Just popping up a quick post on my halloween makeup for this year. I was lucky enough to go down to the Masked Ball at the Lizard with my hubby last weekend - which was utterly amazing!! (See the video footage here: http://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DgJBCKBppMBw&h=KAQHWWhuu&s=1 courtesy of Twisted Vision.)
I wanted to share this look as I managed to create it mainly using the make-up I already own with the need for facepaint etc so it's a pretty straightforward look to create if you're invited to a party at the last-minute.
First off I moisturised my face using my Green People day solution moisturiser and then prepped my face using Revlon Photoready Perfecting Primer.
I applied Estee Lauder double wear liquid foundation using a stippling brush to my entire face and then using a foundation brush I heavily contoured the hollows my cheeks, my temples and the top of my forehead using Revlon Photoready Skinlights in 'bronze'. I then highlighted my cheekbones, nose and chin again using Revlon Photoready Skinlights but this time in 'pink'.
I used my new Sleek eyebrow palette in 'light' to shape and then fill the main body of my eyebrow, and then to drag out the tails to above my natural brow line. You can see in the first picture that my natural brow sits just below the brow end that I have drawn on. This gives the eye area a much larger appearance.
I then shaded the sides of my nose using a shadow brush with a flat brown eyeshadow and connected this shading right up to the inner brow area. I applied a small coat of white facepaint to my upper lip, the bridge of my nose and my lower forehead at this point, just to make these areas stand out a little more, but if you don't have this to hand then don't worry, the look will work without it.
I used a kohl eyeliner pencil and my Eco Tools smudge brush to fill my upper lid with black, setting this with a flat black eye shadow. I created a heart shaped 'nose' on the tip of nose using my kohl eyeliner and set this with black eyeshadow, connecting down to a small line to my cupid's bow which I created using my NARS Eyeliner Stylo. I fixed everything with a dusting of Diorskin Forever pressed powder.
This is the look at this stage:
To finish the look off, I added some whisker points on my upper lip and lined my upper lash line using my NARS eyeliner again. I brought this topliner down the inner corners of my eyes toward the bridge of my nose to elongate the eye and then highlighted the entire eye area - above and below - using my Bourjois Little Round Pot eyeshadow in '01 - light'. I lined my inner upper and lower waterlines with Sleek ink pot in 'dominatrix' and popped on some false eyelashes giving my upper and lower lashes a quick coat of Estee Lauder Sumptuous Extreme mascara in extreme black.
And voila! Here is the finished look whilst we had stopped for a cheeky Maccy's on the way!!
(My ear headband is from Accessorize).
I hope you enjoy this basic and easy to create look, and that you all have a spook-tacular halloween!! x
