Firstly Happy Halloween everyone, i hope you all have a spooky and fun filled day!
This past week i have been off work on half term (Gotta love the perks of the job), so with some little extra time, i thought i would try out some Halloween make up looks. I am not a professional, and i can hardly apply real make up to my face at the best of times, let alone apply face paint in an artistic way to create the illusion of something else, but i thought i would give it a try and see how i get on.
I managed to create three different looks for you, and then on the third look my eye was getting a little sore due to some of the products i used and i gave myself a subconjunctival haemorrhage, it doesn't hurt at all, but sometimes the vision goes slightly blurred and it looks a lot worse then it is, so i am getting alot of people saying, "ohhh..that looks bad!" So i decided to stop on three make up looks, mostly because i value my eyesight. :)
All the looks were a little rushed, i may have a week off work, but that doesn't mean i get to just sit around and do nothing all day (much to my dismay), but no, i am trying to fit in all the errands i would normally do into this little space of time i have, so all these looks were a little rushed. If i was to do them for a Halloween party i was attending or something, i would be more careful about how i did them.
Right, PREPARE yourselves for a rambly post.
Look one - The Sugar Skull / Day Of The Dead Skull.
By far my favourite look, very easy to create and the patterns you can do are limitless so even if you and a bunch of your mates go dressed up as this for Halloween, you will all look so different! This look is very easy to achieve. First using white face paint, cover the face including eyebrows and lips. Then using black face paint, make two circles around your eyes and colour them in, try not to make them too big like i did (ops). Then using a different colour of your choice, draw some petal like shapes all the way around your circles (This is why they shouldn't be too big, because now the petals shouldn't touch, unlike mine). then using black go around the petal shapes outlining the details, i used liquid liner, as it seemed easier. Next, paint the lips in black with face paint and then using the liner again, draw two lines upwards from your mouth and then a few wispy lines down those lines, to make it look like stitches in a way. Draw a pattern on the bottom of your chin, any pattern, it can be your choice, and finish off my painting your nose black, but just the end of your nose (Which is again, something i didn't manage to do). Then by all means if you want, you can also draw a pattern on your fore heard, spiderwebs are quite popular. To complete the look add some coloured contact lens and you are done, ready to go scare a few people.
Look two - Freaky Doll Puppet.
This was the one, that ruined my eye, and i think its something to do with the fake blood i used, its also the one i rushed the most as my face was just not enjoying it. Out of the three looks, this one is the tricky one i would say AND the one i least enjoyed doing, the one i found the hardest for many reasons, and the one that took ages to come off after. First you wanna cover up your eyebrows, the trick to this is, use some glue and go over the eyebrow, then use a loose powder and place over the gluey eyebrow, so the glue absorbs that powder up, then use some light concealer and again cover those eyebrows, apply some foundation over the eyebrows and finally again apply some loose powder and blend that all in. That's the one sure fire way i know how to rid of them unless you actually have the product that they use to create scars and cuts on movies. Once that's done, apply a light layer of foundation over the whole face, then using alight brown colour, (i used eye shadow) mark out where you have some facial lines, for example your forehead, nose and your cheeks, blend them in. Using a black liner, draw some eyebrows above where your natural brows are, (take your time with this, as i clearly didn't). Then using black face paint or some simple black eye shadow colour in he eye lid. Use White face paint and add just a little under each eye, blend in a little as if it was concealer, and use white eye liner to apply to the bottom water line of both eyes, this makes it appear that you have larger eyes. Now go back to the black powder and draw under the white and if you can stick on fake eyelashes on the top and the bottom lines. Using the black eyeliner, create two lines going from the corner of your lips down, (to give you the puppet mouth) and using a bright coloured lipstick, fill in your lips in a small heart shape. Then using a bright blush, you want to apply two round dots to the centre of your cheeks, and finally, (This is optional) apply some fake blood to around the eyes, to make it seem like you're crying blood, and some around your mouth, so it seems you have eaten something you maybe shouldn't have. Be aware that some fake bloods are very hard to come completely off and will still leave your face with a slight red stain. To finish the look off completely, tie your hair in two bunchies. you could even use a wig. I edited my photo to make it appear that i have red hair as i didn't have a wig, but you can of course just tie your hair up normally or buy a wig if you wish. Now go scare some people.
Look three - Pop Art / Comic Book Girl.
This look i think is very simple and basic to do and is very effective, its also, one look that gets used less and less at Halloween so it has more unique factor to it than i would say the other two. First use a foundation and blend that into your face like normal. Then fill in your natural eyebrows, i made mine a little thicker then normal just for effect, (personal choice) then choose a colour that you want to go for, i opted for blue as i was going to make her cry, blue seemed right as it would be the colour of her tears. Using a blue eyeliner, eye line the top of your eyes, and the bottom water line, then carefully draw in some tears, coming straight from the eyes, use a lighter or darker colour to try and catch the shadow in the tears. Then using a black liquid liner draw the outline to those tears to make them stand out. Using the same blue eyeliner, fill in your lips just like lipstick and again use the same black liner to draw the outline of the lips. Finally use a red lip liner or some red face paint and just dot your whole face, you could go as far as dotting your ears and your neck to completely blend in, that is totally up to you, and Voila, you are done. You don't have to choose the crying comic book girl, you can of course choose any, google has lots of different ideas and inspirations that i know you guys will find one that you all like. Also please, IF, you do the crying one, please take more care with your tears then i did.. (Hideous). I then just added a pixel effect to make the photo stand out a little at the end.
So there you have it, the three relatively easy Halloween looks that i attempted to do, before my eye got ruined and sore. Please let me know if you decide to try any of these, i would love a sneak peek at yours. Also, sorry for the longness of this post.
What are you guys doing for Halloween this year?
Have a SPOOKY one..... Mwahahahaha..
Ana
xx
