If you are like me and skull obsessed, you already know what you are going to be this Halloween.

October’s New York Color Beauty PRO challenge was to create a Halloween look (shocker!), and although I love anything and everything glam, I had to go with something scary for this one.  Why be a princess when you can rock skull makeup, right?!

In true Shayna-fashion though, I just had to add a little drama, so I chose to keep the skull mask on the lower part of my face and then add some serious drama to the eye look, and voila! That skeleton ain’t so scary anymore..

1. Apply your foundation first, focusing more on the top half of your face since the bottom half will be covered with white face makeup.

With a white face paint (I used the white colour from the Make Up For Ever 12-Color Flash Palette, but any white face paint will work), carve out a mask-like shape on the lower two-thirds of your face.  Then carefully fill in your outline with the white colour. Since this particular product was quite oily, I set it with a pressed powder to make it a bit more matte.

2. With a black gel liner (I used the black colour from the MUFE Flash palette), create a V on your nose then fill in the bottom part of your nose with the black.

3. Using the black colour from the New York Color HD Color Trio Eye Shadow in Skyrise Steel and a pencil brush, lightly go along the edges of the black to create a shadow effect.

4. Going back with the black gel liner, create two horizontal lines from the end of your mouth to your lash line.

5. Along your lips and the lines you just created, paint vertical lines. These are going to act as your “teeth”.

6. With your black gel liner, create a semi circle from the end of horizontal lines to the last “tooth” you made.

7. With the black eyeshadow, paint in the semi circle.

8. With your pencil brush, connect your teeth together and then shade in the bottoms and sides. I used the grey colour from the NYC palette.

9. Moving onto the eyes. Fill in your brows and lay down an eyeshadow primer. With the white colour from the NYC palette, apply this along your brow bone.

10. With a taupe colour (I used the middle shade from the New York Color HD Color Trio Eye Shadow palette in Central Park Plums) and a fluffy brush, apply this underneath the brow highlight, but above the crease, acting as your transition.

11. With the plum shade from the Central Park Plums palette and a pencil brush, lightly apply this in your crease and then creating a V along your outer lash line.  Gently build up the colour.

12. With the grey shade from the NYC Skyrise Steel palette, apply this on your lids.

13. With the black from the Skyrise Steel palette and your pencil brush, go over the plum in your crease gently to darken it up.

14. Take the black and the grey along your lower lash line, blending it out.  Finally, curl your lashes, add some mascara (I used New York Color Big Bold Curl mascara) and pop on some falsies.

I absolutely loved this look and would totally rock it this Halloween, except that you have to walk around with a scowl on your face for it to work.  No smiling and definitely no singing, as it will ruin the whole look. But really, is there such a thing as a happy skeleton?

What are you going to be for Halloween?

Please note, I am part of New York Color’s #NYCBeautyPro program.  All opinions are my own.

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