How to Apply Period Vampire Makeup for Halloween
The classic look of the gothic, period vampire from the Victorian era is still a hallmark image of today's monster. Both uniquely captivating and subtly grotesque, you can easily achieve this look with the right makeup application and colors that will look mesmerizing on any skin tone and with most period or vampire costumes. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Oil-free face lotion
- Cloth towel
- Lotion-free, scent-free tissue
- Large circular makeup sponge
- Small makeup sponge wedge
- Small squirrel brush or bronzing powder brush
- Flat eye shadow brush
- Angled eyebrow grooming brush
- Large powder brush
- 8-oz. tub Mehron "Clown-White" base
- Ben Nye LU-14 "Ameth St" dark purple highlighting powder
- Ben Nye black eye shadow
- Ben Nye liquid latex
- Ben Nye white finishing powder
- Mac "Motif" eyeshadow
- Mac deep red pencil lip liner
- Maybelline "Clear" and "Black" Great Lash mascara
- Small tube of fine, red glitter
Instructions
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Prep your face for application. Wash your face and completely dry it with a cloth towel. With your fingers, lightly apply an oil-free face lotion all over your face, including your neck and under your jawline. Remove any excess lotion with a lotion-free and scent-free tissue, gently tapping your face.
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With a circular makeup sponge, generously apply Mehron's Clown White makeup base as foundation to your skin. Carefully sweep under your eyes, along your temples, forehead, nose ridge, cheekbones, and jawline. Gently blend the white foundation along your jawline and into your neck region.
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Open the lid to Ben Nye's LU-14 "Ameth St" dark purple highlighting powder. Dip the small squirrel brush into the LU-14 powder, covering the brush completely with the powder. Tap gently at the edge of the lid to remove excess powder. Starting from the ears and following the natural cheek bone line revealed by creating a closed smile (no teeth), follow the line with your brush. Circle the LU-14 powder gently around the apples of your cheek. Dip the brush back into the powder, repeating the swirl and tap process on the lid. Lift up your head, facing the ceiling, and follow your natural jawline, hitting under the jaw and pulling down into your neck line with the brush.
Use the same squirrel brush and lightly tap it into the Ben Nye black eyeshadow. Only apply the black powder to the sides of your face at the beginning of your jawline, as well as underneath your jawline along the edge of your jaw, and in the upper, inner corners of your eyes near your nose. For final blending, blend the powders into the white base of your skin with a small makeup sponge wedge. This step will create severe contours on your face.
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Sculpt your eyebrows, following the natural brow line with clear mascara. Ensure that the hairs are all flowing in the same direction. Dip your angled eyebrow grooming brush into the Ben Nye black eyeshadow. Slightly darken and thicken the beginning corners of your eyebrows, closest to your nose. This area should be the thickest and should slowly fade to be lighter in color and smaller in shape to the end of your eyebrow.
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Re-dip a blending shadow brush into the black powder. Follow the upper eye's lash line, near the nose out to the temples. Allow the deepest and thickest portion of the line to end at the lash line near the temples. Blend the black shadow outward and up along your lash line to create the look of smokey, intense, brooding eyes.
Open Mac's "Motif" eye shadow. Dip the flat eyeshadow brush into the powder. Gently sweep fully across your entire eye lids. Use the remaining powder on the flat shadow brush to sweep directly underneath your eyes, creating the look of tired and bruised eyes.
If desired, take Maybelline's "Black" Great Lash mascara and apply to both your upper and lower lashes. Zigzag back and forth, starting along your lash line and pulling upward and out to catch all your lashes.
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Open Ben Nye's "White" finishing powder. Tap the powder into the lip. Swirl a large powder brush generously in the loose finishing powder. Tap the excess powder off the brush and into the lid. Lightly powder your skin from the apples of your cheek and blend outward in a circular motion. This will remove any excess shine from your face and set the makeup in place.
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If desired, line your upper and lower lips with Mac's deep red lip liner. Open Ben Nye's liquid latex and use the small brush applicator to apply the latex, as you would a lip gloss, to your full upper lip. Dab and apply the latex only to the bottom lip where the color of your lip pencil did not go. Allow the latex to begin to dry and become slightly tacky for one minute.
Open a small tube of fine, red glitter. Dip your finger into the tube and begin to dab the glitter onto the latex, which will catch the glitter and make your lips appear blood red. Apply enough glitter until all the white latex has been covered by red glitter.
If desired, dab the liquid latex onto parts of your lower face and neckline, as if you have been drinking blood and it is dripping still. Use the red glitter to cover the created areas of white latex.
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Tips & Warnings
The key to a successful Victorian vampire look is the stark contrast between the pale white skin and the dark contours of the face, eyes, and blood red of the lips. Most of the makeup application allows you to bring out the natural contours and highlights of your face. The black and motif eyeshadow choice only enhances the eerie peer of a vampire's eyes. However, the real eye-catcher will be the use of red glitter on your face, which will catch in the light and still look like fresh blood marks.
