4 Ghoulish Halloween Makeup Looks You Can Create — Using Only Drugstore Products
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You don't have to break the bank to go all out on Halloween. There are dozens of beauty brands and retailers whose extensive lineups are worth sifting through for some products that'll take your Halloween beauty to the next level. If you're looking for high-quality makeup that's still affordable, NYX Professional Makeup is always a great place to start. The cosmetics brand boasts tons of products that are both simple yet extravagant, and they're all available at drugstore prices.
With that in mind, NYX Professional Makeup just dropped a Haunted Dollhouse campaign featuring a handful of looks in collaboration with special-effects makeup artist Mimi Choi. Each look uses the brand's star products, including the newly launched SFX Face and Body Paint Palette, which costs only $15.
From a dark-magic doll to a spooky ballerina, check out the looks Choi and NYX Professional Makeup created together, along with step-by-step tutorials on how you can re-create them at home.
Broken Beauty Doll
How to:
Step 1: Create an even foundation base on the skin, and matte the skin using High Definition Finishing Powder in Translucent ($10).
Step 2: Map out the slice using the brown shade from the Ultimate Shadow Palette in Utopia ($18).
Step 3: Create the illusion of space on the sides of the mouth by using Epic Wear Liner Pencil Stick in Black ($8) and set with a black eye shadow.
Step 4: Map out the distorted lips using Suede Matte Lip Liner in Spicy ($4) and sketch it slightly off centered to appear "shifted."
Step 5: Apply the matching Suede Matte Lipstick in Spicy and add depth the lip corners using the Epic Wear Liner in Black ($10).
Step 6: Paint the staples using Epic Wear Liner in Black and highlight them with Epic Wear Liner in White.
Step 7: To create the illusion on closed eyelids, add the white shade from the SFX Palette in Primary on the lid, and set with High Definition Finishing Powder in Translucent.
Step 8: Draw the shape of an eyeball on the white base using Epic Wear Liner in Black and fill in with any color to create the eye shade you want.
Step 9: Add strip lashes to the middle of the eyelid and lower lash line to give the illusion of an opened eye.
Step 10: Draw a white rectangle across the nose using the white shade from the SFX Palette in Primary and set with High Definition Finishing Powder in Translucent.
Step 11: Draw on the grey tape using a thin liner brush and the grey shade from the SFX Palette in Primary.
Broken Doll Distorted Mouth Illusion Tutorial
Newlywed Undead Dolls
How to:
For the slit cheek:
Step 1: Create the white base on the skin using the SFX Face and Body Paint Palette in Primary ($15).
Step 2: Blend out a smokey eye and draw on the nose using Jumbo Eye Pencil in Black Bean ($5) and the SFX Palette in Primary.
Step 3: Apply the Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk ($5) to lip and around the mouth. Using the Epic Wear Liquid Liner in Black ($10), draw in the teeth.
Step 4: Create the illusion of slits using Epic Wear Liner in Black. Fill in slits with the red shade from the SFX palette in Primary.
For the bitten cheek:
Step 1: Create the white base on the skin using the SFX palette in Primary.
Step 2: Smoke out the eye by mixing the red and black shade from the SFX Palette in Primary.
Step 3: Sketch out the bite marks with Epic Wear Liner in Black, and fill in with the red, black, and white colors from the SFX Palette in Primary.
Step 4: Lightly outline veins on the face using Epic Wear Liner in Black and set with the High Definition Finishing Powder in Translucent ($10).
Newlywed Undead Ripped Skin Illusion Tutorial
Dark Magic Doll
How to:
Step 1: Create an even foundation base with the Can't Stop Won't Stop Foundation ($15) on the skin, and matte the skin using High Definition Finishing Powder in Translucent ($10).
Step 2: Outline the shape of the split and shade the inside of it with the Ultimate Shadow Palette in Phoenix ($18) and highlight the edges with the Can't Stop Won't Stop Concealer ($9).
Step 3: Add eyelets and paint the laces with the Epic Wear Liner in Black ($10) and highlight them with Epic Wear Liner in White ($10).
Step 4: Use Epic Wear Liner in Black to create a crisscross pattern over the eyebrows, eyelids and mouth.
Step 5: For the buttons, draw a circle over the eye and fill it in with the black shade from the SFX Palette in Primary ($15). Use the white shade of the palette to create the button details.
Step 6: Use the blue shade from the SFX Palette in Primary to create the button on the cheek and add button details using the white shade of the palette.
Step 7: Use the red, black, and white shades from the SFX Palette in Primary to create the pin, string, and lip shade.
Dark Magic Stitched Face Illusion Tutorial
Prima Ballerina Doll
How to:
Step 1: Create an even foundation base on the skin using the Can't Stop Won't Stop Full Coverage Foundation ($15), then apply the pink shade from Ultimate Shadow Palette in Brights ($18) all over the eyelid.
Step 2: Create a floating wing and along the top lash line liner using Epic Wear Liner in Black ($10).
Step 3: Apply Sweet Cheeks Powder Blush Matte in Summer Breeze ($8) on the apples of the cheeks.
Step 4: Using the Epic Wear Liner in Black, draw a cracked illusion all over the face.
Step 5: Using a small, buffing brush, shade the outside of the cracked lines with the white shade from SFX Palette in Primary ($15).
Step 6: Finish the look by applying Soft Matte Lip Cream in San Francisco ($7) on the lips and Butter Gloss in Vanilla Cream Pie ($5) on top.