8. The Retro Pop Art Character
Bring a vintage comic book to life with the Retro Pop Art makeup look. This style uses bold lines and bright colors to make you look like a two-dimensional illustration. Start with a full-coverage, matte foundation. Use a black liquid eyeliner or face paint to outline the key features of your face, including your jawline, the bridge of your nose, your brows, and the outer edges of your ears. This creates the iconic “drawn” look of comic book art.
Next, use a red or pink face paint and the end of a makeup brush to apply evenly spaced “Ben-Day” dots across your entire face, mimicking the vintage printing style of classic comics. Paint your eyelids with a bright primary color like blue or yellow, and outline them with thick black liner. For the lips, use a bright red lipstick, outline them in black, and paint a small white “shine” mark on one side to give them a glossy, 2D appearance. You can even draw a dramatic, cartoonish tear falling from one eye for added comic book drama.