How to Get Started Using Goth Makeup for Guys
With the emergence of the male teen heartthrobs such as those from the "Twilight" vampire series, the aesthetics of emo fashion and culture, and the rebirth of young punk-rock music, goth makeup on guys is a popular style for today's young men. You can quickly achieve this brooding look with little to no previous makeup skills. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Flat eye shadow brush
- Angled eyebrow grooming brush
- Large powder brush
- Ben Nye black eye shadow
- Ben Nye white or fair finishing powder
- Ben Nye black lipstick
- Mac "Motif" eyeshadow
Instructions
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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.
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Apply Maybelline's "Black" Great Lash mascara to both your upper and lower lashes if desired. Zigzag back and forth, starting along your lash line and pulling upward and out to catch all your lashes.
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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.
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Open Ben Nye's black lipstick tube. Use your forefinger and dab it against the lipstick and apply the color on your lips to darken them. If you want full, black, gothic lips, apply the lipstick directly onto your lips. Be sure to apply most of the color on your bottom lip and let the color carry over onto the upper lip. Do not apply any color over your natural lip line.
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Tap the powder of Ben Nye's white or fair finishing 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 face, blending outwards in a circular motion. This will remove any excess shine from your face and allow your face to appear gaunt, pale and ghostly.
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Tips & Warnings
Goth makeup is easy to achieve on guys' faces with the contrast between their pale white skin and contours of the face, smokey eyes and dark lips. Most of this makeup application allows you to highlight the natural shape your face without any needed makeup experience. The black and motif eyeshadow choice enhance the eerie peer of a vampire's eyes. If desired, purchase light colored (either white or pale blue) or black contacts and wear them in your eyes for a more mysterious and noticeable effect.
