Day of the Dead Makeup

I know it's a little late for me to say this, but let me greet you a Happy Halloween! I hope you had a wonderful and a meaningful one whichever way you celebrated it. In our country, most of us relate it to our religious practices and beliefs. However, there are of course some people who celebrate it by attending or organizing a Halloween party.

Though I wasn't able to attend a Halloween party, I had a good time with my family. We spent the day praying for our dead loved ones and visiting their graves.  My younger brother loves to join Halloween Party, but our mom didn't allow us. Nevertheless, my brother had fun because I gave him a sugar skulls makeup look which was inspired by the Day of the Dead celebration.

Day of the Dead or Día de Muertos is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout the Central and Southern part of Mexico in honor of the dead. We don't have such holiday here in the Philippines, but I believe that we do share some of the practices done during the Day of the Dead holiday.

One particular symbol during the holiday is the calavera which means skull. It is commonly reflected during the holiday and one of the most popular ways of representing it is by using makeup. 

Here are some shots of my brother wearing the makeup look:

When it comes to Halloween makeup, the look inspired by the Day of the Dead is my favorite look to recreate simply because it looks charming and easy to recreate. Moreover, it doesn't require so many makeup products and allows everyone to be creative on the looks that they want to achieve. 

Here's a shameless photo of me doing another version of a Day of the Dead Makeup Look:

For my look, I used jewel stickers and I added more colors instead of the regular black and red combination. Excuse me for the very awkward look. Takes a lot of courage for me to upload that photo! lelz