My idea for this look was to create something sultry and vampy while still remaining wearable. This red lip with matching soft red eyes would go well pared with vampire teeth, green and yellow werewolf contacts, a devil's horn headband, witch's hat, or any other creative creature accessory you can come up with. It is a great way to put together any last minute Halloween costume (15 days and counting!).
Within the next two weeks I will be posting several more Halloween inspired looks that are easy to pull off and accessorize. Check out my previous post
Vampy Ombre Lips to add even more glam to this look with a vampy, pigmented red-orange ombre lip in place of the bright red.
How I Got This Look
The Face
Starting
with the basics: 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 Kat
Von D Lock-It Tattoo Foundation in Light 29 to my entire face. To
highlight and conceal I use NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer in Vanilla 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.
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.
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 Make Up For Ever HD Blush in Cool Pink using
the blush brush from the BH Cosmetics Party Girl Brush Set.
Using the same fan brush as earlier, I
then apply the first shade of pale white highlighter from the Carli
Bybel by BH Cosmetics Palette to the tops of my cheekbones, my forehead
just above my brows, and the bridge of my nose.
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.
The Eyes
I have been using the BH Cosmetics Party Girl Brush Set for applying my eye makeup. Using
the Urban Decay Naked 2 Basics palette I take the color Frisk, a matte warm grey, with a fluffy blending brush into the crease of my
eye
and start blending upward. This is going to be our transition shade.
I
then apply Cover, a matte red-brown, directly into my crease with a small tapered blending brush
using windshield wiper motions. I reapply this color a couple times to
build the color, making sure it blends into my transition shade but
stays directly within the crease.
Using a
flat shadow brush I take the red-orange blush color from the Morphe Brushes 9B Blush Palette and press it onto the center of my
eye lid and bring it down into my inner corner. Once the
color is as pigmented as I want it to be I go in with the shade Bitten by Makeup Geek, a matte deep maroon red, to increase the red color. I then go back in with a crease
brush and just make sure the crease and the outer V are just slightly
blended enough that there are no harsh lines.
I use the color Primal, a matte brown, to define my outer
corner. I apply this directly to the outer third of my eye lid in the
shape of a sideways "V" to smoke out the look ever so slightly. I also add a little of the color Undone, a smokey matte brown, over top of where I placed Primal to darken the outer corner.
I take a small angled brush to draw on my eye
liner using the NYX Gel Liner in Jet Black. I get as close to the lash line as
possible and press down on the lid to create a black line. I wing this
out when I reach the outer corner of my eye.
I
then use the color Skimp, a pale nude satin, to highlight the inner
tear duct with a fluffy blending brush, and a small flat shadow brush to
highlight my brow bone just below my eyebrow.
Finally,
I take the color Cover again and glide it
below my bottom lash line using a small eye defining brush, making sure
to blend into the outer corner of
my eye to give the entire look a rounded appearance. To add some
dimension and soften any harshness I go over this color with our
original transition color, Frisk.
To finish I curl my lashes and apply
mascara using Benefit Cosmetics Roller Lash. Using the Vegas Nay by
Eylure Lash Glue I apply the Vegas Nay by Eylure lashes in Easy Elegance.
The Lips
I wanted the lips to stand out in this look just as much as the eyes. I line my lips using Femme Fatale Lip Pencil by Essence Cosmetics. I fill in the rest of my lips with NARS Velvet Matte Lip pencil in Cruella. Finally, I layer Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Bachelorette over everything.
I set the entire look with Urban Decay De-slick Makeup Setting Spray.
Let Me Know!
Do you have any plans to be a Dracula, vampire, werewolf, or creature of the night for Halloween this year? Are you planning on any special makeup purchases to create your look?
