by Renae Virata

Only two weeks until Halloween…what are you going to be?  We’ve come up with a unique look that will be sure to turn heads at every Hallow’s Eve fete you attend. To create a good painted fairy look, all you need is some sparkly shadow, good brushes, and a little imagination.

I visited with my good friend and makeup artist Sari Motley to create a fun and easy fairy look that you can easily put together.  The key is to create a face that is dewy and iridescent at the same time.  You can change up the color combination and intensity of the makeup to suit your wings, outfit, skin tone and taste.  I decided on a standard garden fairy combo of woody, jade greens and bubble-gummy pink.

Step 1: Using a dual-fiber or at least fluffy brush, apply your regular foundation all over your face.  The brush will help you achieve a more dewy look than using your fingers will.

Step 2: Apply a shimmery primer on the eyes.

Step 3: Apply a bubblegum pink shadow on the lower half of your lid, just below the brow bone.

Step 4: with a fluffy brush, sweep on a jade green color to the crease area. This will create depth and drama.

Step 5: Deepen the crease with a darker color (any darker color will do).  It will be blended in once you add more color on top.

Step 6: Take an intense yellow shadow and apply it just to the inner corner of your eye.

Step 7: Swirl on a blue-green shadow on the temple to the cheekbone along the hairline and in.  Add your jade green shadow on top.

Step 8: Take a fuchsia blush and sweep it generously on the apples of your cheeks.

Step 9: Line eyes all around with a mix of the jade and yellow shadow.

Step 10: Line lips with liner to hold color then apply a hot pink or fuchsia shade.  Create a more dramatic look by pronouncing your outline to make your lips look rounder.

Step 11: Line your top lid with your regular dark liner and fill in your brows with your regular pencil or shadow.  Line the waterline (that’s the inside of your bottom lid) with a super light or white waterproof liner (MAC sells one that works great!).

Step 12: Add individual lashes to the top and bottom of your eyes, just at the outer corners.

Step 13: Finish with a generous sweep of a mix of cosmetic glitter and finishing powder all over your face.

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