When Bram Stoker’s Dracula (film) came out, I was a toddler. Heh, 1992 was a long time ago! I watched the movie for the first time during a middle school sleepover, and I had to pinky promise that I wasn’t going to tell my parents that’s what we watched. Let’s just say tweenaged Chaos and some stirring feelings about Prince Vlad. Ahhh, he was one of my first cinema crushes – it was those eyes… yep.
Anyways – with Halloween upon us, it only fits to do some kind of inspired makeup look from the film. I’ve seen dozens of Lucy recreations, and even more, Dracula looks… but not many Mina Harker looks.
Given that I get the “YOU LOOK LIKE WINONA RYDER” comment a lot I figured I would play that up and do my version of Mrs. Harker. I choose one scene in particular and absolutely adore the music for that scene… well, I love the music for the entire score EXCEPT for that weird pop-love song that plays during the credits… but that’s beside the point.
Mina Harker in the movie isn’t as complicated or complex as she is in the novel, but she is my second favorite character from the film and one of my favorite supporting character roles in the Horror genre.
For this look, like most cinema “lady laying in bed” scenes – she’s rocking some no-makeup makeup and has quite a flush to her face… for obvious reasons. Tee Hee. She is wearing a simple victorian nightgown, and her hair is half up and half down (although the continuity for her hair is laughable in the film, just watch it, and you’ll know what I mean).
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If you haven’t watched the movie yet and don’t want spoilers – then stop right here, go over to Amazon and watch it. It’s an amazing and beautiful work of cinematography… and it’s a Halloween classic.
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Are we all good and ready to go on? Excellent!
The scene that I am referencing for this look is the one where she’s laying in bed at the institution while the menfolk are over at Carfax Abbey destroying all of Dracula’s boxes of earth (so that he has nowhere to retreat to if he escapes). There’s some green fog (Dracula, in effervescent form or fart form, obviously. Ha!) and she starts dreaming about the time she spent with him… and other, ermh, mature thoughts.
… and then, POOF, her prince is there.
It’s a scene that will tug on your heart strings a bit but in the end – Dracula is convinced that Mina wants to be with him and then he turns her. Just remember folks, THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE.
Enter Wilimina Harker, fledgeling vampire.
I knew for this look I wanted to stay as close to the source material as possible. I sculpted and cast silicone vampire bites, whipped out some Melt Cosmetics goodies and went on my spooky way.
Aside from the whole “you’ve got holes in your neck, blood coming out of them, and you just had some Dracula blood” this look is pretty natural and wearable. Right?
Random Thought: Why does Dracula always appear in the film via green fog… did he have a bad person for dinner or something? Is he all bloated and out of Bean-o? What are your thoughts?
• F A C E •
Milk Makeup Sunshine Oil, Blur Loose Setting Powder*,
Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Foundation Sticks in 100, Y215, and Y225, Artist Color Pencil in Endless Cacao (506),
Bite Beauty Multistick in Blondie
Melt Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Assimilate and Blushes in Cali Dream and Honey Thief
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First Aid Beauty Kona Eye Stick
Urban Decay Primer Potion in Fix
Melt Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Blurr, Unseen, and Rott
Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil in Dimensional Dark Brown
Milk Makeup Gel Eyeliner in BCC and KUSH Mascara
• B R O W S •
Milk Makeup Kush Brow in Grind and Dutch
• L I P S •
Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil in Full Scale Rust
Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb in Universal
• S F X •
Self-made Vampire Bite Prosthetic cast in 3rd Degree Silicone
99.9% Isopropyl Alcohol
Pros-Aide Medical Grade Adhesive
European Body Arts Encore Alcohol Activated Makeup in N1, C2, Aged Blood, Fresh Blood, and Black
Ben Nye Fresh Scab Blood Gel
K.D 151 Production Company Extra Dark Mouth Blood Syrup
• W I G •
Long Brown Lace Front Wig, via Amazon – https://amzn.to/2Cq0CtC
• C O N T A C T S •
Pinky Paradise Vassen Dolly+ 15.0mm Brown* – https://www.pinkyparadise.com/Vassen-Dolly-Plus-Brown-p/f26-dolly-plus-brown.htm
• A P P A R E L •
Victorian Nightgown, via Amazon – https://amzn.to/2CQClxQ
Would you guys like me to do a tutorial on how I sculpt/cast my silicone prosthetics? Let me know in the comments and for now – I have to see a man about life eternal.
See you all tomorrow, my dah’lings.
Spoiler for tomorrow: What’s 5’10 and pink all over?
DISCLOSURE: This video and blog post has not been sponsored, although some of the links above are affiliate links. Sometimes, I am lucky enough to receive products for PR or reviewing purposes. Those items are always marked with a (*). All opinions and reviews mentioned are 100% my own.
