Happy Halloween everyone!!
Yay! On this super awesome day I will be sharing with you my trial run ghoul
makeup for a Halloween themed swing dance party I'm going to next week. I will also be doing my boyfriend's face to
match mine and we will be swanky swing dancing ghouls together. We are going to be so cute I can hardly stand
it!
So let's start out
with my happy face! Haha! It's always so weird to smile in this kind of makeup. I do want to mention that I darkened the background
of all these images to stop them from being too bright. A ghoul walking around in broad daylight
isn't scary at all! No editing was done
to my actual face however :P
Please excuse my greasy
hair, I did this before getting a shower.
Assume creepy living dead
pose!
To achieve this
ghoulish look I covered my entire face and neck with NYX's eye shadow single in
Whipped Cream. I bought this eye shadow
just for this occasion because it's a pure white matte, pigmented, and not too
expensive shadow. I then took Bruise by
Detrivore Cosmetics and put it all around my eyes, being careful to slightly
contour along my upper nose. I also used Bruise to contour my cheeks. Its the
perfect dead person blackened purple. Next I took NYX's gel liner and smudger
and did my best to put on my lid and lower lashline. I do not own a matte black (how!?)...but
don't worry I'll be going to Sephora and getting one soon! Then I took Gonzo
from the Urban Decay Electric palette and messily and lightly blended it around
my mouth and under my eyes. The final shadow I used was Aphrodite from the BH
Cosmetics Galaxy Chic palette and blended it in above Gonzo on my eyes and did
some extra nose contouring. The cracks were drawn using the NYX gel liner and
smudger with a small liner brush. The final touch was putting a tiny dab of MAC
Russian Red on the inside of my lips and blending it out into the blue.
I love this one
because my face looks so gaunt. This was
so fun to do and I can't wait to see it on my boyfriend and in our fancy
clothes. I plan on trying to make my chest and arms slightly white with some
cracks to really get a full effect.
This final pictures I
had a bit of fun with in Photoshop. I
severely darkened the background, toned down the yellowness of the indoor
lighting, and messed with the levels and contrast a bit to make myself look
extra creepy :)
I hope all your
costumes are awesome and your makeup is perfect. Have a great Halloween! :)
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