Whether you celebrate Halloween or not, there’s nothing quite as artsy as its costumes and makeup. From clown faces to masquerades, to the doll-like faces of female superheroes, it’s astounding how paints, brushes, and powders can transform appearances. If you’ve wanted to try these costume looks, you may have avoided it because it appears too difficult. However, doing it is possible with some simple eyeshadow techniques. The following is a guide on easy Halloween eye makeup.
Steps to Create a Masquerade Mask with Makeup
- Halloween eye makeup has never been easier with this look. Simply draw your mask outline around your eyes with a liquid black eyeliner. You can also use a masquerade stencil to get the best shape here.
- Select the color you want your mask to be from your easy Halloween eyeshadow palette. You can select a color that complements the rest of your costume. However, note that this color should be the lightest variation of a color theme you’re going for. For instance, select a light blue eyeshadow to paint circles around your eyes.
- Take a darker variation of blue and apply it along the outer edges of the light blue shade, and along the inside of the circle. Use a blue glitter eyeliner pen over the dark blue outline, and above the black outline you initially created with your black eyeliner.
- Apply some blue eyeliner to your lower lash line.
- Apply black eyeliner to your upper lash line.
- Put on a pair of false eyelashes.
- Apply a few coats of black mascara over your false eyelashes
Products You Will Need for This Look
- A masquerade mask stencil (if you don’t know how to draw the outline)
- Black eyeliner
- An eyeshadow palette with at least two variations of the same color.
- A glitter eyeliner pen
- Blue eyeliner or a color eyeliner in the same color as your eyeshadow
- Black mascara
Steps to Create an Artsy Clown Look
- Buy a pastel crème eyeshadow palette, key for a good halloween eye makeup look. With an angled eyeshadow brush, draw a diamond shape from above your brow bone to the center of your cheek. Remember to create and color in these diamonds in an eyeshadow shade that complements the rest of your costume.
- Use a liquid black eyeliner to draw dots at each point of the triangles.
- Join the dots by drawling lines with a dark easy Halloween eyeshadow shade. You can also use a charcoal-colored eyeliner for this.
- Apply a bright pink rouge to the apples of your cheeks. Remember this is a clown face, so you are entitled to go overboard with the rouge. Opt for a highly pigmented rouge for best results.
- Line your lips with a red lip liner. With a clown mouth, be sure to line over your lips. You should also emphasize a cupid’s bow when drawing your lip shape.
- Apply a bright red lip color in crème or matte.
- If you prefer, you can attach a red nose to your face to complete your clown face.
Products You Will Need for This Look
- A crème eyeshadow palette
- An eyeshadow blending brush
- Liquid black eyeliner
- Charcoal colored eyeliner
- Bright pink blusher
- Red lip liner
- Red lipstick
- A red plastic clown nose
Steps to Create the Comic Superhero Look
One of the best female superhero looks for a quick-n-easy halloween eye makeup endeavor to recreate for a costume party is Wonder Woman. Here is how you can do this.
- Prepare your face with primer first.
- Apply your foundation and some concealer underneath your eyes and on your eyelids.
- Draw on thick bold, highly arched eyebrows with an eyebrow stencil and eyebrow pencil, if your eyebrows are not naturally shaped like this.
- Take a light gold eyeshadow and apply it to the area underneath your brow bone.
- Use the same light eyeshadow at the corners of your eyes.
- Take a dark shade similar to charcoal preferably and apply that to your eye’s crease. Be sure to apply this several times to help contour your crease. This will help create a smoky look.
- Take a shimmery gold eyeshadow, and apply it over your eyelid, just below your crease.
- Take a liquid or gel black eyeliner and line your upper lash line with a winged effect.
- Put on a pair of long, thick false eyelashes.
- Apply a few coats of black mascara to your lashes for added dramatic effect.
- For Wonder Woman’s headband, use a liquid black eyeliner to create the outline of her headband.
- Color inside the outline with the same gold eyeshadow you used on your eyelids.
- Use your liquid black eyeliner to draw a star outline in the center of your forehead. Color in the star with a red glittery lipstick.
- Use a red liner to define or enhance your lip shade.
- Apply the same red lipstick you used for the star to your lips.
Products You Will Need for This Look
- Primer
- Foundation
- Concealer
- Eyebrow stencil
- Eyebrow pencil
- Eyeshadows, including a shimmery gold shade
- Black gel eyeliner
- False eyelashes
- Mascara
- Red lip liner
- Red glittery lip color
FAQs
Simple Halloween eye makeup can be done by creating a masquerade mask made from makeup. Other Halloween eye makeup looks include creating an artsy clown face, and the face of Wonder Woman.
To explain, here is a brief recap of the masquerade mask look. To create a masquerade mask, take a black eyeliner and create the outline of a masquerade mask. You can also get a stencil for the mask shape if you need help attaining the shape. Use a light blue eyeshadow shade to color in the mask. Use a darker blue eyeshadow to draw an outline over the outer and inner edges of the light blue eyeshadow. You may also add some glitter to the outer edges of your outline for dramatic effect. Apply blue eyeliner to you lower lash line, and black winged eyeliner to your upper lash line. Add a pair of false eyelashes, and several coats of black mascara to round off the look.
Yes, eyeshadow is definitely an important component of eye makeup for these costume parties. This is especially important when creating the artsy clown look. You will need pastel eyeshadow to color in the diamond-shaped outlines between the top of your brow bone and cheek.
The smoky look is evident when recreating the Wonder Woman look, as this character has a smoky eye look. Use an eyeshadow palette that has a gold shimmery shade, as well as a light gold shade, and a darker charcoal shade. Use the light shimmery shade to apply underneath your brow bone and the corners of your eyes.
Use the charcoal color to create and contour your crease. For that extra smoky effect, apply several layers of this charcoal color. Use the gold shimmery shade to apply to your eyelid, just beneath your crease. You can then use a black eyeliner to create a wing. Add a pair of false eyelashes, and several coats of black mascara too.
