(Part 2) Best body makeup according to redditors

Me and my girlfriend did Rick and Unity for DragonCon last week. She used Paradise Makeup Light Blue - Amazon. The stuff spreads great. Just a little water and a makeup applicator is all we used. Barely used any of the makeup. Here are some pictures of us from the con At DragonCon Parade Close Up.

Reserve Your Cabana works as a setting powder and has a luminous finish. It's definitely less drying than Rimmel Stay Matte. If your skin tone is fair this would be a good option.

L'oreal True Match Powder is good too. It feels almost soft, and in my experience it isn't drying.

Hey- real life vampire here. Here's my vampire makeup advice, modified for a beginner.

The main thing you wanna focus on here is red, white and black. Make your hair darker, your skin more pale (contour(define)) your cheekbones and put red under your eyes.

Before you start, gather these things:

1. Clown White
   
2. Liquid foundation of some kind (match for your skin or not, doesn't really matter)
   
3. Eyeshadow (with red and black and white) or oil face paints (same colors)
   
4. Possibly a brown/black eyeliner pencil for your eyebrows
   
5. An ashy contour colour (just a brown, greyish color)
   > 6. A contour brush. Some people will insist that you need more brushes but honestly you can probably get away with using your hands.
   
   Tutorial:
   
   
6. Put on some Joy Division. Mix together some of the clown white and foundation and apply it to make your face seem more pale. Try to make it even, and the consistency shouldn't be too thick. If it is, add more foundation. Also, put this over your lips so that they look super pale.
   
7. Put white eyeshadow on your eyelid. Then, take just a bit of black eyeshadow and try to blend them to make grey. The eyeshadow should get darker towards the outer corners.
   
8. Take some of the red eyeshadow (on the tip of your finger) and dab it on the lower lash line (not your waterline. don't try to stick your finger in your eye!!!). Smear that downwards so that it blends in with the foundation you have on. Try to make it look natural, like your eyes are really red. After all, you are a vampire.
   
9. Use the ashy contour colour and the contour brush to make your cheeks look gaunt. This will help you look more dead. Also, contour your temples. Blend it in to the white so that the lines aren't harsh (you don't need to use that much product, and start in the hairline and work out.)
   
10. If you don't have a widow's peak, make one with your eyeshadow and contour. Use the brush for this, and just try to be subtle with it, moving in a swooping heart shape out from the point in the centre. You might need to pack more product in at the hairline.
    
11. If your eyebrows need to be defined, define them. You can make them look more evil/intense by adding a dark line along the bottom and then angling in like this. You don't have to do this though, and you could even white out your eyebrows (not all vamps have them after all.)
    
12. If you want to, do lines of black eyeliner on your eyelids. You can smudge this if you want, and I suggest only doing the top so that on the bottom the main focus is the red.
    
    If you want any more help/explanations don't hesitate to ask, I could send you more pictures if you want. Here is a picture of drag queen Aquaria with a vampy look: she might be a bit too shiny for what we're going for here, but the eye makeup is a good example (and the expression.)
    
    
    

How safe is that to use on skin though? Try this if you don't want to risk a horrible rash, or permanent glowing nipples.

Dermablend is largely considered the gold standard in coverage, but for something in high-friction areas like your arm you might be better off trying something like these "temporary tattoo" sheets designed to cover tattoos.

to cover freckles, veins, bruises, etc.
http://amzn.com/B001R2IGEC

There's also some heavy-duty body makeup you can use to cover up tattoos.

Thank you! And of course. We used Mehron Paradise Makeup in Storm Cloud for our bodies and then the black accents were done with the Mehron Basic a Color Pallete.

Mehron makes amazing water based body paint. Highly recommend! The trick is getting it on nice and thick so it doesn’t look streaky.

Yup! Made the shirt. Bought a black turtleneck and yellow long sleeves. I layered the yellow on top of the black, then used chalk to draw cutting lines across the top. I recommend putting the shirts on to do that (especially with boobs), as it looks a little different laying flat vs on your body. I then took it off to cut out the top portion of the shirt. I can't sew, so I used a hot glue gun to glue it on. Then I layed the shirts flat and used chalk to draw the angled front/back and cut those out of the yellow shirt. I recommend putting the shirts on again before gluing the rest.

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For the communicator pin I found a template online and traced them onto foam. You can use spray paint to get the colors right. I used a metallic gold marker and metallic silver hair spray because I had them laying around. Glue the two pieces together, then glue onto the shirts.

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For the pips I just found these gold sticket things in the scrapbooking section at walmart and painted over two of them with the gold marker. The third I used a black sharpie to fill the center in black.

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I followed this guide almost exactly for the makeup. For the white, I used Mehron Clown White. The NYX Ultra Pearl Mania in "Yellow Gold" was not available so I subbed it in with NYX Pigments in GO H.A.M.

