13 Sept 2009

Halloween Makeup: Pantomime Mask

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This is my 1st Halloween makeup tutorial, of hopefully many. Five are already filmed and edited and ready to go; I'll be working on more looks until end of October so that you will have lots of ideas for costumes and makeup to go with it of course. The sad thing is, Halloween isn't even really celebrated where I live! Boo hoo :( Oh well, I will live vicariously through my viewers and friends.

The first look is a simple but effective mask tutorial inspired by Pantomime theater, especially by the French mime character Pierrot, the sad clown. The typical depiction of Pierrot is a white face, and sad eyes with tears running down his face - these were the main themes of this look.

Costume ideas: You can wear the traditional Pierrot garb which is loose fitting white clothes with a ruffled collar, or you can just wear all black clothes, white gloves, and a black French beret. You could even make this look more feminine and daring by wearing a sexy black dress and doing a fun hair updo.



Face
Jofrika white clown paint, Illamasqua Intrigue blush, Ben Nye Final Seal spray

Eyeliner for tears and outer rim
Ben Nye black cake eyeliner

Eyes
NYX White e/s, MAC Carbon e/s, black pencil for eyebrows

Lips
MAC Red Enriched lipliner, Illamasqua Maneater lipstick


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22 comments:

  1. It should be illegal how talented you are! OMG I ♥ this! Thanks for keeping us inspired and sharing your blessing.

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  2. What a cool idea!

    Also, I love your nail polish in this tutorial!

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  3. Anonymous4:08 am

    Wow, Julia I absolutely love your great looks! Cheers from Brazil!

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  4. Anonymous4:10 am

    forgot saying I feel too much inspired by your make up! I've just started up my blog in order show some of my looks! Hpe to have the pleasure of your visit sometime! :)LUv ya!

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  5. Wow. This is awesome!

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  6. Wow...I bet you'd do GREAT in all the Halloween contests on YT... like the BeautyFromTheEarth one... are you entering any of them?

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  7. Anonymous8:36 am

    Bravo Julia! Such a dramatic, stunning and artistic mask for Halloween! You are so talented! Love it x

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  8. great idea!! i love this look

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  9. I love it, very good idea!! kiss from spain !!

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  10. this is amazing Julia. I even showed it to the husband and he agreed it's one of the best Halloween looks he's ever seen

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  11. This is so incredible! I love how you've edited the photo-the white againist the black is just so stunning. You never cease to amaze me, keep up the fantastic work :)

    georgiexoxo.blogspot.com
    xoxo

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  12. Wonderful job, lovely photo. So sorry you don't get Halloween! At least you still get the fun of getting all done up, which is most of it anyway!

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  13. so creative! this is a great halloween look! <3

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  14. this look is definitely a piece of art! im very impressed and inspired! i might really consider doing this for Halloween!

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  15. Hi, I love your makeup on your profile picture. Can you do a tutorial on that? Please....thanks!

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  16. Really great dramatic picture, become a fan of your make up. Really very nice

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  17. This look is amazing. You are so talented with makeup.

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  18. Anonymous11:09 pm

    omg.. all ur make-ups are so fab!! especially the halloween ones... can u do a playmate make up?:D

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  19. This look is fantastic! I actually decided to dress up as Pierrot a while ago, but was unsure about what do to about make-up. I found your tutorial on YouTube and I was so amazed! I just wanted to ask, is the Ben Nye White Clown Paint a good substitution for the Jofrika Paint? Thanks :)

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  20. Adoro o seu trabalho!Suas maquiagens são lindas!
    www.cristymakeup.blogspot.com

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