Halloween 2017 was absolutely amazing! We’ve been doing this for a few times yet, and I think this was one of the best sets of costumes to come out of it all. (All pictures in this post are clickable so you can zoom in to see details if you want.)
We decided to go with The Avengers because it was an easy enough ask – the costumes weren’t too indepth (for the most part) and there was enough variety amongst the characters that we could pick and choose what we wanted to be without feeling too constrained.
It was suggested to me that I do Captain Marvel since I basically looked like her anyway. I’m always drawn to blonde characters, so I decided to go with it after looking her up. In terms of mainstream media, she’s a completely unknown character because she’s never been in any of the Marvel movies so far. That’s going to change soon though! Brie Larson was cast in the Captain Marvel movie which will begin filming in 2018 and has an anticipated release date for 2019! So much like my Harley Quinn from 2015, I’m ahead of the curve! 😉
There are a few takes on her hair style – it used to be long, but in more recent years they’ve started doing a faux hawk on her. I had originally thought to actually cut off my own hair to replicate the new look, but ended up just not doing it for no reason other than I was lazy and kind ran out of time. So I decided to take inspiration from pictures of her where she has longer hair.
I originally thought I’d use my own hair and model it after hers, but in the end I opted to buy a wig since it’d just be easier than dealing with my own hair the day of Halloween. After a bit of searching on eBay, I ended up selecting this wig because I thought it looked the best. It was honestly a bit too long in the back, but it was the right colour and texture that I was going for. This was one of the more expensive wigs I’ve bought (in previous years I usually chose the cheapest plastic wigs I could find but that’s generally because the hair colours were so abnormal) and it was definitely the nicest to wear. While it was still made of plastic, the texture was a lot nicer and it brushed out easily to help loosen up the curls.
Of course, the most important item I picked out was Captain Marvel’s suit. I was really happy that, for once, I was actually going to be wearing an outfit that covered the entirety of me. In past years, the super heroes I’ve chosen to wear have all been much less clad and since I live in Toronto and Halloween usually equal bitter cold, I was really happy to be completely covered up.
The suit was definitely the most expensive piece I picked up, but it was worth it as I had seen many, many other TERRIBLE looking costumes on eBay and didn’t want to waste my money on a shitty looking costume (I also knew I had no talent at all to make this costume). I opted for this one by the eBay seller cosplayfly2010. They can do custom sizes, but I opted for a Large without any alterations. They have a handy sizing guide and I fit into what they said a large would be so I went with that. I was a bit nervous about how it would fit, but in the end it was a really, really good fit. The only thing I’d say is that the distance between where it hits me in the crotch right up to my shoulders is fairly tight. It says this is for people who are 170 cm tall, but I’m 160 cm tall and if I was any taller I don’t think it would’ve fit me in the length of my torso. As it was, bending down was hard without running the risk of splitting a seam in my butt.
The boots didn’t come with the suit though, so I had to pick up a pair of my own. I grabbed this pair from eBay because they seemed to look the best and it turned out they were an absolute perfect colour match to the red in my suit!
The eyes were such a neat added touch too. My eyes are already blue, but they’re almost grey at times and I knew they wouldn’t stand out enough for this costume. (Kind of funny that I chose this character based on me having similar features and attributes and I still went out and got a wig and coloured contacts!) I had loved my gold Mystique contacts from last year’s Halloween costume so much, that I reached out to Spooky Eyes and asked if they would be willing to send me more contacts this year. They obliged, and I asked for the Glimmer Blue set. Upon receiving them, I thought they were pretty, but I didn’t think they’d add that much colour. I was so wrong – these lit up my eyes making them look completely ethereal. I absolutely LOVED the effect and was so pleased with how they turned out!
Captain Marvel is a barely done up character so I kept my makeup incredibly simple. This is way less makeup than I even wear on a day to day basis, so it was really hard to keep it toned down!
For my eyes, I used the Kat Von D Shade + Light Eye palette and stuck to pale, neutral shades. The only thing I really did was try to deepen up my crease to make it look like my eyes were a bit bigger. I added in some NYX Epic Ink Liner along my lash line (and didn’t wing it out!) and some Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara to my top and bottom lashes. I then popped on my smallest pair of fake lashes – the House of Lashes Au Naturale falsies. That was the eyes completely done!
For my face I used my beloved Dermablend Smooth Liquid Camo foundation in the shade 10N Cream since it’s the best full coverage foundation I own. I used a bit of Too Faced Chocolate Milk Chocolate Soleil bronzer to contour my cheekbones and a bit on my temples. I then used tarte’s Exposed blush on my cheeks and tarte’s Exposed Lip Paint on my lips. And that’s it! It was super hard to hold back without adding highlighter and just MORE makeup in general, but I really like how the whole look came out.
So that’s it for the whole round up on this costume. Let me know if you have any questions and I’ll do my best to answer them. And with that, let me leave you with a few more shots. 🙂
To see a roundup of the whole group, including individual photos, please see my previous post!
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