Halloween tutorial: Scary sexy character

Woop, first Halloween tutorial!

I always get asked to do a tutorial for "sexy _____" (vampire, alien, witch, demon etc)

Personally I don't really think you should look particularly sexy for halloween, but here's something that should work, whether it's scary sexy nurse, witch, demon, or what ever.

 First you start with the skin. I made mine paler than usually by mixing some white grease paint with my foundation:

Creepy already ;D

Then the eyes.

After primer, apply black shadow to your lid:

Use blending brush and black/gray/purple/red color to blend the black:

 Then do the same for lower lashline:

Then for waterliner use the perfect halloween gel liner from MakeupGeek, called Poison:

For upper lashline I used black gel liner (Immortal from MakeupGeek)

Then I used a thin brush to create "veins/cracks/smudges" with the red and black gel liner:

Finally I added mascara and Faux Lashes Violet Noir false lashes to bring some OOMPH:

I think it's very versatile look, you can wear it with nude lips:

Or red lips:

You can add a wig and accessories and heavy brows:

Jewelry is from Athene Nocturna

Or my favourite, add some fake blood to the look, and you're SO ready for halloween party!

Everyday favorites!

Hello!

I though I'd make a post about the products I use the most.

I didn't include primers and foundation, because I change them almost daily, but most of these products listed here are in my everyday use.

Here we go, first one is

Illamasqua Naked Rose blusher:

Perfect shade for almost any day-look. Makes cheeks look soft, natural and healthy. Amazingly pigmented, so even if used daily, it'll last a long time, since you only need a hint of it.

As a bonus it smells really good :D

Next is my favorite brush, not sure if I could bland well without this:

Sigma Small Tapered Blending – E45

Perfect brush for blending. I also have the blending brushes from Sigma's "normal" collection, but they're not nearly as good as this one. This just has it all.

I rarely go out without eyeliner, and my favorite ones are the gel liners:

Joe Blasco eyeliner & MAC Blacktrack fluidline and Joe Blasco Ultra UEM brush:

Joe Blasco's gel liner is the blackest gel liner I've ever seen, and it's almost perfect for waterline. It's a bit greasy though, so you need to have a good primer if you're gonna use it on upper lashline.

MAC Blacktrack is also almost perfect, and as a bonus it dries on lid, unlike the Blasco one, so it can be easily used on upperlashline too. And it lasts, and lasts and lasts... :D

I got the brush I originally got with the Blasco's liner, and it instantly came my favorite eyeliner brush. It's slighly angled, and TINY. You can make both heavy lines, and also the most thinnest lines with this brush.

I know I'm known for my colorful extreme looks, but in "real life" I often use neutral colors. This summer I think I've used purple once, but otherwise just neutrals. And best neutrals are:

MakeupGeek neutral eyeshadows:

My favorite colors are: Beaches & Cream, Bada Bing, Purely Naked, Latte, Mocha and Cocoa Bear and Vanilla Bean as a highlighter.

I usually apply light color to lid,  darker shadow to crease, and again light color to highlight.

If I want really natural look, I use Beaches & Cream to lid and Purely Naked to crease, and if I want to get something neutral but classic, I use Beaches & Cream to lid, Bada Bing to crease, blend them with Mocha, and apply Vanilla Beam to highlight.

For perfect smokey eye I use Bada Bing on lid, blended upwards with Latte.

There's one thing I wouldn't go out without, and that's my brows.

I have really light brows, and without any color in them, I look like I wouldn't have any brows at all, so coloring them is really crucial to me. And fortunately I have a perfect solution for them:

 Anastasia Beverly Hills eyebrow kit:

This is the kit that came with the brow stencils, but I haven't really used them. What I use daily, is the brush and mix of both brow shadows. For me the mix of colors is perfects, and I really love the brush that came with the kit, it's sturdy and soft and you can make really thin lines with it if you want.

Here's a few example looks done with the products mentioned in this post:

Photoshoot: Try ALL the looks!

I haven't had a model in a long time, but I was able to finally lure someone to be guinea pig for my makeup experiments :D

We did three different looks, and this was the first one:

For the eyes I used:
-Sugarpill Bulletproof (lid)
 Poison Plum (crease)
2am (blending)
Acidberry   (lower lashline)
- TBN glitters Pixie (upper lid)
 Neon Yellow (lower lashline).

The lashes are Illamasqua's most perfect lashes ever, Decadence lashes.

On the lips is MakeupGeek's lipstick Famous, and blush is Illamasqua's Morale.

Second look was much simpler, something pin-upish:

MakeupGeek eyeshadows:

Beaches and Cream

Purely Naked

Latte & Mocha

Lips:
MakeupGeek Elegant

ColorClub Red Dress lipgloss

Bluesh is Illamasqua Naked Rose

 And then the final crazy look, mainly this was inspired by the wig.. :

Eyes:

Sugarpill Mochi (lid)

Velocity (crease, outer corner)

Tako (Around the eyes)

Darling (sprinkled around eyes)

Royal Sugar 
(sprinkled around eyes)

Upper lashes are # 159 from Marlliss and lower lashes are Paperself lashes called Small Peonies

Lips are Illamasqua Apocalips mixed with Illamasqua Violate lipgloss.

It was so fun to do makeup and photograph again, own face can get boring after a while :D