Truth is, zombies are becoming a part of every day life. Can you blame them? After all, they seek brains almost as fervently as a nerd looking for love.

With all this zombie talk, I just couldn’t help myself. I had to create a makeup look inspired by zombies. No, I won’t help you look like this:

(FYI, that’s from the original Dawn of the Dead by George A. Romero, king of the zombies. Zombies + Shopping Mall = WIN)

I’m not going to show you how to look like a zombie. You can find that all over the Internet. But I will show you how to do your makeup with the same darkness as a zombie, with colors inspired by their rotting flesh.

Yay!

Time to get started.

Start with a good primer all over your eyelid, and under your eyes as well. I used the primer from the NYC IndividualEyes Custom Compact.

Next, put a greyish green eye shadow on your lid from the lash line to above the crease like shown above. Also, put it along your lower lid, just below the lash line. Pick a color that reminds you of the rotted, green flesh of the undead. I used Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Mildew.

Time to get dark, just like the sunken eyes of a zombie. Use a black eye shadow in the crease and outside corner of your eye, follow the outline you made with the first eye shadow and blend the colors together. I used Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Oil Slick.

See, zombies aren’t all clean and crisp. They’re actually pretty disheveled.

Add some whitish grey to blend up the edges of your shadow. I used the Revlon Matte Eye Shadow in Vintage Lace, which is a light beige that’s a few shades lighter than my skin.

Blend this under the eyebrow and in the inside corner of the eye.

Finish up the eye with super dark eyeliner and mascara. Line all around the eye including the lower waterline. Use mascara on both the top and bottom lashes. I used the Maybelline Define-A-Line Eyeliner in Ebony Black and Smashbox Full Exposure Mascara Jet Black’>Smashbox Full Exposure Mascara in Jet Black.

Now, you’re probably going to have a lot of fallout, so clean that up. Then, cover your face in super light translucent powder.

Don’t use blush. Don’t use bronzer. What with the lack of blood flow, zombies can’t blush. It’s a proven fact.

Also, if you like to fill in your eyebrows, go a shade darker than normal. Trust me.

Nice, huh? A zombie-inspired makeup look that’s still super glamorous.

“Braaaains…”

But wait…are you inspired by a shambling, walking dead that can barely lift its arms, let alone attack someone? If so, leave your lips bare.

But if you’re inspired by the zombie that finds human flesh, especially brains, a delicacy, paint up your lips in the bloodiest red lipstick you can find. I used Luzier lipstick in True Red and Merry Cherry.

Blood red lips? Totally like a bloody-mouthed zombie. You see the correlation, right?

Oh, the horror!

If you don’t know who she is, she sings such popular songs as “Tik Tok”, “Blah Blah Blah” and “Your Love is My Drug.” I have to admit: I like her music.

Although her music gets a lot of talk, her look often elicits the most gossip. To put it bluntly: Ke$ha looks like she just woke up in a gutter. To put it not so bluntly, she sports smudged up makeup from the night before and a boatload of glitter.

I see a challenge there.

Time for a makeup tutorial of celebrity proportions. Let’s do our makeup like Ke$ha!

First, start relatively fresh.

Don’t load up on the foundation or anything. Heck, don’t even do your hair. This is what I call my “Day-2 Hair.” I don’t normally like people to see my hair in such a mess, but it fits for this. Ke$ha doesn’t seem to brush her hair. I’m already half-way to looking like her.

Apply a thick line around your eyes with a black kohl eyeliner. I used Prestige Soft Blend Khol Eyeliner in Jet Black.

Now smudge up the liner. Use a smudger, a cotton swab or your finger. Don’t worry about getting messy.

Now for eye shadow. We’ll be using two colors. First, a neutral, silvery, shimmery color on the lid and up past the crease. Put some on your lower lid too, while you’re at it. I used Maui Wowie from the Urban Decay Eyeshadow Ammo Shadow Box.

Don’t use an eye shadow brush! That’s strictly prohibited! Use your fingers instead. It’ll make it look like your makeup is two days old, even though it’s fresh.

