Way back it seems now, it was Halloween on the last day of October and as I'm at uni it was obviously going to end up in a night out. I'm a qualified make-up artist and studied for a year at The Make-Up Bus in Thame. (It's not actually a bus) I learnt how to do prosthetic make-up so Halloween was an opportunity to use it!
Me: I chose to go as a spooky looking, bloodied doll.
Overall i was happy with the outcome! I started off by trying to make my skin 'porcelain' like. I used a lighter foundation than my skin tone, which was cream based so it had a thicker coverage. After this my skin looked pretty flawless but definitely a no for a day-to-day look. I then used even lighter concealers to highlight under my eyes, cheekbones, bridge of my nose and temples to enhance certain features of my face in different lights. For my pink cheeks i used the pinkest blusher i own and brushed up along the cheekbone to emphasise them more. I used an eyeshadow similar to my hair colour to fill my eyebrows in to make them look as fake and accurate as i could, dolls eyebrows are painted on so i sort of did the same. I then opted for pinks and purples to use as eyeshadow as i felt they were doll like girly colours, and brought them higher up my eye so the colour was clear to see. I then realllllllyyy carefully took my liquid eyeliner in black to draw that circle shape under my eyes, along with the drawn on eyelashes coming away from it. This was extremely hard and you definitely need a steady hand. Next i took my white grease paints and white pencil eyeliner and filled them in, to give the illusion my eyes were bigger than they were. To finish off the eyes i put on pink false eyelashes which sadly can't really be seen in this photo!
For my lips i used a pink lipstick and just filled in the centre of my lips to make them smaller and in a pout shape, and i then put the foundation on the rest to camouflage them into my skin. I'm pretty sure i also had freckles on with an eyeliner which also can't be seen in this photo, i blame my awful phone camera.
The Halloween touch: To turn this look spooky, i got my fake congealed blood, and dabbed it round the corners of my mouth and then upwards in a steady straight line. I also did a ring around my neck, and random cuts around the remaining skin showing. On my forehead i have used grease paints to get that pinkish colour and then built up layers of liquid latex which i then peeled open to pack with fake blood, resulting in this gross holey wound on my head. For my hair i simply curled it, and put it into high up bunches, and used dolly ribbons as hairbands.
Amy: My flat mate Amy decided to go as Jigsaw from the films Saw.
Amy's look was a lot simpler to make! I started off by completely coating her face white with grease paints, and needed a few layers to get it just the right shade. I then used a black eye shadow to cover her lids and under her lower lash line to make them appear sunken in and dark. I got a thin brush and used my red grease paint to carefully draw on swirls on her cheeks, this part was probably the hardest simply because again you needed a steady hand! To finish off the swirls i took the dark eyeshadow and dusted it lightly around them to bring them out more against her white face. For the lips, we used a red lipstick, and yet again used the grease paints in black to draw two black lines downwards representing the jaw. Lastly, her brows were drawn in black with a pencil eyeliner! For the hair, she backcombed it all and pinned parts of it up!
Katie: My flat mate Katie decided to go as a cat.
So this is the only picture i could find of Katie close up, and i'm glad she's looking down as you can see the eyeshadow! Thankfully Katie had an easy look to make (and as you can see is nicely curling my hair for me whilst i look like an absolute freak.) Katie applied her own face makeup, and i used my Urban Decay naked palette to do her smokey eye look. I used silver and black shades, and made it darker in the corner as it became gradually lighter into the centre. I used a tissue and folded it to get a straight line, i then pressed this against the outer corner of her eye to ensure i got a straight line. Using a mixture of blending brushes i feathered it into the centre of her eye making it lighter in shade as i went. I then took it slightly under her lower lash line too. I used my black liquid eyeliner to do a winged cat eye look, and also to draw on the nose and whiskers! After some coats of mascara she was finished! Katie had her hair curled and then backcombed to create volume, and added the cat ears to finish.
Some pictures of the night:
Keeping with the fancy dress theme, i also attended a dance social night out where the theme was animals 2x2. There was a list of animals and you had to pick one to go as and find your pair on your night out. I chose to go as a cheetah, i didn't own any cheetah like clothes, so went all in black and used my creativity to make myself appear cheetah like instead!
Meow.
This took me absolutely ages. I yet again used my trust worthy grease paints, and sat for a few hours in my room painting myself as a cheetah. Yes, i have no life. I used my orange/yellow shades to paint on big sections, and then got a tiny angled brush to draw on free hand cheetah spots in black, which took a lifetime. I did it down my neck, across my chest, all down my arms, hands, and face. And then used a glittery gold to outline a few of the black spots. I also used the black to draw on my nose, and take a line down to my lips where i covered my lips in black too. In between my nose and mouth i made my skin white with greasepaints and then added in a few black speckles. For my eyes i used my Urban Decay naked palette and used the shimmery gold colour, before doing a black liquid liner winged eye, pencil eyeliner in my tear line and then mascara! I painted my nails black, and backcombed all of my hair.
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