How to Do Super-Spooky Makeup for a Terrifying Valak the Nun Costume
In this tutorial, I’ll show you a really spooky Valak the Nun costume idea, inspired by the character Valak from The Nun movie and The Conjuring series. It’s surprisingly easy to do Valak the nun makeup, so it’s totally beginner-friendly! Let's get our Halloween on!
Tools and materials:
- Rubber nose
- Spirit gum
- Assorted brushes
- Powder
- Gluestick
- Makeup sponge
- Black eyeshadow
- Face paint palette
- Liquid eyeliner gel
- Contact lenses
- Nun outfit
- Red icing
1. Glue on the nose
A Valak costume is nothing without her long, slender nose, and it’s an iconic center point. I got a rubber nose from Amazon, and I’m basically gluing it on my nose with spirit gum.
Glue the nostrils accordingly.
2. Hide your eyebrows
Using a gluestick, go ahead and cover your eyebrows.
Next, apply loose powder over your eyebrows.
Powder your nose to get rid of any sticky spots.
3. Apply paint
Now, apply white paint with a makeup sponge all over your face.
Set your face with powder.
Hollow out your cheeks by using a contour color - you can use any brown color you have. Also, eyeshadows work great. Then, take a black eyeshadow and apply it over the contoured sections; this will add some depth to your Valak the nun makeup look.
Mix the brown and black and apply it to the sides of your nose.
Also, work your way up toward your eyebrows to give off a long, slender appearance.
Add black eyeshadow to your brush, wet it, and flick it onto your face to make small spots. Then, rub the spots with your fingers for a dirty, grim vibe.
4. Add black paint
Using a brush, apply black face paint around your eyes.
If the black face paint is not as pigmented as you want, just go in with gel eyeliner to build the color.
5. Add veins
Add some veins to your Valak the nun makeup look.
6. Add crows feet
Add small lines right on the side of the black paint to mimic crow's feet.
7. Apply lipstick
As you can see, I’m applying black paint to my lips. I do not recommend this at all since it did not hold well. Try using black lipstick for this step.
Now, with a sponge, smudge the lipstick around your lips.
8. Add the finishing touches
With gel eyeliner, line your top and bottom waterline. This will ensure that everything is blackened out.
Next, add green, scary contact lenses, and for the Valak the nun teeth, add some black icing to make your teeth black. Then, don your nun costume!
Valak the nun costume tutorial
There you have it! The ultimate Valak the nun costume! What do you think? It’s super spooky, and I managed to prank some people, too! Watch the video to see how I spooked my oldest son!
This Valak nun makeup tutorial is straightforward, and the results are hauntingly scary! Happy Halloween!
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Thank you so much for this tutorial!! I skipped doing white around the eyes & mouth to get a darker black instead of gray! I used dollar tree charcoal powder on top of the black & for the stipple effect!!! 😁