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BETH KING Photo by David Clark Written by Therese Van Veghel Phipps I am proud to introduce you to Tucson native, Beth King. She is an extraordinary Special FX makeup artist, the creator of The Look, and is constantly practicing, and expanding on her multitude of artistic skills and knowledge. As a child, Beth dreamt of becoming a superstar when she grew up and was always fascinated with the application of cosmetics. Her face became her canvas and her mom, awoke quite frequently with her make-up done by none other than, wait for it, Beth King. In 1995, her older brother Matthew, also known as “Zip”, introduced her to horror movies. On that very momentous day, an intense love and passion for horror and Special FX make up began, Beth says, “Now I love all things horror, the scarier the better. The movies that make you want to hide behind a pillow, grab onto the person next to you and scream. Those are the movies that I absolutely love!” She has a long list of favorite movies, including, “Halloween”, “Day of the Dead”, “Friday the 13 th ”, “Nightmare on Elm Street”, “Evil Dead”, “Hellraiser”, “Dawn of the Dead”, “The Exorcist”, and “Night of the Living Dead. She says, “The first time I watched “The Exorcist”, it was like the clouds parted and the angels sang. I knew that was what I wanted to do when I grew up, (she wanted to) make the characters that make the viewers squirm.” Throughout her high school years at Sahuaro, Beth took theater classes, and shone especially bright doing hair and make up for the Drama Department. Prior to her graduation in 2003, she became aware that Pima Community College offered a Theater scholarship and auditioned for it. After receiving the scholarship at Pima, she took a Theater Makeup course where she feels extremely fortunate to have met and studied under her mentor Suanne Woodward. Beth says, “Suanne really opened me up to different techniques for stage makeup: old age, cuts, bruises, corrective makeup. This was when I was introduced her to Ben Nye products, Scar wax, liquid latex, etc... All things that make an FX makeup artist drool.” When her scholarship ended, she decided to get her Cosmetology license, she chose Artistic Beauty College, and received her license in 2006. She worked in a couple of salons doing hair and makeup, but it really did not make her happy, Beth’s passion is to do FX. She says, “When Halloween came around, I was always busy doing Special FX make up for friends and family, and one year I decided this was going to be my main focus, not hair, not formal make up, but special effects makeup. It was time to make people squirm. I decided I needed to educate myself on more FX techniques.” Beth began watching and practicing the tutorials on youtube.com and says that Syfy Network’s show “Face Off ” absolutely blew her mind and that it has been a hugely educational tool. Her FX career began to take off after a friend named Lindsey Basham introduced her to model and creative director Jake Rafus. She happily did FX makeup on Jake and professional photographer, Dominic Arizona Bonucelli’s photo project entitled “Zombie Apocalypse”. This creative project opened the door to more work, including working on Dominic’s spoof of Bing Crosby and David Bowie’s Little Drummer boy “A Very Special Bing and Bowie Christmas” where she received a positive mention for her FX work on Tucsonweekly.com. Beth did hair and makeup on a pilot for a Netflix series written by John Brozo and directed by Chris Klok, called “Lucky Stiffs”. She also competed and won first place in both the Tucson’s Face Off Zombie Prom contest and The 54
“Now I love all things horror, the scarier the better. The movies that make you want to hide behind a pillow, grab onto the person next to you and scream. Those are the movies that I absolutely love!” Zombie Apocalypse FX Makeup Contest. She says, “Everything has started to head in the right direction and I am so grateful for all of the amazing opportunities.” Beth is ready for anything and says with a smile, “I have always been one to have a backup plan, and a backup plan for my backup plan. If I were not doing Special FX makeup, I would be a cake decorator and have my own bakery. I love making custom cakes, wedding cakes, baby shower cakes...Hell, I even make zombie cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and pastries. I love baking and I love feeding people!” Besides baking, she enjoys writing, painting, sketching, and taking photos, which she says is a stress reliever and she also has an insatiable love for reading, especially mysteries, thrillers, and horror books. The book “Carrie” by Stephen King is her absolute favorite. Her life focus is building a bright and colorful future for herself and her adoring family, which includes her two wonderful parents, her mom, Kim, who she calls her life coach, cheerleader, and the strongest woman she has ever met. Beth says, “My mother is not only my number one fan, but she truly is my hero. I don’t know if she knows it, but I am her number one fan.” Her step-dad David King, adopted Beth when she was seventeen on Father’s Day, and she is very appreciative of the fact that he has always treated her with such love, as if she were his own blood. Then there is her older brother and best friend Matthew “Zip” Howard, and her nephew, Jacob, who she calls the “love of her life”. Beth also has three dogs, or as she lovingly calls her “fur-babies,” a Maltese named Kaydee, a Shih Tzu named Abbie, and Prescott, a 197 pound Great Dane, who she teasingly calls “My little pony.” When I asked Beth if she thought of herself as a role model, she said no. “I do not think of myself as a role model. I am just a chick who loves doing what she does. As far as what is next for me? Anything and everything, I believe life is like a ride. It has a beginning and an end, it has its ups and downs, it can make you want to puke sometimes, or you might freak out and want off altogether, but when you choose to ride it, I mean really let go and finally do it, you’re guaranteed to have a blast. In fact, if I was to write my own epitaph, it would say; Here lies Beth mafuggin King... she came, she saw, she conquered, #kickinItWithJesus.” Photos by Dominic Bonuccelli 55
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