Ashley Riley: Halloween: Makeup, Beauty and Style
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

October 12, 2016

Easy Wicked Witch Halloween Makeup Tutorial | Green Eyes & Ombre Bitten Lips



My annual Halloween makeup and costumes are almost always last minute, and over the years I've had to get creative finding interesting but easy costume ideas.  I've always loved makeup and it has continued to be the centerpiece of every Halloween look I do.

While this Wicked Witch inspired makeup look MAY appear difficult to re-create, it's actually very simple!  The goal with makeup is to have fun with it and remain creative.  I used just a few different shades of greens and yellows to achieve this look, and a lot of blending.  While you are re-creating this look you can blend and move the colors around in any way that you like; in other words, make it your own!

The "bitten" lip was a fun addition, but unnecessary if you don't have these dark lip colors handy.  A bright red or even nude lipstick would go great with this.  Add some Wicked Witch accessories like a hat, nails, black robe, or broomstick, and you're ready for that Halloween party!


  
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October 29, 2015

Egyptian Goddess Glam Halloween Makeup Tutorial


This Egyptian Glam Halloween makeup tutorial is beautiful, sleek, and is a great option for any last minute costume ideas.  You can style this look with a simple headband and statement necklace like I did, or go all-out with a full Egyptian Goddess inspired costume!  Whether you chose to keep tit simple or take it Queen of the Nile style, this look is sure to make an impression.

This is my final look for this year's Halloween season.  I loved creating every single one of them, including Wicked Witch, Glam Vampire, and Vampy Ombre Lips. Sunday starts a new month, and with it a new set of tutorials!  You can expect holiday glam makeup tutorials, monthly favorites, and my new DIY Beauty Series every Sunday in November.

Let's get started!

Egyptian Glam Halloween Makeup Tutorial | Ashley Elizabeth

The Face

Prep, Foundation and Concealer

I moisturize my face with Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion and my under eye area with ELF Eye Illuminating Cream.  I prime my skin with Laura Mercier Foundation Primer in Radiance and prime my under eye area with ELF Hydrating Under Eye Primer.  Using a Beauty Blender, I apply a mixture of Maybelline Fit Me Matte and Poreless Foundation in Soft Tan and Kat Von D Lock-It Tattoo Foundation in Light 29 to my entire face.  To highlight and conceal I use Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Concealer in Light Warm in a V-shape beneath my eyes, in the middle of my forehead, down the bridge of my nose, on my chin, and on my eye lids.

Highlight and Set

To set everything I take the Real Techniques Setting Brush and place a mixture of the highlight shades Lucid and Lyric from the Kat Von D Shade and Light Contour Palette and place a generous amount over the areas that I highlighted with concealer.  I also add a generous amount to my jaw directly below my contour line.  I allow the extra powder to sit on my skin for a few minutes to "bake" before brushing off with a Morphe Brushes G23 Soft Fan Brush.

Contour

With the Real Techniques Sculpting Brush I take the contour shade Sombre from the Kat Von D palette and contour beneath my cheekbones, underneath my jaw bone, along the hairline on my forehead, down my temples, and alone the parallel sides of the bridge of my nose.  After blending I apply the fourth blush color from the Morphe Brushes 9B Palette, a pale nude pink, using the blush brush from the BH Cosmetics Party Girl Brush Set.  

Highlight

Using the same fan brush as earlier, I then apply the pale pink highlight shade from the Lorac Tantalizer Highlighter and Matte Bronzer Duo to the tops of my cheekbones, my forehead just above my brows, and the bridge of my nose.

Brows

I shape my brows with the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in Ebony, fill it in with the ABH Brow Powder in Medium Brown, and set it into place with the ABH Clear Brow Gel.


Egyptian Glam Halloween Makeup Tutorial | Ashley Elizabeth

The Eyes

This eye look takes some time to accomplish but the payoff is well worthwhile.  Take your time creating clean and well defined lines, there isn't a lot of blending involved with this one.

