The Conjuring: Annabelle

            First of all, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!! Now for the real fun. I watched The Conjuring the other day. I was expecting a lot more but hey, it was still worth watching. There is a pretty scary looking doll that I think would be pretty easy to replicate on someone for oh, let’s say a Halloween costume? ;)

            She more or less looks like a Raggedy Ann doll with a few adjustments here and there. All you should need is a braided wig with bangs (or your own hair), two red bows, a pinkish red lipstick, grey eye shadow, a pale foundation as well as a brown, some pink blush, a red lip pencil, maybe a little fake blood, some brushes, and obviously your costume.

            You can go ahead and start by putting the very light foundation all over your face. Next, you should take a thinner brush that you would use for any other eye shadow and put the grey all around your eyes, from your bags to your brows, and make sure to blend it making the outsides darker than the part closest to your actual eye. This may look weird at first, but if you add a little mascara to your eyelashes then it shouldn’t look as unusual.  You could also try playing around with a shade of blue to put just on your eyelids to make it look like you were a pretty little doll before you were possessedJ.

            The next step would be to add a little bit of pink blush to your cheek bones. On Annabelle, the blush is in a very small circle, therefore you probably shouldn't apply it like a normal person would. I suggest using a stiffer circular brush. This will create better definition. You can then start adding some of the “contouring” or decaying as I would like to think of it. There are some lines in the diagonals of her mouth and around her nose as well as her temples. If you blend these well, it will look like she is skinnier than normal.

            There are a few scratches on her cheeks and her chin. The scratches on her cheeks are near where you put the blush. If you can make the area you are going to put the scratch a darker pink or even a red then it will look more realistic. Now time to make the actual scratch. You can take the red lip pencil and lightly draw a few lines here and there. After you have the lines down, you can add a little bit of the fake blood on top. It won't look perfect but it will be pretty close.

            When all of that is done, you can add any extra touches you feel necessary. Other than that, you should pretty much have everything down. The last step would be to put on the wig or do your hair and put the bows in. Once you have your costume on you can go around creeping people out! J

Dramatic exit-- Director J