How to disguise as Maleficent

Maleficent is the vile character in the story of Sleeping Beauty, which have already made several movies, one of the most famous being that Angelina Jolie starred. In this way, it becomes a great idea to make a unique and original costume for any costume party, whether Halloween or Carnival, but especially it can be a great option for the legendary night of the dead, because you will look perfectly in line with the theme of this festivity.

If you also want to become this evil and, in addition, you would like to know how to prepare your costume in a simple and homemade way, do not miss this article on how to disguise as Maleficent.

Steps to follow:

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First of all, it should be noted that when making a costume of Maleficent home we can be inspired by:

  • The movie Maleficent ( Maleficent, in English) by Robert Stromberg, where Angelina Jolie plays the evil witch.
  • The animated film The Sleeping Beauty (Disney Sleeping Beauty ) where this character also appears.

In this way, there are two variants when creating the costume, as well as makeup for the costume of Maleficent.

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Even so, in both cases, you must make horns similar to those of Maleficent . For this, you can use a metallic wire to which you must give a curved shape with your hands or with the help of pliers. Next, it will be necessary to cover the wire, for example with newspaper or foam, to give them consistency and, finally, you should cover them with black cloth or paint them black.

We recommend that you attach the horns to a metal headband so that they can easily stand on your head, and then you can use a shower cap painted black or make a kind of helmet to cover your head with black cloth.

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If you want to disguise yourself as Angelina Jolie's Maleficent and look as spectacular as her, you'll have to get a completely black suit to begin with . You could wear a long tunic to the feet and a short coat with wide sleeves and a raised collar, or in its place any long black dress you have in your closet.

On the feet, you can wear any type of black shoes, whether shoes, boots or boots. Choose it depending on the style of costume you want to wear, you can wear flat shoes to be more comfortable or, on the contrary, some high heels or platform to look more stylized.

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In the case of the Maleficent of the animated film, the dress must also have shades of lilac or violet to resemble the character of Sleeping Beauty . In this way, the neck of the tunic can be of this color, as well as you can also add this type of detail in the sleeves or in the rest of the black tunic.

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For both costumes of Maleficent, you must get a scepter, that is, a stick to carry in your hand as a symbol of power. As you can see in the image, in the case of the animated film the scepter should be yellow as if it were gold, while in the other film it was black; You can make it with some kind of stick, branch or wooden stick and cover it or paint it yourself.

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On the makeup to disguise as Maleficent, the most elaborate will be the Disney animated film, since this evil character had the skin a greenish color. In this way, you should cover your face with a green makeup base and then paint your eyes lilac or intense violet combined with a black eyeliner that covers the entire contour of the eye and intense layers of mascara so they look longer and busier. Before applying mascara, use an eyelash curler to achieve that effect.

In both characters, the lips should be intense red and you can also add black long false nails or paint yours in this color.

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