As I mentioned in my previous post, I went to a halloween party at the weekend. I'm not usually halloween-y person. I don't really get excited about it (I'm all about Bonfire Night) and I don't particuarly enjoy the thought of having to answer the door to thousands of children and then give them free chocolate (bah humbug, I know!) but this year I definitley was excited. Although it wasn't so much halloween that excited me, more the fact that someone I knew was throwing an actual party, that people were actually going to make an effort to dress up for! I love a bit of fancy dress and, although it did get boring at uni, I've had a good few years off and I was ready for it. Plus, the party wasn't just any old halloween party, it was Nicks brothers 30th birthday so it was planned well in advance which meant I could really think about what I wanted to go as. When I've dressed up for halloween before, it's always been last minute and my effort has always been pretty crap to be honest. This time though, I was on it! I toyed with many an idea, but finally settled on a candy / sugar skull (or calavera as I've learnt they're actually called).
I watched at a lot (and I mean, a lot) of tutorials on YouTube as well as scouring Pintrest and I think all in all, my effort turned out pretty well! I've never done full on face paint before but it was actually surprisingly easy to do. The main tutorial I used for inspiration was this one, although I did change the pattern more to my taste.
In case anyone is thinking of recreating the look I used the following products:
♥ Smiffys white face paint
♥ Black gel eyeliner
♥ Red lipstick
♥ Crafting gems (stuck on with eyelash glue)
♥ Floral crown from eBay (exact one here)
♥ Miss Selfridge crop top (exact one here)
♥ Mesh midi skirt (exact one here)
♥ Temporary tattoos (exact ones here and here)
I applied the face paint with a cheap make up sponge (I bought a multi pack from poundland) and applied the more intricate design with make up brushes.
(Me and my date for the evening - Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead)
(Another skull!)
(Me and one of my best chums who was a great Elphaba!)
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