Hi, guys.
My name is James Charles, and
I am the newest COVERGIRL.
Today, I'm gonna be teaching you
guys how to do this dark glam skull
makeup, which is perfect for Halloween.
Of course, me being me, I decided to go
super dark and dramatic with this look.
I absolutely love how it turned out.
It is totally customizable, however.
You can make it as dark or
as simple as you'd like.
If you want to see how I created this
look, make sure you keep on watching.
Hi, guys.
So to start off this
spooky skeleton makeup,
I'm first gonna go in with my
face primer for combo skin.
I'm using my hands to rub this all
over to make sure we have a nice, even,
and flat base.
I'm then gonna jump right in with my
damp beauty sponge and my Clean Matte
foundation, and just rub this
all over and pounce it in.
This foundation is
pretty medium coverage,
but this makeup look definitely
is gonna be full coverage, so I'm
making sure to pack a lot of this on.
To highlight and conceal
my face today, I'm
gonna go to my COVERGIRL plus
Olay de-puffing concealer,
and just put this on all
the high points of my face
so that it'll be under the eyes,
in the center of the forehead,
underneath the cheekbones,
and in the center of the chin,
just to brighten everything up.
And then I'm just gonna blend that
all out with my damp beauty sponge
once again.
Then, to finish off the base, I'm gonna
set my entire face using my Clean Matte
pressed powder.
To start off my brows today, I'm going
in with my Brow & Eye Makers pencil
from COVERGIRL.
I began by outlining the
outer edge of the tail,
and then dragging that pencil in to
outline the bottom edge of the brow.
Once I know how thick I want it to be,
I'm going back into the tail and just
defining it a little bit more, making
sure that point is nice and on fleek,
and then using just the excess
to fill in the rest of the brow.
Once I have the basic shape, I'm going
back in with that de-puffing concealer
on a flat top brush, just to conceal and
clean up the bottom edge of the brows.
I'm also gonna use that same
concealer to serve as an eye primer,
and then just blending that
with a big fluffy brush,
and then setting it with powder.
To begin this eyeshadow look, I'm first
gonna go in with Cinnamon Toast bronzer
from COVERGIRL on a big fluffy brush.
I am gonna use an
eyeshadow palette later on,
but I really want the outer
edge and the transition colors
to be very, very warm
tones, so I thought
this bronzer would work perfectly.
I'm just going in with my crease,
doing windshield wiper motions,
and then also going in on the lower
lash line and kind of dragging
that shadow out towards my temples.
To add some more dimension
to this eye look,
I'm going in with my
TruNaked Nudes palette.
I'm gonna use that middle brown
shade on a fluffy packing brush,
and start to fill in my
eyelid using windshield wiper
motions and circular motions
to blend it up into the crease.
Once I get to the outer corner, I'm
gonna go in on the lower lash line,
and then kind of drag that
shadow out in a v-shape,
because we want this eye to be
really elongated and blown out.
To ensure that everything
is blending, I'm
going back in with Cinnamon
Toast on the same fluffy brush
from before to just go over those edges.
Next, I'm gonna go back in
with that fluffy packing brush,
but this time I'm gonna use the darkest
brown shade in the Naked Nudes palette,
and I'm gonna start by defining the lid.
I'm really focusing this
color near the lash line
and blending it upwards,
making sure not to go too far.
And then once again, once
I get to the outer corner,
I'm just blending that
shadow outwards in a v-shape.
To darken and define my
eyes a little bit more,
I'm going in with my
Perfect Point Plus eyeliner
in both the upper and lower
waterline in the shade Charcoal.
I'm then just gonna use a small definer
brush and the same dark brown shadow
from before to blend that
out to make sure there
is no skin showing around my eye.
To make the skull glow
and slay for the gods,
I'm just gonna use my
favorite gold highlighter
on a flat defining brush
on both the browbone
and the inner corner
for a nice pop of light.
After curling my lashes, I'm going
in with the new So Lashy! Mascara
to elongate and thicken my eyelashes.
And then I'm just gonna quickly pop on
my favorite pair of dramatic falsies
to finish off this eye look.
And that is one eye completed.
I'm gonna go ahead and do
the other one off camera.
Then we can go ahead and get
started with the rest of the face.
OK, so let's be real, skeletons
are like cheekbone goals.
So I'm going in with my Cinnamon Toast
bronzer on my favorite contouring brush
to carve out my cheekbones, forehead,
and jawline to make them nice,
sharp, and defined.
Next, I'm just cleaning up my
contour using my Clean Matte
powder to really give those
cheekbones a sunken-in appearance.
Of course, we have to be glowing on all
areas of the face, not just the eyes,
so I'm going back in
with my favorite gold
highlighter from before and just putting
that on the tops of my cheekbones.
To really turn this into
a skull, I'm going back
in with the same charcoal
liner from before
and starting to sketch out my nose.
I start by putting a dot in the
center and then drawing a v-shape,
and then just connecting
the tips of the v's down,
and wrapping them
underneath my nostrils.
Then, to make the nose look
real and actually hollow,
I'm going back in with the dark
brown shade from the Nudes palette
on the packer brush,
and just filling it in.
I also went in with
a small definer brush
to make sure all the
lines were nice and sharp.
To start off my decaying bony mouth, I'm
first going in with a white face paint
and just giving a light wash of
color around the lips and mouth,
making sure to set it later on with
a white powder so there's no creasing
or transfer.
To start sketching
out the teeth, I first
started off with my charcoal
liner from COVERGIRL,
but I ended up later on switching
to the Intensify Me! liquid liner,
obviously both in the shade of black.
I began by drawing vertical lines
on my lips to represent the teeth,
and then I also drew lines extending
from the corners of my mouth outwards
and up to kind of create a creepy smile.
Once I had all my teeth
in place, I went back
in with that small definer
brush and the dark brown shade
from the Nudes palette,
and kind of started
shading over the teeth to add
more dimensions and shadows.
Once I had all the teeth outlined, I
used the excess shadow on the brush
to draw lines up and down from
the corners of the teeth, almost
like a picket fence type of shape.
This really makes it look like the
teeth are growing into my face.
I then went back in with the iconic
Cinnamon Toast bronzer and fluffy brush
just to go over those
shaded edges to make
sure everything is nice
and blended together,
and there are no super harsh lines.
As an optional last step to really
give the skull some attitude,
I'm going back in with the medium tone
brown shade from the Nudes palette
on a fluffy brush, and
putting some color right
above the inner corner of the brows.
To finish off this look, I'm
going back in with that packer
brush in the dark brown
one last time, and just
deepening that shadow a tiny little bit.
And we are done.
All right, guys, and that is the
completed dark glam skeleton makeup
perfect for this coming up Halloween.
As I said before, I decided
to go super intense.
And you guys know me, I
love dramatic makeup looks.
But you can totally customize this to be
however dramatic or light as you want.
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All right, guys.
Thank you so much for watching,
and I'll see you next time.
Boo!
