Photo of a woman's face painted as winter reindeer by face paint artist Kate Dascoli

Winter Reindeer Face Paint Tutorial with Kate Dascoli

Celebrate the season with this lovely reindeer face paint tutorial, shared with us by Kate Dascoli. We were blown away by her wintry look, so she showed us just how to recreate it with our Natural Face Paints!

 

Woman holding up a small face paint container in front of her face

Supplies: Brown, white, black and red Natural Face Paint, makeup sponge, and brushes.  

Woman holding back her hair a beginning to paint with brown face paint around her hairline

Step 1: Using a brush or sponge, add brown Natural Face Paint to the cheek bones and around the hair line. Line the bridge of your nose.

Woman using a sponge to apply white face paint on her forehead and under her eyes

Step 2: Sponge white Natural Face Paint in the T-zone area and blend into the brown on the forehead.

Woman holding up white jar of face paint after blending the brown and white areas together

Step 3: Using a brush, add white under the eyes to create the look of a larger “doe eye”.

Face paint artist applying black accents below the eye and on the upper lip with a paint brush

Step 4: With black Natural Face Paint, line under the white of the newly created eyes, and paint the top lip. Connect the middle of the lip to the bottom of the nose with a black line.

face paint artist applying black accent above the eye with a paint brush

 

face paint artist applying white accent above the eye with a paint brush

Step 5: You can also add to the eyes, by creating eyeliner with some line design on the eyelid with black, brown and white face paint.

face paint artist darkening the eye brow with brown natural face paint using a paint brush

Step 6: Using your brown or black again, line and fill in your eyebrows.

face paint artist painting the tip of their nose red using a paint brush and natural face paint

Step 7: Create a red nose with red Natural Face Paint. Then, outline it with black.

face paint artist adding accents of white dots over the brown sections of natural face paint using a paint brush

Step 8: Finish the look with white dots of varying sizes over the brown.

face paint artist adding black eye lashes to the bottom eye lid using a paint brush

Step 9: Add eyelashes with black (optional).

finished photo of a woman's face painted as winter reindeer by face paint artist Kate Dascoli

Step 10: Add your antlers and you're good to go! Happy Holidays!

More of a visual learner? Check out our video tutorial!

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