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BEAUTY

AN MUA'S GUIDE TO HALLOWEEN

By Alice Doleman, 4 September 2023

Ahh Halloween... [Insert Mean Girls quote here 😉] We're all about the mega Halloween makeup looks RN so we got TikTok star @amberpitkin to give us some inspo (ft. makeup magic from Revolution and Huda Beauty). Feel free to raid our makeup & cosmetics page for all the buys you need for the three look Amber's demo'd below – incl. a srsly sophisticated spider, a soul-sucking siren and Frankenstein's monster 🎃👻🦇 This is Halloween makeup 101 – prepare to take notes 📝

An image of Amber in her 'Spider' look, with cobwebs on her eyelids and blood dripping from her eyes. | ASOS Style Feed

#1: THE SPIDER

We’re filing this one under simple Halloween makeup with MAXIMUM impact. For this look, you can keep the base simple – the eyes bring enough drama 🕸️ Amber used her normal foundation, a concealer (like Revolution's Conceal and Define) to brighten her under-eyes, and set it all with Revolution Loose Baking Powder. Then, she flattened down her eyebrows using a (non-toxic!) glue stick, covering the ends with a full-coverage concealer and using Charlotte Tilbury’s Brow Cheat to draw brow ends that left plenty of room for those webs. Next, she stuck Halloween stickers along the brow bone (wayyy easier than using a liner!).

And, for the most fun part, she used red face paint to draw blood drips under her eyes, and stuck rhinestones over the paint using eyelash glue. ASOS cheat: you can also use liquid lipstick instead of face paint! Barry M’s Lip Liner in Plum, the Huda Beauty Power Bullet Lipstick, highlighter and some false lashes will finish off this look perfectly.
Amber has created a blue Siren-esque makeup look complete with fake scales and white contacts. | ASOS Style Feed

Amber has created a blue Siren-esque makeup look complete with fake scales, white contacts and fake teeth. | ASOS Style Feed

#2: THE SIREN

The scare factor on this Halloween makeup is 💯 Amber got her blue base using the Revolution Creator SFX Face Paint Palette, with a Real Techniques Miracle Sponge to create an even finish. Top tip: if you're trying this look at home, make sure to set the paint with a translucent powder, which’ll stop you leaving blue on everything (and everyone)! *Blushes*

Amber then used the palette's dark-blue and purple shades to contour her cheekbones, nose, chest, lips and to add depth to the eye sockets. Then, she created a dark-blue lip line by mixing blue and black from the Revolution Creator Metallic Face Paint Palette. BTW, we’ve got even more makeup palettes if you wanna explore your Halloween makeup options! To take it up a notch, add fake teeth and lenses, and use liner or face paint to create those black drips from the eyes and mouth. Amber even made her own prosthetics, so this is your chance to get creative! 🎨
Amber in her Frankenstein makeup look. | ASOS Style Feed

Pictures: Amber Pitkin

#3: THE BEAST

What better way to turn heads than by turning yourself into a straight-up Frankenstein's monster? Amber made a headpiece for this look, using cardboard, liquid latex and a bald cap, but you can keep it simple by using Revolution’s Face Paint for a base and then add some yellow tones onto areas you want to highlight, followed by some translucent powder. To add depth, use a dark-green shade like NYX Professional Makeup Palette on the cheeks, forehead and your collarbones, and then a dark brown to create forehead lines and wrinkles around the mouth and chin. Amber topped it off with fake hair, and painted bolts onto some card, which she then glued onto her neck with liquid latex. Beast mode: activated.

The essentials for all your Halloween makeup looks are below 👇 Ready for the fright-night of your life? 👻

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