Ten minutes to a stitched smile
Easy scarecrow makeup takes about 10 minutes: a warm base or bronzer, an orange triangle on the nose, round rosy cheeks, freckles, and a stitched smile drawn out from the corners of your mouth with black liner. For scary, add dark hollow eyes, a sewn shut mouth and burlap texture stippled on with a sponge.
Works with regular makeup or face paint. This is the look most people mean when they say scarecrow makeup.
Wash and lightly moisturize so the paint goes on evenly and comes off easily later.
Sweep bronzer over the face, or sponge on a thin layer of tan face paint for a burlap feel. Keep it sheer.
Fill a downward triangle on the tip of the nose with orange paint, then outline it in black or brown.
Dab round circles of blush or red paint on the apples of the cheeks and soften the edges with a finger.
With black liquid liner, draw a line from each corner of the mouth curving up toward the cheek. Cross it with short ticks every few millimeters to make stitches.
Use a brown eyebrow pencil to dot freckles across the nose and cheeks. Vary the size so they look natural.
Mist with setting spray or press on a little translucent powder so it lasts through the night.
Keep the base light and skip the tan paint. Use pink or coral blush in perfect circles, a small triangle or heart on the nose, lashes or winged liner, and stitches only at the corners of the mouth. A little gold glitter on the cheeks looks like sunlit straw.
Sponge on a tan or khaki base over the whole face. Fill the eye sockets with black and blend the edges out into brown. Draw a stitched line across the closed lips and up both cheeks. Stipple brown through a piece of fishnet stocking for burlap texture, then paint seam lines along the hairline and jaw.
Bronzer for the base, blush for the cheeks, an orange lipstick or eyeshadow for the nose, black eyeliner for stitches and a brown brow pencil for freckles. It all comes off with your usual remover.
Everything for every version above.
Set the base with powder first, then draw stitches in liquid liner on top. Liner on bare cream paint smears; liner on powder stays sharp.
Warm the face with bronzer, paint an orange triangle on the nose, add round rosy cheeks, draw a stitched smile from the corners of the mouth with black liner, dot freckles with a brown pencil, and set it. About 10 minutes.
Keep the base light, use pink circles on the cheeks, a small triangle or heart nose, lashes, and short stitches only at the corners of the mouth. Add freckles and a touch of gold glitter.
Use a tan base over the whole face, black hollow eyes blended into brown, a stitched line across the lips and up the cheeks, and burlap texture stippled through a fishnet stocking. Finish with seam lines at the hairline and jaw.
Regular makeup works: bronzer for the base, blush for cheeks, orange lipstick or eyeshadow for the nose, black eyeliner for stitches and a brown brow pencil for freckles.
Powder the base before drawing stitches, use liquid liner for the lines, and finish with setting spray. Avoid touching your face while you wear it.