Still think that makeup skills can only be useful to girls? In vain. After all, on a holiday like Halloween, everyone wants to turn into a villain from a horror movie or computer game, at least for a day. And the easiest way to do this is with cosmetics.
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But don’t forget: men’s and women’s Halloween makeup is still different. We talk about the features for men and introduce the necessary cosmetics.
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A vampire
The image of a vampire can easily be considered one of the most popular characters for a Halloween party. It can be accomplished without the help of professionals. To do this, prepare:
- face painting or theatrical makeup;
- Foundation;
- black cosmetic pencil, eyeliner;
- artificial blood;
- special overlays for teeth;
- white or red lenses.
The characteristic features of a classic vampire are a pale, even slightly bluish face and sunken eyes. Wounds and cuts on the face are unusual for the vampire image and are performed at will. Famous vampire heroes - Dracula, Edward from the movie "Twilight".
Making a vampire make-up:
- Prepare your skin for makeup: clean your face, neck and ears with cosmetic milk, wipe with alcohol-based tonic and moisturize with cream. Remove excess moisture with paper towels.
- To lighten your skin, use a light foundation or theatrical makeup. To make the image more convincing and look deathly pale, you can add a little blue. Don't forget to also highlight the surface of your lips.
- Use brown and gray color to work on the area around the eyes and cheekbones.
- Define your eyebrows with a black pencil.
- Place special fang covers on your teeth. You can add a little artificial blood flowing from the mouth. This technique will add expressiveness and colorfulness to the image.
- Wear red or white lenses.
High-quality makeup is only half the success. No less important are facial expressions, eyes and hairstyle. Practice in front of a mirror, look at others coldly and with interest, like a wolf at a young lamb. Be sure to add some gray to your hair.
Important! Before applying makeup, shave your facial hair as thoroughly as possible. Stubble will not allow you to apply makeup evenly and create a convincing image.
Joker
For charismatic and eccentric personalities, the Joker image for Halloween is suitable. He is personified by Heath Ledger in the film Batman. Bizarre character, unpredictability of behavior, creepy and at the same time attractive facial expression are additional criteria for this image for Halloween.
To make the Joker makeup yourself, you will need:
- face painting, theatrical makeup in white, red and black;
- artificial blood.
How to do makeup for Halloween:
- Prepare your face properly: cleanse with a cosmetic, wipe with toner and apply moisturizer. Soak up any remaining moisture with paper towels.
- A pale face is characteristic of the Joker's appearance. Foundation and white theatrical makeup will help achieve the desired effect.
- Use black paint around the eyes, adding a blurry, smudged effect.
- Paint your lips bright red. Apply red paint up to the earlobes, simulating a torn mouth. Droplets of blood and blurry outlines will add expression and naturalness to the image.
Advice. Don't forget to use a wig or dye your hair green to complete the look. Special crayons or other temporary hair dyes are suitable for this.
Option three - economical
If you don’t have suitable clothes at your disposal that can be “sacrificed” to create a costume, you can choose this design option. In this case, the clothing will not be damaged; it can then be worn, of course, after distributing the stripes first.
The method of making a costume is simple - we cut out the silhouettes of bones from white paper, and then sew them onto clothes using a needle and thread. To make the suit more durable, it is better to use white plastic film instead of paper (you can use white shopping bags). We sew the cut out “bones” onto the turtleneck and trousers. If desired, the image of the bones can be duplicated on the back.
The skeleton costume is ready! All that remains is to do the appropriate makeup so that the resemblance to the character is complete.
Evil Clown, Pennywise
A creepy and evil clown is another suitable male image for Halloween. There are many examples of Hollywood killer clowns; Pennywise from the movie “It” is considered the leader and standard of a creepy character.
To make up a sinister clown you will need:
- face painting, theatrical makeup;
- foundation;
- makeup wax;
- black cosmetic pencil;
- fake blood.
Men's Halloween makeup is done like this:
- The skin is prepared (cleansed, treated with toner and moisturizer is applied).
- The face, neck and ears are made white using face painting (foundation).
- Draw the contours of the eyes and lips with a black pencil. To make the image more expressive, the outline of the area around the eyes is made curly (for example, in the shape of a diamond) and painted over with black.
- The shape of the lips is also modified: they are made very massive, wide, so that teeth can be drawn, and the corners of the mouth are extended somewhere to the middle of the cheeks.
- To create the effect of torn corners of the mouth and eyes, make-up wax is used. If you were unable to purchase the product, you can take paper napkins and eyelash cream. Glue small pieces of paper to the corners of the drawn lips (eyes) with glue; for volume, make several layers. When the paper is dry, tear or cut the ends with scissors, cover with foundation and paint of the chosen color. Bloody smudges can be made from fake blood.
- Draw a toothy grin inside the new lips. The base is made black, and the teeth are drawn with matte white shadows.
- Paint the tip of your nose red or put on a small clown nose with an elastic band.
A bright costume and a clown wig with multi-colored hair are a must-have addition to the makeup.
Note! The makeup of an evil clown perfectly hides age; the image is suitable for young guys and adult men.
Werewolf
The image of a werewolf looks no less impressive, but can be difficult to create. For guys with thick facial hair, this is the best option, you don’t even have to shave.
To create an image you will need:
- thin brush for applying makeup;
- black, gray, brown makeup;
- false fangs;
- green or yellow lenses;
- black cosmetic pencil (eyeliner).
How to do werewolf makeup:
- Pre-clean your face with a cosmetic product, wipe with tonic and apply cream.
- Using brown and gray paint and a thin brush, paint the fur on the forehead and cheekbones. Add some color to your eyebrows to visually increase their volume.
- Paint the upper eyelids with dark shadows. Highlight the line along the lower eyelid with a black cosmetic pencil (eyeliner).
- Paint the tip of the nose with dark paint, like an animal's.
- Put on lenses and fangs.
To complete the look of a werewolf, wear a wig with long hair to match the depicted fur, as well as a matching carnival costume.
Super heroes or movie villains
Well, it's up to you here. This could be Spider-Man, Superman, Batman and many others. The main thing is not to forget about elements such as the bat icon, cobwebs and more.
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