Gothic Vampire Halloween Makeup Tutorial

August 02, 2024

Goth is one of the biggest fashion and beauty trends for autumn/winter. So if you’re looking Halloween makeup that’s more chic than shriek, then this should be your go to.

Look to the gothic influences of your youth for inspiration, as well as looking for the catwalks’ dark glossy lips and lids for inspiration, and experiment with the blackest kohl liner, deepest berry lipsticks and two-shades-lighter foundation.

With a range of deep, brooding colours, long-lasting formulas and endless gothic appeal, Sleek Makeup is the perfect brand to help us on our moody mission. We’re thinking liner on liner, nightshade lips, and a little something extra, just for Halloween (a spooky splash of purple, perhaps?).

Keep scrolling for step-by-step tips from us on how to channel your inner goth this Halloween, as well as the Sleek Makeup products (plus a few others) you’ll need to create the look.

Base

First, apply Lifeproof Foundation, £8.99 (go a couple of shades lighter than your usual colour) and follow with a matching Lifeproof Concealer, £6.99 under your eyes and centre of your face to create a smooth, even base to work on.
Now add glow by dabbing Highlighting Elixir Illuminating Drops in She Got It Glow and Sun.Lit, £6.99 on the high points of your face – cheekbones, centre of the nose, cupid’s bow and under the eyebrows.

Eyes

Start with Loose Pigment in Trippin & Psychedelic, £5.49, applying all over the eyelids and little underneath the eyes.
Using Fierce Felt Liner in Zodiac Black, £5.99, line your top lids, sweeping it out to a dramatic wing. Also, line the inner corners of your eyes, bringing it to a point for a cat-eye shape.
Apply Eylure’s Dramatic Lashes No. 201, £7.75 to the top lashes and Definition Lashes No. 126, £7.25 to the bottom lashes to make your eyes appear larger.
To blend in the strip lashes, apply Intense Waterliner in Zodiac Black, £4.99 into the waterline.
Now, using the purple shade from i-Divine Eyeshadow Palette in Original, £8.99, trace the outside of the black eyeliner line on your top and bottom lids.

Lips

Line your lips with Locked Up Super Precise Lip Liner in New Rules, £4.99 and fill them in with Say It Loud Satin Lipstick in Bootylicious*.
To create an ombre effect, add Lip Dose Soft Matte Lipstick in Wait Your Turn, £5.99 to the outer corners of the lips and blend inwards towards the centre.

Final touches

Apply Mono Highlighter in Sphinx & Lustrous, £6.99 to the highpoints of the face: cheeks, cupid’s bow, under the brows and inner corner of the eyes.
Finally, use Cream Contour Kit to contour in the hollows of the cheeks and down the sides of the nose to complete the look.

Click below to watch the full Gothic Vamp makeup tutorial with designer, model and influencer, Afiya Bennett.

*Shop now on Boots.com for all things Halloween, including the Sleek Makeup products, for a spooktacular night. This product will be available to buy online from 25 September. For more killer Halloween looks, visit the Halloween hub over at Boots.

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