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    Sugar Skull Halloween Make-Up Tutorial: From Dull To Skull In 15 Minutes

    Nail that beautiful sugar skull look this Halloween

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    By Anita Bhagwandas
    Published 16 October 2015 In News

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    Nail that beautiful sugar skull look this Halloween

    It’s October. So that means – aside from anything else like autumnal leaves and the slow descent into Christmas – that Halloween is upon us. Actually we should be more upbeat about that – HALLOWEEN IS UPON US. And, it’s only the most exciting time of the year. 

    That’s why, in this Basic Training Halloween Spooktacular Special, we’ve got a series of videos coming up showing you how to create the most badass Halloween looks for any parties you’re going to. Because you don’t want to end up as a cat or a witch in a room full of people dressed the same now, do you? Do you?

    We’ve enlisted the help of Alice Bizarre a special FX make-up artist who had helped us to (as simply as possible) create an easy-to-follow Sugar Skull look that’s both scary and chic!

    So what kit do you need? 

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    White Grease Paint You need this as the basis of your look – don’t worry, you’ll add colour on top. TRY: Kryolan Aquacolour White, £9.75

    Cream Or Grease Paints You can get these from professional make-up stores like PAM, Charles Fox, Screen Face. Brands like Ben Nye and Kryolan are a great choice. 

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    TRY: Kryolan Supracolor Make-Up Palette 12. £29.95 

    Duo Lash Glue This is undeniably the best lash glue. Don’t use the free stuff you get with the lashes – it sucks. TRY: Duo Striplash Adhesive White. £4.99 

    Lashes Go high end (Make Up For Ever, MAC) or go high-street – but whatever you do, go bold! Eyelure do some great Halloween ones. TRY: Eyelure Carnival Lashes, £6.95

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    Eyeshadows Any brands will work – use the kinds of colours you like! 

    TRY: Sleek IDivine Eyeshadow Palettes, £7.99 

    Black Eyeliner To create definition on the face and basically draw your skull on with.

    TRY: Maybelline Master Precise Liquid Eyeliner. £5.99

    A Setting Powder Though translucent powder will do, this stuff is more hardcore if you’re parting all night!

    TRY: Ben Nye Neutral Set Colorless Powder. £3.94

    Try places like Charles Fox, PAM and Screenface for your Halloween bounty – they’re the best.

    Liked this? Drop Alice Bizarre a line @alicebizarremua and me, Senior Beauty Ed @itsmeanitab if you give it a go! #basictraining 

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    Anita is an award-winning journalist with over 15 years of experience on some of the UK’s biggest magazines. She explores beauty culture and questions the power that pretty privilege has over our lives, and has written a book on it called UGLY: Giving Us Back Our Beauty Standards (2023, Blink), which was serialised by The Guardian and Independent and featured by Vogue, Elle, and many more

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