Kinda Spooky... Halloween make up how-to

Halloween is just around the corner, and if you're like me, the dressing up sort-of-scary-but-also-slutty is something to get excited about. I've decided to go more scary this year than Karen Smith's 'I'm a mouse - duh', with the ever popular skull half face. If you want to know how I did it, then read on!

Begin with a fresh face and your hair tied back if it's long. You'll need white, black, and red paint with some make up sponges and fine paint brushes.

Start by outlining in white the eye socket, cheekbones, teeth and nose and other indentations in the skull with a fine brush. Google a picture of one if you're not sure, otherwise follow the contours of your face. Don't worry about it doing it perfectly as it's just giving you a general outline of where you want things to go.

When you've finished that, fill in outside the lines in white with a make up sponge.

Next fill in the eye socket, nose and cheek bone in black with a normal paintbrush. You can add a couple of extra contour lines round the brow and temple if you want to.
Drawing in the outline of teeth is the most fiddly part so don't be afraid to take a bit of time with it. I created the shape of mine by drawing a line upwards in between teeth then a curve either side, which you can see in the pic below. When you've finished the outline, fill the teeth in with white.

When you're happy with the overall look of the teeth and features, create a grey colour and with a sponge, add it to existing lines and contours to create depth. I used it around the cheekbone, jawline, brow, temple and carefully round the teeth.

The final bit is adding a bit of messy 'blood' down the middle of the face. The red paint I had was a bit bright so I added black to it to create a more blood red colour. 

Et voila! Hope you have a great Halloween! 

- PB x