Transition Shade

I take the color Deep Skin by Morphe Brushes, a soft gold peach, with a fluffy blending brush into the crease of my eye and start blending upward.  This is going to be our transition shade.  I make sure to place this transition shade from the very inner corner and across the top of my crease.  I bring this shade all the way past the end of my outer corner almost to the end point of my eyebrow line.  We want to create the appearance an extra elongated eye lid.

Crease Line

I take the color Naughty Girl by Morphe Brushes, a velvety blue purple, and carefully begin to trace a line starting just below the transition color and in the middle of my crease and working outward.   I follow this line all the way past the end of my outer corner and finish where I did my transition shade.

I go back in with Naught Girl again and again carefully begin to trace a line from the middle of the crease down to my inner corner.  Make sure this line always remains below the transition shade.  I end this part of the line well past my inner corner and bring it up about one centimeter onto the crest of my nose.

Now that the structure of the line has been drawn, I go back in with more Naughty Girl and darken and thicken up the entire line from corner to corner.  Remember to keep your lines clean and defined while doing this, and only place this color within the crease.

Egyptian Glam Halloween Makeup Tutorial | Ashley Elizabeth


Lid, Liner and Wing

Using a flat shadow brush I take the shade Gold from the Lorac Pro palette and place this all over my entire lid, from inner corner to outer corner, building up the color.

I take the NARS Larger Than Life Long-wear Eyeliner in Via Vento (black) and begin to trace a thick line from my inner corner, below my lower lash line, and to the very outer corner of my eyelid.  I go back to my inner corner with this liner and trace a slim line up to meet the line I drew onto the crest of my nose with Naughty Girl.  This is to make the eye look super sharp and defined.

I take a small angled brush to draw on my eye liner using the NYX Gel Liner in Jet Black.  After creating the wing and allowing it to dry, I take the ELF Liquid Eyeliner in Copper and place this the bottom half of my lid over top the Gold to add some shine and sparkle.

Egyptian Glam Halloween Makeup Tutorial | Ashley Elizabeth

Mascara and Falsies

I apply Benefit Roller Lash mascara to my lashes.  For my falsies I choose Eylure London Lengthening Lashes No. 35 and apply them using the Vegas Nay by Eylure Lash Glue.  In order go give the eyes a more feline-like appearance, I stack Morphe Brushes Black Lashes #307 over the outer corner of the Eyelure lashes.

Egyptian Glam Halloween Makeup Tutorial | Ashley Elizabeth

The Lips

For this look I wanted my lips to be ultra glam and bronzed.

I line my lips with the NYX Slim Lip Pencil in Nude Truffle and then fill in my lips with NYX High Voltage Lipstick in Stone.  I finish everything off I apply a thick coat of Lorac Tantalizer Lip Gloss in Marco.

I set the entire look with Urban Decay De-slick Makeup Setting Spray.

Let Me Know!

 What are your costume or makeup ideas for Halloween this year?  Are you planning on spending a lot of time on your makeup?

Products Mentioned

Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Cream
Urban Decay De-Slick Makeup Setting Spray
Kenneth Cole Three Layer Bead Necklace
Double Braided Headwrap 

 
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October 27, 2015

Wicked Witch Halloween Makeup Tutorial


This Wicked Witch Halloween makeup tutorial is easy and is a great option for any last minute costume ideas.  Throw on a pointed witches hat, add some black nail polish, grab a wooden broom and you are ready to go out!  The ways you can accessorize this look are endless.

I wanted to create a Halloween makeup tutorial that didn't require painting or covering the entire face.  Slight green and yellow around the eyes and upper cheek bones paired with black lips will give all the emphasis of an entire Halloween look without spending a couple hours on face and body paint.

This weeks posts will be all about great last minute ideas for Halloween.  Then next week get ready as we transition into the warm and cozy holiday season.

Let's get started!

