Quick Halloween makeup for guys

Anastasia Skorekova Halloween 05/26/2018

Greetings! Want to know the difference between makeup for guys on Halloween and makeup for girls? I will tell you about the features of men's makeup, explain step by step how to apply it correctly and, as a visual aid, I will give some of the most striking examples!

Guys can and should look no less scary than girls on Halloween. Moreover, if you carefully consider the costume and apply the makeup correctly for men, you will get a look that is worthy of the Best Halloween Costume Award! Do you want to take part in the casting for the best character of 2019-2020? Learn the rules of creating men's makeup and now try different versions on yourself and friends, honing your skills.

How is men's makeup different from women's?

The main thing that you must understand and explain to the person who will take part in creating makeup is that men do not need coloring in the usual sense of the word. Female makeup adapted for a guy will look ridiculous and funny. There are several rules, following which you can create decent images for guys without hints of femininity:

1. Try to choose colors in a single color scheme. No need to turn your face into a rainbow. For a bright look, 2-4 colors are usually enough.
2. Use foundation products without glitter.
3. Replace compact powder with loose powder or baby powder. No matter how careful and meticulous guys are when shaving, stubble will not allow compact powder to be applied as evenly as possible.

In principle, these are all the basic rules. Next, I will tell you how to make scars, wounds and cuts on the face, due to which you can achieve a hard look and deathly whiteness and much more interesting things.

Male skeleton image: how to do it

One of the most common is the image of a skeleton for a man. It fits perfectly with the holiday theme, and the skeleton costume is quick and easy to make from old black T-shirts. Skeleton makeup can be easily applied using theatrical or face painting. Follow the instructions:

1. Apply a layer of white makeup to your face. This will be the base.
2. Use black makeup to fill in the eye sockets and highlight the cheekbones and nose.
3. Using black paint and a thin brush, draw cracks and a mouth on the skin, like the guy in the photo.
4. Apply makeup to the neck area if it is open.

This is just one of the simple versions of the skeleton. With the skills of an artist, and even more so a make-up artist, you can depict an exact copy of a skull on your face with fine details. Alternatively, you can cover your entire face with black paint, highlight your lips with white, and put on a hood.

Joker

This image evokes associations with a Batman movie. Heath Ledger's charismatic hero Joker is so bright and creepy at the same time that everyone who likes to celebrate Halloween in a big way is happy to dress up as him. The Joker's peculiarity is a pale face with bruises, red smeared lips in a wide grin and always green hair.

We decided to choose this particular image for the holiday, don’t hesitate! At the party you will definitely be the center of attention. Both a teenager and an adult man can become the Joker. The makeup is so bright that it is almost impossible to recognize the true face and age under the mask.

How to do your own makeup at home:

1. Use face painting or theatrical makeup.
2. Apply white foundation to your face.
3. Under the eyes, create an imitation of bruises with shaded edges for naturalness.
4. Line your lips with red so that the edges are uneven and reach your ears. Create the illusion of a cut bloody mouth.

Simply color your hair green with crayons or use a wig. You can complement the look to your liking with lacerations or scars. They are made using liquid latex or a mixture of paper towels and eyelash glue under a skin base. In general, the makeup is simple, moderately scary and unusual.

Comic book hero in pop art style

The pop art style in makeup, and especially for men, appeared not so long ago. Properly applied makeup will give you clear associations with a computer image. I will teach you how to do just such makeup, believable and interesting.

The apparent simplicity of the makeup is deceptive. It is done in several stages, using bright colors and clear lines to indicate the main details. It is the lines that play a special role. Due to them, makeup acquires contours and does not blur.

1. Apply foundation to your face. Use theatrical or face painting in pastel colors, or regular foundation.
2. To give your face a flat and glossy effect, apply foundation with round dots.
3. In the area of ​​the cheekbones, temples and wings of the nose, apply makeup darker than the main one.
4. Draw a black line along the growth of the eyebrows, mark the nose and eyes with lines.

