Five Easy Witch Makeup Ideas

If you are dressing up as a witch for Halloween or a costume party, wear makeup that is specific to the character you are portraying. Whether you're dressing as a popular character from a book or movie, or you want to create an original spooky look, make an impression with the perfect makeup. Many witch makeup ideas can be completed with cosmetics you probably already have at home.

Black Widow Witch

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Things You'll Need

Eyebrow plastic
Black cream makeup
White cream makeup
Translucent face power
Black eye shadow
Dark green eye shadow
Black liquid eyeliner
Black mascara
Eyelash adhesive
False eyelashes
Red lipstick
Red lip liner
Spirit gum
Small plastic spiders
Makeup brushes and sponges in various sizes

Step 1: Apply Foundation

Work a small amount of eyebrow plastic between your fingers and mold over your brows to completely mask them. Apply a layer of white cream makeup over your entire face and neck. Set with powder.

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Step 2: Do Your Eyes

Use black cream makeup to create high arching brows. Shade your lids and accent your brows with black eye shadow. Apply black eyeliner to your upper lid and waterline. Apply black mascara and false eyelashes.

Step 3: Facial Contouring

Use a large brush to apply green eye shadow to the hollows of your cheeks, chin, nose and temples for contouring.

Step 4: Red Lips

Trace the outside of your lips with red lip liner. Color them in with the lip liner and then apply red lipstick on top.

Step 5: Add Spiders

Apply dots of spirit gum to your face and allow to dry until tacky. Stick spiders on the spirit glue.

Tip

Place a few spiders on your forehead, cheekbones and jawline.

Purple Witch Makeup

Things You'll Need

Eyebrow plastic
Liquid foundation in the fairest tone possible for your skin
Translucent powder
Black cream makeup
Matte eye shadow in light, medium and dark shades of purple
Black liquid eyeliner
Black mascara
Eyelash adhesive
False eyelashes
Matte green eye shadow
Black and blue lip tar
Brushes and sponges in various sizes

Step 1: Apply Foundation

Mask your brows with eyebrow plastic and apply light-colored liquid foundation to your entire face and neck. Set with translucent powder.

Step 2: Do Your Eyes

Use black cream makeup to create high, pointed brows that extend upwards towards your temples. Create a smokey eye with the three shades of purple eye shadow. Use black liquid eyeliner to make a dramatic winged eye. Apply black mascara and false eyelashes.

Tip

Since you made your eyebrows high and large, extend your shadow and to cover a larger area. Use wide strokes to apply it to your lids, temples and under your eyes to make your eyes look large.

Step 3: Contour Your Face

Contour your cheeks, chin, nose and temples with green eye shadow.

Step 4: Dark Lips

Mix black and blue lip tar and apply to your lips.

Elphaba from Wicked

Things You'll Need

Facial moisturizer
Green face paint
Translucent powder
Black eye shadow
Black liquid eyeliner
Black brow powder
Dark green eye shadow
Red lip liner
Red lipstick
Brushes and sponges in various sizes

Step 1: Apply Foundation

Before using face paint, apply a generous amount of moisturizer to protect your skin. Apply green face paint to your entire face and neck. Set with translucent powder.

Tip

Apply several think layers of paint and allow it to dry in between layers. Setting with translucent powder will even out the skin tone.

Step 2: Do Your Eyes

Fill in your brows with black brow powder. Cover your lids with black eye shadow. Create a winged eye with black liquid liner. Line your waterline with black liner. Apply black mascara.

Tip

The insides of your eye will look oddly red with the green face paint. So cover as much of your waterline as possible with the black liner.

Step 3: Contour Your Face

Contour your cheeks, chin, nose and temples with dark green shadow.

Step 4: Red Lips

Apply red lip liner and lipstick.

Maleficent Makeup

Things You'll Need

Liquid foundation in the fairest color possible for your skin
Translucent powder
Black eyebrow gel
Eye shadow in light, medium and dark shades of grey, brown and taupe
Black liquid eyeliner
White eyeliner pencil
Black mascara
Lash adhesive
False eyelashes
Red lip liner
Red lipstick
Brushes and sponges in various sizes

Step 1: Apply Foundation

Apply liquid foundation in the fairest color possible for your skin type. Set with translucent powder.

Step 2: Do Your Eyes

Create a high, pointed, arched brow with eyebrow gel. Create a smokey eye with the brown, grey and taupe shadow. Create a winged eye with black liner. Apply white liner to your waterline to make your eye look larger. Apply black mascara and false eyelashes.

Step 3: Contour Your Face

Create sharp cheekbones and a slender nose by contouring your face with brown eye shadow.

Step 4: Red Lips

Make your lips look bigger by applying lip liner just outside the edges of your lips. Fill in with red lipstick.

Good Witch Makeup

This makeup look is mostly natural and demure, but it features a glittery eyelid that pops.

Things You'll Need

Natural-looking foundation
Brow powder in your natural color
Light-colored cream eye shadow
Metallic glitter eye shadow in pearl and silver colors
Black liquid eyeliner
Black mascara
Rosy blush
Pink lip gloss
Brushes and sponges in various sizes

Step 1: Apply Foundation

Apply foundation to your face that matches your skin color.

Step 2: Do Your Eyes

Fill in your brows with powder in your natural color. Apply light-colored cream eyeliner to your lids as a base. Apply glitter eye shadow to your lids. Line your lids with black liquid liner. Apply black mascara.

Step 3: Finish Your Look

Apply a rosy blush to the hollows of your cheek and color your lips with a pink lip gloss.