Glamorous Halloween Mermaid Makeup Tutorial

Spooky season is fast approaching! Not fast enough, if you ask me. You know I love me some Halloween!

Halloween is the best day ever because you get to dress up as whatever you want (Not like I don't already do that lol). For many, Halloween is their only chance to dive into their deepest mermaid desires.

If you're looking for a Halloween mermaid makeup tutorial, you've found it! I spent five years as a professional mermaid perfecting my look.

I've found my mersona through much trial and error. My favorite mermaid look includes hues of blue and purple with lots of sparkle!

Allow me to share with you my mermaid makeup tips. Be shore to watch my video with the full tutorial. It's a fast 6 minute video that shows you the makeup look quickly so you don't have to spend a lot of time learning.

Table of contents:

Halloween mermaid makeup steps

Mermaid makeup photoshoot results

Mermaid makeup product recommendations

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Halloween mermaid makeup steps

These are the steps as shown in my mermaid Halloween makeup tutorial video, posted above.

Note: I'm by no means a makeup expert, this is just how I do my makeup. Feel free to do it your way but take inspiration from this look.

Step 1: Wash face

Step 2: Apply primer

Step 3: Apply dark blue eyeliner to water line

Step 4: Apply foundation

Step 5: Apply purple eye pencil to eye lid

Step 6: Add lighter purple shade of eye shadow around eyes

Step 7: Add shimmery white eye shadow to face

Step 8: Add purple lipstick

Step 9: Use silver lipstick to apply to lips and on cheeks, forehead and around the eyes for fishy look

Step 10: Add shimmer powder to lips

Step 11: Use scale stencil to dab blue and purple eye shadow on cheeks, forehead, and neck

Step 12: Add sparkly face gems to forehead

Step 13: Apply skin safe adhesive and add scaley sequin glitter pieces

Step 14: Put on mascara

Step 15: Add glitter gel on neck and face

Step 16: Spray hair with temporary colored hairspray and braid hair

Step 17: Put on mermaid costume and accessories

Step 18: Be a magical mermaid!

Mermaid Makeup photoshoot results

After completing my glamorous mermaid makeup look, I ventured to the creek with a homemade tail (it has pockets) to take some mermaid photos. Thanks Mom for being my mer-tographer!

These are some good poses for mermaid photography if you are a content creator or professional mermaid.

Mermaid makeup product recommendations

Here are some of the products you will need to complete this mermaid Halloween makeup look.

Mermaid scale stencil

A mermaid makeup look isn't complete until you add some pretty scales to your face. This kit comes with multiple different sizes of mermaid scale stencils along with glitter, and some makeup tools.

For $10 you can really make your mermaid look POP! You'll feel so magical, I promise.

Face gems

As I said, the perfect mermaid makeup look isn't complete without sparkles. I've always loved using face gems to bring more bling to my mermaid makeup look. They give you an out-of-this-world beauty that is unmatched. (BTW how gorgeous is the girl in that pic! Obsessed.)

Makeup face sequin glitter

This is one of the kinds of product I used in my mermaid makeup tutorial video. It's like glitter, but much bigger, similar looking to mermaid scales. I added them next to my eyes and it was stunning. The ones I got were actually bought at my very first mermaid festival, the Key West Mermaid Festival.

Mermaid eye shadow

I love this palette because it has all the pretty mermaid colors and is quite affordable. There is a pastel element to these and they seem somewhat shimmery.

Purple mermaid lipstick

Here is lipstick that is the same color as the one I used in my tutorial. I think it is very pretty, and the light purple color reminds me of frozen lips, which is kinda suitable for a mermaid because the ocean can be cold!

Colored hair spray

Going along with my mermaid color palette, we have blue hair spray to upscale your mermaid hair. It's great for trying something new without fully committing. If you like having blue in your hair, you may even end up getting a full dye job. In my tutorial I liked the look of just having the ends of my hair colored. You can try that, or go for all your hair, but that might take a while to get right.

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There you have you it! That is my Halloween mermaid makeup look with the right products to get it done. Have a magical Halloween!

About the author

Shello! My name is Mermaid Liv, a professional mermaid and content creator. I share my love of mermaiding through this blog, along with my Youtube channel.

If you've never heard of it before, mermaiding is a hobby, profession, and sport that involves wearing mermaid tails made for swimming.

I began making tails in 2013 and have continued my mermaid journey, starting my Youtube channel, working at a mermaid festival, performing at gigs, and being featured in the Netflix Docu Series MerPeople.

Follow me on Instagram for mermaid photos and videos: @the_real_mermaid_liv and be shore to check out my Youtube channel.

Have a magical day!