Dr. Who The Waters of Mars Makeup

Alright! So, another quick Halloween makeup tutorial for those who don’t feel like buying overpriced costumes, or have time to make one! I was actually running out of ideas on what kind of last minute Halloween makeup looks I should do, so I asked N for advice and since he’s a Whovian, I knew he was going to say Weeping Angels. Instead, he surprised me and told me to check out Dr. Who The Waters of Mars makeup on Google. I did an image search and I absolutely love it!

By no means the Waters of Mars virus makeup was easy if you want to replicate the exact look since they used prosthetic piece in the show. I used a picture I found on the Tardis Wiki and Bleeding Cool websites as references. Again, let me repeat myself by saying I could not replicate the makeup exactly on how the photos look like – I couldn’t really figured out how to get those super thin line using face paint, but still create an illusion of the skin sunken in or risen. I ended up creating depth on the cracks by creating a thicker line. Nevertheless, I was quite happy with the result!

If you’re a Whovian, and don’t think this looks like the makeup on the show, I do sincerely apologize! I wish I can recreate to look exactly like the pictures just by face painting, but alas I couldn’t. Anyways, I hope everyone does enjoy this tutorial! Even if you don’t know the show, you can still recreate this look into a “Cracked skin” look or “broken doll” since it’s a similar concept!

*Don’t forget to check out my other Halloween tutorials!*

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I’m going to list all the products you need below, and all the brands I used at the bottom of the page.

What you need for this tutorial:

  1. White contact lenses – optional
  2. Foundation, preferably a matte finish.
  3. Setting powder.
  4. Eyeshadows – light & dark brown, purple, and grey eyeshadows.
  5. Black face paint – it can be cream or water-based, or even a liquid eyeliner.
  6. Beige face paint or a light-colored (a few shades lighter than your skin) foundation/concealer as highlight.
  7. Brushes
    • Foundation – Sigma Angled Kabuki brush.
    • Eyes – Sigma Blending brush.
    • Face contour – Sigma angled brush.
    • Lines – Sigma Eyeliner brush.
    • Contour – flat eyeshadow brush.
    • Highlight – Sigma Pencil Eyeliner brush.
    • Lips – lipstick brush (unnamed – similar to Sigma Lip Brush).

*You can substitute all the brushes mentioned above to any art brushes you can find in bookstores or art stores.

*Don’t forget to check out my other Halloween tutorials!*

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How-to:

1. I applied a matte foundation all over my face using a Sigma Kabuki Angled brush.

  • I used a matte foundation since I want to look very matte and sickly.
  • You can even apply a lighter colored foundation if you prefer to look even paler.

2. I set my foundation using a loose transparent powder and a powder brush.

3. Using a blending brush, I mixed light and dark brown eyeshadow and applied it under my eyes, around the inner part of the eye socket, along the lower lash line, and on the crease. The idea is to make the eyes look sunken in since you’re infected with the virus and sick.

4. I added a mix of purple and grey eyeshadow on top of the brown eyeshadow to create more depth.

  • The reason why you need a purple and grey eyeshadow is because under your skin you have blood vessels, which aren’t getting enough oxygen due to the virus (or you being sick).
  • So, those vessels on my skin will look purplish, while on others they might look more on the blue end.
  • How you find out if you have purple or blue vessels? Take a look at your wrist and see if you have a bluish vein or a purplish one.

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5. Using an angled face contour brush, I applied a mixture of dark brown and grey eyeshadow on the hollows of my cheeks to make my cheeks look sunken in.

  • I blended the contour down to make my cheeks look even more sunken in.

6. I also applied some of the same powder along my temples and sides of my nose.

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7. Using a flat eyeshadow brush, I applied a mixture of the light and dark brown eyeshadow on the folds of my cheeks.

  • You can skip this step altogether if you don’t feel like doing it.
  • I did it because I wanted to create an even more eerie feeling to the whole look.

8. Using the pictures I found on the Tardis Wiki and Bleeding Cool, I created the outlines of the cracked skin using a black face paint and eyeliner brush.

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9. I filled in my lips with black face paint and a lip brush.

10. I used the same dark brown eyeshadow as I’ve used in the previous steps to darken the edge of the lines.

  • While applying the eyeshadow, I keep in mind how to make these lines look deeper and sunken in.

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11. Using a liquid eyeliner pen, I deepened the cracks by tracing the lines from step no. 8.

  • On some part of the cracks, I even colored some bits and pieces black altogether so I can create an illusion of depth.

12. Lastly, I highlighted some part of the skin to make it look like it’s popping out from the face, and to make the lines look even deeper.

  • I used a light colored cream concealer for this and a pencil brush.

 

Products used

  • Foundation – MUFE HD Foundation.
  • Setting powder – Cinema Secret loose powder (transparent)
  • Shadows for eyes and face – The Balm Meet Matt(e) Nude palette.
    • Light Brown – Matt Rosen
    • Dark Brown – Matte Wood
    • Purple – Matt Hung
    • Grey – Matt Johnson
  • Lines – Snazaaro Black Face Paint; Shu Uemura Calligraphy Ink eyeliner pen.
  • Highlight – Motives Sculpt Palette in Ice (the lightest shade).
  • Lips – Snazaroo black face paint.

