Skin of artificial aging. Aging natural skin

You will need

• - a piece of genuine leather;
• - sketch of the future product;
• - plywood stretching, small nails and a hammer;
• - razor blade, press, hard brush and emery;
• - a spray bottle and water;
• - medical and ammonia alcohol;
• - glycerin;
• - Castor oil;
• - cotton wool and rags;
• - lacquer-crackle or paint for the skin;
• - sponge and brush;
• - salt.
• - shoe polish;
• - old iron;
• - oven;
• - wooden form;
• - marble powder.

Instruction

Think carefully about the appearance of the future product. Sometimes it is enough just to stretch the skin, stretch it diagonally in different directions. With sandpaper, you can make the finished product more or less worn in certain places (for example, on the elbows or knees). For clarity, draw a network of decorative creases and cracks on paper, in some places you can even make cuts.

To create an enhanced effect of antiquity, the skin will have to be pre-prepared, made softer and more supple. Moisten the cut with water from a spray bottle, stretch it over the plywood with nails and dry it in the sun.

Rub castor oil or glycerin into the surface of the leather. After the material has dried, wipe it with alcohol and start kneading and making a thoughtful wrinkle pattern. Scratches can be made with a stiff brush, and creases can be done with a press. Work carefully and slowly, because the process of creating artificially aged skin is irreversible!

Wipe the aged material with clean water, dry rags and dry it again on the stretch. While the pores of the canvas are slightly damp, soak them with castor oil with a little ammonia. After fatliquoring, the material must dry, and it can be removed from the plywood. Knead the skin again so that the fat penetrates well between the collagen fibers.

To style a leather item, you can use a special patinating agent for leather from a store for designers and artists. Read the information on the packaging carefully and follow the instructions exactly. The composition - crackle turns a new product into a cracked one, as if from time to time.

Try leather dye, making the color of the item patchy, with dark spots and discoloration. This can be achieved by rubbing the surface with a sponge, brush and sandpaper, as well as by combining different shades of paint.

Finally, use the shoemaker's leather aging method. Take a brown cut and soak it in salted water (50 g per liter) for a day. After that, remove it from the container with the solution, let the liquid drain and wrap it with a soft cloth to dry. The surface of the canvas should become slightly wavy.

Lubricate the skin with shoe polish and iron at a temperature of 120 degrees, trying not to burn the material. For these purposes, craftsmen specially keep an old iron on hand. When the shoe polish stops sticking to your hands, remove the remnants of the product with glycerin alcohol. You can make it yourself: mix glycerin and alcohol 2:1 and heat the mixture a little in a water bath. As a result of your manipulations, brown skin should turn black.

Pull the dyed material over the desired shape (for example, a log) and place it in the oven (120 degrees). If a strong odor develops, remove the material and quickly dip it into a container of cold water. After two or three repeated procedures, the skin will be covered with a network of intricate cracks, and a brown color will appear in the seams between them. For a worn effect, additionally treat the canvas with marble powder.

Helpful advice

The process of aging leather with the help of various paints and varnishes requires a certain skill. It is recommended that you first try out this or that tool on a small sample of the material, and only then proceed to the decorative processing of the rest of the canvas. Protect your hands from chemicals with rubber gloves and work in a ventilated area to avoid breathing harmful fumes.

Sources:

• How to age a leather jacket

Facial aging is a retouching of high complexity, which is performed by highly qualified specialists. But Adobe Photoshop allows you to make an old face in a simple way, accessible even to beginners.

You will need

• Tools: Adobe Photoshop CS2 or higher

Instruction

You must prepare: the original - the face on which you want to grow old, and the photograph that captures the old person.
Open the image with the old man in Adobe Photoshop (Ctrl+O), and copy it to the clipboard. It makes sense to copy not the whole image, but only the face. To do this, select the Lasso Tool (L) and circle the desired area with it. When you release the mouse button, a thin dotted line will appear around the selected area. From the Edit menu, select Copy (Ctrl+C).

Open the image of the face you want to age.
Click on the "Edit" menu item "Paste" (Ctrl + V).
Since the images may vary in size, the top layer needs to be scaled. To do this, select Free Transform from the Edit menu. Markers will appear around the illustration, by dragging which you will be able to enlarge and stretch the image.
Make sure that the slope in both portraits is the same. To do this, move the mouse cursor slightly away from one of the markers until it changes to a double arched arrow. Then use the left mouse button to change the slope of the illustration. To accept the changes, press the Enter key.

