How to: Makeup Ideas for How to Look Like a Fake Zombie
On Halloween, the disheveled, gory look of the walking dead makes for an especially creepy costume. While bloody, torn clothes add to the look, it's ultimately makeup that plays the most crucial role in the creation of a zombie costume. By creating a complexion of eerie, bloodless pallor and adding other zombie-like characteristics, makeup transforms a shabbily dressed person into a spine-tingling, scream-inducing zombie.
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Things You'll Need
- White costume makeup
- Green or yellow costume makeup
- Cosmetic sponge
- Makeup brushes
- Black or dark gray eye shadow or costume makeup
- Purple costume makeup
- Fake skin
- Scar kit
- Fake blood
- Cotton swabs
Instructions
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Spread a thin layer of white costume makeup over your face using a sponge to create a base coat. Use enough makeup to make your complexion unnaturally pale. Too much makeup will appear matte and clownlike. Mix a little green or yellow into the white, if you'd like, to give your complexion a sickly hue.
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Brush on a layer of light purple powder. A subtle purple shade gives you a bruised, sickly look.
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Create dark shadows around your eyes by applying dark eye shadow or costume makeup. Spread black or dark gray makeup around your eyes, from under your eyebrows to the side of your nose to about an inch below your eyes, creating a sunken look.
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Use more dark gray makeup to create shadows on your cheeks. Suck in your cheeks a little to make your cheekbones stand out, then blend in the dark makeup below to give your face a gaunt look. Blend the makeup well for a smooth look.
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Spread a thin layer of purple costume makeup on your lips. A little purple coloring will give your lips a cold, dead appearance.
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Create a wound, scar or other effect using fake skin or a scar kit.
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Add some fake blood emanating from a fake wound, from your mouth or even both, using a cotton swab.
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Tips & Warnings
Put on your costume before applying makeup so that you don't smudge your makeup when changing shirts.
References
- Photo Credit Christopher Robbins/Digital Vision/Getty Images
