How To Draw A Spider On Your Face

Creating a Halloween make-up look that's scary but not horrifyingly bad can be difficult, but with our step-by-step tutorial guide, explained by Illamasqua's Director of Artistry, Pablo Rodriguez, you can achieve a spooky spider web in five easy steps, using products you're likely to already have in your make-up bag. Here's hoping it won't be the (un)death of you.

Step 1:

Use foundation, not face paint

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The trick to making your skin look pale while still pretty is to avoid white face paint in favour of a foundation that is two shades lighter than the one you normally use. Blend it all over your face and neck with a fluffy brush and set with a translucent loose powder.

Then, to add definition to your face, so that it looks particularly gaunt, apply an ashy or deep brown eyeshadow instead of a traditional bronzer (which would add too much warmth) along your cheekbones, forehead and the bridge of your nose. Try Illamasqua's Powder Eyeshadow in Heroine.

Step 2:

Prep your eyes

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For eye make-up that really stands out, start by over-defining your brows. Use a gel brow pomade and work with thick strokes of an angled brush so that your eyebrows look big and feathered. A spoolie will help you diffuse the product evenly.

Then, prep your eyelids with Illamasqua's Skin Base Lift Concealer in White Light and use it along your lash line too. Over that, use a white powder eyeshadow, such as Perdita from The Reign of Rock Elemental palette.

Step 3:

Eye Shadow

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Next, create your dramatic smoky eye make-up by blurring a black eyeshadow under your eyes (to give the impression of bags) and in the inner and outer corners of your eyes. Further define your eyes with a black creamy eyeliner, especially along your bottom lash line.

Create spidery lashes with Illamasqua's Mascara in Raven, as multiple coats applied immediately after each other will provide a clumpy but lengthened effect.

Step 4:

The spider's web

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The main feature of the look is a spider's web, drawn across the cheek, which you can achieve using the same eyeliner you used in step three. To ensure the web design is straight, draw a cross at the centre of your cheekbone, before drawing another bigger cross over the top. Only then, start to mimic a spider's web by connecting the two lines with small dashes.

Once you are happy with the design, trace over the top of it with Illamasqua's Precision Ink Liquid Liner in Abyss to add definition and to stop it smudging.

Step 5:

Lips

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An ombré lip design will perfectly complement your eye make-up. Use a silver lipstick, like Illamasqua's Antimatter Lipstick in Storm, in the centre of your lips, followed by a black lipstick at the corners. Smudge both slightly to blend them together.

The finished look

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