Halloween Makeup -- Elphaba

Some of these entries are phenomenal and I know I won't win, but I wanted to share my costume with you guys! Happy Halloween from Michigan!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Halloween
• Makeup
• Elphaba

[amandarines1979]

ok like 1 question what did you wear i mean i really need to know if i can find at least a dress like the defying gravity one if i can i would love the other with like the ripps <3

[awburie]

@amandarines1979 I went to a local cheap resale shop (Goodwill, Salvation Army, not consignment shops) and got most of it. I was really lucky to find a hideous but perfect tiered black skirt with different black textures. The top I just pieced together from a fitted turtleneck and black scrap fabric. The hat was the most crafty piece. I just took a regular hat from a halloween store and put a lot of glue/starch in it to shape it and painted it. Good luck!

[mikeride101]

Hey, What an amazing look,

Its looks sensational,

Please can you be specific about how you did it?

So you mixed green eyeshadow with water and applied it to the face??

What sort of eyeshadow did you use?

Please can you reply, I am directing a mini version of Wicked atm, and need this kind of look!!!! :D Thanks :)

[awburie]

@mikeride101 Thanks for the compliments! I used just a cheap, dollar store pressed eyeshadow. It worked better than the drug store brands I tried, but I wasn't willing to splurge on the MAC stuff like they have on Broadway for a Halloween costume. I carved out the pressed shadow into a small bowl and mixed it with water to make a medium to thick consistency paste. I think it was at this point that I should have found a way to set it. Maybe a normal, translucent setting powder would work.

[awburie]

@mikeride101 Then the contouring colors come in. I did not wet the black, but i did still crumble it. Start out with a little on your brush and see how it behaves. If you have some makeup skill, try also incorporating a lighter green, shimmery highlight on the top of the cheek bones, forehead and nose to add more depth and complexity to the look. Use a small, angled brush and the black powder or a traditional dark eyebrow pencil (I prefer the latter) to strengthen the brow prominence.

[awburie]

@mikeride101 Then go to town defining the eyes and be sure to use false eyelashes. Still use regular mascara after applying the false lashes to blend the two. I did also use a bright pink powdered blush that looked great, but it did not last.

Have fun with your production and break a leg!

[amandarines1979]

@awburie it takes alot of work dosent it? last year i was Galinda i tried to find a pink dress when she sung popular no success! so i looked for the most prettiest dress that was a blueish whitish i cant believe that i found that one but not the other! but anyways it was alot warmer haha! so i guess it was a luck thing

[victorials15]

cool how long did it take you to get it off

[Maniac151340]

ur cute

[Londonman84]

@mikeride101 It's also necessary to be really cute like she is ;)

[Londonman84]

It's great, you ought to have been one of the musical Elphabas.

[mikeride101]

@awburie Thank You Sooo much, for the breakdown of the make-up!!!! I will make a video of pictures of our Elphaba, using your make-up, and uplad as a video response? Hope thats okay with you....And thank you again!!!!! :D