Halloween Makeup

Halloween - some 15 years ago, only a few people in Russia knew about this holiday, but now young people are very eager to celebrate this day, not only gathering at home, but also coming to bars, clubs and restaurants. They are happy to keep this tradition alive. Perhaps the Russian people missed Christmas time, dressed up and fun. Whatever the reasons, the result is the same. For makeup lovers, Halloween is another occasion to show off your makeup skills to the fullest.

Since initially the holiday took its origins from the Celtic history, which implies a violation of the line between the world of the living and the world of the dead, all evil spirits remain the leitmotif of the holiday to this day. Skeletons, zombies, vampires, werewolves, leprechauns - any more or less magical character has the right to be recreated on this holiday.

1. First, there can be a lot of makeup. This is not just skillful handling of shadows and bases, this is a real make-up, a mask behind which the true face is skillfully hidden.
2. You can not worry about the evenness of application and skin imperfections. The scarier your appearance, the better. Bloody lacerations made with latex and paint, green skin, a skull with whitened bones, a hook-nosed witch. Dilute the makeup artist's skill with costume elements, sequins, algae, tree bark, feathers...
3. It is also important that you can paint not only your face, but also, for example, your arms, neck, legs, even your stomach. We can say that Halloween is a holiday of body art, not makeup, and special paints are required for such an abundant coverage. What - you will find out right now.

Of course, it is best to purchase face painting or regular makeup used by actors. The reasons are simple: it stays on great, doesn't dry out the skin, is easy to apply and doesn't run even if you get really hot from dancing and having fun.

If you don’t want to spend money on special paints, you can try more popular options for shadows and palettes. The main tool that you can’t forget about is the primer, as well as the base under the eyes.

This is an important element of makeup for several reasons:

1. primer Protects your skin from the harmful effects of makeup.
2. The foundation very similar to a primer, which not only evens out the color of your face, preparing it for applying makeup, but also “seals” small wrinkles, bumps. Thanks to this, it will be very easy to shade and paint.
3. Base Enhances the color pigments found in eyeshadows and blushes. Most likely, you want to make bright color transitions, get the most out of your existing colors, so do not neglect the basics of makeup.

As for decorative color cosmetics, every year popular brands are sure to release themed product lines for the holiday. You can pay attention to them.

It is worth going through certain products that can be 100% useful to you:

1. In addition to the base, the need for which you realized earlier, eyeliner or black eyeliner will definitely come in handy. It doesn't matter if you are going to do men's, women's, or children's makeup. You still have to draw some contours, highlight areas, or even completely paint over certain areas. You won't do it with a marker. Even to draw a regular black nose, you will need a tool.
2. Vampire, zombie, sugar skull - for these images, two shades of lipstick should appear in your cosmetic bag. One is darker, the other is lighter. This is to give your lips a slightly sore, chapped look. You can take the lightest color in the line and, for example, cherry. Make the edges of the lips pale, as if all the heat is pumped out of you, and apply a dark color to the inside of the lips. You can make a smooth ombre, you can make a sharp transition. In both cases, the lips will look mysterious, strange - exactly what you need.
3. Sequins or rhinestones that can be glued on with eyelash glue. You can borrow small glitter from nail art kits and use the leftovers to create manicures.
4. If you want to create some beautiful fabulous image of a fairy, an elf or a little mermaid Ariel, you can buy colored hair sprays. It's better than wasting money on wigs that will gather dust on the shelves. You can use the spray later - for example, dye the ends of your hair and add variety to your hairstyle.

Since the topic has touched on specific images, it’s worth moving on to them.

Agree, not everyone can boast of straight arms. Even if you are skilled at applying everyday makeup and know how to do smoky eyes, it’s not a fact that you can succeed with the scary makeup of a pirate or a pirate with the same ease, so start with simple options for which you can find a lot of examples.

We turn our face into a skull. Effective, beautiful - and at the same time not too difficult. To perform such a make-up, 3 colors may be enough for you: white, black and, for example, purple.

To begin, apply white paint or shadow all over the face, and then begin to carefully draw the contours with black. You can draw an inverted heart on the nose to create the effect of sunken nostrils. Fill in the eyes with black to make the eye sockets look like an abyss.

Next, you will need to highlight the cheekbones a little, and a purple tint will help you here. Apply a black strip along the natural structure of your cheek, blend it and everything that is under the line of the cheekbones, paint over purple with neat strokes.

The final touch is to draw the teeth on top of your lips.The main thing here is not anatomical correspondence, but a frightening effect, so do not worry if instead of 32 teeth you have 40 teeth drawn.

The Little Mermaid is one of the most popular Disney princesses on this holiday. Most of the image, of course, is the costume (tail, wig or dyed hair, shells), but you can complement this image with real fish scales.

