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Alice Madness Returns Makeup Series | 2014

HOLY ALICE MADNESS RETURNS!

You have no idea when I tell you that Alice: Madness Returns was my entire life when I first stated to play this game. To this day, Alice and her story continue to inspire me when I am having artist block, and overall the story of Alice in Wonderland itself will always have an influence on my style of work and imagination. I love the story of Alice, I love the patience and manners, the madness within her mind, and the creativity that spews from her noggin. While Alice in Wonderland has many renditions of her story and imagination, Alice: Madness Returns is a video game that explores a darker version of events that lead her to enter "Wonderland." This game is pretty graphic, as well as has an extremely dark story line, so I absolutely would not recommend it for kiddos. While parental discretion is advised for the game itself, my tutorials of the characters are pretty safe (other than y'know, plastic knives, rather frightening characters, and maybe some fake blood).

In an odd sense, I guess I always found myself able to relate to Alice, as I have an extremely vivid imagination and always find myself caught in a constant day dream.

This was a several part series on my YouTube channel, which still continues to grow even in 2019. For this post in particular, though, we will be focusing on the looks created in 2014, as this is where the Alice: Madness Returns obsession began. (Roughly. I mean, I think it began in 2012 or 2013, but thats beside the point.)

The White Rabbit

"Something wrong, rather....?" Oh man, WHAT A FREAKING INTRO TO A GAME! When I first sat down to play it, I was blown away and startled by the intro. For this look, I chose to paint the rabbit's face on with my eyes closed. I closed one at a time, in case you were questioning how I painted with my eyes closed (jokes)

All clothing you see here is also painted on. Ears are created from paper, and glued on to a top hat from most likely Party City.

YouTube Tutorial for the Rabbit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVHGcXRydnY&t=4s

Makeup Products Used for Rabbit:

  • Mehron Paradise Paint: Red, Purple, Storm Cloud, Black, White
  • Mehron Metallic Powder and Mixing Liquid: Gold
  • BH Cosmetics Eyeshadows: Grey, Black, Purple
  • Mehron INtense Pigment: Earth Red
  • MAC Acrylic Body Paint: White
  • Urban Decay Yeyo White Eyeliner

The Cheshire Cat

One of my favorite makeup looks of all time! I actually recreated this makeup look several times for conventions and other videos. Heh, heh. I look and felt so creepy. I love it.

My body is painted black where you see a black background, as well as my neck. My yellow eyes are contact lenses (seems obvious, but many do ask, which is totally fine! Better to ask than to assume). Ears are made of paper, painted, and then glued to a cheap black beanie that I didn't mind gluing cat ears to. Earring is.. well.. an earring. I'm surprised it didn't weigh down the ear looking back on it. I guess it must have been pretty light.

YouTube Tutorial for the Cheshire Cat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Eax858YWBY&t=10s

Makeup Products Used for Cheshire:

  • BH Cosmetics Eyeshadows: Yellow, White
  • Mehron INtense Pigment: Carbon, Graphite
  • MAC Chromacake Body Paint: White/Black (Mixed to grey), Polished Ivory
  • Urban Decay Yeyo White Eyeliner, Perversion Black Eyeliner

Alice (Hysteria Mode)

In Alice: Madness Returns, if you are close to dying, you are able to activate something called Hysteria. During this mode, you are invisible for a certain amount of time to try to do some damage to your enemies so they drop roses are you can heal before you die. She also bleeds from her eyeballs. She is angry.

Also, deeply wanted a really small version of her various keys as a necklace. Much want, deep need.

YouTube Tutorial for Alice: Hysteria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDY6NLiWE5M&t=9s

Makeup Products Used for Alice (Hysteria):

  • Mehron Paradise Paint: White, Dark Red
  • BH Cosmetics White, Grey, and Black Eyeshadow
  • Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette: Limit, Nooner, Darkside (Darkside is optional)
  • Urban Decay Perversion Eyeliner
  • Mehron Metallic Powder (Gold) + Mixing Liquid

Alice (Hysteria Mode)

Oh... dear. HAHAHA. Okay at the time, I thought this was really great. To be fair, I was trying to go for accuracy of the character itself within the game, not realism. Had I gone for realism, it would not have turned out like this. I'm not saying I don't like it looking back on it in 2019, all I am saying is I did end up redoing this look in 2018 I believe. I actually drew the entire background for this video though, so that's still pretty sick. Man, I love this game.

YouTube Tutorial for Insane Child: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWFeFFkDEcA&t=122s

Products Used for the Insane Child:

  • Graftobian ProPaint (White, Silver, Black)
  • Mehron Paradise Paint (Dark Red)
  • BH Cosmetics Take me to Brazil Palette (Red)
  • BH Cosmetics 120 Palette (Grey, Black, various Browns)
  • Urban Decay Primer Potion
Also, for fair... reference of my reference...

(Insane Child from Alice: Madness Returns)
Okay? Okay. Glad we could agree.
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