11 Cosplay Makeup Tutorials
Tutorial: Apply Face Paint for Costumes
Whether you’re going for a look that’s cute, scary, or utterly otherworldly, perfecting your face paint is key to nailing your cosplay. But if it’s your first time, or you’re looking to improve your techniques, it may seem a bit…
Tutorial: Male Makeup for Female Cosplayers
One of the main challenges in creating a realistic crossplay is getting the makeup right. Believe it or not, male and female skulls are actually shaped differently. Everything from the protruding brow bone, to the wider chin, makes it more…
Tutorial: How to Make Costume Scars With Only Makeup
If you don’t want to use liquid latex or rigid collodion, you can create scars by simply drawing them on with makeup. This method is ideal for scars that are very close to or on top of senstive areas (like…
Tutorial: Realistic Fake Freckles Using a Stipple Sponge (for cosplay)
For this method of creating fake freckles, you will use a stipple sponge (often used for stage makeup) to press a pattern of freckles onto your face. It’s best to use cream makeup for this method, but you can also…
7 Tips for Flawless Anime Makeup for Cosplay
Anime characters have it good. They never have to worry about pimples, wrinkles, or discolored skin. Not to mention their big, adorable eyes. It can be difficult to translate these perfect cartoon faces onto our own very real faces. But,…
Tutorial: How to Create Fake Freckles With Eyeliner Pencils
There are many characters that have freckles. If you want to cosplay them accurately and you don’t have any, you’ll need to use makeup to your advantage so you can complete your freckled look. There are multiple ways you can…
Tutorial: How to Make Fake Burn Scars With Liquid Latex
Liquid latex is the most versatile method for creating scars, cuts, and any kind of special effects makeup. You can use it to create large burn scars, like for Zuko or Todoroki, but you can also use it for realistic…
Tutorial: How to Color Your Eyebrows for Cosplay
So you got a brand new bright wig and decided to try it on. It looks great on you except for one small thing. Your eyebrows are the wrong color! You can make that wig look just a little more…
Tutorial: Create Fake Freckles Using a Spooly Brush
The idea of this method of creating freckles is to flick powder onto your face to create a truly random array of dark spots. You’ll get the widest variety in freckle size using this method since the powder can fall…
Tutorial: Creating Realistic Cosplay Scars with Rigid Collodion
Creating realistic scars can add a compelling layer of detail to many character’s appearances. Scars can tell a story of past battles, adventures, or encounters. One effective method for crafting these details is by using a product called rigid collodion…
10 Easy Makeup Hacks to Level Up Your Cosplay
Before I started cosplaying, I didn’t wear makeup. I didn’t know what foundation was and had no clue how to apply eyeliner, eyeshadow or anything. It took a number of years of cosplaying before I really started getting the hang…