Makeup for Magick/Ritual p7: Samhain
LETS PRETEND THESE LAST TWO AREN'T HORRENDOUSLY PATHETICALLY LATE, OKAY??? OKAY!!!
Obviously these are the original pictures from last year, so I’ll mention any new releases that have popped up since then that I think fit (that I have). So, let’s get into it!
According to my personal notes, colors associated with Samhain are:
And I, personally, have included some greens in the palette. Both for usual spooky season reasons (which I still celebrate because I love it, and it’s a way to honor my papa since he was super festive at every holiday) and because we’ve got green pumpkins and gourds, as well as some green leaves that are holding in for dear life in the trees. So it should be included.
The Violets: The veil between the world of the living and the dead is at it’s thinnest at Samhain, so it’s the perfect time for all kinds of divination and spirit communication. Psychic abilities seem to be stronger around this time of year and people tend to have more paranormal experiences, as well. Colors like purple, indigo and silver are often associated with intuition and psychic ability, so this is a good palette to reach for if you want to lean in to the uptick of psychic energy.
The Tribe: Oranges and greens, pumpkins and changing leaves. If you want your look to reflect what nature is doing, this palette has a great color story for it.
The Festival: Early on in the creation of this makeup series, I decided this palette was going to be in the Samhain post, primarily because of the red and metallic black. But it’s also has your oranges and golds.
Afrique: I put this palette on the list for the deeper reds, green, purple and gold.
The Saharan: This palette’s on the list for the black and the oranges, basically.
Next, Give Me Glow and Shroud Cosmetics…
GMG Juicy Olive Palette: A palette for more murky olive greens.
GMG Grunge Palette: This is for the darker purple, brown and black mattes. The original reason I wanted this palette so bad was for all the nice deepening shades.
SC Spooky Cute Palette: Other than the black, the pastel shades are good for blending out the edges of more colorful looks. That’s it. That’s why it’s on the list.
SC Arcana Palette: Arcane’s dark jewel and muted color tones work really well for the sabbat in general. Some of the colors are more muted in person than they are in the picture, but in a good way. Maybe “murkier” is a better word for it? I dunno… Granted, this one is based more on the “sitting at an altar/grave, communing with the dead, burning candles and incense” vibes it gives off when I look at it. So… Plus they spell “Altar” right, which a bunch of witches online tend to fuck up regularly, so props for that.
SC x Beautbean It’s Freakin’ Bats Palette: This one’s really cute for Halloween, what with the theming and references, and the Sam shade is so unique in my collection. For Samhain, however, the focus is on the purples for a intuition and psychic ability boost.
Next is Urban Decay and Kristen Leigh Cosmetics. Because of the whole supporting Putin situation, I’ll be skipping over ABH for the foreseeable future. Instead we’ll talk about a palette from Unearthly Cosmetics (formerly Alien Cosmetics) that I bought this past year that I think fits.
UD Born to Run Palette: Like at Mabon, the fall vibes of this palette live on. The black, dark grey and murky purple, orange, brown and bronze shades lends itself to this darker tone of year.
KLC Autumn Vibes Palette: Undeniably a companion palette since it’s four metallic/ duochrome shades. If you’re going for a late-fall nature focus, any of these will would work.
UC Poison Apple Palette (new, not pictured): At Samhain, apples are used for divination and as offerings to our beloved dead. This palette, from the mattes to the duochromes, embody this sacred fruit perfectly. It also works great for Mabon.
Haven’t said this in a while. Time for our lord and savior, Colourpop!
Blowing’ Smoke: The color black is associated with death, the dark and cold night (growing longer until Yule) and protection; grey is associated with divination, intuition, spirit and ancestor communication, death and the underworld; and silver is associated with protection and intuition/psychic ability. So, a good color story to work with at Samhain. If you’re new to makeup, go in slowly with black eyeshadow. That ish can go from 0 to 60 in a blink.
Orange You Glad?: Specifically for the two darker mattes. And say it with me! Fuck pressed glitter! Uhg, that could have been such a beautiful duochrome!
Main Squeeze: Again, this one is specifically for the darker blood red shades on the bottom row.
It’s My Pleasure: A decent purple palette with a few different purple tones in the shimmers to work with.
Yes, Please!: While not super deep, the OG Colourpop palette is the “work appropriate” red-orange-yellow Samhain palette.
Whatever: Again, fuck pressed glitter. But the reds and browns are nice and deep, and with the orangey-bronze shade “Not OK”, it mimics the majority of leaves on the trees this late in autumn. Just more glam.
