Actually, I think the melting face I’m remembering was probably from MAKE-UP MONSTERS by Marcia Lynn Cox, which I also had. There was a fair amount of overlap with the simpler makeup effects with these books (which probably originally came from Dick Smith’s guides). It looks like the Famous Monsters of Filmland content - or at least some of it - was indeed in various editions under different names, e.g. Dick Smith’s Do-It-Yourself Monster Make-Up. I might just have had a copy of the original magazine that had some of this content, possibly missing some pages, too.
Halloween was always an excuse to go to the theatrical supply shop and pick up supplies like spirit gum and pancake makeup. The spirit gum didn’t get all that much use because once I put it on, I didn’t find it so easy to get off…