*Don’t forget to check out my other Halloween tutorials!*

Halloween #2 Jack-O-Lantern Makeup

Are you ready for Halloween?! I sure am! So, for the second installment of my Halloween series, I decided to do a Jack-O-Lantern makeup tutorial. WHY you ask? Well, that’s because Jack-O-Lantern aka pumpkin carving is very popular in Canada during Halloween month. My sister and I actually love carving pumpkins! We love the scary face ones!

JUST FYI – I am accepting Halloween makeup jobs! If you need a makeup artist to do your scary makeup, I’m available! Contact me through email jilly@kireimakeup.com, or line – KireiMakeup!

Anyways, for this tutorial, you need:

1. Orange face paint (water or cream) – I mixed red and yellow cream face paint to create the orange base. I used a local Indonesian brand called PAC.

2. Black water based face paint – you can use cream too if you prefer cream product, or even an eyeliner.  I used Snazaroo.

3. Eyeshadow – matte black, matte orange, matte yellow for highlight and contour.

4. Brushes – I used mostly synthetic artist brushes.

  • For large area, I used an angled brush (similar to MAC 263 but slightly bigger).
  • For details like the lines and contouring, I used the Rigger type (similar to MAC 209, but with longer bristles)
  • For highlight I used a blending brush, like MAC 217

5. Contacts (optional) – you don’t have to use contacts, or you can use a brighter one than mine. I could only find this honey colored ones from Fresh Kon, since it’s pretty hard to find specialty contact lenses here in Jakarta.

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How-to:

1. I applied an orange cream-based face paint all over my face using a wedged sponge. Lightly stippled it all over my face, neck, and ears for an even coverage.

2. I outlined where I want the mouth, nose, eyes, wrinkles to be using black water-based face paint.

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3. I filled in the areas on step no. 2 with black face paint.

4. Then, using an eyeliner brush and a matte black eyeshadow, I lightly create lines all over the face to create the crease of the pumpkin. I also created some cracks near the mouth area.

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5. Using a small blending brush, I blend out the edges of the lines. I also carefully added some shading on the areas where I want it to look like it’s receding.

6. On top of those black shadows, I applied a matte Orange eyeshadow (I used the orange from Sleek Makeup Ultra Mattes V1 palette).

7. In the area where I want it to pop out a bit more (to mimick the shape of pumpkin), I applied a matte Yellow eyeshadow (from Sleek makeup Ultra Mattes v1 palette) with a blending brush. I put it in the middle of the “squares” on my forehead, above the eyebrows, on my cheeks area. I really want to make these areas to poof out a bit more.

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Voila! You are done! Looks pretty cool in black and white, but looking more like a scary clown. I love how the orange/yellow contour/highlight really helps with the whole pumpkin look!

 

Halloween #1- Monster Teeth

Alright! I finally decided to start my Halloween tutorials early this year! I’m super pumped since my parents are setting up a haunted house at work for everyone to enjoy! Anyways, you can be sure I’m going to be there with full makeup on! For my first tutorial, I decided to do a Monster Teeth or monster smile, since I always find difficulty creating these teeth. I’m not that happy with the result, but oh well, I think it worked pretty well.

One tip that I should keep in mind for myself, is to use water-based white paint for the teeth instead of cream face paint. I think the cream is hard to work with since it moves around so easily, but that’s just my preference. Also, funny story (not so funny when it happened), I was so close to finishing the whole look, and I decided to “fix” the two teeth on the bottom lip, then my hand slip and smudged everything. I had to remove the 2 teeth and just created 1 since it was getting late, and I had to go to bed.

*For Killer Clown tutorial please check out my latest post*

*Please check out my other Halloween post*

Ok, let’s get this whole thing started!

How-t0:

1. I started out by drawing an outline of the smile using a black eyeliner pencil.

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2. Using the same eyeliner pencil, I started drawing the outline of the teeth. It doesn’t have to be pretty, it can be as sharp or as big as you want. I drew the teeth at the back of the mouth a little bit curved in to create an eerier smile.

3. Using a small synthetic artist brush, I applied black cream face paint outside the teeth area.

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4. Using a clean synthetic artist brush, I applied white cream face paint inside the teeth.halloween makeup tutorial

5. To create some depth, I created some smile lines at the end of the monster mouth, above and below the monster lips.

6. Using an angled eyeliner brush, I blended the lines down for the lines on below the lips, and upwards for the lines above the lips. This will create an illusion of depth.

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7. For the rest of the face, I applied foundation and smoky eyes just for fun.

8. I also set the cream face paint using eyeshadow of similar colors – black for the black areas, and white mixed with beige for the teeth.

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It looks really good in black and white!

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Ta-daaaah! So, let me know if you have any request for Halloween, ‘kay?!

 

xoxo