Vampire Makeup Ideas – Dark and Mysterious Looks

Vampire Makeup Ideas is an archetypal Halloween vibe that speaks to mystery, grace, and a dollop of horror. Achieve this wintry look by layering a pale foundation or white face paint for that ghostly glow. The eyes need to be dark and burdened — bring on the smoky black (and deep red) eyeshadow, blended around the lids, and under the eyes so as to create a sunken, ghostly effect.

 

Black eyeliner and long, exaggerated false lashes provide an extra spooky seduction. Choose deep red, maroon, or even black lipstick for the lips, and for a more vampiric effect, make the edges darker to create a subtle ombre effect. A key element for a ravenous vampire is fake blood — dab it in the corners of the mouth or let it spill from the lips to achieve a “just fed” look. Contouring beneath the cheekbones with cool-toned shades will create a hollowed-out, almost supernatural look. A pair of red or black contact lenses make the perfect finishing touch to complete that devilish stare.

Whether you’re the glamorous Victorian vampire type, or prefer a more terrifying Nosferatu-inspired look, this makeup style is super versatile and can be tailored to suit your own take on a bloodcurdling effect.

Vampire Makeup Ideas

1. Dracula Inspired Vampire – White face, black sunken eyes, blood on the lips, typical of Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula.
2. Nosferatu Vampire – A shaved, creepy appearance; the remains of a sharp chin with dark sunken eyes and long white knife-like teeth.
3. Vampires By Victorian — Sophisticated but feral with porcelain skin, blood-black lips and smoky eyes with that vintage edge.
4. Old School Vampire – Modeled on black-and-white horror movies, employing a monochrome color palette for stark effects
5. 1920s Flapper Vampire — glam with dark, rounded smoky eyes, finger waves in the hair and bloody fangs.
6. Gothic Aristocrat Vampire — Heavy black eyeshadow, extremely ornate lace details on the face, vampiric, but make it countess.
7. Weird Final Girl Torture Aesthetic — Inspired by 2000s torture horror, complete with blood-red lips, slick black liner, and fire engine red contacts.
8. Romantic Vampire – Your softy but creepy look, don’t go heavy on the contouring, smudge your liner for them raccoon eyes and leave a dot of blood to drip from your lips.
9. Classic Bloody Vampire – Dark hued around the eyes, pale skin, fake blood dripping from the corners of the mouth, flawless makeup.
10. Noble Vampire Lord — Sunken eyes, chiseled cheekbones, and perfection of skin that works only in incandescent light with a majesty that is both terrifying and breathtaking.
11. Glam Vampire — Sparkly eyeshadow, red glossy lipstick, slick, perfectly arched eyebrows.
12. Sultry Smoky Vampire – Dramatically dark smoky eye makeup, high cheekbones and a seductive darkness.
13. Red Glitter Vampire — Red glitter dusted around the eyes, lustrous lips, and highlighted cheekbones create a sparkling version of the undead.
14. Vampire Supermodel — Dramatic contouring, glass-skin effect, and big, full eyebrows for high-fashion bloodsucker feels.
15. Hollywood Glam Vampire — Wavy hair, winged eyeliner and deep, wine-colored lips with falsies.
16. Metallic Vampire – Metallic silver, gold, or bronze eyeshadow paired with a sharp, bold lip color for an out of this world vampire look.
17. Soft Gothic Vampire – A slightly smokey eye with dark plum lips for a more subtle, everyday wearable vampire look.
18. Midnight Elegance Vampire – Deep blue and black tones on the eyes, navy lips and a gothic feel with midnight themes.
19. Fancy Blood Queen — Gem-studded eye makeup, plush crimson colors and sultry, exaggerated eyeliner for a decadent, regal vampire.
20. Demonic Vampire – Black sclera lenses, extreme contouring, and a mouth filled with dripping blood.
21. Terrifying Feral Vampire — a messy, jagged-toothed, bushy-haired one with smeared blood around the mouth for that just-fed effect.
22. Gnarly Vampire – Black veins crawling from the eyes, a pale grey skin tone, and dark, creepy colored contacts.
23. Ravenous Bloodsucker — Deep red contacts, streaks of dried blood down the neck, and black lipstick all make for a truly nightmare-inducing appearance.
24. Nightmare Vampire – Pale white face with cracked skin effect and sunken black eyes for a corpse-like, rotting vampire.
25. Vampire Demon Hybrid – Horned prosthetics, black dripping lips and nails for demonic vampire visage
26. Just-turned vampire — Smudged eyeliner, blood running from the nose and mouth, pale, sweating skin.
27. Vampire Monster – Sharp extra-long teeth in their mouths, yellowed eyes, and rotten-bleeding special effects to make a barbaric vampire.
28. This is gory carnivore vampire – flesh wounds, exposed fangs with bloodied gums, bloodied hands for a horror aesthetic.
29. Falster – Halo with burned-out black wings effect, dark cracks in the skin, and glowing golden eyes.
30. Celestial vampire Cosmic colors and glistening stars painted across the face and silver or blue lips made for ethereal vampirism.
31. Moonlit Vampire — dark blue and silver makeup designs around the eyes, moon and star designs on forehead giving a mysterious, alluring look.
32. Forest Vampire – A nature-oriented bloodsucker with moss green and brown accents, ivy details, and golden eye shadow.
33. Angel of Darkness Vampire – A combination of vampire and fallen angel looks with dramatic wings around eyes
34. Witch-Vampire Hybrid – Smoky purple tones, mystical rune symbols on the forehead and a magical, ancient sorceress vibe.
35. Mermaid vampire — Scales painted across the temples, aquatic tones and blackened fangs for an oceanic horror spin.
36. Ice Queen Vampire – Pale blue frosty makeup, icy shimmer, and silver lips create a frozen vampire queen look.
37. Currents   Fairy Vampire – Soft pastel hues combined with elements of darkness, delicate twinkling gems, and a creepy but beautiful overall vibe.
38. Renaissance Vampire – Muted, historical tones with gold accents and ornate, delicate eyeliner designs.
39. Phantom Vampire – Misty, ghost-like aesthetic with transparent veil effects executed through shades.
40. Twilight Vampire – pale luminescent skin, golden or red eyes and minimal contouring for a more natural vampire style.
41. Interview with the Vampire — Traditional Louis and Lest at styles. 18th-century curls meets pale skin/glossy deep red lips.
42. Selene From Underworld – A vampiric action heroine aesthetic featuring strong, defined eyeliner and glossy deep red lips.
43. The Lost Boys Vampire – Punk vampire of the 80s with a messy mop of hair, tattooed dark bags under the eyes, and a fanged snarl.
44. Blade’s Vampires – Dark cyberpunk-inspired vampire makeup accented with neon red details and cybernetic scars.
45. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vampires – Traditional ‘bumpy forehead’ prosthetic effect with veiny, textured skin.
46. Gothic romance whose powers lie in soft red lips, low-key dark eye makeup and weekend unrich vintage curls: Carmilla-Inspired Vampire
47. Vampire Diaries-Inspired Look – Sultry, rich vampire with glowing skin, smoky eyes, and just a bit of blood.
48. Alu card From Castle Vania — Long, sleek hair, aristocratic bone structure contouring, and soft but forceful eyes.

