Ursula makeup and costume

This past April, I attended an anime convention called Anime Detour. I've been there a couple times before but this was the first year I dressed in costume, or cosplayed. I decided to go as Ursula from the Little Mermaid.

Photo by WM Andrew Murphy

 It was really fun! I made the tentacles and underskirt myself out of fabric, wire, and fiber fill. I purchased the corset because there was no way I was going to try and tackle that project! I also made the necklace and earrings out of air dry clay and paint. I originally considered making them out of polymer clay but thought they might get a bit heavy. My favorite part of the costume by far was the makeup.

Photo by WM Andrew Murphy

The base was just standard cream face makeup available at party stores. The rest was almost all eyeshadow! The contouring was done with a Fergie by Wet n Wild palette, and I'm pretty sure the actual eye makeup was done with a large E.l.f. palette. (I did three trial runs to get the look right and I don't remember what I finally decided on.) The  hardest part was covering my eyebrows so I could create Ursula's dramatic brows. I did some research and eventually chose to cover them with a standard school glue stick. It worked pretty darn well! Now I just need to decide who I'm going as next year...