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How to Create a dark Victorian Gothic circus girl makeup look for Halloween

Woman with dramatic makeup featuring dark eye shadow and bold lipstick.

It's funny to us that so many Victorian makeup looks done for Halloween emphasize heavy, dead makeup with lots of deep plums and reds because the Victorians wore little to no makeup (women were basically considered whores if they wore rouge).

But we do love how authentically creepy and aged (yet beautiful!) this Victorian Gothic circus girl looks. A Gothic look with a cirque twist, this look is mostly black on black, with a very deathly result.

Products Used:

Face:

Ben Nye - Death Wheel (Palest color in the middle)

Marcelle - Translucent powder

Coastal Scents black gel liner - (eyebrows)

Sleek Safari Palette - Iridescent color (all over skin)

Glamour Doll Eyes e/s - Glam Girl (contour)

Eyes:

MAC Paint Pot - Bare Study

MAC e/s - Carbon

Coastal Scents Palette - red matte eyeshadow

Glamour Doll Eyes e/s - Lovers Lane

Sleek Safari Palette - iridescent color - brow highlight

Coastal Scents black gel liner

Quo lashes

Covergirl Lashblast

Lise Watier - Black eye khol

Lips:

Lise Watier black eye khol

MAC Lipstick - Kirsch

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