Because it ain’t Halloween without zombies, I decided to update my last year’s zombie look. First because it’s been a year and there’s still nothing scarier than being a daily commuter in the Philippines…so yeah I am dedicating this look to the Philippines’ favorite Tito for defending us commuters, and my commuter friends who’ve learned how to ninja-do their makeup WHILE commuting liek watdahel?!!? Kayo ang tunay na #Petmalu!!!

Second because it only took me an hour max. I mean, the goal isn’t to look good after all… 

Third because I was inspired to create something messy and disgusting thanks to Make Up Pro‘s #MUPFREAKYFACE Halloween contest (they’re giving away P30,000 worth of make up yo; can you just imagine how much can that haul help me?!)

What I did:

1. Cover your face (and lips!) with a thin layer of white + blue + green facepaint (from the Flash palette). I didn’t want it to be too matte because I just wanted make myself appear like I’m running out of blood.
2. Flaunt your natural eyebags! I tightlined my eyes with red facepaint, blended that out with a bit of blue and brown. I did this using my fingers because again, the goal of this look is to appear as gross as possible. Just use your Before photo as a reference of what you should NOT look like (BTW my pa-candid, Before photo was made possible by my crispy-pata-loving housemate whose name I would rather not mention due to the addition of unnecessary letter H to the spelling, and his very patient wife. Both have gotten used to seeing me walk around the common area with crazy makeup looks so I salute the patience of these two!!)
3. Use a veeery thin brush to draw the veins using green, brown and red facepaint. At this point I was getting sleepy so I didn’t bother making sure the veins look more, err, veiny.
4. Fill in your brows like usual with Benefit Gimme Brow in 04.
5. Soak a cotton ball in Graftobian liquid latex, flatten it onto your neck (this will serve as the zombie bite); do the same with a smaller cotton ball for the eyebrow pencil. Roll cotton balls until they’re long enough to have the same length as your plastic shards, dip them in liquid latex, then attach to your face.
6. Attach the shards and brow pencil to the latexed cotton bruises, hold onto place until dry.
7. Paint the bruises with your usual liquid foundation, then top with red and black facepaint.
8. Go crazy with your fake blood (hair gel + pinch of cocoa powder + red food dye); add streaks of brown and black facepaint to appear messier.