First up: Supplies.
I use Snazaroo face paint, white and black. They can be found at Michaels for around $8.50. They're pricier than plain old face paint, but believe me, it's worth it.
I originally bought it for theatre, when I was in Cats. It won't smear around, as long as you don't rub your hand across it, and it won't crack when you're wearing it. The only problem I have with it, is if it's hot enough, and you sweat, it WILL drip and run. (But that was during theatre, so maybe it had more to do with the fact we were wearing full jumpsuits, fur arm and leg warmers, and fur wigs. In addition to it being almost 100 degrees on stage from the lights. In July.)
The paintbrushes are just cheapie paintbrushes from the Dollar Store.
The other things I use here are blue liquid eyeliner from NYX, and blue eyeshadow from Sally Beauty. Plus my general foundation and mascara.
Step 1- A thin paintbrush to stripe white paint below my eyes, under the lashline, leaving a small gap, and winging it out on both the inside and outside of the eye. (Ignore my tired, no-makeup face.)
Easy enough.
Step 2- I lined the underside of my brows with a strip of white paint, then filled in my brows with blue eyeshadow.
I also did my eyelids with the same blue eyeshadow.
The extra thing I did was take the blue liquid liner and add another wing to the outsides of my eyes, right above the white strip.
Also added some mascara. When I actually do this costume, I'll use really thick fake lashes, but I didn't want to fight with them today. Since fake eyelashes are a pain.
Step 3- The Smile
First, take the thin paintbrush, and make a small dot centered in the indent above the upper lip.
Then, make another dot below the bottom lip.
Step 4- Find the bottom of the cheekbone, and make another dot. Mine is about an inch or so from my hairline. Do this on both sides.
Step 5- Brush a line of black paint from the dots to make the corners of the smile, on both sides.
Step 6- Now take those dots above and below the lips, and draw a line completely down onto the lip.
***Sorry for the bad descriptions, but I don't know how else to explain it. Just use the pictures to find what I'm talking about.***
Step 7- Another set of vertical lines on each side of the first lines. They'll be curved slightly to follow the shape of the lips. And yes, I'm aware it looks like the Spiderman symbol. xD
Step 8- Another set of lines.
Now it's just a really big spider.
Step 9- Continue adding lines out towards the corners of the smile. Begin to curve them more than the ones in the center.
Step 10- Once that's done, begin to close the lines into triangles, to make the actual shape of the fangs.
They don't have to be perfect, they'll be filled in later.
Step 11- Fill in the spaces between the teeth, and the corners of the smile.
And now, instead of the Spiderman symbol, it looks like some weird adaptation of the Batman symbol.
Step 12- Now take your white paint, and begin to fill in the teeth. I use a paper towel to wipe the brush off between teeth. Otherwise, you'll get black mixed in, and it'll turn the white a dirty greyish colour.
Step 13- Now take your thin brush and the black paint, and round the bottoms of the teeth.
Step 14- Add dimples on the corners of the smile, and smudge up the outline of the smile. I also paint a vertical line up from the top teeth to the bottom of my nose, and then paint my nose black. Also, little dots of black can be sprinkled across the cheeks.
All done!
For reasons unknown, some of the teeth got angled backwards, and I'm not sure how, given I just now noticed. That can be fixed with some extra white paint.
Add a blue wig and some cat eye contacts, and you're done! Don't forget to speak all in riddles and stare creepily at people.
~Michelle
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