Proof That Skeleton Makeup Doesn't Have to Be Black and White

There are five colors used for this tutorial: pink, turquoise, sky blue, red, and black. Start with the pink, since it is the lightest color and won't show up as well if you try to layer it on top of the blue or red.

You can use a makeup brush or your fingers for this tutorial, but I prefer a Beautyblender. I also used Make Up For Ever Flash Color Case ($99) since it had all the colors I needed.

Apply pink to the right side of your forehead, right above your brow to the hairline, on your right cheek, and then on the left cheek up to the temple, to your nose, ending at the corner of your mouth.

Make spots on your lips, chin, and jawline, then create "bones" on your neck. The only spots in this makeup look that need to be perfect are your neck bones. The rest of the paint can be placed wherever you like, but I tried to copy the mural as close as possible.

Start to "hug" the pink spots with the turquoise paint.

Because the sky blue is a deeper shade than the turquoise, apply it only after you've finished with the turquoise.

Be sure to add the shade to your neck, too.

We're almost done! Adding the red paint is the easiest part because you just fill in the areas that aren't covered with the pink, turquoise, or blue shades.

The mural reserves a lot of the red for around the eye area, so try to focus the color in that area.

Using a makeup brush, use black paint to create the hollowed eyes and your nasal cavity.

For the eyes, two circles will do. Don't make them perfect because that's not realistic! As for your nasal cavity, create a broken-in-half triangle. And make sure to line your waterline!

For the eyes, nose, and mouth, I followed the exact same steps I did for this tutorial.

Time for the creepy grin. Make a wishbone shape on your cheek. This is where you'll create the teeth in a few minutes.

Time for the teeth! Where the last vertical line on your lips ends, start drawing small rectangles, extending out toward the wishbone you created earlier. Make the teeth on both the top and bottom, and leave room in between to fill in with black. Do this for both cheeks.

Your neck should already have four colors on it: pink, turquoise, blue, and red. To define and add contrast, add black down the middle of your neck, then extend lines horizontally on each side.

And you're done!

If you want this to last, use a translucent powder and lightly pat it on top of your work. Be sure not to brush or sweep it over the paint, or it will smear all of your hard work.