31 Halloween Makeup Ideas to Try This Year
How I Began Painting My Face
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Our family has adopted the "31 Days of Halloween" tradition every October, where we do autumn or spooky-themed project every day until the 31rst.
Makeup art became a creative outlet during my battle against Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2013. It helped me redefine beauty beyond the browless, lashless, and bald face. I originally went to school for journalism, learned how to design magazine page layouts, and studied color theory. I did photography as a hobby and modeled briefly, walking in local runway shows for companies like Sears.
I was at the height of my photography career after working extremely hard for 13 years to build a portfolio, run a model photography network, get published, and collaborate with companies to help amplify their marketing.
When diagnosed with cancer, my life dramatically changed. There were numerous weekly appointments, 6-hour infusions, tests, traveling, and the side effects of treatments. I was slowly losing myself amid this disease and didn't have a support system to help me get through it. Then I wandered into Sephora one day and felt that curiosity and passion for learning again.
Getting into makeup art helped ignite my creative side and embrace what this disease took from me. I began combining my photography, wardrobe styling, and color theory with beautiful artistry and self-portraits. Through that, I learned to love myself and become confident in sharing my journey against the horror I faced with the world. I wanted to inspire other women to share their scars and create a community to survive a storm.
I don't consider myself a professional makeup artist, just someone who enjoys creating and has done looks inspired by other artists across the internet. Would you please help credit them by commenting with their names and social media handles? Also, I'd love to see your art too! Don't be shy; share your links too. Here are 31 painted faces I've done throughout the years using Snazaroo water-activated face paint and biodegradable glitter.
2. Half Beauty and Half Skull Halloween Makeup
3. Scary and Cute Scarecrow Halloween Makeup
5. Easy and Pretty Halloween Makeup
7. The Devil We Know Halloween Makeup
10. Half Floral Skull Face Halloween Makeup
12: Fortune Teller Gypsy Makeup
13. Simple Halloween Barbie Makeup
14. Half Skull and Half Butterfly Halloween Makeup
15. Glitter Skull Halloween Makeup
16. Frankenstein Halloween Makeup
17. Eerie Pumpkin Witch Makeup
18. Tim Burton Inspired Halloween Makeup
19. Little Red Riding Hood Halloween Makeup
20. Pretty Mermaid Skeleton Halloween Makeup
21. Outlined Neon Skull Makeup
22. Nightmare Before Christmas Inspired Makeup
23. Pumpkin Punk Halloween Makeup
24. Rainbow Clown Halloween Makeup
25. Dark Skeleton Halloween Makeup
26. Colorful Galaxy Skull Halloween Makeup
27. Wooden Doll Halloween Makeup
28. Colorful Cartoon Zombie Halloween Makeup
29. Awareness Skull Halloween Makeup
30. Pretty Sunflower Inspired Makeup
Creative hobbyist inspired by the beauty community.
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