Create a spooky Halloween look with makeup from your beauty bag

For Halloween, there are two types of people: the spooky fans and the low-key ones. Whichever team you’re on, you don’t need a full costume to go trick-or-treating, just a few products will give you a cool, spooky vibe. In this article, IsaDora will show you two quick Halloween looks you can create, using beauty products you (might) already have in your beauty bag: The Bride of Frankenstein and the Joker Look.

The Bride of Frankenstein

Here’s a step-by-step guide inspired by special effect artist Rick Baker's process for creating scars like The Bride of Frankenstein look using makeup techniques:

1. Prepare the base: Create a spooky glamorous makeup look of your liking. We made a classic beauty look with deeper, spooky shades of grey and green combined with a red lip.
2. Map the scars: Use the All-in-one Lipliner in the shade ‘Cranberry’ to draw dashed lines where you want the stitches to go.
3. Outline the scars: Use the same pencil, or the shade “Cherry” to draw small, slightly curved lines on the sides of each scar. Blend softly with a precise, small blending brush.
4. Add depth with shadows: Use a dark brown or grey shadow along one side of the outline. This creates depth and makes it appear as though the scars are indented. We used the The Eyeshadow Stick 63 Taupe.
5. Highlight the raised area: On the opposite side of the shadow, apply a light, shade to mimic the appearance of raised skin around each scar. We used The Eyeshadow Stick 60 Bare Beige but you can also use a kajal, for example The Inliner Kajal in Shade 56 Blonde.
6. Detail the stitches: Draw short, small lines across the scars with a fine brush to replicate stitches. Black or dark brown eyeliner works well for this step. We used the Flex Tip Eyeliner in 81 Matt Black for this step, but you can also use The Colorful Eyeliner.
7. Blend for realism: Lightly blend shadows and highlights, being careful to keep the lines defined but softened, so the scars look more natural.
8. Create the screw: Draw a circle with a line in the middle, using a black kajal. Fill it with a white kajal pen and then shadow and contour with the eyeshadow that you used on your lids.
9. Finish with setting powder: Apply a translucent powder to set the makeup and prevent smudging. We used the The Loose Setting Translucent Powder in shade 00 Translucent.

Step 1-5

About the look: Rick Baker created the distinctive scars for his Bride of Frankenstein transformation using makeup techniques rather than extensive prosthetics. By layering shadows and highlights, Baker achieved a 3D effect for the iconic scars, creating the illusion of stitches without physical materials.

Product list:

IsaDora The All-in-one Lipliner Cranberry and Cherry

IsaDora The Eyeshadow Stick 63 Taupe and 60 Bare Beige

IsaDora The Inliner Kajal 56 Blonde

IsaDora Flex Tip Eyeliner 81 Matt Black

IsaDora The Colorful Eyeliner

IsaDora The Loose Setting Translucent Powder 00 Translucent

IsaDora The Contour Kajal 60 intense Black

IsaDora The Contour Kajal 71 Simple White

The Joker

Base Makeup: Start with The No Compromise Foundation and set with The No Compromise Powder. Use The Contour Stick for sharper features and apply The Powder Blush in "05 Raspberry Red" on your cheeks.

Eyes: Apply purple from The Eyeshadow Quartet in ’12 Crystal Mauve’ on lids and add winged liner. Use The Eyeshadow Quartet in 02 Neo Mint and 03 Neo Smokey Eyes for extra accents. Then apply The All-in-one Lipliner in Cranberry to add a vertical line, under one eye and smudge.

Brows: Brush brow wax through brows and add a green eyeshadow or pigment.

Mouth: Use red lipstick for a messy smile, extending it outwards. We used the The All-in-one Lipliner in the shade 11 Cherry Red and The Perfect Moisture Lipstick 215 Classic Red.

Finishing touches: Add “hahaha” details with black eyeliner.

Product list:

IsaDora The Contour Stick

IsaDora The No Compromise Foundation

IsaDora The No Compromise Powder

IsaDora The Glossy Eyeliner

IsaDora The Eyeshadow Quartet 12 Crystal Mauve

IsaDora The All-in-one Lipliner 11 Cherry Red

IsaDora The All-in-one Lipliner 10 Cranberry

IsaDora The Perfect Moisture Lipstick 215 Classic Red

IsaDora The Eyeshadow Quartet 02 NEO MINT

IsaDora The Powder Blush 05 Rasberry Red