
It’s an odd time of year for me to be posting about costume makeup, I know, but this popped up in my feed and I simply couldn’t get it out of my head! This is the eye-poppingly-beautiful makeup and mixed media face art by Vanessa Davis, otherwise known as the Skulltress. Transcending even sugar skull makeup, Davis’s looks are so luxe and highly-detailed, they seem to be computer generated. Along with her flawless makeup, she makes clever use of Swarovski crystals, spikes, large sequins, lightweight metal pieces, paper, and other embellishments, and her results are undeniably art.
Though her first skull look was created for a hasty Halloween costume, when asked why she mostly focuses on skulls, Davis confessed that her motivation was, in part, practical.
“I noticed that the successful makeup accounts specialized in either a particular style or subject, so I chose skulls, which also worked as my heritage is Mexican and English. I am fascinated how skulls are portrayed in fashion, art and tattoo art, particularly by Alexander McQueen and Damien Hirst.”
-Vanessa Davis to Allure Magazine
All these amazing skull looks are inspiring me to do something over-the-top for Halloween this year!
You can see all of Vanessa Davis’s hypnotic work on Instagram and Facebook and on her YouTube channel.
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Author: Donna from MyOBT
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March 27, 2019 at 6:13 am
Interesting. I especially like her water-based work, like Aqueous and The Great Wave. Barbie Punk is a bit creepy.
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March 27, 2019 at 6:23 am
Barbie Punk is creepy! (But that may be why I liked it so much)
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March 27, 2019 at 1:49 pm
Wow! I feel like every time you post the work of a body/face paint artist, I decide they are the best I have ever seen. I like the idea of taking a theme and doing different twists on that theme. My favourites are the black and gold one, the Delftware one, and the one with the pearls and crystals.
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March 27, 2019 at 9:26 pm
I loved them all, and I come to the same conclusion when I find another body paint/makeup artist!
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March 29, 2019 at 8:28 am
Holy moly, this is something different. As always, I find the ocean themed faces the most amazing ones. But the golden butterflies and the black and gold body art is breathtaking.
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March 29, 2019 at 9:52 am
She’s an absolute genius, and while it’s all pretty extreme, she manages to keep it all beautiful.
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March 29, 2019 at 10:12 am
Indeed!
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