Cosplay Makeup: Female vs. Male Makeup Part 2

So..This is the 2nd part of my cosplay makeup post. This time its time for the males xD Though it may not seem like the males in anime aren't wearing any makeup..a little wouldn't hurt right? Though its nothing much really... the basic stuff are:

 

 

Base/skin-

Obv. most male characters we see portrayed in Anime/Manga usually have these narrow/ sharp eyes. Though we need to start from the base first: flawless skin. The easiest way to obtain this, is of course, foundation and powder. You should sometimes pick a foundation color a few shades lighter than your normal skin color to give you a bit of a "glow" to your face. Usually, after you apply your foundation, you should of course add a bit of loose powder to make the foundation to last longer.

   Eyeshadow/Eyeliner -

 Next of course could be the eyes. You could never go wrong with a nutreal pallet eyeshadow. Choose any nutrual color of eyeshadow of your choice(Ex. light shimmering gold, or a matte light brown color) to add a bit of color/depth to your eyes*making them appear bigger*(also, its good to add some under the brow area for a more sharp feature).  What also really helps contribute to your eyeshape is eyeliner!~ Eyeliner helps define your eye at sometimes and can even change your eyeshape but extending it.//PHOTO BY YUEGENFAY @ DA- YUEGENE*

Contouring / Highlights-

 Ahhh~ Contouring and Highlights. They help your face loose a bit chubb chubb in photos xD For contouring, its best to use bronzer on the sides of your cheeks/ face at the temples. It helps make your face appear slimmer on photos. As for Hightlights, what I normally use is a light shimmering white eyeshadow on my noise forehead/ cheeks for a more perfect face/ yes, again it contributes to making your face slimmer.

Eyebrows/ lips-

 All you really see on male characters for lips are just a line. Nude color lipsticks can help concel the redness of your lips and with a bit of eyeliner/ black eyeshadow below the cupids bow of your lip, it'll give an illusion of fine lips. or you could just use chapstick xD as for the brows, most males have colored brow. Well , to achieve coloring your brows, a glue stick may help. It help keeps your eyebrow hair down/ with a bit of concealer, it can almost make your eyebrows disappear completely, making it a blank canvas to apply your brow color for the character or perhaps change your brow shape.

Helpful Makeup Videos for Male cosplayers are:

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