As a result, all the relief lines on the face and large folds should be highlighted. Hair looks better if you dye it with crayons in an informal color: pink, light green, white.

The look of a vampire: how to apply cool makeup yourself

Ghouls fall into the category of “predictable and still scary images for men.” Decided to become a vampire for Halloween? Take the time to create a truly frightening makeup, because you want to stand out from the crowd with a creepy mask of a medieval bloodsucker? Follow the instructions and you will succeed:

1. Start by preparing your skin for makeup. Cleanse your face, apply toner and moisturizer. This is necessary for the makeup to apply perfectly.
2. Use a napkin to remove excess moisture.
3. Apply foundation with a brush or sponge.
4. Distribute the cream as evenly as possible to cover the hairs without gaps.
5. Process the neck and ears according to the algorithm above.
6. Whiten the skin with talcum powder or loose powder. Remove excess powder with a brush.

You should end up with a deathly white face. It's time to move on to the next step:

1. Apply a specific vampire blush with gray shadows to your cheekbones. They will give the face a sophisticated haggard look.
2. Cover the sides of the forehead and nose with gray shadows.
3. Highlight your eyebrows with black shadow or pencil.
4. Outline your eyes with black or gray shadows, carefully blending the lines for smooth color transitions.
5. To create an ambience, you can cover the upper eyelid with red or burgundy shadows.
6. Tint your lips and whiten them with powder.

The most important attribute of the image of a vampire is fangs. Use special “jaws” for vampire outfits, and don’t forget to “revive” them with fake blood. The finishing touch will be red or white lenses in the eyes and imitation of scars on the skin. Cover your hair in places with white gouache or silver mascara.

Don't forget your facial expression. Proper makeup is not everything. Give yourself more mysticism, look at those around you with “bloodthirsty” lust, as if they were the most delicious dish in life, and you will be guaranteed success at the Halloween party!

Zombie Makeup for Men: Tips for Applying Makeup

Another scary men's makeup - the living dead. Even in their most harmless form, zombies look terrifying. The advantage of this image can be considered its versatility. A zombie mask looks great on the face of a guy and a girl, so don’t rule out pairing options if you have someone to go to the party with. It will be more interesting and fun this way!

Create zombie makeup according to the following scheme:

1. Apply the desired shade to your skin. Zombies have grey-green faces. Based on this, experiment!
2. Think about the location of scars and wounds on your face. Use theatrical wax for imitation or replace it with homemade wax based on gelatin, paper napkins with eyelash glue.
3. The next step is teeth. Zombies have them rotten and terrible. Paint the enamel dark. To do this, rinse your mouth with water and food coloring of the desired shade (the paint can be easily washed off with soda).
4. Zombie eyes can be different. Both pale eyes and red ones with colored lenses, or with black circles and bruises, smeared with arrows, look equally impressive.
5. Be creative when it comes to the design of your mouth. Depending on the image, these can be completely white lips, black, with traces of blood or lacerations.

Choose your image and act boldly. Zombies are one of the options that allow you not to limit your imagination if you have the main attributes of a dead person: gray-green skin, rotten teeth and bruises under the eyes.

The image of a werewolf: what does it consist of?

A werewolf is a character from scary films and fairy tales, something between a man and an animal. Its distinctive feature is increased hairiness, so if nature has not deprived you of facial hair and you have no desire to shave it off even for the sake of a holiday, transform yourself into a werewolf. Prepare a wig with long hair about shoulder length and start doing your makeup.

Start by choosing a brush. You need the thinnest one. The makeup itself: black, gray, brown. The goal is to visually change the hairline. To do this, draw fine fur – strokes – in the forehead area, above the eyebrows and cheekbones. Cover the upper eyelids with dark shadows to match, highlight the lower eyelids with a black pencil or eyeliner. Be sure to think about the fangs. Make them yourself from children's soft plastic or buy ready-made ones at any carnival costumes and paraphernalia store. You can paint the nose black in the likeness of an animal.

