How To Do Good Skull Makeup

Mmmkay, listen—I know skeleton makeup is kinda the most ~obvious~ Halloween makeup look, just some years (fine, every year), I just don't have the energy to endeavour to come up with some magically funny and punny costume, or spend viii hours learning how to utilize FX-level prosthetics. Which is I'm very much into skeleton makeup, which tin strike the perfect balance of chilling and cute, and tin usually be pulled off with any is in your makeup purse.

And to prove it to ya, I went ahead and rounded up the 12 best skeleton tutorials straight from YouTube, forth with a few products y'all'll definitely want to have on mitt. Keep scrolling and starting time preparing for October 31.

1. This split-face skeleton makeup

The all-time office of a split up-face skeleton look is you can still play up the other side of your confront with a ~sultry~ smokey eye and some red lipstick, à la Roxxsaurus in this tutorial, or just continue the rest of your makeup clean and neutral. Hot tip: Blackness and white face paint volition be your BFFs for this expect.

2. This cute and minimal skeleton makeup wait

If you lot just want a bones, cute, somewhat-like shooting fish in a barrel(ish) skeleton makeup tutorial, definitely bank check this one out. YouTuber Wowval beginning blends on a perfectly smokey, vampy eye (so, ahem, yep—this ane definitely takes skill, but can nevertheless be pulled off by newbs), before drawing lines over her lips and shading in her cheekbones for a gaunt, skeletal vibe. Make sure to stock up on liquid eyeliner and fake lashes for this one.

3. This half-face skeleton makeup

If you're looking for a more lowkey approach to skeleton makeup, you can't go wrong with this half-face Halloween expect from YouTuber Chrisspy. You withal go all the creepy, intense details of a regular skeleton (I mean, tin can we merely take a sec to admire the shading along the mouth?), but you terminate it all off with a cute smokey middle and pretty brows. Don't forget the face paint before giving this one a endeavour:

Ben Nye Primary Creme Colors

Splashes & Spills Face and Body Paint Cream

Splashes & Spills Face up and Body Paint Foam

4. This ghost skull makeup

It's the pinkish face paint for me. This part-skeleton, part-ghost tutorial from Giulianna Maria is the perfect excuse to get super artistic with your Halloween makeup. It'll definitely have a decent amount of skill and patience to recreate, just you're basically guaranteed to plow heads (which, IDK about you, is kinda always my goal on Oct 31). Pro tip: You lot want ultra-precise lines with this look, so option upward one of these angled brushes:

East.50.F Studio Small Angled Brush

Beauty Junkees Gel Eyeliner Brush Fine Angled

Sigma Beauty Winged Liner E06

Morphe M165 Angled Liner Brush

5. This easy skeleton makeup

I get information technology: Sometimes it'southward easier to pull together your Halloween makeup at the terminal minute (been in that location). When in dubiousness, this like shooting fish in a barrel skeleton makeup from MsAaliyahJay is a five cute option that you can definitely recreate with makeup y'all already ain (recall: black eyeshadow, liquid eyeliner, and lashes). Throw on an all-black outfit, and y'all'll be good to go.

six. This glam skeleton tutorial

Yup, skull makeup tin can look super glam—all it takes is a ton of highlighter, glitter, and this tutorial from Giulianna Maria. You'll need a ton of blackness eyeshadow to recreate this thick smokey eye, so load upward on one of these picks earlier you map out your Halloween look:

Sephora Collection Colorful Eyeshadow

NYX Professional Makeup Hot Singles Eyeshadow

MAC Eyeshadow Unmarried Eyeshadows

Make Up For Ever Artist Color Eye Shadow

vii. This blueish skull makeup

If you lot aren't feeling the traditional skull colors (call up: black, white, grayness, the works), look towards this tutorial from Denitslava Makeup for an unexpected popular of color. The blue detailing in this skull look will really brand your costume stand out among the rest—especially when you pair it with shimmery eyeshadow and glitter brows. What'southward not to love?

8. This neon skeleton look

Want to get even ~wilder~ with your skeleton makeup? The neon colour palette in this look from Julia Salvia should do the trick. White eyeliner or face paint is nonnegotiable for this expect, btw—it'll create a prissy dissimilarity confronting the colors and really anchor your skeleton detailing. These are a few of my personal favorites:

Nyx Professional Makeup SFX Creme Colour

Nyx Professional Makeup SFX Creme Color

Mehron Makeup Clown White Professional Makeup

Snazaroo Classic Face Paint, White

Moon Creations Face & Body Paint

ix. This frosted skull makeup

Sure, anyone tin show up to a Halloween political party wearing skeleton makeup, but how many people are going to take it to the next-level with an abstract look like this one? Here, Brianna Pull a fast one on adds glitter, highlighter, and white lashes to her skeleton makeup for a costume that's straight-up cool. Demand a white eyeliner restock? Glad y'all asked:

Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner

Stila Stay All Mean solar day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner

Urban Disuse 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil

Rimmel Scandaleyes Shadow Stick

10. This melting skeleton look

Another artistic take on skeleton makeup, this one from Desi Perkins looks like it's literally melting. Makeup newbs will probably want to skip this look, but if you've got a steady hand (and a lot of patience), you'll love the end result. Bonus points for recreating her blue hair too (temporary dye = key for Halloween).

11. This quick skeleton makeup

All yous need is white face pigment and a few nuts (neutral eyeshadow palette, eyeliner, and a couple makeup brushes) to perfect this skeleton makeup from Mel Fidel. Follow along and you'll see just how chop-chop this entire expect comes together (meaning, yup, it's another keen option for a concluding-minute Halloween costume).

12. This pumpkin skull makeup

If you've been in that location done that with the whole skeleton makeup thing, you lot'll love this cute take from Giulianna Maria. It lands somewhere between a pumpkin and a skull and the terminate upshot is beyond cool. Only don't forget to place your Amazon order for orange face paint (and a few detailing brushes!) before you lot have a stab at this i, k?

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