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The contacts I ordered through SpookyEyes.com and got "Avatar." Although, if in the US I recommend just seeing an eye doctor and getting contacts that actually fit your eyes as these were pretty uncomfortable.

I have super pale legs and I use hempz touch of summer lotion. Smells great and doesn't really change the color of my legs, just makes them look.. nicer.

I've also heard about airbrush legs from sally hansen. I haven't used it, so I'm not sure about the difference it makes. These seem like they are different products - light glow, shimmer, nude glow.

Amazon.com

Seriously! Buy in bulk and save.

http://www.amazon.com/Lumistick-Glowstick-Bracelets-Colors-bracelets/dp/B000IZ4KEE/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1318305303&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Body-Paint-Glow-Dark-6560/dp/B00448DX44/ref=sr_1_3?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1318305383&sr=1-3

And with Amazon Prime, you get free two day shipping!

Gloves aren't a bad idea. I was going to say sleeves like this You'll have to search for one that matches your skin colour or you could get your dress colour. Make up also isn't a bad idea. Gotta look for a professional though.

I bought all the tattoos on amazon. They came in a pack and are applied with water. Although they are difficult to get off they look fairly real in person. Here’s the link:

Tekashi 6ix 9ine temporary tattoo set

Sally Hansen's Leg Makeup is supposed to be really good.

I have a couple of these floating around that I use to cover my very similar tat when I need to. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004DC7QZI/ref=sspa_mw_detail_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I see Amazon also has tan and white ones. That way it’s not a full sleeve, ya know, just in case it’s hot where you’re at. ;)

Ive used body liquid latex like this https://www.amazon.com/Ammonia-Liquid-Latex-Paint-Ounce/dp/B006GDPLL8/ref=sr_1_14_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1523903997&sr=8-14&keywords=liquid+latex

If thats similar it works really well! if you have a good brush and make it thick, it comes off in a clean line. The real advantage is that it peels off so you can put the latex where you want one color, peel it off and put another glaze over the whole thing. plus its fun to peel off.

Mermaid from Goblet of Fire

Wig: https://www.amazon.com/Mildiso-Short-Curly-Cosplay-Halloween/dp/B075CYW9R5/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=green+wig&qid=1572233941&sr=8-2

Yellow contacts: https://www.colouredcontacts.com/en/view-all/9996-yellow-cat-uv-i-glow-colored-contact-lenses-90-day.html

Fangs: https://www.mostlydead.com/collections/fangs-teeth/products/gaul-fx-fangs

Skin Color: https://www.amazon.com/Mehron-Makeup-Paradise-Paint-Light/dp/B008NCXO2I

Spear: https://www.amazon.com/Forum-Novelties-Roman-Costume-Accessory/dp/B00JMBESGA

Hands: https://www.amazon.com/Zagone-Studios-Webbed-Creature-Gloves/dp/B00DKW2TUO/ref=pd_sbs_193_t_0/137-0643215-6627816?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00DKW2TUO&pd_rd_r=c33d7ed8-784a-4c0c-8a68-ece342f756cd&pd_rd_w=xekAw&pd_rd_wg=Yk9o5&pf_rd_p=5cfcfe89-300f-47d2-b1ad-a4e27203a02a&pf_rd_r=NN2MH3XG13K7AXQVYAW5&refRID=NN2MH3XG13K7AXQVYAW5

Shirt (in case it doesn't load right, the lime version): https://www.hanes.com/shop/hanes/hanes-beefy-t-long-sleeve-t-shirt-6319?categoryId=21088

Tail: https://www.amazon.com/FEESHOW-Mermaid-Halloween-Costumes-Sequins/dp/B073VHW34P

Shoes (because they're necessary, not because they'll show -- deep forest color): https://www.dillards.com/p/ecco-womens-soft-low-cut-zip-bootie-sneakers/507687741

I used Mehron Paradise Makeup in the shades white and storm cloud.

Thanks!

I got my bruise wheel and two of the fake blood types from Amazon. I'm still waiting on molding wax to show up. It'll give the gashes more depth, instead of them just being blood.

Edited to add that there are links in there to the things I bought. You can't really tell in the Halloween subreddit style.

Never used it, but I had a friend shopping around for Andorian makeup.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005VIWVRG/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DNLK9FO/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008NCXNSI/

Try seeing what you of think of these?

I'm planning to buy a membership for the month of my wedding (next April). I'll just go a couple times a week and a few minutes each time, but I'm naturally pretty pale and I loved my dress when I bought it with a summer tan, so I'll want to at least get a few shades darker. Don't forget if you're doing this to buy face makeup that matches just a few days before instead of in advance if you're doing your own makeup.

https://www.amazon.com/Millenium-Tanning-Bronzer-Lotion-13-5-Ounce/dp/B0058E3XJI/ref=sr_1_4_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1501786436&sr=1-4&keywords=tanning%2Blotion&th=1

This is the lotion I've used in the past and it's fairly well priced online so I'll probably order it again.

