Childminder wows 700,000 TikTok followers in spare time as make-up artist creating 31 creepy looks for Halloween

A childminder and self-taught make-up artist has been spooking her 700,000 TikTok followers with creepy creations in the build-up to Halloween, promising a “big prosthetic” finale on the 31st.

Trinity Rudman, 23, from Durrington, Salisbury, works full time as a childminder with her mother, Annette, 55, but in her spare time, she plots creepy make-up looks for her TikTok and Instagram followers, often taking around seven hours to execute a design.

After her father, Gary, died aged 48 from cancer in 2015, Trinity turned to makeup as a coping mechanism, teaching herself how to use water-activated face paint, special effects and prosthetics through YouTube tutorials, where makeup artists such as Patrick Starrr and Nikkie de Jager inspired her to get creative with bold looks.

This year, the make-up whiz has created 31 individual looks in the run-up to Halloween, with the clown from Terrifier, The Mad Hatter, Coraline and Beetlejuice appearing on her online platforms.

To mark the pinnacle of the spooky season, Trinity is hoping to wow her nearly 700,000 TikTok followers with a terrifying prosthetic display on October 31, but she is keeping the big reveal under wraps until Thursday night.

“I’m not a very outgoing person, I’m not a very social person which is why I think I tend to stay in and spend seven hours painting my face because that’s what I want to do,” Trinity told PA Real Life.

“I think it’s hard to get original ideas for looks, especially around Halloween, as there are only so many iconic Halloween characters and that’s what I love to do.

“I’ll have the plan in front of me, I’ll put some music on and normally I just kind of wing it.”

Trinity first began experimenting with different makeup looks in 2016 after her father, Gary, died from cancer aged 48 in 2015, finding makeup to be a coping mechanism and a form of “therapy”.

“I watched YouTube videos by Patrick Starrr and NikkieTutorials (Nikkie de Jager) and those doing drag makeup,” she said.

“I was seeing a whole new world of crazy colours and people fully painting their faces – I thought it was really cool.”

Trinity started her Instagram account where she would share images of her makeup looks before she launched her TikTok account three years later.

“I started with eye looks because I had anxiety of posting my face whole online, which took me a while to overcome,” she said.

“I started TikTok in 2019 and that’s when I started getting really more out there and doing crazy looks, branching into prosthetics, special effects, wigs and costumes.”

This October, Trinity challenged herself to create 31 individual looks, sharing one each day on her TikTok page, in the run-up to Halloween.

Planning for each look started back in June so Trinity could ensure she had enough ideas to take her through the month and she started creating them at the beginning of September.

“It’s hard to come up with 31 separate makeup looks, which in my head, all need to be original and amazing and crazy,” she said.

Each video in her latest series gains thousands of views, with the most popular being her handmade Demogorgon prosthetic from TV show Stranger Things, which has over 700,000 views.

During the videos, Trinity reveals how she creates each look, starting with a bare face and building up her terrifying creations until they are fully formed with fake blood, accessories and clothing items.

Of her favourite looks to make of late, Trinity said she was particularly fond of her Coraline creation.

“I was really proud of this one because I did yarn for half of my hair to make it look like half a doll,” she said.

“I was also very proud of the robot because that took so long, doing all of the details, and the butterfly skull is one of my favourites as well – it’s hard to pick.”

To create her terrifying looks, Trinity uses a mix of water-activated face paints, eyeshadows and props.

“When I first started doing this I was using lipsticks and eyeliner pencils but now I’ve built up a better kit,” she said.

“I tend to use water-activated face paints, or alcohol-activated face paints for looks with more special effects, cream-based face paints and eyeshadows.”

Trinity added that the accessories for her looks, such as the clothing and headwear, will be ordered in specifically, found in charity shops or gifted to her from companies or brands.

“I’ve got about 30 wigs of different styles and colours, loads of tiaras and jewellery like chokers and earrings which I’m lucky to have,” she said.

Trinity said the time it takes to create each look can vary from a few hours to several days depending on the complexity.

“Some looks I can smash out in two hours but then you’ve got one like the robot, that was about seven hours,” she said.

“The Demogorgon was a whole prosthetic I made from scratch and that took about three days to make by following YouTube tutorials to get a basic understanding of how they are made.

“For that, I used tin foil to get the basic shape, liquid latex and toilet paper, acrylic paint and fake blood, to make it.

“A few years ago I made a plaster cast mould of my face so I can build prosthetics onto my face without doing it on my actual face.”

Trinity said the response from her followers on TikTok and Instagram has been “motivating” her to complete the challenge this October.

“People have been messaging me to say they’re so excited to see the looks each day, it’s been very motivating,” she said.

For Halloween, Trinity said she will be taking it easy after an intense month.

However her final and 31st look is being kept under wraps until Halloween night.

“My finale look on Halloween is a big prosthetic job, I’m not that experienced in prosthetics, but I’ve been really trying to incorporate them more and branch out,” she said.

“I’m completely teaching myself and winging it as I go and I’ve wanted to do this look for ages.

“I’m going to keep it a secret for now.”