What can I say? My daughter loves Dinosaurs and Pterodactyls. Naturally, when it came to choosing our 2nd family themed costume, Pterodactyl was her immediate choice! She has an incredible Pterodactyl costume with a large headpiece and wings that light up. I chose to wear a seriously shiny dinosaur dress with gold spikes, a hood, and a tail. My husband went with an inflatable dino costume that makes it look like he’s riding a dinosaur, so far it’s been a really big hit!
This makeup look may look pretty complicated, but with the right tools, it’s pretty easy. The keys to this look are a set of scale stencils, multiple shades of green eyeshadow and glitter, and green lipstick. The full list of what you’ll need and step-by-step instructions are below.
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Products
To create this Beginner Dinosaur Makeup Look with me you’ll need the following products. Incorporated into this list are exact products that I used to create my look and their prices as of publishing this post.
Primer
dr. brandt Pores No More Pore Refiner Primer $45.00
Medium-Full Coverage Foundation
Bésame Cosmetics Cashmere Foundation Stick $10.00 – That’s a STEAL!
Under Eye Concealer
Chanel Lift Lumiere Smoothing & Rejuvenating Eye Contour Concealer SOLD OUT
Blemish Concealer
ColourPop No Filter Matte Concealer $6.00
Makeup Sponge
beautyblender The Original beautyblender $20.00
Brow Gel
ColourPop Brow Boss Gel $6.00
Lime Green Eyeshadow, Deep Teal Eyeshadow, Green Glitter
Pinky Rose Cosmetics Bright Lights Eyeshadow Palette SOLD OUT
Blending Brush
bh Cosmetics Studio Pro Brush 5 $4.00
Eyelash Glue
DUO Striplash Adhesive, Brush On, White/Clear $3.89
Eyelashes
Zinkcolor Green Blue Black False Eyelashes $9.99
Scale Stencils
wet n wild Fantasy Makers Face and Body Stencil – Dragon Queen $1.99
Lime Green Lipstick
NYX Macaron Lippies in Key Lime $6.50
Setting Spray
Pixi by Petra Rose Glow Mist $15.00
Step-by-Step Green and Scaly Dinosaur Makeup Tutorial
PREP
Create the perfect, smooth canvas by applying a makeup primer.
FACE MAKEUP
Apply and blend in a medium-full coverage foundation that has a natural finish.
Use concealer as necessary to cover blemishes, remaining redness, and to brighten dark undereye circles.
EYE MAKEUP
Fill in your brows as you normally would with a brow gel that matches your brow color.
Brush a lime green eyeshadow onto your eyelid up to your crease. Then brush a thin line of the same lime green eyeshadow along your lower lash line.
In the crease of your eye, blend on a deep teal eyeshadow. Blend this color up to your eyebrows if you’d like.
Brush some lime green eyeshadow onto your eyebrows.
Apply a pair of false eyelashes that have some green “eyelash hairs” in them or apply a completely green pair of false eyelashes.
SCALES
For the scales, you’re going to need a stencil. Apply the first stencil to the left side of your forehead going down to the outside of your eye and over your temple.
Get creative with the lime green and deep teal eyeshadows that you used on your eyes to fill in your scales however you’d like. I used the lime green eyeshadow in the middle of the stencil and blended that into the deep teal towards the edges of the stencil. I topped the eyeshadow off with some green glitter.
On the right side of your face, use the same stencil or a different one if you have 2, and place it outside of your right eye angling down toward your cheekbone. Fill this in in a similar way using the lime green and deep teal eyeshadows and green glitter.Â
See exactly how I apply my scales in the YouTube video linked below!
very cool! love the look!
Author
Thank you! It was a really fun one to create!
This is really good! I love messing about with my makeup 😊💕
Author
Thanks!! Me too!
This is really fun! Great job! 😊
Author
Thank you! I had fun creating this look and wearing my dino costume! 🦖ðŸ˜
WHAT??? WOW!!!!! Prehistoric meets Gorgeous…fantastic!
Author
Thank you!!!
This is so awesome!
Author
Thank you! 😊😊