She is one of the most international characters in Mexico and, for this reason, every year on Halloween Thousands of women from all over the world (and also men) pay homage to Frida Kahlo by dressing up as the Mexican painter, poet, and artist. A very special night because, as you probably already know, it is celebrated on the eve of the famous Day of the Dead in Mexico, which is why it is also a very popular costume in the country for parades and festivities on these days. 
We explain how to make a spectacular Frida Kahlo makeup for Halloween step by step and we tell you what accessories you need to complete your costume and make it spectacular. Let’s go there!
Steps to do a Frida Kahlo makeup
The most important thing to dress Frida Kahlo is to focus on that particular face that the artist knew how to defend as part of her singular beauty and that was portrayed internationally in the French Vogue of 1937. That mythical cover is usually the reference image to look like Frida, whose characteristic style was always marked by the traditional clothing of his homeland, Oaxaca.
On that cover, Frida appears with a raised eyebrow, with a bit of a mustache, red lips, and cheeks. To complete her look, her headband, her earrings, and her necklaces are essential. Let’s see step by step how to do this unique.
- put on soft makeup, you can use BB Cream or similar. You don’t have to try to cover the marks on your skin; Frida would never have done it. Even if you want you can leave your skin natural.
- Continue with the eyes. In the Vogue photo, Frida Kahlo barely has her eyes painted on. She does not even have a line on her eyelid de Ella as she had very. In your case, you can follow similar make-up with a nude shadow and a bit of black mascara, or if you prefer, you can smoke or paint them in some color. In the end, it will look just as good.
- It’s time forth, the great protagonists of Frida Kahlo’s makeup. If you have bushy and dark eyebrows like Frida Kahlo it will be much easier. Just comb them up a bit and fill in the gaps with a black brow pencil. If your eyebrows are light or sparse, you should work more on the eyebrows with the black pencil. Look at a photo of Frida Kahlo to create the shape of her eyebrows.
- Now focus between the eyebrows. Freda’s frown is already a symbol of power and femininity for many women and on Halloween, we must pay tribute to it. With the black eyebrow pencil, she begins to paint small vertical hairs from the edge of one eyebrow towards the center so that you gradually reduce the intensity as you get to the point between the eyebrows. Do the same with the other eyebrow.
- We continue with the mustache. Frida had a slight mustache that she did not shave, so you can simulate it by making small dots with a black pencil and blending them with the sponge by touching it. It is something very subtle, so be careful not to overdo it. By the way, you can always use your natural mustache or frown to create your Fridacostume.
- It’s the blush’s turn. Frida Kahlo wore a lot of blush, from the corner of her eye de Ella to her jaw de Ella, taking up half of her cheek de Ella. She used to wear a reddish hue that went very well with her skin color. Ideally, she should use the one that best suits her skin.
- Finally, paint your lips in an intense carmine red color, Frida Kahlo’s favorite.
Accessories to achieve the complete Frida Kahlo costume
- Without the accessories and the hairstyle, Freda’s makeup does not work as a costume, so you must try to recreate them in your way, especially the.
- If you have very long hair you can make a side braid and wrap it around the top of the head, like the quintessential Frida hairstyle. You can also make the braid with a ribbon of some color or put on a false braid. If you prefer your natural hair but you don’t have it very long, collect it back and play with the headband, in this case, it should be very large to hide that you don’t have the braid.
- Yes, it’s time for the headband, the central element of the costume, and that will enhance the. The particular flowers that Frida always wore on her head were inspired by traditional Oaxaca headdresses, the famous Tehran headdresses. You can buy it, but if you want to use your creativity, get to work with some things you have at home.
- Too easy! Line a headband with a satin ribbon of some color and put the flowers on it. They can be artificial flowers, paper-mâché flowers created by you, or even natural flowers. You just have to glue them on top, using large and small flowers to give depth to the headdress. As for the colors, use your imagination to make this piece.
- Finally, the jewelry. Frida Kahlo used to wear large gold and colored earrings or earrings, generally handicrafts from Oaxaca or other Mexican areas. Search through your jeweler collection or that of your friend, your sister, or your mother, you will surely find similar earrings with which to complete your look. As for the necklace, in the photo on the cover of Vogue, she appears with a large golden necklace wrapped around her neck, also made from popular Mexican crafts. Frida didn’t always wear necklaces, although when she did they were usually quite showy. If you have one at home, you know! Take advantage of it for your costume.
Frida de Katrina makeup for Halloween
Another of the most popular Frida Kahlo makeup for Halloween is the one that combines the Anglo-Saxon Halloween with the Mexican tradition of the Night of the Dead, that is, the makeup of Frida Kahlo as La Katrina or La Calaveras Garbancera, created by José Guadalupe Posed in 1910 and, curiously, taken up again by the muralist Diego Rivera, Frida’s partner for many years, who gave her the current outfit in the mural ‘Steno de ulna trade dominical en La Alameda’ where Frida also appears with her particular style.
Thus, this costume becomes a calaverite Frida, with the same hairstyle, accessories, and clothing, but with the face of a festive skull. Let’s see how to do makeup step by step:
- Start by painting the entire face white, if you want to make it more realistic you can use an off-white color.
- Next, start with the eyes and eyebrows, the most characteristic part of makeup: to do this, paint two circles around the eyes and paint them in the color that you like best, keep in mind that they simulate the eye sockets a bit exaggeratedly. Skull before continuing to decorate, we suggest you paint the eyebrows. Remember the characteristic shape of Frida Kahlo’s eyebrows, with a frown. The eyebrows will cover the upper part of the circle of the eye sockets.
- Line the eyes and apply mascara, so they acquire more depth.
- Now yes, the decorations of Katrina’s makeup begin. With different colors, you will have to create this so characteristic makeup. The choice of colors is yours, use your creativity!
- Begin to decorate the eye sockets, with a border in small circles, simulating that they are a flower.
- Paint the tip of the nose black or another color, preferably within the range of shades of the eye sockets. Remember that this simulates the space that exists in the nose area of a skull.
- Paint the lips red like Frida’s and draw vertical lines along the lips, as if they were sewn together.
- Under the jaw bone, draw a line that goes sinuously towards the corners of the lips, to make the face appear bountiful and give you an ideal touch.
- Decorate the rest of the face with lines that simulate nature motifs such as flowers and stems. You can also put an upside-down heart on the forehead and a star on the chin; you can draw daisies on the face or another type of flower. You can even decorate it with colored diamond stickers. Have fun creating your own Frida Katrina design. It is makeup for Halloween.
- Finally, don’t forget the accessories, which as we already said are the same as in Frida’s traditional makeup. And we propose an even bolder make-up: half of the original Frida Kahlo’s face and half of Frida Katrina’s face.