With Halloween around the corner and no costume, I turned to backstage photos for some much needed inspiration.
Halloween Inspiration: An Andy Warhol masterpiece
The Face: Paint on MAC pigment in whimsical colors.
The Eyes: Use a dark liner to define your eyes and play them up with colorful pigments. Make sure to use a dark shade to enhance your brow and you can paint pigment over them for a solid finish.
The Lips: Go for a pop art inspired bright lip in red or pink like Nars Funny Face.
The Hair: Part your hair to the side then curl the ends inwards with a curling wand. Make sure to spray it in place for a long-lasting hold.
Halloween Inspiration: Futuristique
The Face: For glossy skin start with NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer.
The Eyes: Get a graphic eye by lining the sides of your lash line (not the middle) with a black liner like Via Veneto. Fill in the middle of your lash line and lid with an iridescent white like Santa Monica Blvd. Use a blending brush to blend the colors upwards.
The Lips: The neutral lip pencil from the show, Floralies Satin doesn’t launch until the spring, but for a similar effect try NARS matte lipstick in Tashkent.
The Hair: To get an easy zig-zag part use a fine rat tail comb and then slick your hair back into a pony tail. Finish it off with gel for a sleek look.
Halloween Inspiration: Marilyn Monroe
The Face: For flawless skin Wendy Rowe started out with Burberry Sheer Foundation followed by their Sheer Concealer and then set it with pressed powder. For a hint of color use Burberry Glow (available in various shades). And since we are using the show as halloween inspiration go ahead and add Marilyn’s iconic mole by pressing a dark brown brow pencil into your left cheek above your mouth.
The Eyes: Apply a light layer of sheer shadow like Gold Trench to your lid before lining it with an earthy gold shade like No. 06.
The Lips: It’s only fitting to complete the look with the newly launched MAC Marilyn Monroe lipstick in Scarlet Ibis or Love Goddess.
The Hair: Top it all off with a blonde wig.
Halloween Inspiration: Zombie Babe
The Face: Prep your skin with a mattifying primer. Next, using a large powder brush, dust your face generously with a mineral powder. To achieve the pale look make sure to use a powder that is a shade or two lighter than your natural color. Dust the powder all over making sure not to miss your ears and eyebrows.
The Eyes: Using a bright green shadow cover your lids and below your lash line. Shades like Lucky Green and Sunny Spot work well on light and dark eyes. Line your upper lash line with a thin layer of brown liner. With a small blending brush smudge a brown shadow below your brow bone and along your bottom lash line.
The Lips: For a muted zombie pout go for a a pale pink.
Halloween Inspiration: 1960’s Mod
The Face: Apply your normal foundation then dust your face generously with a mattifying powder.
The Eyes: For a dramatic smokey eye line your lash line with a black liner smudging it upwards and out towards your temple. Follow up with a graphic shadow. Eyeliner shadow combos like MAC’s limited edition Little Miss Moffet will work great for this.
The Lips: Opt for a bold red like Ruby Woo.
The Hair: Capturing the Mod feeling is primarily about the hair. Go for a bobbed wig. And once you get home trim and shape it. To keep the hair in place spray the wig with hair spray before heading out.
Photos by: Aimee Blaut
Tags: Acne, Andy Warhol, Burberry, By Terry, Futuristique, Halloween, Halloween Beauty, Halloween Inspiration, Katie Gallagher, Laura Mercier, MAC Makeup, Marilyn Monroe, Mod, nars, Vivienne Westwood, Whyred, Zombie
