Zombie Skull Mask

Here's a quick look at a zombie inspired Halloween mask I wore last week! Hope you guys like it!

1 Apply foundation all over and set with powder. Having a clean and flawless base really aids this makeup so that it doesn't end up looking muddy.
2 Start by using a white eyeliner to plot out your shape.
3 Lightly block out the brows using a glue stick or prosaid and brush a concealer over the top.
4 Using a filbert style brush and a grey eye shadow, place your brush down on the skin to create a rounded shape, and flick away to create a natural fade. Do this all the way around the edges in varying sizes and spacings creating a deconstructed scalloped edge.
5 Use the same grey shadow to shade around the eye area. Coming up high on the outer most corner of the brow, and low under the eye to create a hollowed look.
6 Use a black face paint to draw small flicks through the scallop shapes around the edges of the mask. Define the top of the eye shape you've created to exaggerate an angry brow, and roughly line the top of the eyes with a small flick.
7 Further define the round shapes of your mask by using a black shadow in the same way... placing the colour down and flicking outward. By using the black shadow after the face paint, it softens the lines but allows them to still peak through for added definition and detail. Use the black shadow to shade the eyelid as well.
8 Line the upper and lower waterlines with a black kohl pencil and hap-hazzardly coat the upper and lower lashes with mascara.
9 For a finishing touch, add some dark/dried blood under the eyes and on the bridge of the nose. Don't be excessive with blood as it is only meant to aid the makeup, not overwhelm it!
10 When I wore this out I added a vampy red lip for lots of sex appeal!

Products Used:
Nars Sheer Glow Foundation
Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder
BH Cosmetics 120 Palette
Benefit BadGal Liner "Black"
Givenchy Noir Couture Mascara
Wolfe Face Paint "Black"
Fleet Street Blood FX
Kat Von D Lipstick "Rosary" (not pictured)

xo candice
www.candicegroen.com

Makeup Revisited: Zombie Skull Face Paint

So I thought it might be fun to feature a few looks from my portfolio every now and then, talking about how I achieved the look, what I was happy with and what I may do differently if I were doing it now! Hopefully this will be interesting for you guys, and beneficial for me!

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The first look I've decided to feature is my Zombie Skull Face Paint from a few years ago. My sister is so good and patient to let me do looks like these on her! This face paint is done strictly using three grease paint colours (beige, medium brown, and dark brown) and has no prosthetic appliances! It's amazing the level of depth you can achieve with just makeup!

To start this look I used a white eyeliner pencil to lightly map out my design. Then, using a medium brown paint I filled in the areas I had just mapped out and that I wanted to appear to recede. Using the dark brown paint I added depth by placing it around some of the edges. I then applied the light beige paint to the remaining high points of the face to further sculpt the features and bring those areas forward. If you're ever doing a look like this remember to bring your design onto the ears, down the neck and chest, the hands and any other areas of the body that are showing.

This was the very first face paint that I ever did like this and overall I'm very proud of how it turned out! I hadn't had much experience with painting teeth and would definitely alter the design to be more detailed and realistic. I think I would probably bring the teeth out further onto the cheeks as well (that is one thing that bothers me every time I see these photo's!). I would also love to have added makeup to her actual teeth to make them look dirty and decayed; and to have added a dirty, more dusty look to the hair to make a more completed looking character overall.
I've also always thought it would be cool to do a similar face paint to this, but to have sections of the skin look as though they have come off and reveal robot or machine type of material underneath! Someday!

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I hope you guys found this post entertaining at the least! Would you be interested in seeing more posts like this in the future?

xo candice
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