Every woman wants to keep youth and beauty for many years. But, unfortunately, the reality is that our body tends to age. Since ancient times, there has been a tough struggle with old age. The great Cleopatra tried in every possible way to prevent skin aging, Princess Elizabeth Bathory fought for her youth in the most cruel ways.

Very often in the care of our skin, we make a lot of mistakes. It seems that cosmetics are expensive, but the result is zero. There are some tips that will help you avoid premature skin aging.

1. Nutrition

You need to eat right. Saturate the body with useful substances so that the skin has enough vitamins for normal renewal, which significantly slows down the aging and wear of your skin.

• Olive oil. Significantly reduces age-related aging, prevents many diseases.
• Garlic. Antifungal, antibacterial agent. Promotes weight loss, removes cholesterol, making the skin more elastic.
• Fish. It is rich in antioxidants, which improves immunity, makes the skin healthy and clean.
• Black chocolate. Reduces wrinkles and other age-related changes.
• Nuts. It contains many vitamins (potassium, magnesium, zinc, copper and selenium).
• Ginger. Valuable as a rejuvenating product.
• Red wine. Antioxidants protect the arteries, lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood.
• Beans. Contains proteins that slow down the aging process.
• Blueberry. Lots of oxidants.
• Whole grains. They contain complex carbohydrates (energy without unnecessary deposits and harm to health), fiber and vitamins.
• Avocado. Vitamin E, which is responsible for the healthy condition of the skin, firmness and elasticity.
• Watermelon. Many vitamins: A, B, C, E - contribute to the fight against aging.
• Water. Removes toxins from the body. It is very important to drink clean water.

2. Proper care

• Use sunscreen, because UV rays are bad for the skin in winter and summer.

• Be sure to remove your makeup before bed. The skin needs to breathe. Makeup remover should be replaced with water.
• Do not wash your face with hot water, it dries out the skin of the face. Hot water is the main enemy of the skin, make it a rule to use water temperature that is comfortable for the body.
• Use coarse particles and scrubs less often.
• Rid yourself of the habit of squeezing pimples and blackheads, scars may remain. Entrust this complex procedure to a professional cosmetologist.
• Apply a small layer of makeup, it does not allow the skin to breathe, even if it is mineral or organic makeup. As a result, your skin ages three to four times faster.
• Proper sleep (on the back). If you sleep on your stomach or side, wrinkles appear faster, the skin does not restore elasticity well.

3. Watch your posture and facial expressions

• Try to keep your head straight. A long downward bend causes the formation of folds on the neck.
• Maintain adequate humidity in the home. Too much dry air will age your skin twice as fast.
• Do not use hard towels, so as not to stretch the skin, blot with soft tissues.
• Do not curl your lips or wrinkle your forehead. This kind of facial expression contributes to the appearance of new wrinkles, aggravating what is already there.

Love your skin, take care: moisturize with creams, serums and thermal waters - and nature will repay you with youth and health.

Scuffs have long been leading the world's catwalks. They decorate shorts, trousers, skirts, jackets. Today, the fashionable effect can be found even on boots and boots. Things with this print will not leave their owner without due attention of others.

Damage on jeans

Denim items are the perfect base for creating scuffs. Designers and handmakers are well aware of this and use it with might and main in creating unique images. Factory aging jeans is a multi-step process involving massive presses and complex chemicals.

However, you can get a fashionable effect at home, just stock up:

• a piece of tight jeans
• chalk
• fine-grained sandpaper/pumice stone
• board or plywood
• spray gun

It is better to create scuffs on jeans in those places that do not wear out much, so the thing will last longer. When carrying out your plan, avoid elbows and knees.

Put on your jeans and mark with chalk where you want to lighten up. Lay the item out in front of you. Place plywood or a plank under the place for future rubbing - it will be easier to work this way, and you will not accidentally wipe the second layer (for example, on a leg or sleeve).

Moisten the area to be treated with a little water. It is best to use a spray bottle for this, but you can get by with a soft, damp cloth. Apply it literally for a minute - the surface should not get wet through. Arm yourself with a pumice stone / sandpaper and start processing. It's best to move in one direction: this will make it easier to create a neat worn effect. As you work, stop and try on the item so you know when to stop.

To create beautiful "store" holes with only transverse threads, a special ripper is required. The second option is to remove all vertical threads manually using nail scissors.

Noble effect of antiquity on the skin

The fashionable print of the season was awarded not only to jeans. Designers presented more than one collection of women's clothing, where spectacular leather items, artificially aged, occupy an important place. You can create a stylish highlight of the wardrobe yourself.

