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halloween Elphaba costume

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so halloween is coming up and i am really really excited. In this post i will be showing you how to recreate this elphaba look, i know i found it really fun to do. this look is really simple and also really effective, also it is really strange being green like the wicked witch of the west!

for this look, i am wearing a simple black, turtle neck dress from boohoo.com. Underneath, i am wearing just a long sleeved black shirt and black tights just so i dont have to paint my whole arms aswell as my face, neck and hands. for my hair, i just pulled it into a simple plait, it doesnt have to be neat. if you want, you can wear a black wig to make the look more accurate.


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next, you need a light green face paint; i used the classic colours snazaroo face and body paint in lime green and i used a damp sponge just to apply that all over my face and neck, not forgetting my ears. make sure to paint your neck to where your shirt/dress collar starts so you don’t have any skin showing. also make sure your sponge isnt too wet because that means your facepaint will go streaky and wont look as good.

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Then, add dimension to your face with a darker green face paint, i used the same snazaroo face and body paint but in the shade dark green. i applied this as a contour for my nose and cheeks with the sponge. to make sure the darker colours arent too harsh, dab some more of the lime green colour over the edges and over the darker colour so it is noticeable but also blends in better.

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Next, i am going to do my eyes. the eyes for this look are really simple and you can add things and take things away depending on the look you are trying to achieve. i just took a black eyeshadow (you can use a black facepaint if you want to) and used that with a fluffy brush over the outer corner of my eye lid and blended it through the crease; i also took some of it under my eye to cover any of it i missed with the green. I then applied some mascara and moved onto my eyebrows. since i had covered them with green paint, i decided to fill in my eyebrows with the black eyeshadow.

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for my lips, i simply painted them with the dark green face paint and thats the face completed. The final step is to paint your hands or any other exposed pieces of skin green. the paint does come off on all kinds of furniture and clothes so beware when you are touching things even though i found it was really easy to remove from these things and also i didnt go into school the next day with green all over me.

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and that is the whole look completed. I hope you enjoyed this and that some of you can now recreate this Elphaba look. I also filmed a video of me singing ‘The Wizard and I’ from Wicked, i hope you like it. sorry its a bit out of time at parts, i was too loud for the music.

heres the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu-RzUK_F0E&list=UUWE5jIGnzQoSsT7JHBLdScA

what it’s like to be a singer.

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if you didn’t know, I am a singer and it is great most of the time but sometimes, like everything else, it’s not the best thing ever.

i think that if i lost my voice then i would be really lost. singing is like talking for me, it is so natural and such a big part of my life. i feel like i am so lucky that i can at least hold a note.

some people get annoyed at me because i don’t think i am anything special musically but i guess I’m alright because of some of the things i have achieved. i guess what’s important is that I enjoy singing and other people enjoy my singing.

when people find out i am a singer, they usually ask me,

“ooo, when are you going on Xfactor?” 

to that i reply “never.” writing my own music and singing pop music is something i find really difficult and not as enjoyable as some other things. 

i love musical, some of my favourites are ‘Wicked” (of course) ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘Rent.’ the songs are mesmerising because of how they tell a story and are filled with passion and emotion and singing them just makes you feel.. i can’t put it into words really (was tempted to quote Billy Elliot but no.)

people tend to think that the hardest thing about performing is the size of the audience. however, i think large audiences aren’t as bad as they may seem. you’ve probably heard this from every singer you know but i would definitely feel better singing to 1000 people than 1. (which i have to do in my music exams.) i think the hardest audience I’ve ever sang to was at a family party where i sung my grandparent’s favourite song to them and around 50 other relatives.

i have been super lucky because my friends and family are always so supportive and i never know how i can thank them enough for everything they do for me. i know not everyone has family that show the kind of support that i receive and i am so grateful. 

my singing teacher said something to me that sounds strange but is actually so true,

singers die on the inside.

this basically means that if a song is really difficult or painful to sing or if you’re having the worst day ever it’s important to remember that when you’re performing, as a singer, you are obliged to look confident and characterise the song and make it look like you’re enjoying yourself and like singing is easy and natural, otherwise it can be hard, as an audience member, to listen. 

in the end, although the business is competitive and tiring and frustrating at times, being able to have a ‘Wicked’ marathon in the car with my Dad is the best thing. Also, singing in the shower without constant complaining. Although, technically you don’t need to be able to sing for either of those things. i guess that I’m just happy that i can make other people happy with something that i find so natural and that is also so rewarding and enjoyable.