It is made as simple as possible. Choose the color you want to color your scales. Shadows can be completely ordinary. They are not necessarily bright at all, scales can also be made using classic mother-of-pearl shades.

Next, take the usual pantyhose in a fine mesh and a blush brush. Put tights on your head, arms or legs (depending on what part of your body needs scales) and boldly apply shadow over the mesh. You can mix several colors, creating interesting transitions, you can stop at one. The main thing is that when you take off the tights, you will have very clear traced contours that look like scales.

Animals are a favorite topic. Cats and deer are especially popular. To turn into them, it will be enough to draw a neat nose, black or pink. If you can add white highlights, it will be very good.

We finish the mustache for the cat, you can add hairs with neat strokes of eyeliner.

You can make beautiful eyes of a deer - for this you need to create "reverse arrows". Stretch the tip of the arrow not to the ears, but to the inside of the face. The line may even run parallel to the nose for a while. False eyelashes will add softness and charm to the image.If you want to immerse yourself in the image completely, add colored lenses.

Another favorite image is borrowed from Mexico. It looks a bit like gypsy makeup, but looks much more spectacular. Of course, this is a sugar skull.

There are many variations on this theme. The main rules are a whitened tone of the face, eyes decorated with a color pattern, small elements on the nose, chin and a beautiful ornament on the forehead. Most of the makeup can be done with eyeliner, and add color with shadows or makeup paints.

Scary dolls are also often featured in costume parties. You can even out the tone of the face, creating the effect of porcelain skin, and draw a crack with black eyeliner. Decorate the eyes above and below for more puppetry with false eyelashes (or draw eyelashes with eyeliner). Add some blush and be sure to curl the curls.

Another type of puppet may be more like a puppet. Many remember the terrible image from the movie "Saw". For a party in honor of the holiday, it will be very relevant. Lighten the face, make the darkest smoky on the eyes, draw characteristic red spirals on the cheeks, clearly outline the lips with red, slightly exaggerating the length of the corners, and draw parallel lines with two neat eyeliner strokes - from the corners of the mouth to the chin.

If you want to do something delicate, but princesses are not your thing, try comic pop art makeup. Surely you remember this stylized drawing of women, from whose lips loud phrases “Oh NO!” or "POW".

To achieve the desired result, you will need a device that is convenient to draw even circles.It can be an ear cleaning stick, or you can make a stencil using a hole punch and a piece of paper or a piece of plastic (try using a file folder). Perhaps you just have a round pencil of the desired color - in general, show your imagination. Don't forget to add some highlights and some neat contour strokes with black and you'll be done.

Another classic move is the transformation of a woman into a man. Draw a mustache, add stubble. A little under eye bags and painted wrinkles with thick eyebrows will give you a gangster dangerous look. If you have the right suit and hat, chances are that you will be the star of the party.

The last image that can not be missed is a scary clown. Makeup is simple in that it does not require many colors. White, black and red are the three base colors that will allow you to create a complete look.

Paint the face white, highlight the eyes dark. You can dilute everything with four-pointed stars or simply create the effect of spread paint - and make a long triangle from the eye to the cheeks.

If you decide to make up at home, make sure that your skin is well prepared. If you are going to apply a thick layer of cosmetics, charge your face with vitamins and nutrients, because the next few hours with such makeup will be a real test for the dermis. Helpful hints:

1. Make a mask.Well, if it will have a moisturizing and soothing effect. Separately, you can use patches to prepare the delicate skin around the eyes for further manipulations.
2. After masks, thoroughly cleanse the skin. Use gels for washing or tonics, many girls also prefer micellar water. The main thing is that there is no fat left on the skin, it will complicate your task when painting.
3. Apply moisturizer and let it absorb.

After these three preparatory steps, you can proceed directly to applying makeup.

The sequence of applying layers will depend on your image. It is clear that the pirate makeup will be different from the face of the princess, but it is always worth starting with the basics. Do not take on the drawing of small details until the base is made.

Apply a primer and set the tone, make all the big important strokes - and only after that move on to the nuances.

You can start with the lips, if the main difficulty lies in them, with the eyebrows or with the eyes. Assess the situation and remember that the closer to the end - the more you get tired, the more difficult it will be to take on the difficult parts.

Probably the main secret is that all creatives are not afraid to use improvised means to achieve their goals. Recall the same mesh tights to create scales.

Take a look around you - perhaps your eye will catch on something that can make your image the highlight of the program. Maybe there is an old feather boa lying around in the corner, which you can use to decorate your hair or complement your makeup.Seashells brought from the sea can be painted and stuck on the face to appear in front of friends in the form of a sea witch. To make large wounds, you can use soaked and dyed toilet paper. A couple of years ago, makeup using an ordinary snake was popular. Ladies with unbuttoned faces were at every turn.

See the following video for Halloween makeup ideas.