Not an expert or anything, but I think that you would want to go for body-paint, not some kind of make-up. I think that something like this would probably work well, in terms of the color you're going for.

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wait, that's just regular paint. don't use that. something like it though.

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maybe this? and I imagine you'll want to apply it via some sort of template, rather than by hand.

You can't take it off, so they can either offer a way for you to cover it or shut the fuck up.

Edit. BTW, why couldn't you have sleeves on these units?

Thanks! we were thinking of doing the outline but since we couldn't find her brushes this was easier to do at the moment.

Also we used Mehron Brand makeup

The White

The Black

And a setting powder that keeps the paint from smearing and coming off

They cost about 10 dollars each but are super dense, one container will last a long time

Sauce

Have a bit of fun together and paint eachother with edible body paints :D

I like surprises just not a garbage bag full of angry bees please.

Yea, I had to declare all of mine when I joined the Navy, but only so they knew they weren't gang related. I have a friend who's a nurse and she has her entire right sleeve done. She just wears something like this.

It's really not a big deal anymore. I have tattoos on my forearms and I just wore long sleeve shirts to interviews because I don't want them to judge me based on the tattoos. Once I start the job and get a feel for the mood there, I either switch to short sleeve or stick with long sleeve. My work ethic is what I'm judged on after a certain amount of time.

It matters even less when the tattoos aren't visible. Most people you work with probably have a tattoo somewhere. It's a 2.3 billion dollar a year industry.

http://theweek.com/article/index/233633/the-tattoo-economy-by-the-numbers

This is what I use. Also I don't shave with a razor often. I use an electric shaver which also seems to help.

Do you mean the Ultra Green V10 Glow in the Dark Solvent-based Paint?

Crown x

This might look cheesy but I kind of like how these look on her arm...tattoos

Ooo these are cool!

I really like wearing make up. I enjoy putting it on, I enjoy picking out new colors, and I enjoy wearing some art on my face. I wear make up at Burning Man. If you like wearing make up, and you want to wear it at Burning Man, go for it! Part of the event revolves around self expression, so do what you love!

Burning Man does present some make up challenges, but it's certainly not impossible. These are a few things that have and have not worked for me in the past:

-Get your eyebrows dyed at a salon. Seriously! Mine grow in blonde, so instead of messing with a brow pencil every day only to have your goggles rub it off, I bring my pencil into a salon and tell them to dye my brows that color. This will save you a lot of time and frustration.

-Skip the foundation. I don't personally wear powders, foundations, blushes, or concealers often, but I definitely would not wear them at Burning Man. If you wear it, you're going to sweat it off, or you're going to have to be that person who pulls out a mirror and fixes it every few hours.

-Waterproof mascara and eye liner. I saw a few people mention that the dust will turn your mascara grey, but I haven't experienced this for myself. I'm pretty diligent about wearing goggles in dust storms, and when it's not dusty, sunglasses.

-Lip stain. I'm not really a brand person when it comes to make up, but I'm definitely an amazon review person. This product had good reviews, so I ordered it for Burning Man, I got it in the mail last night, tried to today, loved it.

-Skin Care. Don't forget to take your make up off before you go to sleep. I made this mistake one night two years ago, woke up with pimples.

-Temporary tattoos. I have sensitive skin so I don't wear these on my face, but a lot of my makeup-wearing camp mates swear by them. You can use these in place of eye shadow, they last for days, and they only take a few minutes to apply. These can be simple or extravagant. I personally like these metallic body tattoos.

Hope this helps! )'(

I'm going as Dr Bunsen from the Muppets, and so far I have Mehron Paradise Light green for my overall face color and a green swim cap to pretend I'm bald. I haven't decided if I should glue down my eyebrows, and I don't have any powder to put over them either. Painting my lips seems yucky, so I was going to do a lipstick, but can't decide on lighter pinks or darker fall colors.

https://www.amazon.com/Hide-Ink-Tattoo-Covers-Medium/dp/B007OE1GCQ

not a concealer type cover-up, so won't rub off on your dress

You can also use liquid latex not necessarily marketed for nails. I use this stuff and refill old liquid latex bottles with it. Should also work with an empty nail polish bottle. Might make the search a little easier if you're not limiting yourself to the more popular brands for nails.

http://www.amazon.com/Millenium-Tanning-Bronzer-Lotion-13-5-Ounce/dp/B0058E3XJI/ref=sr_1_25_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1456896166&sr=1-25&keywords=california+tan&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011
I have not tried it but with 2k customers and 4 stars it could be worth the $13

http://www.amazon.com/California-Tan-Tanning-Lotion-Ounce/dp/B004BV07FM/ref=sr_1_28_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1456896122&sr=1-28&keywords=california+tan
My favorite, costs way more but I like everything about it:scent, color, feel.

> oh sure, that explains the actual blood and the actual injuries in some of the follow-up videos i've seen.


Case closed then huh?