Want to be the scariest at your next Halloween party? In this article we want to give you a few tips and tricks for applying some terrifying and realistic Halloween make-up for women.
Wounds, scars, blood and much more! A look that will frighten even the bravest out there. Get ready to have a genuinely terrifying evening!
Halloween make-up for women- the basics
The first thing you need to do is choose a good Halloween costume. You could opt for dressing as a famous character, like Maleficent, La Catrina from Day of the Dead, or the Corpse Bride. Or you could go for something more general, like a zombie, a skeleton, or a vampire… There are hundreds of Halloween costume options to choose from, so choose the one you like the most (or pick the most terrifying one you can find!).
The next step is to apply some terrifying make-up, so you can scare everyone. Here at Funidelia, we have all the Halloween make-up for women you’ll need. The most important thing you’ll need is some fake blood, enough to put on your body, your costume, and to use on some very real looking wounds and prosthetics. With latex prosthetics you can achieve the effect of open, bloody wounds, scars in various forms, burn effects on your face, vampire bites on your neck, etc.
And to make it look even more real and horrific, some liquid latex will do just the trick. With this product, often used in film productions, you can make skin look older, create all kinds of wounds (which look especially good when combined with fake blood), fake burns and much more.
And with some black and white make-up you can give your face and body and deathly pallor, ideal for skeleton costumes, vampires, or witches. It will look great! Depending on your costume, you might also want use some red make-up, if you’re dressing-up as a devil, for example.
Lastly, if you want apply some zombie make-up, we’ve got special products to make you look just like the living dead. Protruding eye balls, green blood, zombie skin, cut throats, and everything else you could possibly imagine to unleash genuine terror on Halloween night.
Maleficent Make-up
The evil sorceress Maleficent is one of Disney’s most evil villains, famous for her witchcraft in Sleeping Beauty. A black dress and an evil face characterise this wicked character.
If you want to become this evil witch, the first thing you’ll need to do is pick your Maleficent costume. You could choose the outfit she wears in Sleeping Beauty, the animated film, with her black and purple cape and beloved crow. Or go for the impressive black dress and horns she wears in the film, Maleficent.
Finally, you will of course need some Maleficent make-up. Here’s a tutorial on how to achieve the perfect look. It’s extremely important to highlight your eyes, lips and certain parts of your face, like the cheeks.
Make-up for Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas
If you love Tim Burton films and never miss watching The Nightmare Before Christmas each winter, a Sally costume could be your best option. Sally looks like a rag doll, with a dress made up of parts of different clothing.
But the most important part of Sally is her face. With some good make-up you can highlight her large eyes and eyelashes, as well as the scars in the shape of stitches across her lips, neck and forehead. Here’s a tutorial on how you can get the most realistic Nightmare Before Christmas look.
Corpse Bride Make-up
Let’s carry on with the Tim Burton theme with another one of his impressive animated films, Corpse Bride. Emily is the main character of this film, a half woman half skeleton who lives in the land of the dead and accidentally marries a living man, Victor.
Capturing Emily’s melancholy look is essential when it comes to complementing your Corpse Bride costume. And you can achieve it with this make-up tutorial. The key when applying this make-up is using a light colour on your face, like white or turquoise, if possible. Then mark your eyes and eye lids clearly and use painted eyebrows to give you a sad expression. Lastly, some small wounds on the forehead and left cheek make for the finishing touch. Now all that’s left is to find a good “corpse husband”.
Day of the Dead make-up: become La Catrina
The Day of the Dead is a very important Mexican festival, one of the most famous in the world. Their famous Catrina skulls are a symbol of Halloween, or any costume party. The Catrina costume is usually made up of a long dress with a full skirt, generally in black, red or maroon, although there are a number of versions. But the most remarkable thing is the Day of the Dead make-up, whether it’s in black and white or in different colours.
With this tutorial you can learn how to do your make-up like Catrina from the Day of the Dead festival. Discover step by step how to create a spectacular Catrina face and surprise everyone at your next costume party.