains and rice

Bracelets have been ordered!!!!

Zombie test makeup before blood

WHAT'S UP ZOMMOB?!

This is just a friendly announcement that bracelets have been ordered for the FIRST EVER GRESHAM ZOMBIE WALK!!!

Man, I love saying that...does it show?

Since this is the FIRST EVER GRESHAM ZOMBIE WALK, these are likely to become all of our favorite bracelets, and there are only 99, so you want to be sure to get yours.

Why only 99?  Well, the phrase on the FIRST EVER GRESHAM ZOMBIE WALK, which is 'Zombies were people too" was nominated by Kelly Wilkerson, chosen as a top three contender by YOU, then voted as best first year slogan by YOU, so she gets the first one off the press!

AND

They're only five bucks!

WHY?

Because we're raising money to apply for our nonprofit status, and we believe we can accomplish it this year.  We have a long list of good we want to do in the Gresham community, and this is the first step.  YOU will be part of something huge an amazing, and only 100 people will ever get to wear the FIRST EVER GRESHAM ZOMBIE WALK bracelet.

Phew, there I go again.

WHAT?

What do they look like?  They are premium 1/2 inch black bracelets with white embossed letters with our slogan and the year.

WHEN?

You can start ordering bracelets now!

WHERE?

You can contact one of the Gresham Zombie Walk founders by heading to our Gresham Zombie Walk facebook page and send us a message!  OR, you can risk it and hope we'll have some left at the Gresham Zombie Walk on October 10th.

All bracelets will be delivered at the Gresham Zombie Walk unless otherwise organized by one of our organizers.

Have a ghoulishly good day ZomMobbers!!!

XOXO
Sunshine

Zombie lives matter

Do you ever feel like no matter what you do, everyone you come in contact with starts to scream and run away the moment they see you?  Do you use more makeup that a drag queen convention just to try and fit in?  Do you ever sit down with your lunch at a table only to have everyone get up and run away?

Zombies are the ultimate portrait of segregation.  Everyone is so afraid that we'll eat their brains that they don't take the time to get to know us and realize that we're pretty picky about what brains we eat!

It's time for the ZomMob to rise up and let the world know that we're here, we won't hurt you unless you hurt us, we only eat brains when you're within arm's reach, and all we want is to be loved.  Is that too much to ask?

Zombie lives matter.

We have families, friends, jobs, hobbies, dreams, and goals just like you do.  Please take some time to get to know us instead of always trying to shoot us in the head.

Also, if you're interested in joining the ZomMob, let's talk.  It's super easy to become one of us, and it won't cost much.  Just the beat of a heart.  Once you wake up, you'll realize that it's a whole new world.  Everything looks better, feels better, smells better (except you), and tastes better.  As part of the ZomMob, you'll have wholesale access to the brain boutique, a high end manufacturer of synthetic brain matter.  Here at ZomMob, we're always looking for a better, cleaner way to live.

Please support our mission to spread awareness by using the hashtag #ZombieLivesMatter.

Zombie Lives Matter merchandise can be found here.