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Summary: Keeping the color out of your face and applying matte, neutral contours is key to having a goth makeup look; learn more about getting that goth look in this free cosmetic-application video.
Jenny Karl has over eleven years experience working for cosmetics establishments in NY, NJ, PA, and CA. She's also worked as a freelance makeup artist and light, hair, and wardrobe...read more
"Now that we have the foundation on, her face is nice and pale, and on the color is out, we're going to skip the whole bronze or blush thing. It's all personal preference honestly. If you feel like you need a little color on your cheek, you're more than welcome to do that. If you want the real Goth look, you really want to keep the whole color out of the whole face. The color really only goes on the eyes and lips. What I'm just going to do is to accentuate her cheekbone, I'm just going to do a contour. I'm going to use a neutral brown color and I'm just going to contour under her cheekbone. What that's going to do is give her that cheekbone look without actually giving her any color in her cheeks. It kind of gives that gaunt kind of look. You can actually use a bronzer for that. Any kind of neutral brown color works. You just want to go underneath the natural cheekbone. If we wanted to, you could also highlight the actual cheekbone to even accentuate that even more. That's really going to give quite a dramatic look. Right underneath the cheekbone. Just use a little at a time. You can just accentuate more and more as you need. Again, you want to really stay away from anything shimmery. Use all matte colors. Anything shimmery is just going to look ridiculous once the whole look is done. Now she's got a natural cheekbone look without adding any color to the cheek."
eHow Article: Applying Goth Contours