Halloween Series: Zombie Girl

Halloween Series

Zombie Girl

Hello everyone! 

Are you ready to jump start this years Halloween Series?? I know I am! If you were with me last Halloween, then you know how much I LOVE it. I love getting dressed up and seeing what kind of makeup I can do. I thought long and hard about what I was going to do for you this year and I came up with some really cool ideas! So without further or do...

Let's get Zombie-fied!

Here is the finished look!

I decided to do two looks in one this time. The left side of my face was the girl before she is bit. The left side is the infection starting to show and change me into a zombie. This photo cuts my hair off but I slicked my hair back and added a cute bow from Claire's to the pre-zombie side. Then I teased my hair and applied some dry shampoo to the other side so it looked a bit more crazy.

Before I started, I primed my face with the thickest primer I own. Please do not skip this step. I learned from last year that I will break out (not super bad, but still) after I use products like the ones I used for this. Also, make sure you really deep clean your skin when you take this makeup off.

Ok, back to the tutorial! 

I blended out a good amount of NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk all over my face because I wanted the pigments in the teal and blue paints to be as bright as possible. To blend Milk in I used a cosmetic wedge that I dampened with water. You can use a Beauty Blender or something similar if you don't mind staining and possibly ruining it. I used a cosmetic sponge so I could throw it away after. You'll notice I didn't make this white base very opaque. So just do a light layer over your face.

Using another dampened cosmetic sponge, I stamped on the teal color first. Then I went over it with the blue. I know in the photos I look really blue but it was actually a teal color in person.

Once I got my base color to my liking. I added a mix of teal and blue shadows to add more dimension to my face and to highlighted certain areas.

I darkened other areas with various blue shadows

Then I contoured my face with a dark blue shadow

To set the rest of my face I went in with elf High Definition Powder. Instead of brushing this in circular motions I stamped it over my face.

I wanted a dark base for this eye look so I applied this gel liner in black to my entire lid and created a cat eye/wing at the outer corner.

I pressed this metallic teal shadow over the inner corner of my lid.
You can use any color you want, this is your zombie! Or you can even do two eye looks- that would be really fun!

My crease was looking rather blah so I went in with this shadow and blended it up towards my browbone.

I took a small detail brush and Carbon from MAC and darkened the look and smudged some along the lower lashline.
I also filled in my brows with it because what proper Zombie doesn't have black brows? Haha!

Now is the time to let your creativity shine! It's time to create the infected nastiness!
Before I start this I want to say, you have to keep in mind that you are not going to look like a Zombie until this look is complete. So, if you feel like you look like a blue mess DON'T GIVE UP! Keep on adding to it and by the end you will like it! I'm saying this because I almost, ALMOST took this off and started all over again but I stuck with it and it came out pretty awesome, if I do say so myself.

To add in the infection I went in with a mix of gel liner on a small liner brush and liquid liner in a pen form for the areas I wanted more precision. Basically, what I did was make little weird shapes all over this side of my face with tiny dots around them. Then I filled them in with light and dark green shadows. For the teeth I drew them in with a black eye liner and then filled them in with NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk.

For the "pre-bite" side I lined and filled in my lips with Jordana Easyliner in Baby Berry and went over the top with Maybelliene Matte Lipstick in Ravishing Rose. I added a bit of a sparkly gloss over that for some extra girly shine.

Now for the bite! I wanted this to have a cartoon effect to it so I didn't get super detailed with it. To create the "teeth marks" I went in with a flat stiff shadow brush with some black shadow on it. 

I added more defined lines with a black liquid liner pen and added more definition to the outside of the bites and don't forget the black dots! I filled the inside of the bite in with light and dark green shadows.

And we're DONE!!! 

(There are a few extra things I did to complete this look. I will list that and the products I used below)

Here are some pictures of the finished look...

The "Pre-Bite" side: Isn't that bow ADORBS??!

The "Infected" side. Eww!!! 

And BOTH sides! I had a lot of fun creating this look for you. I kind of felt like a real life Monster High doll. Haha! I make a pretty cute zombie, don't you think??

(Keep scrolling to see the list of extra's and products I used)

Extra things I did:

Mascara to the top lashes 

HUGE Falsies on top lashes

Hot pink blush across the tops of the cheeks

Black liner in the upper and lower water lines

Products used:

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk (Target, CVS, Ulta)

TAG Body Paints in Regular Teal & Regular Light Blue (Amazon)

Black Gel Liner

Black Liquid Liner

Assorted shadows (I used an elf palette)

Pink lipstick and liner

Mascara

Fake Lashes

Bow for your hair 

Cosmetic wedges

Keep in mind that you can use whatever you have on hand, you can make her any color you want. This is your Zombie look so have fun with it and let your personality shine through! 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, if you try it PLEASE SEND ME PICTURES! I would love to see them! Keep your eyes peeled for more Halloween tutorials. I will continue posting them on Monday's for the next couple of weeks.

Until next time...

Xoxo,

Adela