DIY clown makeup

I'll start with a simple version of clown makeup. If you don’t have the skills of an artist or make-up artist and don’t have aqua or theatrical makeup on hand, it’s nothing. There is a “light” version of clown makeup that does not require any of the above.

1. Use a regular light-colored foundation and eyeliners: black and red. Start with preparation: apply a little toner and nourishing moisturizer to your face. Now that your skin is ready, cover it with a light shade of foundation. Cover your eyebrows in the same way as your lips – completely.
2. Move on to a smile. Draw the mouth shape you want with a black pencil. It should be an evil wide grin. Draw teeth between the contours. Triangular ones look especially scary. Draw out the space between them with a pencil. Highlight your teeth against a black background with matte white shadows. Cover the painted lips with red lipstick or pencil.
3. The next step is eyebrows. Make them with a clown kink or to give the clown a surprised look - semicircular. Draw a “cross” near the eyes. The lines should follow this order: from the lower eyelid down, from the upper eyelid up. Using horizontal lines, highlight the lower eyelids and blend.
4. Next, move on to the nose. Cover it with a red clown foam “puck” or paint the tip red. This is all. Wear any wig that matches the image and your scary clown costume is ready!

A more complicated option for those who have access to makeup and minimal skills in using it.

1. Start with the basics too. Apply white makeup to previously prepared (see above) facial skin. The exception is makeup based on face painting. In this case, no preparation is needed.
2. Use a sponge to evenly distribute the foundation. “Draw” a torn mouth on your face, similar to the one described by the Joker. It will be more realistic if you use liquid latex or paper napkins to create volume and the effect of torn edges.
3. If everything is clear with latex, then torn lips are done with napkins according to this principle: cover the corners of the mouth with several layers of napkins with eyelash glue, moving towards the cheekbones. As soon as the composition dries, trim the edges with small scissors. The result is a very natural imitation of exfoliated layers of skin. To prevent the napkins from standing out against the general background, cover them with a foundation. Apply bright lipstick without gloss to your lips. The movements should be sweeping so that the strokes are blurry.
4. Use the same principle to highlight your eyes. Cover the areas underneath with napkins and trim the edges. Makeup looks especially good with “caught” skin around the eyes in the shape of the letter V. Don’t forget about the areas of skin under the eyes that are free from napkins. Paint them over with red-violet shadows, “decorate” them with smudges of fake blood. It really looks creepy and more than natural, believe me!

That's all, complement the look with a wig or headdress and quickly scare the audience on Halloween.

I told you about how easy it is to do scary men's holiday makeup at home. Read the instructions and practice now. Do you want to involve an assistant in the process? Share this article on social networks with your friends; there will definitely be people who want to have a hand in creating the brightest Halloween look! See you soon!

Skeleton, zombie or vampire? We tell you how a man can create a spectacular look for Halloween

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Text: Makeup.ru editors July 28, 2018

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Still think that makeup skills can only be useful to girls? In vain. After all, on a holiday like Halloween, everyone wants to turn into a villain from a horror movie or computer game, at least for a day. And the easiest way to do this is with cosmetics.

But don’t forget: men’s and women’s Halloween makeup is still different. We talk about the features for men and introduce the necessary cosmetics.

Features of Halloween makeup for guys

Halloween is a great reason to finally experiment with your appearance and decide to do something crazy. And not only for girls, but also for men. After all, there are a great variety of makeup options that are perfect for even the most brutal guys. For one day you can become a zombie, a skeleton, Freddy Krueger, a vampire, a ghost, or another prominent representative of the dark side from your favorite works of fiction.

If you want to create a spectacular version of men's makeup for Halloween, the main thing is to consider a few important points.

1. Firstly, stock up on professional cosmetics in advance. These can be special products that are used for theater makeup, or dense cream pigments. Conventional cosmetics (for example, just powder and foundation) will definitely not be enough for you to achieve the desired effect.