Using pumice in this case is ineffective. The surface will not be stylishly worn, but unsightly striped. Abrasion on the skin is best created, focusing on the secrets of professionals.

If you want to become the owner, for example, of a vintage jacket, you will have to age it completely. First, soak the item in a strong saline solution for 24 hours. When the skin is well softened, let it drain and tie it with elastic bandages or rags for another 12 hours.

Preheat the oven to 100 degrees and place the product there. Prepare a bowl of cold water. As soon as you feel a slight smell, urgently remove the skin and dip it. You need to repeat the steps at least three times. Next, lay out the little thing in the sun and wait for it to dry completely.

However, the above procedures are not within the power of every fashionista. Moreover, you need to wait two or three days. If you want to get a stylish print of the season in a shorter time, use a thinner.

Spread the prepared thing on the surface. Put on gloves and a medical mask, take a metal sponge for washing dishes (from small metallized villi). Dip the sponge into the solvent and swipe it over the skin with light pressure. You will quickly notice that the original structure of the material changes and takes on the desired appearance.

There are brands of shoes and bags that put a wonderful patina on their products.
Patina is the artificial aging of leather.
A coating that gives leather products an aristocratic, noble, very expensive look.

Patina is an artificial aging of the skin, which has recently become very popular. It is a game of contrasts and shades that allows you to make shoes unique.

We owe the invention of artificial patina to Olga Berluti. According to legend, she had the idea to produce men's shoes from the so-called "living" leather, which is able to perfectly absorb paint.

Precautionary measures

Before learning in detail about how a patina can be made, there are a few precautions that need to be taken into account.

• If you have not had to carry out this procedure before, we recommend that you do this on an old pair of shoes, which you will not be sorry to throw away later.
• Be careful with the amount of paint you use.
• It is much easier to apply patina to light-colored shoes.
• Applying a patina is a very long and laborious process, so you will have to be patient. Don't expect the whole process to take you 30 minutes.
• If the shoes are made of poor quality leather, you should not even try to apply a patina.
• Before applying the patina to the entire surface of the shoe, try applying a small amount to an inconspicuous area of ​​the shoe.

How to make a patina

For the patina you will need:

• pair of shoe lasts
• rag
• solvent
• 90% alcohol solution
• various paint
• cream and wax for shoes
• a thin, wide brush, as well as brushes with coarse and soft bristles, a rag, a sponge, a spray gun, cotton wicks

Cover your work surface and don't forget to wear an apron, gloves, and goggles before patina is applied to shoes. Patina must be applied in a well-ventilated room. Using masking tape, you can protect the sole and inside of the shoe from paint. First of all, you need to thoroughly clean your shoes. This is a mandatory step that will allow you to remove old layers of wax, cream so that the paint penetrates the skin better. Before applying the solvent, brush to remove dust, and then clean the surface of the shoe with a damp cloth. After each application of solvent, allow the shoes to dry for 15-20 minutes.

The solvent must be applied very carefully:

• it is better to use a small brush, which makes it possible to apply the product in a small amount and will allow you to focus directly on those areas that you want to discolor
• if you are not satisfied with the degree of discoloration, apply the product again
• after a while, rinse your shoes thoroughly
• let the shoes dry well at least overnight
• do not get carried away with the solvent, as it spoils the skin

After the shoes are dry, apply paint to act as a base. It is better to apply the paint with a brush, spray gun, sponge and so on. The paint should dry for 15-20 minutes. You can apply a second coat of paint if the tone seems too light to you.

Drawing a patina pattern on shoes depends entirely on your imagination and your taste. All you need to know is that paint layers are applied from light to darker (use different patina tones). For example, you can apply black paint to the seams. With a sponge, you can also create a marble pattern on the toe of the shoe or on the entire surface of it. The most difficult moment is the technique of softening the tone. To do this, you can use a brush or cloth. Please note that you should not apply a lot of patina to shoes, otherwise it will be too conspicuous.

After the paint dries, do not forget that the skin needs care, it needs to be nourished and moisturized. To do this, apply a universal cream on the shoes. It is not recommended to use a colorless cream, it is better to use a cream that is slightly lighter than the applied paint. After the cream dries (15-20 minutes), rub the shoes to a shine. Finally, you can apply wax for shoes.

If you want to give your shoes originality with the help of patina, but are afraid to do it yourself, contact the experts in this field.