HALLOWEEN is, as they say, a make-up addicts favourite holiday. Well it was my favourite holiday before I even discovered make-up, but Halloween is definitely a lot more interesting now. I figured I'd give you the low down on my make-up for the night.
Pretty shocking hey? Unfortunately, I didn't get enough time to really work on a look. Buuut, I figure if you want to acheive this or play around with something similar,
here's the run down on what I used, obviously you can use any product you have around with the same colour scheme, or mix it up with different colours.
Revlon ColourStay Foundation
MAC Mineralise Skinfinish
MAC Painterly Paint Pot
Avon Cream Concealer
MAC Eyes shadow in Embark (Warm Dark Brown)
Revlon Lipstick in Dark Violet
NARS Single Eye shadow in Daphne (Dark Violet)
MAC Eye shadow in Carbon (Black)
Avon Lipstick in Pruni Regal
Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in Black
Great Lash Mascara
Red Acrylic Paint
Firstly, I started with my base. I've been using Revlon ColourStay foundation since I started using make-up so it's been a product I can't trade with anything. (lies: I am looking into Make-Up Forever's HD Foundation, everyone seems to be raving about it!) But anyway, Revlon ColourStay really works for me. Next, I used MAC's Painterly Paint Pot as a base for the eyes, I applied this all the way up the the brow bone and even on the under eyes, as the eye make-up smudges past the eyes.
Whilst this settled, I then moved onto the brows. I like to do my brows early on, though others don't.. I guess it's a matter of preference. I did my brows with MAC's eye shadow in Embark, any warm dark brown colour will do the same. I used this to also thicken the brows. I quickly dusted my face with Mineralize Skinfinish, carefully avoiding the eye area.
Finally, moving onto eyes! For this look, I used a lipstick as a base to my eye shadow. Inevitably, it creased like mad, but as it was Halloween.. the shocking the better! I applied Revlon's lipstick in Dark Violet all over my eyelid, up the the brow bone, and along my under eyes. As I wanted a thicker look and greasy look, I applied several layers. If that's not your thing, you could use any cream or liquid based product to do this. After this, I used NAR's eye shadow in Daphne, which is also a dark violet colour. As it was completely matte, and thus, a little powdery.. I applied it wet (also helped with the greasy eye look!) I went over with a tiny bit of pink cream eye shadow for more warmth. Rim the eyes with a kohl eyeliner, I just used Rimmel, and the waterline. I think I actually took this photograph before I did the waterline, that's how much of a rush I was in!
As a lip stain, I used Avon's lipstick in Pruni Regal but any dark red will do. I smudged and blended this with a synthetic brush. To add a bit of bruising, I applied Daphne mixed with Carbon on the top corner of my lip. I then quickly contoured under my cheekbones with a little of Embark and Carbon mixed together.
As for the blood, I simply watered down some red acrylic paint, and smudged. A warning if you plan to do this: it will not last very long and will most probably result you in peeling it off slowly and painfully in an hour. My advice is to use a cream product mixed with an intense red eyeshadow/pigment.
SO! there's my look. I managed to rush it in less than 15 minutes, so I'm sure if you ever do anything similar, it will be a thousand times more creative!
Over and out!
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