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How to do skeleton makeup for Halloween?

Halloween arrives with its share of festivities and like every year, we wonder if we are going to dress up or wear makeup.

Whether you are invited to a Halloween party or for the pleasure of celebrating this day with dignity, do Halloween makeup is a great idea to lend yourself to the game.

Zombies, witches, ghosts, you have a multitude of choices for your Halloween makeup . But the easiest and most representative of this holiday is undoubtedly the skeleton Halloween makeup .

For children or for adults, we explain how to make a skeleton makeup for Halloween. And in addition, we give you some inspiration ideas spotted on Pinterest!

How to make up as a skeleton for Halloween?

Skeleton makeup is one of the easiest to achieve, whether you're a makeup pro or not! To start, you will need to bring the necessary makeup. Don't worry, you won't need much!

Makeup products

Get the following materials:

  • A greasy white blush
  • A greasy black blush
  • A small makeup sponge
  • Black mascara
  • Black eyeliner (optional)
  • White powder
  • Two makeup brushes
  • Black cream aqua

Steps to makeup as a skeleton

  1. Start bytracing the outlines of the eyes and triangles on each wing of the nose using a brush dipped in your black shadow.
  2. With your sponge, soak your face in white makeup except for the inside of your black contours. Don't forget the mouth, which should be as white as the rest of your face.
  3. Finally, paint the inside of your outlines all black (eyes and nose), then start drawing a skeleton mouth with black blush.

Help yourself with askeleton makeup tutorial on Youtube. You will find hundreds, even thousands of them and some are really very very simple to make!!!


Some skeleton makeup ideas spotted on Pinterest

Minimalist skeleton makeup

If you don't have the heart and the inclination to get into too much makeup, you can also do a woman skeleton makeup discreet and elegant.

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Mexican skeleton makeup:a very colorful variant

Mexican skeleton makeup varies a bit from our traditional black and white skeleton. Among the Mexicans, there is also red on the face of the skeleton and it is a little more festive than our skeleton.

If you have seen the cartoon Coco, you will have an easy time identifying the type of Mexican makeup for Halloween.

You can choose to add a bit of color and a few fantasies to the appearance. This Mexican skull makeup is very playful because it allows many variations. So have fun with colors and patterns!

You can make Coco Halloween makeup on your children, the little ones will be delighted!

The specificity of Mexican skeleton makeup:well-defined cheeks (hollowed out with dark eyeshadow), black and colored eyes and a few floral patterns all over the face!

To enhance your makeup, add a few flowers in your hair on the top of the head in the colors of your makeup!


Halloween skeleton makeup for kids

What makeup products to use on children?

Children's skin is fragile. To protect the beauty capital of your toddlers and avoid any form of allergies, opt for hypoallergenic and toxic-free makeup .

Remember that children tend to swallow makeup by rubbing and then putting their fingers in their mouths.

Halloween skeleton makeup for girls and boys

For successful Halloween makeup, you don't necessarily need to paint your child's entire face. The main thing is to make the eyes and the black outline and to draw the mouth of the skeleton well.


In summary:

  • For children, use water-based makeup.
  • For adults, white and black grease shadows should suffice for basic skeleton makeup.
  • If you want color, we advise you to do a Mexican skeleton Halloween makeup like in the movie Coco.