Makeup Games

Makeup games let you try eyeshadow, lipstick, blush and whole styles on a character, without making a mess. There are about 270, from very simple ones where you just choose colors to ones that have you do the whole skincare routine before the makeup.

How to play

Usually the character appears in close-up and you pick a tool and a color from a menu: click an eyeshadow and apply it with the mouse or your finger. The more complete games have steps: cleanse the face, apply foundation, shape the brows, choose eye color or lashes and, to finish, lipstick. Each game decides how many steps it asks for, so the best approach is to try a couple and see which you like, for example Make Up Wonders or Head 2 Toe Makeover.

By season and theme

A good number of games on the list are tied to holidays or specific themes. Halloween is the most common: Maquillaje de Halloween, Halloween Creepy Makeover, Frozen Anna Halloween Face Art, Elsa Halloween Spa Day or Baby Elsa Halloween Makeover. For other occasions you have Maquillaje de invierno (winter makeup), Dotted Girl New Year Makeup, Princesses Easter Surprise or Little Lily St. Patricks Day.

If you like shows and characters, there's Barbiemania, Winx Club Make Up, Barbie's Fairy Style and several with Elsa and Anna. Some have a stronger style, like Goldie Emo Makeup, and there's an office look in Office Lady Makeup.

If you want the result to resemble real makeup, follow the usual order: skin first (cleanser and foundation), then eyes and brows, and lips and blush at the end. Many games finish with a result screen or a photo of the look, and some let you go back and change a color without starting over. For an easy start, Make Up Wonders or Maquillaje de invierno are good picks.

One tip

A trick that works the same outside the game: don't load on every color at once. Choose one focus (lips or eyes) and tone down the rest. Games that score the result tend to reward a coherent look more than the heaviest one.