It has been a really long time since I've posted a tutorial. I hoping that the upcoming Halloween holiday will inspire me to start back up. If you have any ideas for tutorials that you would like to see, email me at
ali@redroosterdesign.com.
So to start, here is a Marilyn Monroe tutorial because she is one of my favorite vintage inspirations and I've actually never been her for Halloween.
I started with a black and white photo of Marilyn, but
I wanted to make this look more severe to really emphasize all of her famous features and because it's for Halloween. It's a bit of a mix between a regular Marilyn makeup and and a pop art Marylin with muted colors.
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Marilyn photo used for reference. |
I used my
Make Up For Ever Flash Palettes. They are creams so they blend easily and they are very pigmented.
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Make Up For Ever Flash Palettes |
I started by adding the highlights. I just roughly applied them using a flat brush.
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Highlights |
Then I added the shadows using browns. I used the photograph as a reference as to where to put the shadows and highlights. Marilyn was known for her bedroom eyes and that's achieved with the defined shadows and highlights.
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Shadows |
I then added the signature arched eyebrows. They are pointy and thicker at the points.
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Eyebrows |
I then blended the face with a blending sponge by patting the areas lightly.
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Blending Sponge |
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Results of blending the face |
Then I used a smaller brush to blend around the eyes.
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Real Techniques brush |
Next, I went over the brown areas with a brown eye shadow from my naked palette to set it.
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Naked Palette |
I also went over the highlights with a white eye shadow to set it and even it out.
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Sleek palette |
Then it was time for the signature Marilyn lips. Her lips have a big bow and are red. I used the same brown cream that I used on my face to outline the lips. Marilyn actually used many shades of red to create her dramatic dimensional lip. After I blended the lips I added different shades of red and pink to the center and finished it off with a dramatic white highlight on the bottom center lip.
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Lined Lips |
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Blended Lips |
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Lips with Red in the middle |
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Lip Highlight |
Finally, I added eyeliner. You don't have to be super precise. If you look at photos of Marilyn, you can see that her eyeliner has a bit of an angle down on the ends and she usually had liner on the outside bottom of her eye to create that droopy shadow.
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Eyeliner |
The look wouldn't be complete without her signature beauty mark and her blonde hair.
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Final makeup and a wig cap |
Here is the final look. If I were really wearing this out, I would have also applied makeup to my neck to make it match my face.
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Final Look |
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Final Look |
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Final Look |
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Final Look |