Time for the second eye shadow color. This needs to be black. It’s best if it’s shimmery or glittery. Apply it on your lid in a very sloppy way with your finger. I used Oil Slick from the Urban Decay Eyeshadow Ammo Shadow Box.

The messier the better!

Now you need to add the glitter. Ke$ha wears glitter around both of her eyes, although she has more on one side than the other. Coarse, silver glitter is best, although you can also get away with gold. I used the Barry M Glitter Eye Candy Kit to get silver glitter all around my right eye and partially around the left eye.

Keep the glitter off of your eyelid, but around your cheeks, brow and temple. And of course, be messy.

Don’t forget the mascara! Use your clumpiest mascara and apply multiple coats to the top and bottom. I used Maybelline Lash Stiletto Mascara in Very Black.

Ke$ha keeps her lips nude, but since mine are a dark shade naturally, I used a lighter lipstick to make them more like Ke$ha’s. The lipstick was from an old generic makeup set from a drug store, so I don’t know the brand.

You’re done! All that’s left is to throw on dangly earrings and some mismatched necklaces and you’re ready to be just like Ke$ha. Check out the final results:

There. Now you know how to do your makeup like Ke$ha. Try this out for Halloween, costume parties, or if you just want to look like your favorite singer.

And I’ll need a fire hose to get all of this off…

Smokey eyes have been in high demand for quite some time now.  While I’ve done some smokey eyes makeup tutorials in the past, why not try another one?

Today, I’m doing a smokey eye, as stated.  I’m also doing a look that uses as few beauty products as possible.  Most of my looks use, like six products.  Today, I’ll only be using four.

Another difference with today’s look is the lips.  Normally, I do some lip gloss or neutral lipstick and that’s it.  Not today!  I’ve got some red lips to show you!

Anyway, the main color scheme is gold, so today’s tutorial is entitled: Gold Smoke.  Makes sense, right?

As always, with start with a fresh face.

Don’t I look like a deer caught in headlights?  Yikes!

Before proceeding, you should do any of your face tricks you use before a regular makeup look.  Today, I used foundation and translucent powder.  Oh, and some bronzer on my cheeks, nose and forehead.  You can learn more here: Priming the Canvas: Getting Your Face Ready for Makeup.

Now, get your supplies for this makeup tutorial:

You can use whatever you want, as long as it’s similar to what I used:

1. Loreal HiP Metallic Shadow Duo in #806 Gilded
2. Incolor FabuLiner Liquid Eye Liner in Brown
3. Maybelline the Colossal Volum’ Express Mascara in Glam Black
4. Loreal Color Riche Lipstick in Penelope’s Red

Smokey eyes usually have some sort of dark color.  I’m using the Loreal HiP Metallic Shadow Due today.  It’s called ‘Gilded’ and has two colors.  For this step, I am using the dark grey color.  It’s a chalky black with gold flecks.

Spread this color across your crease into the outside corner of your eye.  Don’t worry too much about how it looks because it’ll be blended up.

The other color in this duo is a super-metallic gold.  Put this over your entire lid until just above your crease.  Doing this will blend it in so much that the first application of the dark grey will have faded significantly.

Because it faded, I reapplied some more of the dark grey on top of the gold.  This made it look more smokey.  I applied it in the same spot that I did in the first step, and not on the entire lid.

I also added some of the dark grey to my bottom lid.  Using a thin eye shadow brush, I lined the lid from the outside corner and in about 1/3 of the way.

For eyeliner, I used Incolor FabuLiner in Brown.  They call this a liquid liner, but it applies like a long felt-tip marker.  I like that.

I used this only on the top lid.  The line is thickest at the outside corner and gets thinner as you move in.

A final touch to the eye: Mascara.  I used the new Maybelline the Colossal Volum’ Express Mascara in Glam Black.  It makes my eyes look like giant leggy black spiders are climbing out of them.

I kind of like that.

To finish off the look, I did some red lips.  So rare for me!  Mostly because I have the hardest time finding a red lipstick that looked even halfway decent on me.

