Halloween Makeup Look: Skeleton Half-Mask

Hey Guys!! Halloween is upon us so I wanted to do some makeup. Just by nature, I’m not a costume kind of person so Halloween in my world is more about passing out candy than dressing up. I do, however, love me some makeup and have been to a few festivities where I’ve needed to be in “done up”. 

I’ve seen a couple different versions of the makeup I did from Instagram and YouTube but my problem was that they used professional face paints (like Kryolan, Graphtobian or Mehron) and I’m doing these on a budget. I found white cream face paint at Target for $1 and I also used the NYX Jumbo eyeshadow pencils (for $1.99 each) in Milk and Black Bean. Other than those 3 cream bases, I used Wet N Wild eyeshadows in black and grey/silver. 

How I did the mask:

I primed my face with Benefits POREfessional (personal preference). For the mask, I started with mapping out where I wanted to paint and filled the whole area in with the white cream face paint. I used a thin coat and then went for a second one (which I wish I would’ve done one thick coat because I had to do a lot of touch ups because the second coat would lift part of the first coat). I set it with a translucent powder I had on hand by Makeup Forever but you could get the ELF one for $1. Then I went in with a black eyeshadow on a thin angled brush and drew the outline of the skull part, the nose and the mouth line. Starting at the middle, I drew lines for the teeth. Then with the grey/silver, I capped off the teeth with half circles and began shading. Then taking the black bean NYX pencil, I colored in the negative space using a flat stiff eyeshadow brush to blend it out so I didn’t use TOO much product. I achieved the cracks on the outer portions using the flat angled brush with a tiny bit of black eyeshadow, but mainly pulling the black cream base into the white. 

For the eyes:

I used the same NYX Jumbo eyeshadow Pencil in Milk to prime. On the lid, I used the Silver Wet N Wild eyeshadow. With a fluffy brush, I blended MAC Soft Brown into the crease as a transition color to help me blend. Then, taking a pencil brush, I applied MAC Carbon to the outer half of the lid, blending into my crease and slightly above for a dramatic effect. I used gel liner on the lid to achieve the wing and Urban Decay Perversion 24/7 liner on the water line, blending it out with a pencil brush and MAC Soft Brown. A couple coats of mascara and some brows and that’s it.

I love this look because it’s a costume without the costume. The whole thing took me about 45 minutes while I was watching Dance Mom’s (don’t judge me). You could do up the hair pinup style and make it more girly with an edge, you could play it up with colors and use white and blue instead of white and black, you could use this on a man or woman… it’s just really versatile. 

If you try it, tag me in your photo, I’d love to see it! Hope you enjoyed and until next time, I’ll see you later!!

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