How to Apply Vampire Makeup Ideas

1. Dracula-Inspired Vampire

• Evenly spread a white or pale foundation all over the face and neck.
• Use black eyeshadow to darken the eyes, blending outwards for a sunken effect.
• Darken and shape brows for a dramatic effect.
• Use a cool-toned shade to contour under the cheekbones.
• Use deep red or black lip makeup.
• Add fake fangs and let fake blood ooze from the lips.

2. Nosferatu Vampire

• Use a pale or grey-toned foundation for a ghost-like look.
• Darken the eyes with black and purple eyeshadow.
• Blend dark contouring around exaggerated, hollow cheeks.
• Outline the lips with a dark black or grey color.
• Highlight sharp angles with white or grey eyeliner.
• Mix in some long, sharp fake teeth and dark contact lenses.

3. Victorian Vampire

• It’s porcelain-white foundation, applied and dusted with powder.
• Smudge smoky black and brown eyeshadow around the eyes.
• Create definition and shape in the brows with a dark arched brow.
• Wear a dark red or black lip with a prominent cupid’s bow.
• Light contour to the nose and cheekbones.
• Create lace or vintage-style details by using eyeliner.

4. Old School Vampire

• Use a pale foundation and dust it with powder for a matte finish.
• This is limited on eyeshadow and contouring colors blacks and whites only.
• When revising the eyes, mix grey and dark black shadow to get a sunken in look.
• Make the lips either black lipstick or dark red lipstick.
• Use grey to contour the face for a defined, austere appearance.
• Finish with a vintage wave or slicked-back hair.

5. 1920s Flapper Vampire

• Use a pale foundation with a dew finish.
• Heavily apply dark grey and black eyeshadow to create round, smoked out eyelids.
• Or you may use thin and extend eyebrows to create a vintage luxury flapper look.
• Overdraw lips with a rounded cupid’s bow in a deep red lipstick.
• Then there are bloody fangs cascading from the mouth.
• Hair in finger waves or a sleek bob.

6. Gothic Aristocrat Vampire

• Use a very pale or porcelain foundation base.
• Create deep-set eyes with heavy black and red eyeshadow.
• Use eyeliner to draw delicate lace around the eyes or temples.
• Filling those brows in bluntly and arching them for added effect.
• Apply black or deep burgundy lipstick.
• Embellish with extravagant accessories, jewels or lace.

7. Weird Final Girl Torture Aesthetic

• Lay down a luminous and fair base of foundation.
• Apply sharp, winged black eyeliner
• Add black and red eyeshadow around the eyes.
• Put on a rich blood-red lipstick and smudge it.
• Add neon red contact lenses for a punchier effect.
• Liquid latex creates flaky, cracked skin, and fake blood around the mouth and chin tops off a tortured look.

8. Romantic Vampire

• Populate a thin, soft-pale foundation for an delicate undead shimmer.
• Rub black eyeliner around the eyes for a sleepy, dreamlike look.
• Use a mix of brown and dark red eyeshadow to blend under the eyes.
• Blot lips with soft red or deep berry lipstick.
• Use some contouring, if you want more defined faces.
• Put a little dot of fake blood dripping from one of the sides of the lips.

9. Classic Bloody Vampire

• Find a pale shade and put it on, set it with powder.
• With black and purple eyeshadow, darken the eyes.
• The triangular shape with the darker shadow makes a no-nonsense side of the face.
• Shade cheekbones with grey toned color.
• Put on dark red or black lipstick.
• Let fake blood drip from the corners of the mouth.

10. Noble Vampire Lord

• Fill in base with smooth, pale foundation.
• For an ultra-chiseled appearance, do heavy contour cheekbones.
• Apply black and grey eyeshadow for sunken, hollowed eyes.
• Define your brows crisp and dark.
• Wear lipstick in a deep, velvety red or dark purple.
• Emphasize the high points of the face for a ghostly glow.

11. Glam Vampire

• Faultless pale base with light establishment and unobtrusive form.
• Dull smoky eyes topped with sparkly sparkle eyeshadow and dark eyeliner.
• Sharp, impeccably curved eyebrows filled in striking.
• Profound ruddy gleaming lips with clean edges.