Halloween Series: Black Swan Makeup Tutorial

Hey everyone!

Today I'm uploading a look which I'm actually going to use at Halloween myself! It's Black Swan, inspired by the movie. I muted the look a little bit, because I'm not actually going to go around scaring everyone, but to make it creepier all you have to do is add red contacts, use completely white face paint and drag the face paint down onto your chest and shoulders. Anyway, here's my take on the look! Enjoy!

 To begin I applied my palest foundation. I wanted a matte finish too, because most ballerinas wouldn't wear a glowy finish on stage, and neither did Black Swan. 

 I then used NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk all over the upper half of my face.

 I blended it in to add some extra paleness.

 I then lightly dipped a brush into the black eyeshadow and contoured my cheekbones.

 I then used L'Oreal's Lineur Intense liquid eyeliner to outline where the eye makeup is. I wanted to use a liquid to get perfect points by the nose.

 I then took the shade Gunmetal from the Urban Decay Naked palette.

 And the shades Pistol and Verve from the Naked2 palette and shaded the eyes in, using different shades in different places and leaving the lower half blank.

 I then used a matte black eyeshadow to fill in the under eye area.

 Using both the Rimmel Scandaleyes in a gunmetal shade and my liquid liner to create some feathers in the outer part of the eye makeup.

 I then tightlined my eye with a black kohl liner.

 Then I added some mascara and some false lashes. These particular lashes had purple tips (would have been perfect for my mermaid tutorial!) but I just put some mascara over the ends to make them black.

 Here you can see the length of the lashes!

 Then for the lips I used MAC's Prunella eyeliner and Givenchy's Black Plum lipstick.

 My costume!

 A hilarious picture captured by my boyfriend.

 And the finished look!

I hope you enjoyed this post! 

Thanks for reading!

Megan

Halloween Series: Dead Girl Makeup Tutorial

Hey everyone,

This is probably the easiest Halloween look I've created and it only takes a few products you most likely already own, so I hope you enjoy it! It's quite a classic look and can be used for several costumes! Enjoy!

 For my base I deliberately used a pale, almost drying foundation.

 I highlighted my face with a white product for extra paleness.

 I then took a warm grey/brown colour to contour my face.

 I also blended that colour roughly over my eyelid and underneath.

 With a mixture of purple and black shadows I used it to add some bruised effects to my face.

 I took it under my eyes.

 And then around my nose.

 I really deepened the colour and brought it down to where the lines are from my nose to my mouth.

 I very roughly drew in some brows to add some definition.

 I then took a warm brown eyeliner on my upper lashline and blended it out with a brush.

 I took a matte red lipstick and used it in the inner half of my lips.

 I blended it out roughly around my lips which created a swollen look to my face.

 I added a tiny amount of mascara, but this look is equally creepy with no mascara.

 I went back in to get even creepier.

 I used the red lipstick under my eyes and even further around my mouth.

 I added some bruises over the colour and another bruise on my forehead. 

 Going back in with my lip colour I added some wounds to my face.

 I didn't have any fake blood on hand, but this is the point where you'd want to add it in!

I hope you enjoyed this look! It's a classic Halloween look with very minimal effort and lots of messing around with red lipstick!

I hope you enjoyed this look! Thanks for reading!

Megan