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For those of us stuck on ideas for Halloween costumes, Lady Gaga, queen of ghoulish glamour and Mother Monster, has come to the rescue with her new music video ‘Disease’.
The music video, directed by Tanu Muiño, is for the lead single on her upcoming album LG7. It’s dropped just in time for Halloween and Haus Labs founder Gaga has gone ghoul-core serving a series of macabre looks.
The video features Gaga confronting a different version of herself (each more horrifying than the next) on a suburban street. LG7 is being heralded as a comeback for Gaga who released her last album, ‘Chromatica’ in 2020 and has been quiet since. The video and album deal with dark themes from the recently-engaged singer’s own life.
“I think a lot about the relationship I have with my own inner demons,” Gaga told W Magazine about the inspiration behind the video. “It’s never been easy for me to face how I get seduced by chaos and turmoil. It makes me feel claustrophobic.”
In ‘Disease’, makeup is key to depicting these inner demons. From greasy-haired and silver-lidded succubi to BDSM-kitted-out vampires, Gaga’s long-time makeup artist Sarah Tanno used Haus Labs products – and plenty of fake blood – to create the beautiful looks.
Beauty lovers on social media are already discovering that the video is the perfect last-minute Halloween costume inspiration.
When the chaos of your own life is making finding a full Halloween costume seem like a tall order, beauty can be a quick fix. Hause labs are currently on ships to Australia, and if you’re reading this now, you probably don’t have time to wait. Fortunately, the beauty looks are surprisingly simple to recreate. Here are some quick product fixes.
Lady Gaga ‘Disease’ Halloween Tutorial
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Makeup By Mario Master Metals Eyeshadow Palette
$94 at Sephora
‘Disease’ features two shimmering eye looks: a silver smoky eye in one of the final scenes and a green gold look in a dungeon scene in which Gaga struggles with her inner demons. The first two shadows in the Master Metals palette are perfect for recreating both looks. Mixed with water, each shadow transforms into an opaque foil-effect liquid. Apply with a brush or fingers.
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Morphe, 9W Smoke and Shadow Artistry Palette
$21 at Mecca
Plenty of spectral cool tones and sooty blacks are used for the eye looks in ‘Disease’, and this affordable palette from Morphe recreates the looks with a mix of stormy gunmetal greys, soft shimmers, and, of course, pitch black. Mix the grey and black to carve out your silver smoky eye.
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Half Magic, Glitterpill Glitter Eye Paint & Liner
$38 at Mecca
Add an extra layer of shine to your silver shadow look with a sweep of this very pretty, sheer, sparkly eye paint from Half Magic. As a bonus, it’s perfect for New Year’s Eve beauty looks, too.
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Pat McGrath Labs, Legendary Wear Velvet Kohl Eyeliner
$50 at Sephora
A pitch-black creamy kohl pencil is essential for creating Gaga’s grimy gothic beauty looks and legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath nailed the asphalt-black intensity of this liner. Apply to the waterline and along the lid, then smudge with a blending brush.
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Benetint, Benetint Cheek & Lip Tint
$55 at Myer
Designed to mimic the colour of a “natural flush”, i.e. blood, the Benetint lip and cheek tint will give you the perfect worn-in pink lip.
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BYS Special FX Fake Blood
$10 at Big W
There’s only so much a cheek tint can do, so make sure you have some fake blood handy for the night.
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Sally Hansen Salon Effects, Perfect Manicure Onyx-pected Coffin Nails
$17.95 at Priceline
Talon-style claws are a big feature of Gaga’s looks in the ‘Disease’. You’ll need to place a special order to get the 20cm long Alien vs. Predator versions you see in one of the final scenes of the music video so if you’re short on time, this Sally Hansen set from Priceline is more user-friendly and accessible.
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Taft, Full On Freeze Jelly
$9.49 at Chemist Warehouse
To get Gaga’s distinctive lank and greasy, just-crawled-out-of-the-gutter hair, add dollops of this wet-look styling gel from Schwarzkopf.
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