Wicked Witch Halloween Makeup Tutorial  | Ashley Elizabeth
 
The Face


Prep, Foundation and Concealer

I moisturize my face with Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion and my under eye area with ELF Eye Illuminating Cream.  I prime my skin with Laura Mercier Foundation Primer in Radiance and prime my under eye area with ELF Hydrating Under Eye Primer.  Using a Beauty Blender, I apply a mixture of Maybelline Fit Me Matte and Poreless Foundation in Soft Tan and Kat Von D Lock-It Tattoo Foundation in Light 29 to my entire face.  To highlight and conceal I use Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Concealer in Light Warm in a V-shape beneath my eyes, in the middle of my forehead, down the bridge of my nose, on my chin, and on my eye lids.

Highlight and Set

To set everything I take the Real Techniques Setting Brush and place a mixture of the highlight shades Lucid and Lyric from the Kat Von D Shade and Light Contour Palette and place a generous amount over the areas that I highlighted with concealer.  I also add a generous amount to my jaw directly below my contour line.  I allow the extra powder to sit on my skin for a few minutes to "bake" before brushing off with a Morphe Brushes G23 Soft Fan Brush.

Contour

With the Real Techniques Sculpting Brush I take the contour shade Sombre from the Kat Von D palette and contour beneath my cheekbones, underneath my jaw bone, along the hairline on my forehead, down my temples, and alone the parallel sides of the bridge of my nose.  After blending I apply the fourth blush color from the Morphe Brushes 9B Palette, a pale nude pink, using the blush brush from the BH Cosmetics Party Girl Brush Set.  

Highlight

Using the same fan brush as earlier, I then apply the pale pink highlight shade from the Lorac Tantalizer Highlighter and Matte Bronzer Duo to the tops of my cheekbones, my forehead just above my brows, and the bridge of my nose.

Brows

I shape my brows with the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in Ebony, fill it in with the ABH Brow Powder in Medium Brown, and set it into place with the ABH Clear Brow Gel.


Wicked Witch Halloween Makeup Tutorial  | Ashley Elizabeth


The Eyes

This eye look is actually very easy to pull off.  Spending some time blending is the key to achieving this partial face look.  There are no clean lines that you have to make, such as cut creases, so it is ok to get a little sloppy!

Base and Highlight

First, I take the shade Green Haze, a pearlized bright green with gold, from Morphe Brushes and start applying this with a fluffy blending brush over and above my crease, up to the bottom of my brow line.  I continue to take this in a "C" shape around the outside of my eye, staying just above my cheekbone, and tapering the color off on my cheekbone at about the halfway point of my eye.

With the same fluffy blending brush, I take the shade Pixie Dust by Makeup Geek, a shimmery lime green, and use this as the  highlight color for my inner tear duct.  I also take this to where I ended Green Haze and carefully blend the two colors together.  The goal is to create a gradient from Green Haze into Pixie Dust at the bottom end of the "C."

Next, I take the shade Tokyo Tea by Morphe Brushes, an iridescent green, with a tapered crease brush and highlight my brow bone.  I make sure that this shade evenly blends into Green Haze, which we placed all above the crease line.

Lid and Crease

I then take the duochrome color Typhoon by Makeup Geek, a duochrome shadow with a deep teal base and green and gold reflects, with a flat shadow brush and place it onto my lid from inner to outer corner, ending at the crease line.  I go over this color a couple of times, making sure it is as vibrant as I want it to be.

 Using a small tapered crease brush I apply the shade Dirty Martini by Makeup Geek, a matte olive green, into my crease using windshield wiper motions, taking time to really darken the color and blend this into Typhoon on the lid and Green Haze above the crease.

Outer Corner and Wing

Taking a tapered blending brush I use Wilderness by Morphe Brushes, a shimmer army green, to define my outer corner.  I apply this directly to the outer third of my eye lid in the shape of a sideways "V"

I take a small angled brush to draw on my eye liner using the NYX Gel Liner in Jet Black.  I make sure to create a very small "V" with the gel liner on the inner corner of my eye to give make the entire look more sharp and defined.  After creating the wing and allowing it to dry, I take the ELF Liquid Eyeliner in Copper and place this over the outer corner of my wing.

