The Lion King Makeup and Nail Art

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Movie-inspired makeup and nails

This is a look I created a while ago to celebrate the release of The Lion King in cinemas-what feels like a lifetime ago! To check out my movie review hop on over here!

This was originally published in 2019, edited in April 2024

The Lion King Inspired Makeup

To create the makeup for this week’s look I focused on the eyes of the lion as this is what I found most striking watching the film in the cinema.

The Makeup

First I applied concealer and base for a blank look.

Using a peachy blend of face paint I traced around my eyes and created a loop similar to Simba’s eyebrows. Then I lined my eyes with black eyeliner and created a wing shape.

I wanted the eyes to blend into the face so I used an orange eye shadow and dusted this around the outside of the line, and in the loop, blending out the edges with a brush.

 I then blended it out with a bronze powder which I took down my nose and a gold which I buffed round the edges.

Finally I created dots with face paint in colours of blue and green that were represented in my skirt!

The Nail Art

For the nail design specifically I was inspired by the skies.

On the thumb I created the night scene from ‘Hakuna Matata’ montage scene.

To do this I painted the nail dark blue. When dry, I then painted a white half semi circle at the edge of my nail to represent the moon. I then used a dotting tool and some grey polish to represent shadows on the moon to add definition.

For the fingers I was inspired by the savanna scenes.

I started off by painting them orange. Once dry I then painted a joined semi circle over the tips of my ring and middle finger.

These fingers will represent the beginning ‘Circle of Life’ scene.

When this was dry I took a sponge and painted red, orange and yellow on it and stamped it on each of my nails to create an ombre effect.

I added definition and clouds with a dotting tool. I also used a dotting tool to create the black outline of a tree and edged the nails!

How would you design a makeup and nail art inspired by The Lion King?