Dia de los muertos makeup demonstration

Thursday, October 20, 2011

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Allyson Garro at Coco Coquette, her wig shop in East Austin.

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Allyson Garro at Coco Coquette, her wig shop in East Austin.

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Disembodied coiffures line the walls at Coco Coquette, Allyson's wig shop.

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Alicia, pre-transformation.

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Allyson begins Alicia's transformation with a white powder base. The makeup she uses is called Geisha by Medusa.

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You can also use a cream base for this makeup, but Allyson prefers powder because it's less messy. It gives great coverage and you don't have to blot it down.

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Using a wide flat makeup brush Allyson fills in the spaces around Alicia's eye sockets.

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To create the dark circles Allyson uses a cake eyeliner and a wet brush.

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Allyson switches to a finer tipped brush to do detail work around Alicia's eyes.

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Alicia, mid-transformation.

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Using the fine tipped brush Allyson draws lines from the natural corners of Alicia's mouth to form the skeleton jawline.

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Using the fine tipped brush Allyson paints a spade on the tip of Alicia's nose.

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Alicia mid-transformation.

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Using a fine-tipped brush, Allyson details Alicia's skeleton mouth.

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Allyson outlines Alicia's mouth creating 'teeth.'

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Allyson likes to include a lot of girlie details, hearts and flowers in her Day of the Dead makeup.

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Day of the Dead makeup is also referred to as sugar skull.

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Allyson paints a heart detail on Alicia's forehead.

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Allyson's make-up pallet. She mixes the colored eyeshadows with drops of an eyeliner seal to create paints.

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Using brightly pigmented powder eyeshadows mixed with eyeliner seal, Allyson fills in the hearts and flower petals around Alicia's eye sockets.

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Allyson's pallet of colors.

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Allyson fills in a heart on Alicia's cheek.

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Alicia mid-transformation.

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Allyson mixed a powdered eyeshadow with eyeliner seal.

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Allyson fills in some of the petals around Alicia's eyes.

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Allyson fills in petals around Alicia's eyes.

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Alicia mid-transformation.

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Allyson fills in a flower detail on Alicia's chin.

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Alicia in sugar skull makeup.

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Allyson brushes glitter onto Alicia's lips to brighten them up.

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Alicia in sugar skull makeup.

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Alicia in sugar skull makeup.

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Flowers are traditionally a big motif in Day of the Dead costumes, so Allyson selects a wig with built in flowers for a festive effect.

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Other earthy props can be incorporated into costuming as well. Allyson likes this antler headpiece designed by Austin's Doublespeak.

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Alicia in sugar skull makeup.

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Alicia in sugar skull makeup.

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The salon and gallery space in the collaboratively operated shop on East Cesar Chavez.

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Two stylists work out of the salon space in the collaboratively operated shop and the art rotates every two months.

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The front two rooms of the collaboratively operated shop house Charm School vintage store.

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Allyson Garro behind her shop in East Austin.

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