In this step-by-step makeup tutorial of a simple but oh-so effective Halloween look, MAC Senior Artist Debbie Finnegan showed our model how to create bewitching cobweb effect eye makeup. Follow the tips to nail the look yourself for Fright Night. Happy Halloween!
Step 1
On the skin use a fresh lightweight foundation like MAC Mineralise Cream Compact Foundation and a rosy blush like MAC Powder Blush in Ambering Rose. Then thickly apply gel eyeliner like MAC Blacktrack Fluid Line above and below the eye to create the basis of a smoky eye.
Step 2
Go in with a pencil liner like MAC Smoulder Eye Kohl Pencil on the top and bottom waterlines making sure there are no areas of skin visible so it looks really intense.
Step 3
Apply a sparkly eye shadow like MAC Mineralize Eye Shadow in Young Punk all over the eyelid.
Step 4
Using MAC Acrylic Paint in Black Black and a fine liner brush, add some dots above both eyebrows following the arches. Use them as a guideline to extend lines up.
Step 5
Cross-hatch the lines as if to create the appearance of cobwebs.
Step 6
Apply some bold black mascara like MAC In Extreme Dimension Mascara in Black to the top and bottom lashes.
Step 7
Finish with a quirky coloured lipgloss like MAC Lustreglass in Spring Bean.
Bridget March is the Multiplatform Beauty Birector at Harper’s Bazaar, overseeing all beauty and wellbeing content on the UK website and YouTube channel.
From news and interviews to tutorials and treatment reviews, she answers the beauty questions you’re searching for with expert advice (see the renowned #SkinSchool franchise for evidence), taking deep dives into the latest trends (from polynucleotides to Profhilo), and sharing the products A-listers really use (via the ‘Inside my beauty bag’ video series).
Bridget has written for various brands within the Hearst portfolio and beyond, and was formerly Digital Beauty Editor at Cosmopolitan. She lives with her husband and two sons (plus a baby on the way!) in the Cotswolds.
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