On to BH Cosmetics. I haven’t really bought anything from them since they were bought out by Makeup Revolution. So I don’t know if the formula’s changed at all. I do know that a good chunk of their palettes got discontinued, though.
Poison Shock Scorpion Sting: I’d bring in the dark orange matte from Orange You Glad?, since the three mattes don’t go as deep. Metallic wise, you have a lot of options for whatever leaf or pumpkin you’re trying to replicate.
Poison Shock Nightshade: Again, the mattes don’t go as deep as I’d like, but it still works nicely.
Poison Shock Venom: The Venom shades can be used similarly to Blowin’ Smoke from CP. it just has one or two more purpley shades to work with
Zodiac: All of the mattes besides the Leo and Virgo mattes are great purple/black/browns to use. The baked metallics that would work for Samhain are Cancer, Gemini, Pisces, Capricorn, Sagittarius, Scorpio and Libra.
Love in London: I chose this specifically for the matte black, a couple of the matte browns, and the purple, dark grey and gold metallics. Definitely another office appropriate palette choices.
Passion in Paris: Strictly for the reds, purples and greys. Though this is more “wintery”.
Bringing up the rear, we have the single shadows! Starting with Kristen Leigh Cosmetics, Terra Moons, and Shroud.
KLC Halloween Havoc Collection:
Haunted: an orange to gold iridescent duochrome highlighter with gold to green to silver blue color shifts.
Jack-O-Lantern: a pumpkin orange multidimensional eyeshadow with gold to green to silver blue color shifts.
Potion: a light leafy green duochrome eyeshadow with lots of iridescent green duochrome sparkles.
Sorcery: a cool toned dark brown to purple duochrome, multidimensional eyeshadow with purple to pink to blue to gold and slight orange shifts depending on the lighting and angles.
Hurricane: a warm-toned medium-dark orange metallic.
Spiked: a warm, dark red.
Bonfire: a duochrome orange-red shimmer.
Martian: a duochrome green, gold and reddish shimmer.
World Eater: an intense true red metallic shimmer.
Ignite: a fiery copper metallic.
Vigil: a golden yellow metallic.
Enigma: a mid tone purple with an icy blue shift.
Pillow Talk: a deep purple with an intense gold shimmering reflect.
Scrumptious: a coral red shimmer with an intense gold shimmering reflect.
Artifact: a grungy olive green metallic with a slight golden shift.
Nightsong: a deep metallic blue with a black base.
Jelly: a blue purple duochrome.
Gator: a missy green with shifts of brown and pale yellow.
Adorbs!: a reddish bronze with shifts of gold and green.
Honey Pot: a golden orange with shifts of copper, yellow and purple.
Hocus Pocus: a purple shade with shifts of olive green.
Poppy: a deep, dark metallic burgundy.
Follow Me: a vibrant orange gold shimmer.
Tricked: a vibrant golden yellow shimmer.
Poor Unfortunate Souls: a purple shimmer.
Forbidden Fruit: a bold metallic red shimmer.
Emerald: a burgundy with shifts of green, gold and copper.
The Monarch: a bronzed brown with shifts of rose and gold.
Juice: a deep wine red with shifts of brown, gold, and green.
Omega: a green metallic with shifts of teal, purple and dark blue.
Firefly: a red with with a copper/orange/gold shift.
Lady Luck: a bronze gold with shifts of green, red and brownish purple.
Starry Night: a mid-toned blue with a violet undertone.
Lagoon: a metallic, golden olive shimmer.
Coppa’ Feel: a bold, metallic copper with a hint of pink.
That’s What She Said: a golden metallic with slight hints of green.
Bonfire Babe: a vibrant fiery orange with shifts of yellow gold and pink.
Next to You: a deep purple with an electric blue shift.
For the Graham: a cinnamon brown with shifts of red, gold, and orange
And finally, Give Me Glow!
Leggings: matte ultra black
Blackened Plum: deep smoky purple matte
Chili: deep rustic red-orange matte
TBT: deep burnt rustic orange matte
Toxic: vibrant deep true purple matte
Storm: a cool toned purple taupe metallic
Selfie: a warm toned medium-dark copper metallic
You’re Cheesy: a warm toned, light-medium orange metallic
Ultraviolence: a deep purple based violet metallic
Satellite: aluminum foil silver metallic
Halo: white with baby blue and gold shifts
Marshmallow: pure white matte
And with that, we’ve finished Samhain. Not much else to say except, if you have any ideas you’d like to add, please do!
Now on to the final sabbat: Yule!
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