Ideas To Know About Emo Makeup Looks

Emo makeup is one of the trending makeup looks now, with its revival in spring 2023 runways in Paris, Milan, London and New York. The emo makeup look emerged in the 1980s in Washington D.C., USA, but became popular after 2002. To date, many people are still unaware of emo makeup looks. Before we move on to emo makeup look ideas, we will first discuss what is emo makeup. 

Emo makeup comes with a pale skin tone, cat-eye-shaped dark black eyeliners and eyeshadows, straight and coloured hair with sharp ends, and piercings on the face. This makeup look is inspired by emo people who are described as sad, depressed, overly sensitive, lonely, expressive, and most importantly, influenced by punk-rock music of the 80s that evokes their emotions.

Today, many youngsters and teenagers want to put on emo makeup to delve into the category or draw attention from their friends, significant others, and people on their social media. If you fall into the category or are curious about it, then read the complete article to discover the emo makeup looks you might wanna try if you love one. 

Ideas To Get A Typical Emo Makeup Look

Smokey Eyes

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To delve into emo makeup, first and the foremost thing is to draw attention to your eyes with smokey makeup. You can opt for matte or shimmery black and grey eyeshadows and blend them well for a smokey effect. Moreover, bold colours such as red, green, blue, and purple can be used for eyeshadow as well and can blend any of these colours with black or any other contrasting colour.

Not comes the turn of emo eyeliners. Pick a black eyeliner pencil. Apply it along your lash line and make it thick from one-third of your eyelids, forming a wing or a cat-eye shape at the outer eye corners.

Finally, apply it on your lower lash line and create a dramatic, sad and depressed look by drawing falling tears or shapes, and adding rhinestones or studs.  

Blush-On 

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If you take a glance at various emo makeup looks on the internet and social media, you will see girls with and without blush on. That’s because some wish to highlight their eyes and lips and go for pale or dull skin, and some want to achieve a complete emo makeup look by adding prominence to all of their features with bright and bold colours.

Hence, if you want to opt for blush-on, then go for a rosy pink or peach. I would suggest you to apply blush-on if you want a blended emo makeup with a neat finish.

If you have opted for a black eyeshadow or a rough emo look, then you can skip the blush-on and let the eyes do the talking. 

Lipstick

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There are a variety of colours and shades that you can opt for emo makeup looks. The most common and widely used lipstick colour is black, as it accentuates with the typical emo look.

You will have to apply a light or neon shade eyeshadow to pair it with black lipstick. You can also apply any dark or bright colour lipstick with any colour of eyeshadow, except black.

If you have already applied a black eyeshadow, then opt for a dark or bright colour eyeshadow such as dark purple, maroon, red, blue, brown, orange, pink or nude shades, according to your preference.   

Foundation 

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When it comes to emo or any other makeup look, it is incomplete without a base/foundation. Therefore, use a foundation that matches your skin tone, but if you want to achieve a complete and typical emo makeup look that was popular in the early 2000s, then you can opt for the one closer to white or pale colour, only if you wish to either apply a black eyeshadow or a black lipstick.

If you wish to add colour to your eyes and lips and only apply black eyeliner and mascara, then you can opt for a regular makeup base according to your skin tone. 

The takeaway 

Although it seems difficult to achieve an emo makeup look, it's not too hard. You can also search for emo makeup tutorials and get the right makeup and makeup applicators to achieve the perfect emo look. Moreover, avoid applying a complete black eyeshadow and black lipstick, simultaneously, as it does not fall into the emo makeup definition.

You can blend eyeshadow of any colour with black and opt for a bright-coloured lipstick. If you are not a pro but a beginner, then visit the nearest salon for an emo makeup.