La Calavera Catrina
La Calavera Catrina is an icon of the Mexican Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. She is offered as a satirical portrait of those Mexican natives who were aspiring to adopt European aristocratic traditions in the pre-revolutionary era.
The decorative skull art is called sugar skull. I realize I used a character from the movie The Book of Life in my gallery thumb. Cute movie, go see it. Pretty colors. It makes the afterlife look magical.
I wanted to make this because I like Mexican folk art. I went to Mexico a few years back and bought some folk art catrina dolls not knowing what they were. I saw the movie The Book of Life last year, and was inspired to do this costume, but had to wait a whole year until the holiday came around again. It's a cultural holiday of remembering dead relatives, but it happens to be really close to Halloween, so people tend to lump them together.
This costume is 90% makeup. I enjoy a good full face makeup challenge. Almost everything else was just stuff I had around the house. My skin has been looking weird lately. I've had nearly 20 mosquito bites this month [5 on my face], and I'm all red and puffy.
I went with a man friend, so we color coordinated and the people at the festivals just ate it up. We couldn't go 10 feet without being stopped for pictures. Lots of compliments, and I made it into local news.
Pictures were taken at 2 separate Dia de los Muertos festivals in San Jose, CA. 2015
Photos by Eric Valverde, and others.
The decorative skull art is called sugar skull. I realize I used a character from the movie The Book of Life in my gallery thumb. Cute movie, go see it. Pretty colors. It makes the afterlife look magical.
I wanted to make this because I like Mexican folk art. I went to Mexico a few years back and bought some folk art catrina dolls not knowing what they were. I saw the movie The Book of Life last year, and was inspired to do this costume, but had to wait a whole year until the holiday came around again. It's a cultural holiday of remembering dead relatives, but it happens to be really close to Halloween, so people tend to lump them together.
This costume is 90% makeup. I enjoy a good full face makeup challenge. Almost everything else was just stuff I had around the house. My skin has been looking weird lately. I've had nearly 20 mosquito bites this month [5 on my face], and I'm all red and puffy.
I went with a man friend, so we color coordinated and the people at the festivals just ate it up. We couldn't go 10 feet without being stopped for pictures. Lots of compliments, and I made it into local news.
Pictures were taken at 2 separate Dia de los Muertos festivals in San Jose, CA. 2015
Photos by Eric Valverde, and others.
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