Halloween Makeup Look: Witchy Woman

Hey Guys!! So many Halloween tutorials coming out and while I love the looks and pick up techniques, they aren’t practical for your average “once a year” Halloween wearers. As I’ve said before, I’m not a costume kind of person, Halloween is more about passing out candy than dressing up. I gotten a few people asking for makeup that doesn’t just look good but isn’t super time consuming or expensive. Here’s what I came up with. Side note: I did half my face because I like the automatic before and after it provides… and takes half the time. 

For this look, I took inspiration for this look from pictures I had seen on Pinterest and Google Images, when searching “Green Witch Makeup”. I guess the REAL inspiration would have been the fact that I found green cream Halloween makeup at Target for $1. I could have gone more zombie but I went witchy. My references were honestly pretty obvious; A little Maleficent with a little pin-up vibe and added some contouring to give the look dimension. 

How I did the Face:

I primed my face with Benefit POREfessional. For the overall face color, I mixed my Urban Decay NAKED skin foundation with equal parts of the green and applied with a makeup sponge to half of my face, excluding my eye area. After I got it where I wanted it, I mixed in a bit of white and sponged that on my under eye, my jaw line and down my nose, just to give a subtle highlight. I set it with translucent powder and moved on to contouring. I used Wet ‘n Wild eyeshadows in black (for contour) and a frosty olive green (for highlighting). To blend it out, I used a little bronzer but JUST to blend, not so much to deposit color. I contoured the cheeks, around the hair line, under the jawline and my nose. Next were eyes. I primed my lids with Too Faced Shadow insurance and applied NYX Jumbo Pencil in Black Bean, blending out into a winged shape. I used a vibrant grape color from my 120 palette on the lid and the same Wet ‘n Wild Black for the outer “V” and crease, extending out. For eyebrows, I lined JUST inside my natural shape and created a curved "flick" on the inner corner to give me a more wicked look. I lined by eyes in an extreme wing using a gel liner and used a black pencil liner on the inner rim of my eyes, smoking it out slightly with black eyeshadow. Lips, I outlined with a black pencil and filled in with a red lipstick. JUST because I felt my forehead looked lonely and I had NO desire to draw a “witches wart”, I used the same black pencil to draw a widow’s peak. 

I have to admit, I started this look not really knowing what it would end up looking like and I’m kind of liking it. Styling a witch costume is pretty easy, I’ve seen witches hats at drugstores and Dollar Trees. All you’d have to do after is wear black, which can be casual or sexy depending on your mood. The possibilities are endless. 

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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