Nuestra Senora de la Santa Muerte ( Spanish for HOly Death) is a folk saint from Mexico and A southwestern U.S. She is associtated with healing , protection and safe transport to the afterlife.
The costume is magnificent. The skeletal face reminds people of their mortality. Her robes can be any colour, but traditionally a lace mantilla with corseted top and skit of tafetta and roses. A combination of Mesoamerican and Spanish Catholic beliefs, Death was always shown in Aztec and other cultures in the form of humans with half their skin missing. Charming.
La Muerte is alwo known as "La flaquita " ( skinny lady), and "La hesuda" ( Bony lady), to name a few. She protects against violent death, and in folklore carries the scales of justice, hourglass, owls and scythe.
Start with a clean face. Use the cheapest face paints, with eye makeup combined to achieve the skeletal face structure.
Eye makeup makes the lines stand out bold and strong.
Fill in face with the white face paint.
Leave large eye sockets.
Draw with eyeliner around eyes.
Fill in with jumbo eye pencil.
Draw swirls and coils .
Remember the red red red lipstick.
After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, the worship of death literally died down a bit. The actual rituals surrounding Day of the Dead remained hidden until the middle of the last century. The skeletons used in the ceremonies were dressed in fancy dresses, long braids, and images. Of course, these celebrations were never recognized by the Catholic Church.
Draw lines through the lips with lip liner.
Spiderweb on the forehead.
Outline the nose with liner as well,
Then fill in.
Image taken through a window from opposite ends to create a mystic image.
Some believe Santa Muerte to be an archangel.Others do not believe her to be a saint.
Maybe a fallen angle trying to win back God's favour.
To complete the face, fill in eyes, scroll around eyes.
Bars on neck.
Add jewels to bring sparkle.
And your La Muerte is done.
The items that Muerte would carry symbolize jutice, patience, peace, and intelligence and spirit, to light the way through darkness and doubt.
Not such a shady character when it all comes down to it.
She is the only female "saint" in the Americas.
An adaptation of the Grim Reaper, if you like....who, at the moment of death, cuts life like a silver thread.............
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