REPORTER: IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO RECOGNIZE ME AT ALL.
>> NO ONE’S GOING TO KNOW IT’S YOU.
NO ONE’S GOING TO KNOW.
REPORTER: MAKEUP ARTIST NICOLE BRAUN, ABOUT TO AWAKEN THE DEAD, TRANSFORMING ME INTO AN EERIE HALLOWEEN GHOUL.
>> I’M GOING TO SKETCH OUT EVERYWHERE I WANT TO PAINT WHITE.
REPORTER: BODY PAINTING, A HOBBY OF NICOLE’S, ONLY RECENTLY TURNING PROFESSIONAL.STILL, IT IS JUST A SIDE JOB , WORKING OUT OF HER HOME IN NASHUA.
>> I MOSTLY PAINT MYSELF FOR FUN.
REPORTER: HER WORK IS AN INSTAGRAM HIT AND PART OF A NEW TREND, HALLOWEEN GLAM.
HER SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE BLOWS UP AFTER SHE POSTS CREEPY CHARACTERS.
EACH ONE OF THESE HALLOWEEN SPIRITS IS NICOLE.
SHE PAINTS HERSELF.
THE PAINTBRUSH TAKES NICOLE TO DARK PLACES SHE DOESN’T DARE ENTER AWAY FROM THE MAKEUP MIRROR.
>> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I HATE SCARY MOVIES.
AT NEVER BEEN IN A HAUNTED HOUSE.
I WENT TO ONE ONCE, I CRIED IN LINE.
NEVER WENT IN.
EVERY TIME I PAINT SOMETHING, I’M LIKE, THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY PRETTY, AND IT TURNS OUT SUPER SCARY.
REPORTER: SHOULD I BE WORRIED?
>> THE BASE COLOR, I WILL TAKE YOU PINK.
[LAUGHTER] REPORTER: I AM BEYOND THE POINT OF NO RETURN, AT THE MERCY NOW OF NICOLE’S TALENTED HANDS.
>> I WILL GO OVER YOUR EYES NOW.
REPORTER: THE 24-YEAR-OLD HAD NO FORMAL TRAINING.SHE IS SELF-TAUGHT , DABBLING IN MAKEUP SINCE SHE WAS A KID.
>> I HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH MAKEUP SINCE I WAS IN THE FIFTH GRADE.
MY POOR DAD, I USED TO TAKE A BAG OF MAKEUP TO SCHOOL AND COME HOME WITH BRIGHT BLUE EYESHADOW, RED LIPSTICK, LIKE MIMI FROM DREW CARY.
THAT’S WHAT I USED TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FIFTH GRADE.
REPORTER: SHE IS STILL DABBLING AND EXPERIMENTING.
>> I USUALLY JUST SIT DOWN AND I HAVE A BUNCH OF JUST WHITE EYELINER PENCILS AND I WILL JUST START DRAWING ON MYSELF, AND SOMETHING JU HAPPENS.
MOST OF THE TIME, I DON’T REALLY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT I WILL DO, I JUST SIT DOWN.
REPORTER: HER INSPIRATION HITS HER, WHEN ELSE?
IN THE DARK OF NIGHT.
>> BETWEEN 1:00 IN THE MORNING TO 4:00 IN THE MORNING.
I GO TO WORK, COME HOME AT 1:00 OR 1:30, AND PAINT UNTIL I’M DONE.
TAKE A COUPLE OF PICTURES, SHOWER, GO TO BED.
[LAUGHTER] REPORTER: THE MAKEUP IS WATER-BASED, SO IT COMES OFF QUICKLY AND EASILY.
GOOD TO KNOW.
NICOLE DOESN’T JUST STICK TO PAINTING YOUR FACE.
SHE WILL USE YOUR NECK AND CHEST TO CREATE ILLUSIONS LIKE THIS BIG MOUTH CREATURE.
>> I JUST OUTLINED ABOVE MY LIP AS MY TOP LIP, AND BROUGHT IT DOWN ONTO MY CHEST AS IF IT WAS MY BOTTOM LIP, AND FILL EVERYTHING IN WITH BLACK PAINT.
THOSE ARE THE PICTURES EVERYONE LOOKS AT AND THEY THINK IT IS SO HARD, IT TOOK ME 20 MINUTES.
REPORTER: MY TRANSFORMATION TAKING ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, FROM HUMAN TO GLITZY SKELETON.
REPORTER: I THINK WE ARE DONE.
THE FINAL TOUCH, A WIG.
SO, ARE YOU READY?
OR MAYBE I SHOULD ASK, AM I READY?
1, 2, 3.
OH MY GOD!
[LAUGHTER] I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS DONE BEFORE.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THE TRANSFORMATION.
I DON’T EVEN KNOW THAT’S ME.
LET’S SEE IF MY THREE-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW RECOGNIZES ME.
HELLO, LUCAS!
>> [LAUGHTER] REPORTER: HE DOESN’T SEEM QUITE SO SURE.
LUCAS, I’M A SKELETON.
>> [LAUGHTER] REPORTER: IS IT SCARY?
YES.
SCARY SKELETON!
REPORTER: SCARY AND UNRECOGNIZABLE.
THE PERFECT HALLOWEEN COSTUME.
>> I REALLY LIKE IT.
I THINK IT’S FUN.
REPORTER: NICOLE’S ARTISTRY EXTENDS BEYOND MY -- MONSTER MAKEUP.
SHE BEAUTIFIES BRIDES AND PAGEANT CONTESTANTS, TOO.
. BUT HALLOWEEN IS HER MOMENT TO SHINE, COMBINING SPOOKY LOOKS WITH A LITTLE GLITTER AND GLOW.