1. Secondly, decide on the image. The choice of colors will depend on this. If you decide to become a skeleton, you can get by with black and white. But for the image of Freddy Krueger or the Mad Hatter, for example, you will need not only a variety of shades, but also all your makeup talents.

1. And thirdly, remember your advantages. Many men's cheekbones and jawline, for example, are more pronounced than women's. And we must take advantage of this! Make these areas the key areas of your makeup. Then you won’t have to apply too much makeup, it will be enough to just highlight what you already have.

What is the difference between a man's Halloween look and a woman's?

Of course, the characters girls and guys choose for Halloween are very different. And it’s hard to say for whom there are more options.

Girls, as a rule, try to embody dark but feminine images that still allow them to remain beautiful. Popular options: witch, nurse, cat, angel or doll.

Another makeup option for girls for Halloween is in our video.

Men, as a rule, prefer more brutal heroes. Most often, the choice falls on werewolves, vampires, zombies, skeletons, and sinister clowns.

The werewolf is one of the easiest images to perform.

The most important thing in such makeup is to believably depict non-existent fur.

Halloween is a famous youth holiday that came to us from the USA. Every year it is celebrated more actively in Russia. Guys and girls are in a hurry to create unusual, bright and mystical images, and they cannot do without appropriate makeup (makeup). We have prepared for you some popular and impressive Halloween looks for guys, how to do them at home step by step, what you will need for this, read on.

A vampire

The image of a vampire can easily be considered one of the most popular characters for a Halloween party. It can be accomplished without the help of professionals. To do this, prepare:

1. face painting or theatrical makeup;
2. Foundation;
3. black cosmetic pencil, eyeliner;
4. artificial blood;
5. special overlays for teeth;
6. white or red lenses.

The characteristic features of a classic vampire are a pale, even slightly bluish face and sunken eyes. Wounds and cuts on the face are unusual for the vampire image and are performed at will. Famous vampire heroes - Dracula, Edward from the movie "Twilight".

Making a vampire make-up:

1. Prepare your skin for makeup: clean your face, neck and ears with cosmetic milk, wipe with alcohol-based tonic and moisturize with cream. Remove excess moisture with paper towels.
2. To lighten your skin, use a light foundation or theatrical makeup. To make the image more convincing and look deathly pale, you can add a little blue. Don't forget to also highlight the surface of your lips.
3. Use brown and gray color to work on the area around the eyes and cheekbones.
4. Define your eyebrows with a black pencil.
5. Place special fang covers on your teeth. You can add a little artificial blood flowing from the mouth. This technique will add expressiveness and colorfulness to the image.
6. Wear red or white lenses.

High-quality makeup is only half the success. No less important are facial expressions, eyes and hairstyle. Practice in front of a mirror, look at others coldly and with interest, like a wolf at a young lamb. Be sure to add some gray to your hair.

Important! Before applying makeup, shave your facial hair as thoroughly as possible. Stubble will not allow you to apply makeup evenly and create a convincing image.

Joker

For charismatic and eccentric personalities, the Joker image for Halloween is suitable. He is personified by Heath Ledger in the film Batman. Bizarre character, unpredictability of behavior, creepy and at the same time attractive facial expression are additional criteria for this image for Halloween.

To make the Joker makeup yourself, you will need:

1. face painting, theatrical makeup in white, red and black;
2. artificial blood.

How to do makeup for Halloween:

1. Prepare your face properly: cleanse with a cosmetic, wipe with toner and apply moisturizer. Soak up any remaining moisture with paper towels.
2. A pale face is characteristic of the Joker's appearance. Foundation and white theatrical makeup will help achieve the desired effect.
3. Use black paint around the eyes, adding a blurry, smudged effect.
4. Paint your lips bright red. Apply red paint up to the earlobes, simulating a torn mouth. Droplets of blood and blurry outlines will add expression and naturalness to the image.

Advice. Don't forget to use a wig or dye your hair green to complete the look. Special crayons or other temporary hair dyes are suitable for this.

