Halloween is a traditional holiday, rooted in the customs of the Irish and Scots. At the beginning of the twentieth century, such an event was strictly regulated by rules and rituals. However, with the process of globalization, Halloween celebrations have spread throughout the world and the rules have become simpler. Now October 31st in many countries is more like a costume party with a reason to have fun. The style of the holiday and masquerade processions in costumes of evil spirits and devils are a great opportunity to fool around a little and try on different images. In addition to costumes, which receive special attention, don’t forget about makeup. A properly chosen make-up can become the highlight of any character on All Hallows' Night.
How to do makeup at home
It’s quite possible to make a professional holiday make-up yourself, you just need to know some subtleties:
- Before applying any makeup, you should carefully prepare your skin. It is necessary to cleanse the skin in the usual way and be sure to apply moisturizer;
- Before applying makeup, you need to check your skin for allergies to avoid redness and possible unpleasant side effects;
- It is better to think about the character for the holiday in advance so that you have time to collect all the details and practice applying makeup.
What can you paint with?
There are several options for creating holiday makeup:
- professional (theatrical) makeup;
- decorative cosmetics;
- face painting;
- watercolor paints.
Professional makeup artists use special products with a particularly dense texture. This kind of makeup can be applied to the skin and, like a sculptor, you can create any texture. You can purchase such products in specialized stores or online services.
Decorative cosmetics are used to create “light” looks. This option is suitable for girls and will help transform them into graceful witches or sexy ghouls.
Face painting is easy to apply and wash off, and the colors in the palettes are always bright. That is why it is often used to decorate children's faces. Variations of designs can be different, but drawings of animals or butterflies look especially good.
Watercolors are a budget-friendly way to create Halloween makeup. When there is very little time left before the holiday, and it is no longer possible to find professional makeup, watercolors can save the situation. It is recommended to use watercolor rather than gouache, because gouache is denser and after drying the paint begins to crack and spoil the make-up.
It is better to use dense and hard brushes to draw even small details. Brushes for oil painting are well suited; you can purchase them at any stationery store.
Pin-up beauty
For those who see the world in color rather than black and white, this simple but very effective makeup in the style of pin-up comics is suitable. The main tool will again be black eyeliner: use it to draw thin curved eyebrows, huge doll-like eyes with eyelashes, outline the lips and emphasize the back of the nose. Now use a white pencil to fill in the entire lower eyelid, making your eyes look as big as possible, apply red lipstick to your lips and a little to your cheeks - instead of blush.
- Tip: Any wig will enhance the cartoon effect.
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Makeup options
Light - implies a small amount of makeup. For this type of makeup, it will be enough to use decorative cosmetics to emphasize some lines. Light makeup for Halloween includes images of cats, porcelain dolls or simple variations of witches.
Cosmetic pencils or liquid eyeliner will help you draw a masquerade mask beautifully on your face. This will make the lines brighter and clearer. You can use stencils to make the painting task easier.
Scary makeup involves complex images and the use of high-quality materials in makeup. Complex makeup should be carefully thought out down to the smallest detail and, perhaps, first practiced in its creation. Typically, complex characters use artificial blood or additional objects (shards, toothpicks, lightning, etc.). To secure such items to the face or body, you can use latex and a napkin. After this, the napkin is made up in any convenient way to match the skin.
Ideas for creating such makeup can be found in the characters of popular horror films.
Beautiful makeup is designed to emphasize the natural advantages of a woman’s face - eyes, lips, cheekbones. To create a gloomy holiday look, any shade of dark tones is suitable. Don't be afraid to emphasize your eyes brighter than usual. Bold smokey eyes and provocative shades of scarlet lipstick will look quite appropriate on Halloween. You can also add matching jewelry and accessories.
The “vampire” idea is suitable for both girls and men. This look is characterized by pale skin and bright, expressive eyes. You can achieve the effect of unnatural pallor using face painting. You can add a little blue to the paint, the main thing is not to overdo it. After applying makeup, you can dust your face with light powder to achieve an almost porcelain effect. The eyes should be bright and expressive; you can add red or purple shades to the shadow palette. Don't be afraid to add additional attributes. For example, beautiful unnatural lenses or false fangs will be a wonderful highlight of the image.
