Face Paint BasicsNo. 3929 · The 2026 edition
29 Fairy Makeup Tutorials You'll Definitely Want to Try for Halloween
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Directions
- Apply a blend of purple, pink, and orange eyeshadows for a classic fairy base.
- Place pressed flowers perfectly along the temples for an elaborate look.
- Apply glowy skin and iridescent highlighter to bring the whole look together.
- Use white liquid eyeliner or face paint to draw a handful of sparkles around your eyes.
- Apply a bright turquoise eye and glowy highlighter.
- Finish off the look with face-framing highlights.
- Draw cute little mushrooms on the center of the nose and along the temples.
- Skip face paint for the mushroom base and go for a sparkly red eyeshadow for a softer, diffused look.
- Use white face paint and a fine-tip brush to draw dots on the mushrooms.
- Create a stunning smokey eye and dewy skin combo using an eyeshadow palette with orange and gold shades.
- Apply a warm liquid highlighter and a matte pink lipstick.
- Add fairy ears if available.
- Choose a base color (e.g., purple) and layer on favorite eyeshadows, lip glosses, and highlighters.
- Add subtle butterfly detailing on the lids.
- Apply white eyeliner and green eyeshadow.
- Apply a glowy highlighter to the tip of the nose.
- Apply warm blush to the cheeks.
- Consider wearing colored contacts for the look.
- Apply yellow eyeshadow details extending from the center of the lids all the way down to the apples of the cheeks.
- Add sparkly accents around the eyes.
- Apply orange lipstick.
- Use an eyeshadow palette stacked with shades of purple.
- Use a mini face paint palette to recreate detailing on the cheeks.