Evil Clown, Pennywise

A creepy and evil clown is another suitable male image for Halloween. There are many examples of Hollywood killer clowns; Pennywise from the movie “It” is considered the leader and standard of a creepy character.

To make up a sinister clown you will need:

1. face painting, theatrical makeup;
2. foundation;
3. makeup wax;
4. black cosmetic pencil;
5. fake blood.

Men's Halloween makeup is done like this:

1. The skin is prepared (cleansed, treated with toner and moisturizer is applied).
2. The face, neck and ears are made white using face painting (foundation).
3. Draw the contours of the eyes and lips with a black pencil. To make the image more expressive, the outline of the area around the eyes is made curly (for example, in the shape of a diamond) and painted over with black.
4. The shape of the lips is also modified: they are made very massive, wide, so that teeth can be drawn, and the corners of the mouth are extended somewhere to the middle of the cheeks.
5. To create the effect of torn corners of the mouth and eyes, make-up wax is used. If you were unable to purchase the product, you can take paper napkins and eyelash cream. Glue small pieces of paper to the corners of the drawn lips (eyes) with glue; for volume, make several layers. When the paper is dry, tear or cut the ends with scissors, cover with foundation and paint of the chosen color. Bloody smudges can be made from fake blood.
6. Draw a toothy grin inside the new lips. The base is made black, and the teeth are drawn with matte white shadows.
7. Paint the tip of your nose red or put on a small clown nose with an elastic band.

A bright costume and a clown wig with multi-colored hair are a must-have addition to the makeup.

Note! The makeup of an evil clown perfectly hides age; the image is suitable for young guys and adult men.

Werewolf

The image of a werewolf looks no less impressive, but can be difficult to create. For guys with thick facial hair, this is the best option, you don’t even have to shave.

To create an image you will need:

1. thin brush for applying makeup;
2. black, gray, brown makeup;
3. false fangs;
4. green or yellow lenses;
5. black cosmetic pencil (eyeliner).

How to do werewolf makeup:

1. Pre-clean your face with a cosmetic product, wipe with tonic and apply cream.
2. Using brown and gray paint and a thin brush, paint the fur on the forehead and cheekbones. Add some color to your eyebrows to visually increase their volume.
3. Paint the upper eyelids with dark shadows. Highlight the line along the lower eyelid with a black cosmetic pencil (eyeliner).
4. Paint the tip of the nose with dark paint, like an animal's.
5. Put on lenses and fangs.

To complete the look of a werewolf, wear a wig with long hair to match the depicted fur, as well as a matching carnival costume.

Devil, demonic image

The image of the devil is preferable to use for dark-haired men who are courageous and self-confident. There is no need to shave before applying makeup. A slight stubble will add brutality to the look.

To perform devil makeup you will need:

1. red theatrical makeup;
2. black and gray shadows;
3. cosmetic pencil;
4. white contact lenses;
5. a set of brushes for applying makeup.

The demon makeup is performed as follows:

1. Prepare your face, ears, and neck for applying makeup.
2. Put on your contact lenses.
3. Tint the visible areas of the skin red.
4. Apply dark shadows to the upper eyelid and blend the contour.
5. Draw the line of the lower eyelid with a black cosmetic pencil (eyeliner), and paint over the eyelid itself with black shadows and blend the edges.
6. Draw several symmetrical vertical lines on the forehead (one from the inner corner of the eyes, the other from the center of the eyebrow). Blend them on one side.
7. Darken the sides of the nose to visually lengthen it. Fade the nostril area black.
8. Highlight your cheekbones with dark.
9. Paint the surface of the lips dark gray, the outline can be highlighted in black.
10. Finally, apply a few hieroglyphs on the cheekbones and forehead with a black pencil.

For a demonic image, it is not necessary to invent a special carnival outfit; you can wear a strict black suit.

You can watch a detailed master class on performing demonic makeup in the following video:

Living skull for Halloween.