Zombie is a universal character of the Halloween holiday. The advantage of such a make-up is that experiments in make-up will be a clear plus. To make your makeup look believable, you need to properly prepare your skin. What shade the face will take (greenish, bluish, white, etc.) is decided by everyone at their own discretion. Zombie makeup is distinguished by the presence of dark circles under the eyes. The “sunken eyes” effect can be achieved using a standard palette of shadows and vertical shading techniques. This can be done not only with black. The bright area around the eyes can be dark blue or even red. You can additionally highlight your eyes by framing circles in patterns. The devil is a classic figure of the other world. The palette of tones of the underworld is small, so in makeup you can limit yourself to red and black colors. Devil characters in films always have pronounced facial expressions. Therefore, in a festive make-up for Halloween, you should not be afraid to outline your eyebrows with black and give them a “playful” arch. Highlighting the cheekbones and lips is also welcome. For men in the image of a devil, you can choose a symbolic beard, highlight the eye area and eyebrows. An integral part of this character are the horns. You can buy them in a store or make them yourself, for example, from papier-mâché. These horns will look interesting; you can give them any shape or texture. To complete the look, a red trident and false tails are suitable.
The witch is a fairly common holiday hero. The character's popularity is due to the variety of makeup and costume ideas. From the lightest makeup options to multi-layered heavy textures. For those who do not want to overload their face, dark tones to highlight the eye area and bright shades of lipstick will be enough. The image can be complicated by decorating the face. Openwork cobwebs near the eyes or cheekbones will ideally fit into the set of beauty attributes for a witch. So that those around you can immediately understand what kind of character is in front of them, you can complement the image with a hat, broom or cloak.
Makeup for women on Halloween depends on their desire and temperament. Also, special attention should be paid to the appropriateness of makeup. For example, in a restaurant where a costume party is not expected, you should not go in the form of a zombie with multi-layered makeup and fragments sticking out of your face; light Cat makeup with arrows on the eyes and painted antennae will do. At the same time, many bars organize masquerade parties on the occasion of Halloween.
October 31 is perhaps the only day when no one will say that the makeup is too much. Halloween is a great occasion to feel like a professional makeup artist, designer or even a sculptor. When creating female makeup, you can experiment with cracks on the face, cuts or other objects (pins, toothpicks, fake knives, etc.).
Mad Witch
October 31 is the only day of the year when makeup should not decorate us, but make us as scary as possible. Take this chance and turn into a crazy witch: outline your eyes boldly with a black pencil, and then draw a terrifying web all over your face. It couldn’t be simpler - the lines don’t have to be straight.
- Hint: don't forget to draw or glue a figurine of a fat spider that has thrown its predatory web over your face.
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Makeup options for men
The male half tends to choose strong and dangerous negative characters on Halloween. Images of skeletons and zombies are also popular. But young people always have their suits in order. Pants and shirt are suitable for each character.
Men need to prepare for applying makeup just as carefully as women. You should clean your face first so that the paint adheres better. The images of the famous Joker and Batman are quite simple to apply. You will need dark eye shadow and red lip makeup.
Skeleton or zombie characters provide the opportunity to add interesting textures to the skin or even a “second skin.” Decor in the form of lightning is also suitable for zombies. You can make fake objects sticking out of the head or body. This decor looks more than impressive. Many men like to use fake blood on Halloween to make their look more shocking. You can purchase this attribute in joke shops or online stores.
Devil Woman
The devil in itself is already an unclean word. Immediately one imagines bright fire, blood, darkness and a basement. The devil woman must create the same image, that is, she must be confident, daring and sinister. To scare people, you also need to create such makeup. The face tone can be any, it is advisable to draw cheekbones.
