Category: TUTORIALS

Happy Friday! Since I’m sure many of you are gearing up for a busy weekend of fall gigs, here’s another fast and fun Halloween eye design!

Step by Step Instructions:

1 – Load up a petal sponge (B) with a Mermaid cake (A) and lay down a background gradient over the eyelid and down to the cheek bone. Using a damp Jumbo dauber (C), press and twist to “erase” a spot for the moon.
2 – Load up your jumbo dauber (C) with some neon yellow. I’m using GTX Neon Moon! Press and twist to paint the moon, and dab on a little Lemon Zest glitter (E).
3 – Using a 1/4″ flat brush (F) loaded with black paint stripes for a fence, and add a couple horizontal lines to connect. I tapped a few lines below too to create a bit of a fade to the design.
4 – Add the cat with the same black and the same brush! Scroll down for more detailed steps on the cat!
5 – Load up a finger dauber (H) with white, and add some stars with an Ooh! star wrap stencil (G) in the sky.
6 – Finish off the design with some Wicked Festival Glitter! (I)

While the cat may take a little practice to get the muscle memory down, it was all done with just one load of the same flat brush I used for the fence! I’ve included some more detail below on just the cat!

1 – Using the same 1/4″ flat brush you used for the fence make a swoosh for the cat’s neck and arched back. Press and pull down while twisting to create the top of the cat’s back leg. Lifting and twisting as you go automatically creates the tapered shape of the hip.
2 – Drag the corner down to the fence to complete the back let.
3 – Repeat the process to create 4 legs. Touch the corner of the brush at the end of each leg to add paws!
4 – Outline the cat’s heat. I’m making sure it’s on top of the yellow moon here, which will make the eyes yellow already too!
5 – Lay down the brush on the top of the head and twist the bottom only to create quick triangles for the ears.
6 – Paint an arched v shape in the top of the head to outline the tops of the eyes with the corner of your brush.
7 – Reflect that same shape on the bottom to fill in the head and outline the bottoms of the eyes.
8 – Press down where you want the top of the tail…twist and lift as you paint an arc down to connect the tail to the cat.
9 – Simply “stamp” on little whiskers and pupils in the eyes with the tip of your flat brush to finish the cat!

Happy Thursday, everyone! Today I wanted to share another super quick eye design for Halloween! This design takes advantage of some time saving tools for a quick but impressive design. There are so many things you can do to mix it up! Move it to the forehead and add the silhouette of a headstone! Try using an orange-yellow gradient for the background instead of gray! Have some fun with the zombie arm by mixing up the colors or adding some red liquid bling drips…the possibilities are endless to make it your own! Scroll down for step by step instructions and product links!

Step by Step Instructions:

1 – Load up a petal sponge (A) with a monochromatic cake. I’m using Tag magpie (B). And yes, I did squish my sponge way down to load it all up in a small split cake…it works!! Pat the gradient over the eyelid, around the eye and to the cheek bone.
2- Load up a finger dauber (C) with white, then scrub one edge with blue. Press and twist to create a moon, then touch on a dab of holographic white or lemon zest glitter (D)!
3 – Don’t rinse that dauber yet! Pat it around the sky to create some eerie clouds!
4 – Load up a mini stencil kabuki brush and use your Ooh! Zombie Arm stencil (F) to add the arm with black, dark green, or whatever color you like for zombies!
5 – Use a fine round brush with black to add some scraggly grass at the base.
6 – Finish off the design with a couple Ooh! stenciled (H) bats and glitter from the Vivid Gleam Nocturnal glitter cream palette (G)!