Turns out that the Loreal Color Riche lipstick in Penelope’s Red looks best.  That is supposed to be celebrity Penelope Cruz’s perfect color.  We match! Me and Penelope are twins.

Okay, we’re done.  Now strike a pose!

I’m not totally convinced that those red lips go well with the overall look.  I mean, they’re good on their own, but maybe not with those eyes.  I think it would help if my hair was down and I was wearing an appropriate outfit.

What do you think?  Do the lips go well with the eyes?

All in all, though, I really liked the Gold Smoke look.  I hope you liked it, too!

I call it Steely Smoke Eyes. Why? Because it has a bluish-grey tint to it that reminds me of steel. As you can tell by now, I tend to name my makeup techniques after the things they remind me of. So clever!

This look is best for special occasions or when you really want to make a statement.

If you want to get a bluish smoky eye look, read on for this makeup tutorial!

As with all makeup techniques, you’ve got to start with an empty face:

Oh, how darling. Before we move on, you need to prepare your face for makeup. Learn to do so at one of my previous posts: Priming the Canvas: Getting Your Face Ready for Makeup.

Now it’s time to gather up all of your supplies.

You’ll be using eyeliner, various shadows, mascara, and lip gloss. I’ll explain each item as we go along.

Unlike previous tutorials, we’re starting with eyeliner today instead of eye shadow:

I used a khol pencil eyeliner today. I put a thick line on my upper eyelid. You don’t have to worry too much on how this looks. It doesn’t have to be perfect since you’ll be putting a lot of shadow over it anyway. I used Prestige Soft Blend Khol Eyeliner in Jet Black.

Now you can start the shadow:

The first color is going to be a dark grey shadow with a bit of a shimmer to it. I used a color pallet from Claire’s. They just call the pallet ‘Eye Shadow’ and there’s no other name for it. It consists of greys and blues (as you can see in the equipment picture above.) I liked using this pallet in the makeup tutorial because it shows that you can achieve an awesome look even with cheap makeup.

Apply the dark grey shadow as shown:

Sweep this shadow along where you put your eyeliner. Toward the outer corner of your lid, start arching upward. I use an eyeshadow brush, and I highly recommend it. The sponge applicators that usually come with shadow, well, suck.

Next, you’ll choose a dark blue color, also shimmery. This is from that same Claire’s pallet, although you’ll do fine with something similar from a different brand.

Apply this color as shown above. Blend it in with that first dark grey shadow. You should go about one third of the way in from the outside of your lid. You should also blend it to a bit above your crease.

And here it looks with eyes closed:

As you can see, the shadow comes at an angle away from the inside corner of the eye, rather than straight up.

This next shadow is somewhat of a medium to light blue. As with the others, this shadow has a shimmer.

This is how it will look with the eyes open. You should use this shadow to fill up the rest of the lid. Spread it across starting at the inner corner and work your way into the other colors. This will blend them together so that they look seamless. Spread the color up to match the height of what you did with the other shadows.

And here’s how it looks open! While we’re done with the Claire’s pallet, we still have one more shadow step to go.

Now you’re going to use a light, shimmery shadow. While the colors I already used had some shimmer, I really want to pump this up. I used Revlon Diamond Lust in Champagne Buzz.

Sweep this shadow over the entire lid. Cover everywhere that you already put shadow. This will soften the look a bit and will also add that extra bit of sheen we all love so much.

Done with shadow! Now for the finishing touches.

Mascara always does the trick! Put it on both the top and bottom lashes. Black is best since this is meant to be a bit of a dark look. I used Mary Kay MK Signature® Waterproof Mascara in black.

Since my eyes are shimmery, I wanted a shimmery lip as well. I chose my most sparkly lip gloss: Victoria’s Secret Beauty Rush Lip Gloss in Creme Femme.

We’re done! That was easy, wasn’t it? Now for the after pictures:

See what I mean about the steel look? Either way, you’ve just witnessed a smoky eyes tutorial. My little twist added a bit of blue to make it the illustrious Steely Smoke Eyes!

What do you think of this look? Let me know if you try it!