Everyone enjoys a bit of dress-up and Halloween is the one time of the year when the concept of avant-garde is combined with the norm.
However, if movies and fashion icons have taught us anything throughout the decades, it is that the spookiest time of the year is no excuse to look like an actual ghoul.
In fact, if anything it’s time to put your makeup skills to the test. Make sure you’re eerily chic by choosing one of MOJEH’s three best looks that are tastefully ghastly.
A.F. Vandevorst’s Ghostly Japan
Reminiscent of elegant geishas, as well as extravagant stage performers, A.F Vandevorst’s distressed and dramatic eye emphasises the importance of makeup. Turn to colours that contrast your natural skin tone such as reds, yellows and even white flecked with black for a play on pattern. Remember to keep hair simple and tousled with a lightly glossy lip. Eye shadows that offer exemplary results include Chanel’s Ombres Contraste Duo.
A.F. Vandevorst a/w 16^
Garden of McQueen
Cue creaking Victorian gates! Glide through the haunted gardens of McQueen playing the benevolent royal. Here, you are both regal and powerful without compromising on beauty. Opt for neutral shades across the eyes and keep skin dewy with products such as Catch The Light highlighter by Wander Beauty. Eyes should have a hint of sparkle with dusky grey and rose while lips should be a muted tone of lilac or pink. The crowning glory here is a distressed up-do complete with vintage brooches pinned through your locks.
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The Sorceress
While a cauldron shaped bag is optional, this look is one for the brave. Take everything to the extreme from your lips to your eye shadow and remember only one thing – keep it all in the same colour. Do not opt for midnight blue or a variation of products. Stick to a single selection for a complementary look that is both powerful and intriguing. Flat waves matted across the forehead reminiscent of old world ghost stories add flare to this beauty look. You can exaggerate the eyes and keep lips simple in peach or go dramatic in black. For the best in dark lipped glamour try Illamasqua’s matte formula in Pristine.