Bottom Lash, Mascara and Falsies 

Finally, taking the shade Dirty Martini by Morphe Brushes, an intense shimmer green (a different Dirty Martini from earlier, this one is by Morphe and the earlier one is by Makeup Geek) I glide it below my bottom lash line using a small eye defining brush, making sure to blend into the outer corner.

I apply Benefit Roller Lash mascara to my lashes.  For my falsies I choose Eylure London Definition Lashes No. 126 and apply them using the Vegas Nay by Eylure Lash Glue.

Wicked Witch Halloween Makeup Tutorial  | Ashley Elizabeth

The Lips

If you're going to a Halloween party and don't want to worry about fixing your lips all night, I would suggest a nude or soft pink lip gloss.

However, for those willing to go the extra mile (like I did in this look) a black and purple look will bring everything together.  I line my lips with the NYX Slim Lip Pencil in Black Berry and then fill in my lips with NYX Soft Matte Lip Crease in Transylvania up until the inner pout.  For the inner pout I apply the NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Copenhagen and then blend the two lip creams together using a patting motion with my pinky finger.  I finish everything off I apply a coat of Fantasy Makers by Wet 'N Wild Sparkling Lip Gloss in Wicked over everything.

I set the entire look with Urban Decay De-slick Makeup Setting Spray.

Wicked Witch Halloween Makeup Tutorial  | Ashley Elizabeth

Let Me Know!

What have been some of your favorite Halloween makeup looks this year?  What are your plans for Halloween this year?

Products Mentioned

Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Cream
Urban Decay De-Slick Makeup Setting Spray

 

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October 25, 2015

BH Cosmetics Pop Art Color Extreme Palette

BH Cosmetics Pop Art Color Extreme Palette | Ashley Elizabeth

When I first saw the Pop Art Color Extreme Palette on BH Cosmetic's website, I knew I had to have it.  Instantly, it reminded me of a much more affordable alternative to the Anastasia Beverly Hill's Artist Palette.  While the ABH palette has only 12 bright shades, the BH Cosmetics palette has twice as many that are just as pigmented and versitile in creating makeup looks.  Even better: the BH Cosmetics palette is half the price.

BH Cosmetics Pop Art Color Extreme Palette | Ashley ElizabethBH Cosmetics Pop Art Color Extreme Palette | Ashley Elizabeth

Creativity comes into play when working with a palette like this.  I love to use the "pop" shades for highlighting and emphasizing specific areas of the eye, such as the inner tear duct, the thick corner of winged eyeliner, or beneath the lower lash line.

The rules are meant to be broken when it comes to an artistic color palette.  You can create a bright pink cut crease with shimmery orange tear duct highlight, or shimmering periwinkle purple over black winged eyeliner.  The choices of what to accent are limitless.

BH Cosmetics Pop Art Color Extreme Palette | Ashley Elizabeth

The Pop Art palette has a combination of neutrals to balance a look and hot neons to spice it up.  BH describes it as "multi-use," meaning you can use it anywhere on the face, eyes and body.  This type of use would be perfect for creating entire face and neck Halloween or special effects makeup designs. 

BH Cosmetics Pop Art Color Extreme Palette | Ashley Elizabeth

The texture of the shadows are soft and easy to blend.  My favorites are the soft sparking brown, which could be a dupe for ABH Artist Palette's Baby I'm A Star, the bright shimmering Barbie pink, and cool shimmering mint green.  There is an even balance of light and dark shades and I'm sure I'll find myself reaching for this palette throughout the year.

BH Cosmetics Pop Art Color Extreme Palette | Ashley Elizabeth

Overall review: colorful, fun, and an excellent value.  Anyone that enjoys makeup and creating a variety of makeup looks will love this palette.

Let Me Know!

Are you a fan of palettes like this with out-of-the box neon eyeshadow shades?  Do you know of any other dupes or comparisons?