Sugar Skull Makeup: Your Halloween Makeup Sorted!

The Sugar Skull Makeup has become a recent Halloween trend and we love it at Magees! There’s no point in getting bored out of your skulls this year, so pick the Sugar Skull Makeup trend.

These painted skulls refer to the Dia de los muertos, which honours those who have died. This makeup is a form of art, so colourful and beautiful at the same time. It has grown in popularity in recent years in Ireland. Here are a few steps on how to create that amazing Halloween makeup.

Step 1: Apply a white base

Apply Lancome La Base Pro, an ultra-soft, translucent make-up base to smooth your skin surface as well as boost the makeup hold. Then add a white coloured base all over your face. Do not cover around the eyes as you will choose to fill that in with black, or a colour of choice. We recommend you use the Blank Canvas Airbrush Blender Sponge to apply your foundation. Get a flawless finish with the BC Airbrush Blender for your Sugar Skull Makeup!

Soak the sponge in warm water (not in hot boiling water) for about one minute until it expands. Squeeze all the water out. Some girls like to use a foundation brush like the Blank Canvas F02 Double Ended Foundation Brush to apply the foundation first and then blend with the Airbrush Blender sponge. Do stippling motions, by doing a gentle dabbing motion on your face.

Our tip: Always wash after use, especially after face paint. Simply wash it in warm water with some shampoo or an antibacterial cleanser. Leave to dry!

Step 2: Apply black paint

Apply black paint, or coloured paint around your eyes. Use eyeliner to create large circles, and then colour inside with the paint. You can use the Blank Canvas L29 Lip/Winged Eyeliner Brush to apply some eyeliner or paint in the circles. Then we recommend using the Lancome Khol Hypnose Waterproof Eyeliner to create the circles. Apply the Lancome Hypnose Doll Eyes Mascara to make your eyelashes doll-like if you choose to go for a coloured filling and not black. If you decide to go for black in the circles then no eyeliner needs to be added on the eyes either, but if you pick a colour, add some Blank Canvas Borderlines Eyeliner Pen. Also use eyeliner to draw an upside down heart shape on your nose for the perfect Sugar Skull Makeup look. Then use an eyeshadow to add some texture to the circle, we like to use the Clarins Pretty Night Eyeshadow Palette.

Step 3: Add details on your mouth

Use the liquid liner or pen you picked before to draw a line across your lips and on each sides of your mouth. Then for the ideal Sugar Skull Makeup look either go for actual teeth shapes or just vertical lines.

Step 4: Add scalloped edges

Around the circles on your eyes, around your mouth, and the heart on your nose add scalloped edges that look like flower petals. And fill them in with some eyeshadow. My personal favourite for the Sugar Skull Makeup is the Blank Canvas Colour Eyeshadow Palette, which contains 88 Matte Shimmer Colours. A large variety of highly pigmented bright shades in matte, shimmer, creamy, frosty and metallic finishes. Use the Blank Canvas E27 Cute Mini Detailer to apply the colour for more precision. Pick a nice eyeshadow colour, and then apply around the circles.

Step 5: Add small details

With the help of your eyeliner draw tiny details. If you are very good at drawing go ahead and draw a rose, flowers, scrolls, diamonds and spider webs. Do whatever works for you, and get creative!

Add some details on your forehead too. Usually a big spider web is great! Some would extend the spider web to the nose. Bring colour into your life with the BC palette! We like the Blank Canvas Borderline Eyeliner Pen for that.

Step 6: Contour

When we hear contour we think of the dark contour, well this time for the perfect Sugar Skull Makeup pick something colourful and bright instead. Again have a look at the Blank Canvas Colour Eyeshadow Palette!

Our tip: Don’t pick only one colour, do some combos: colours gradually changing as you go up.

Step 7: Add Gems and glitter

You can also add a few gems or some glitter if you fancy like shining a little when wearing your Sugar Skull Makeup.

Our last tip: add Clarins Fix Make Up to set your makeup and give a long lasting hold.