Be a Man! A Beginner's Crossplay Tutorial

Hi again! So for this tutorial, I'm going to go through basic crossplay makeup. I used my friend Meech as a model. Meech currently has more crossplays than regular cosplays, so I decided she'd be perfect.

This is Meech normally.

We'll start off with foundation. For cosplaying, I normally use a lot of makeup because you'll want everything to look fantastic and as flawless as possible. So I start off with liquid foundation.

Put the liquid foundation all over the face and blend. Don't worry if it's a little bit sloppy, because this is just the first layer of foundation. After that's all done and blended, you'll move on to the powder. I use mineral powder because it covers well. So brush that on.

Love the brush, Meech. Love it.










Once the foundation is done, we'll start contouring. Contouring can make a huge difference between a feminine face and a more masculine face. I'm not putting too much on Meech, because she's not used to a lot of makeup.

To contour, put either bronzer or a foundation at least two shades darker than your skin tone on your cheeks/jawline, your temples, and along the sides of your nose (from the tip to the eyebrows). The key will be to make your features more angular than normal. Once you're put the bronzer/foundation on, blend it. You can use pretty much any brush to do this, but I normally use my foundation brush.

Now you'll want to use either a brow pencil or eye shadow ((or sometimes both)) to thicken and shape the eyebrows. If you look at boys, they don't often attend to their eyebrows so you can go ahead and thicken them quite a bit. Go ahead and put some liquid foundation on the lips to take away the girly color.

Now go ahead and put on your boy wig! And remember, if you find you don't look manly enough, you can always go back and add more contouring/highlighting.

Stay tuned for a binding tutorial, coming soon!

<3 Kandell