Gothic makeup
In the 70s of the 20th century, a very unusual subculture, the Goths, was born on the basis of the punk movement. She is very diverse and heterogeneous, but her representatives are united by a specific image and a special, unlike any other makeup. Despite the fact that the appearance of the ready caused condemnation among other segments of the population, gradually the ideas of the Gothic style are closely intertwined with the world of modern fashion. Now many people are interested in the question of how to make a gothic make-up and what makes it so completely different from the usual Make Up. And this is not surprising, because correctly and beautifully executed Gothic make-up does not cause fear anymore, and in combination with stylishly selected clothes creates a unique and original image. Of course, in this form you will not go to a business meeting or to work. But for theme parties, it will be just right.
Makeup in the Gothic style of the first representatives of the subculture was very extreme. But over the past decades, it has developed in parallel with the development of fashion and visage. After the modern professional cosmetics appeared, the Goths no longer look so frightening, and even the stars of show business sometimes do not disdain the gothic style.
How to make a gothic makeup
By following these instructions step by step, you can do gothic makeup at home. For this you will need:
- brushes of different sizes;
- several tones of different shades of light;
- light powder or acting makeup;
- palette of shadows of all shades of dark and gray;
- palette of shadows of very bright red-violet shades;
- white cosmetic pencil;
- black pencil and black eyeliner.
There are several styles of gothic makeup. Step by step we will consider the general principles of application, which are used in all styles, and separately we will focus on the nuances that distinguish them.
Make-up in the style of gothic-instruction and general principles of application
The scheme of creating an image in the Gothic style is quite simple, so you can easily do it yourself. To create gothic makeup, you must:
- Before applying make-up, wash your face well and apply a nourishing moisturizer on it.
- Using a light corrector, extinguish all small spots and other disadvantages.
- Apply to your skin foundation. It should be a few tones lighter than your skin. Using a special brush, blend it under the chin and along the contour of the face, otherwise your face will look like a mask.
- Now we put powder. It should also be much lighter than your natural skin color. Apply the powder everywhere, including around the eyes, in order to subsequently be able to brush off the extra crumbs of shadows with a brush.
Gothic eye makeup
Gothic eye makeup is one of the most important details in the whole image.
- Apply a light color shade to the inside of the upper eyelid.
- On the upper eyelid, apply a black shade to the outer corners of the eyes. The zone of a fixed eyelid remains clean.
- Paint the lower eyelid with a black pencil.
- Draw a fat arrow along the contour of the eyelashes and to the outer corner of the eyes with a black pencil or eyeliner.
- Blend dark shadows with a special brush in the upward direction and outer corners of the eyes.
- Paint your eyelashes with mascara at least three times, before allowing each layer to dry.
Makeup ready: extreme lips
To complete the mare-up you can make-up lips, choosing one of two ways.
- Just make up their lipstick extreme black or all kinds of dark shades.
- Make-up lips with a poisonous-red lipstick, then draw a black contour of the lips with a black cosmetic pencil. In order to give the image more extravagance, blend the lips contour with a special brush.
So, the standard makeup is complete. Following these basic techniques of applying Gothic Make-up, you can create any image. Consider them in more detail.
Makeup in the Gothic style - types and images
Gothic Makeup: Classic Gothic Make Up
This is a gothic makeup for every day. It is distinguished by a bleached face, gray shadows on the eyes, black or white lipstick on the lips.
Gothic makeup in Cyber Style
Makeup gothic in Cyber Style implies:
- The face is still white, but in the makeup of the eyes and lips, bright, poisonous and very saturated shades of all colors of the rainbow are used.
- A feature of this type of Gothic makeup, are the drawings on the face, which are made with a special face paint.
- Figures can be the most diverse, but necessarily technical plan: chips, details of mechanisms, clear lines and points of various sizes.
Gothic makeup in the style of Vampiressa
For this style, the face is lightened much more than in all other types of makeup. Against the background of a pale face, stand out the eyes, which are applied to saturated, red-black shadows. With the help of rouge sharpen facial features. On the same lips apply a rich red lipstick. If you want to create an image of a dead vampire, then use eye-gray shades and pale lipstick for eye makeup.
Make-up Ready in Lolita style
In some ways, this makeup Ready with moderate performance can be considered one of the most lovely. So, our main task is to create an image of a charming, big-eyed, insanely sweet, but unfortunately dead girl. The color palette used here must fully match the color of your clothes. Using a contour pencil draw sponges "bow" and paint them with lipstick without leaving the contours. The lips behind the pencil contour are covered with white powder. Gothic eye makeup of this style is quite simple - use the technique of applying Smoky Eyes.
Make-up gothic style Androgyn
The goal of this make up is to equalize the sexes. It is made in such a way that it is impossible to determine who is in front of you - a man or a woman. Strangely enough, but basically this kind of make-up is used by men in order to give their face more femininity and beauty. But in any case, this make-up has nothing to do with transvestite makeup. His goal is not to make a man’s face a woman’s, but just to give him a little more beauty without losing masculinity. Sometimes girls use this style. The purpose of makeup - to make her face a little rough, but in no way ugly.
As you could see make-up ready is very diverse. If you feel in yourself a craving for the Gothic style, the desire to be special - feel free to experiment with your image, and you will definitely find something for yourself.