Halloween Make-Up Fun!: The Sequel

My second costume and second make-up day this year was a quick costume I threw together to attend an evening event several days before Halloween. I needed something I could wear during the day because I did not have time to run home after work to change, something that was kid friendly, because this was a kid oriented event, and something that fit the theme of entertaining kids at a party.  Necessity being the mother of invention, I grabbed this glass globe I have from Ikea and declared myself a fortune teller.

Costume Number Two: Fortune Teller


This costume came about primarily based on a scarf I bought that features an awesome skull (right). As I was looking at it, it just seemed like the perfect thing to build a costume around.

I skipped the primer this time, and went straight to my normal base, MAKE UP FOR EVER Mat Velvet + Matifying Foundation in Ivory.  I didn't mind my undertones coming through here since I knew I was going for a dark pink and purple palette.


For my eye color, I turned to URBAN DECAY's Ammo Palette. I love Urban Decay. I used to think that all eye shadows were more or less created equal. Within the last year or two, though, thanks largely in part to my friend Thu, who has this great blog you should check out.  Part of the magic is definitely URBAN DECAY's Eyeshadow Primer Potion.  However, having tried other shadows with it a shadow primer, I have to say, it's more than that. Urban Decay shadows have great pigment and staying power. 

At this point, I have a couple of Urban Decay palettes, most of them relatively small.  I have a couple of Sephora palettes, some Wet & Wild palettes, and a few other items, but nothing beats those UD palettes. (I don't have the Vice or Naked Palettes, but I soooo want them.)  Anyway, between Grifter and Last Call over a URBAN DECAY's Naked Basics base of Walk of Shame and Faint made for a very nice eye.  

Once again, I busted out my KAT VON D Tattoo Liner in Trooper, which is really easy to do wings by the way. Then I layered with SEPHORA COLLECTION Glitter Eyeliner in Purple on top. I love the Sephora Glitter Eyeliners, and I am quite sad they appear to be discontinuing them. You have to give them a good solid 45 seconds with your eyes closed to let the liner dry so you don't get a weird crease line, but if you do it stays on all day. And I mean, alllllll day.

I finished off my eyes with BENEFIT COSMETICS They're Real! Mascara. As mascaras go, I like this one, but I also admit to not having tried all that many mascaras.  (I really want SEPHORA FAVORITES Lash Stash. I have for several years. Maybe I'll pull the trigger on it this year.)  I really like the wand that comes with They're Real!

For my blusher, I applied what has got to my be all time favorite bronzer, BENEFIT COSMETICS Duo Bronzer Ten. (Benefit has discontinued this particular bronzer because apparently they know I am in love and they hate me.) Then I added ORIGINS Brush-on Color in Mulberry.  I bought the Mulberry years ago on a bad recommendation from a sales assistant. It's really too dark for daily use but I find it comes in handy for dramatic looks like this one.

For the lip, BUXOM Full-On Lip Cream in Lavender Cosmo layered with SEPHORA COLLECTION Ultra Shine Lip Gloss in Shimmery Glowing Amethyst. I don't usually (or really ever) sport a lip in the plum family, but with the rest of the make-up, it really worked. I'm sort of excited it made the trend list this fall or I might never have tried it at all!

I also did my nails in Sephora OPI What a Broad, which has been discontinued in the wake the great Sephora/OPI split.  Sephora is now doing their own nail color line, Formula X, which I hope to god is better than their old Sephora line, which was some of the worst nail polish I ever used.  It was cheap, which was great, but it was so plastic that it literally peels away in one plastic sheet within an hour or two of putting it on.


In the end, everyone at work was, ummm, a little unclear I guess on whether I was in costume or just trying a new look.  I'm going to take this as a compliment to my make-up skills rather than an insult to my general fashion choices.  While the style was described variously as "gypsy vagrant" and "gyp-ster," I like to think that mostly means that my make-up, which I thought was quite dramatic, was something I could pull off on a normal day or evening out as long as my clothing was...less bohemian.

As for scents, I took a moment to consider what the inside of my fortune teller's den would smell like: incense smoke, herbals teas, lamp oil, and worn, aged paper.  In the end I settled on L'Artisan Tea for Two, which is both lovely and seasonally appropriate for Fall.

What about you, dear reader? Have you ever worn a costume only to find out that people couldn't actually tell you were in costume?