Face Paint BasicsNo. 9749 · The 2026 edition
31 Easy Halloween Makeup Ideas That Range From Cute to Scary
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Directions
- Spiderweb Makeup: Use green eyeshadow, green lipstick, and black eyeliner.
- Chucky Makeup: Use red eyeshadow and black eyeliner.
- Wednesday Addams Makeup: Use pale foundation, strong contour, and deep purple lip.
- Spider Makeup: Create hyper-realistic spider-legs eye makeup.
- Pumpkin Makeup: Use orange tone around the perimeters of your face and highlight features like your nose or lips in black.
- Ghost Makeup: Use white or grey face paint and black eyeliner. Make eyes and lips darker.
- Deer Makeup: Highlight under eyes and contour cheekbones and around hairline. Add white dots to contoured areas and a darker upper lip.
- Skull Makeup: Create mouth and teeth outline, then use white foundation or face paint to make it look realistic.
- Cat Makeup: Add fake whiskers with black eyeliner.
- Doll Makeup: Use white eyeliner under eyes, fake eyelashes in the lower lash line, and lots of blush in a circle shape.
- Morticia Addams Makeup: Use gray eyeshadow, winged eyeliner, dark red lipstick, and long straight black hair.
- Half-Skull Makeup: Use black and white face paint, along with a smoky eye.
- Devil Makeup: Use red eyeshadow to contour cheekbones, apply red lipstick, and wear red horns (or draw them in).
- Mermaid Makeup: Start with glam makeup, add blue eyeshadow in a thin line under eyes, and apply blue and green glitter extending upward toward temples.
- Jester Clown Makeup: Use black eyeliner, black lipstick, and gray eyeshadow for a gothic look.
- Vampire Makeup: Use dark smoky-eye makeup, fake lashes, red lipstick, fake blood, and white contact lenses.
- AHS Witch of the Woods Makeup: Use light shades of pink and purple for eyes, smoky eyeliner, lightest shade of nude or pink lipstick, and small horns.
- Beetlejuice Makeup: Use white foundation, black lipstick, and purple and green eyeshadow.
- Bunny Makeup: Use light-pink eyeshadow around the eyes and nose.
- Black Swan Makeup: Use white foundation, black and silver eyeshadow, and creepy red and black contact lenses.
- AHS The Countess Makeup: Use brown eyeliner and eyeshadow, concealer for bleached brows, deep-red lip, and silver body paint or glove for the left arm.
- Mummy Makeup: Use lighter shade foundation, white contact lenses, smoky-eye makeup, and heavy contouring on cheekbones.
- Eleven From Stranger Things Makeup: Use blond wig, pink dress, blue jacket, and fake blood for nosebleeds.
- Bride of Chucky Makeup: Darken eyebrows, apply dark red, brown, and black eyeshadow, add black lipstick and a fake mole using eyeliner.
- Mad Hatter Makeup: Use white foundation base, blend colorful eyeshadow around eyes and cheekbones, apply dramatic fake eyelashes and glitter under eyes.
- Comic-Book Makeup: Use black face paint to create outlines and white dots on certain parts of the face; add rhinestones to white dots for shimmer.
- Pennywise Makeup: Use red lipstick and eyeshadow; colored contact lenses are a fun touch.
- Little Red Riding Hood Makeup: Use shimmery smoky eye with fake eyelashes, red lipstick, and fake blood or brown eyeshadow for fake scratches.
- Betty Boop Makeup: Add white eyeliner to lower lash line, bold red lip, and fake eyelashes.
- Skeleton Makeup: Use black and brown eyeshadow, black liner, and fake lashes or powerful mascara. Add shading between eyebrows for a grunge feel.
- Clown, Bat, and Devil Makeup: Choose from devil, sinister clown, or vampire looks; draw devil horns in if needed.
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