So my beau and I had grand ideas this year for our Halloween costume. We were going to do Dr. Who. He would obviously be Dr. Who and I was going to be a weeping angel, a scary stone creature from the show. The life-size stone angel is a project indeed and I am realizing that I am not sure I have left enough to make the Halloween costume.
Correction. I definitely have not left myself enough time to make the costume.
Looking around online, I have found a lot of inspiration. One of my favorites has been this silent film star costume from the blog Shrimp Salad Circus. Honestly, I think we all already have the clothes in our vintage closet to make this happen, it just needs to be colorless.
I always love something inspired by vintage or old movies or history. No, the Dr. Who thing isn’t vintage, but we trade off. One year he chooses the costume, the other I choose. It is his year this year and so Dr. Who it was to be. Last year I chose the costume and it we did Psycho. He put on a grey wig and a granny dress for me. Gotta love a man who will do that for you.
Black and Grey Makeup
The greyscale makeup is the key to this costume. I suggest a quality grey face paint combined with a no-color setting powder. Don’t cheap out on the grey paint if you don’t have to on this one. Cheap body makeup doesn’t have good coverage and can be a mess.
Finish the makeup using greyscale eyeshadows and longwear black lipstick.
There are quite a few greyscale black and white makeup tutorials on YouTube. Here’s a simple one from the very talented and adorable ahitsrosa.
Greyscale Hair
The black and white movie hair can be accomplished a few different ways. If your natural hair is light to medium tone, a grey spray in haircolor will wash out in the shower. If your hair is very dark, but not black, try a black spray in color. Or you can just go for a black wig already styled in a vintage hairdo, which will make the whole process faster with less mess.
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Sarah
You’ve probably seen the Weeping Angel costume that’s been all over the blogs, but have you seen her step-by-step for it? Probably impossible to do in time but maybe file it away for next year!
http://www.therpf.com/f24/doctor-who-blink-weeping-angel-costume-49264/
Tori Benick
I love the silent movie idea! 🙂
Yxl Ian
Oh,it looks very good,I like the costume,Everyone hope they have a good time in Halloween,but I think you must have a Halloween costume firstly ~~~