Sugar Skull Makeup

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A couple of my friends bands had a show the other night, and it was supposed to be a costume party. I didn't find out about the costume aspect until about an hour and a half before the show, so I decided to just paint my face and wear fancy clothes, a la Jose Guadalupe Posada's Calavera Catrina. Of course, I was the only one to dress up, but I think that made me the coolest person there, haha. I ain't afraid of no costume!

Anyhow, I thought I'd share. I used Mehron liquid AND cake for the white parts (I poured a bit of the liquid onto the pan cake). The black is Snazaroo pan cake. The rhinestones are sticky gems from Target's dollar bins.

By the way, everybody loved it.

(I hope the cut works.)



This is early on in the evening.





And this is after about 8 hours of drinking, a LOT of laughing, smoking, and talking. It was even sprinkling/foggy/misty all night in San Francisco. It held up pretty well, I'd say.

I fixed the cut. Happy face.