We make the lips burgundy, black or scarlet. The main feature we make is the eyes - the darker the better. Apply mascara to your eyelashes, apply and blend out black shadows. Lenses can also be a great addition. Black lenses combined with a smile will cause panic in any passerby. Red eyes will create an equally frightening image, but the look will be a little more open, and the image will also be closer to a vampire.
You can make some kind of horn buns on your head, or simply attach a hoop with horns. The costume can be a black cloak, a red cape, a black jacket with trousers, or a lace dress.
Face painting for children
Face painting is a universal tool that is used to create makeup for Halloween. These paints are easy to apply, wash off easily and last a long time on the skin.
Children are a direct part of our lives, and they also want to be part of the holiday. Before you start drawing a picture on a child’s face, you must follow some rules:
- do not use face painting for children under three years of age;
- be sure to do a test on the child’s skin to identify possible allergic reactions;
- do not apply makeup if there are wounds, scratches, cracks or inflammation on the skin;
- You should not apply paint to the entire surface of the face (you should do without a background), a laconic drawing will be enough.
It is worth thinking about the choice of drawing together with your child. It is important that the child himself wants to participate. Children's faces on Halloween are often painted with animal faces (fox, tiger, zebra, etc.). Such options are easy to implement and do not require much time, which also plays into the hands of parents.
For girls, images of fairies, dolls or cute witches are suitable. By complementing the look with a dress and some props, you can achieve a theatrical effect. Skeleton or vampire characters are suitable for boys.
Children's skin is very sensitive, so heavy theatrical makeup is not recommended.
If the child is fidgety, it is better not to apply the design close to the eyes; it is better to make a neat frame around the eyes in the form of butterfly or Batman wings.
Face painting is diluted with water and applied using brushes. Regular brushes for gouache or watercolor paints are suitable for application. Makeup does not stain clothes, which is a definite plus for mothers.
Thus, children, as well as adults, can participate in the Halloween masquerade. By taking precautions and creating an image together with your child, the whole family will enjoy the holiday.
Joker
And let someone say that the image of the Joker for Halloween is something banal. After all, it can be made in various variations and it will always look fresh! And in the interpretation of blogger @i_inanna, it is also very simple to implement.
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Halloween Makeup Ideas
The diversity and versatility of this holiday allows you to experiment with images and characters. Variations from light to massive, from sophisticated to outrageous allow everyone to make a choice according to their taste and temperament.
For modest girls, images of graceful witches or vampires are suitable. Every girl will find materials for drawing in her cosmetic bag. You will need foundation, an eye shadow palette and bright lipstick. There is no need to be shy about highlighting your eyes; All Saints' Night suggests unnaturalness.
Lately, “double” makeup has become popular. This is a great option for those who don't want to put makeup on their face. And this kind of makeup takes half as much time.
When choosing holiday makeup for Halloween, men tend to stick to a restrained palette of colors, increasingly choosing black and white. However, even a minimal set of colors can transform a young man into the hero of a horror film.
For those who are good with a thin brush and appreciate sophistication, there are options for openwork makeup.
Halloween is a creative holiday on which you can fulfill your wildest fantasies. In pursuit of the number of floors, festival participants use additional materials, complex structures and props. The result is stunning.
Children also love to be the center of attention during Halloween. Interesting makeup ideas can be found in images of animals or fairy-tale characters.
As you can see, there are quite a lot of makeup options; you can come up with your own unique makeup project to make sure you stand out from the crowd. In addition to makeup and paints, unnatural lenses, false nails or eyelashes, multi-colored wigs and matching costumes will help complement the look. The most important thing is to maintain a unified style in makeup and costume, and everything else is a matter of imagination.
Glamorous skeleton
How to get ready for a party at the last minute? Wear a black skinny dress or leggings with a blouse, add fingerless gloves and a leather biker jacket. You can apply makeup right in the taxi: whiten your face as much as possible with the lightest foundation and powder. Then, using a black pencil and liquid eyeliner, draw a skull on the face: darken the eye sockets, “deepen” the nose and shade the toothy jaw.
- Tip: wear hypersexual clothes and don't be afraid to provoke others.
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