27 Gemini Prompts for Halloween Makeup

I’ve been using Gemini to generate Halloween makeup ideas, and the results have been incredible. The AI can create detailed visuals that show you exactly how different makeup looks come together. You can see the colors, the placement, the techniques, everything you need to recreate the look yourself.

Here’s how it works: Head over to gemini.google.com or open the Gemini app and start a new chat. Copy any of the prompts below and paste them in. If you want to see how a specific makeup look would appear on your face, you can attach your photo along with the prompt.

I’ve put together 27 different makeup prompts that cover everything from classic Halloween characters to abstract artistic designs. Each one gives you a complete description that Gemini can use to generate a visual reference.

1. Whimsical Fantasy Heart Makeup

Create photo of a close-up portrait of a person with whimsical fantasy makeup. Smooth porcelain skin with visible freckles, soft blush on cheeks, bold red winged eyeshadow, thick red eyebrows, and a small red heart painted under one eye. Lips shaped into a red heart design. Platinum blonde curly hair styled in large twin buns with loose strands around the face. The person wears a white high-neck top. Emphasize vivid red makeup details, soft matte skin finish, and playful artistic expression.

2. Pink Clown Glam

Create photo of a close-up portrait featuring glamorous pink clown-inspired makeup. Smooth matte foundation with soft contour, bold hot pink eyeshadow with black winged liner and rhinestone detailing on the crease, and expressive black eyebrows drawn in upward angles. Pink blush merging with teardrop-like accents beneath the eyes. Nose painted with a pink clown circle. Lips are an ombré blend of magenta and black, with extended corners forming a dramatic smile. Pastel pink wavy hair, bare shoulders, and detailed black floral tattoos across the neck and chest. Emphasize vibrant color contrast, precise detailing, and a balance of beauty and theatrical fantasy.

3. Blue Ghost Fantasy Face Paint

Create photo of a close-up portrait featuring artistic fantasy face paint in shades of blue. Matte skin base with a large, winged blue mask design around the eyes, blending from deep cobalt to light cerulean with sharp white highlights. On the forehead, detailed painted artwork of a ghostly woman in cool blue tones surrounded by small white bats. Eyes enhanced with dramatic black lashes, lips painted in an ombre of dark navy to bright metallic blue. Hair slicked back and background kept dark to emphasize the vivid blue face art. Focus on precision, contrast, and a gothic-fantasy aesthetic.

4. Stitched Doll Horror

Create photo of a close-up portrait featuring glam-horror stitched doll makeup. Smooth satin foundation, dark burgundy smoky eyes with heavy lashes, silvery brows, and deep glossy wine-colored lips. Realistic stitched scars painted across the face and lips in red, purple, and black tones with white stitches for a sewn look. Long straight copper-orange hair parted in the middle, wearing a rainbow-striped shirt and denim overalls. Focus on detailed face textures, vibrant color contrasts, and a cinematic horror aesthetic.

5. Comic-Inspired Glam

Create photo of a close-up portrait featuring playful comic-inspired glam makeup. Matte porcelain skin, red eyeshadow on one eye and blue on the other, both blended dramatically with black winged eyeliner and thick lashes. Small black heart beneath one eye and faint tattoo-style writing on the cheek. Glossy bright red lips forming a wide smile. Platinum blonde hair in messy low pigtails, with red and blue dip-dyed tips matching the eyeshadow. Wearing a red shirt. Emphasize bold color contrast, expressive personality, and cinematic comic-style lighting.

6. Half-Face Jack-O’-Lantern

Create photo of a close-up portrait featuring half-face Halloween makeup with a realistic pumpkin design. One side of the face painted in bright orange with black carved jack-o’-lantern features and cracked transition edges revealing natural skin on the other side. The natural side has soft glam makeup with warm brown eyeshadow, fluttery lashes, and a matte complexion. Lips painted black and integrated into the pumpkin design. Light brown wavy hair framing the face and dark clothing to contrast the vivid orange tones. Emphasize fine texture, glowing orange color, and dramatic lighting for a spooky yet beautiful effect.

7. Scarecrow Stitch Design

Create photo of a close-up portrait featuring detailed scarecrow Halloween makeup. Matte orange-painted face with black hollowed eye sockets shaded in smoky texture, fine black stitch lines extending from the eyes, mouth, and forehead. Small black triangular nose and ombre orange-to-black lips with stitched smile details. Light brown hair under a rough burlap straw hat, dark rustic scarf around the neck. Emphasize realistic stitching effects, matte pumpkin-toned skin, and the eerie harvest-inspired scarecrow aesthetic.

8. Glamorous Spider Makeup

Create photo of a close-up portrait featuring glamorous Halloween makeup with a realistic black spider design extending from the upper eyelid. Dewy glowing skin with champagne highlighter, soft pink shimmer eyeshadow, and thick lashes blending into the spider illusion. Small crystal rhinestones scattered around the eyes and temples. Glossy pink lips, sleek dark hair tucked behind the ears, and gold jewelry. Emphasize realistic spider detailing, high-shine skin texture, and the mix of eerie and elegant beauty.

9. Modern Clown Editorial

Create photo of a close-up portrait featuring modern clown-inspired makeup. Face painted matte white with green triangular shapes around the eyes, small red clown nose, and bold red lips extended into a curved smile. Minimal contouring, natural brows, and slightly smudged red accents for a painterly touch. Long wavy blonde hair framing the face, wearing a peach-pink blazer. Emphasize cinematic lighting, moody atmosphere, and fashion-editorial styling blending elegance with expressive clown aesthetics.

10. Pearl and Rhinestone Art

Create photo of a close-up portrait featuring avant-garde pearl and rhinestone makeup design. Half the face painted in a vibrant orange and coral gradient with pearls and crystals outlining the shapes around the eye, cheek, and lips. Bold orange eyeshadow with black winged eyeliner and long lashes. Coral-pink lips blended into the painted area. Smooth satin complexion with natural contour and highlight. Soft wavy caramel-blonde hair, neutral beige clothing, and subtle gold jewelry. Emphasize luminous skin, vivid orange tones, and detailed pearl embellishments for a luxurious artistic effect.

11. Neon Horror Fantasy

Create photo of a close-up portrait featuring neon horror-inspired fantasy makeup. Matte full-coverage base with black and white striped tentacle designs painted across the forehead and cheek. Vivid purple and magenta smoky eyeshadow, black eyeliner, and dramatic lashes. Glossy black lips with neon green streak details. Splashes of fluorescent green and yellow pigment scattered over the face, hairline, and hands. Hair styled in a messy top bun with streaks of green and orange. Emphasize eerie neon lighting, high contrast, and an otherworldly artistic aesthetic blending horror and glam.

12. Cyberpunk Robot Panels

Create photo of a woman with vibrant cyberpunk-inspired makeup, matte flawless foundation, sharply winged eyeliner, long lashes, bold arched brows, and glossy black lips. Face decorated with detailed black line art mimicking robotic panels, featuring geometric and floral designs in pink, purple, and white along the jawline and cheek. Add a small beauty mark below the lip. She has a short pink bob haircut with bangs, wears black goggles on her head, a black choker, and a light denim jacket. Close-up portrait emphasizing facial makeup detail, futuristic lighting, and a soft gradient background.

13. Pumpkin Clown Lights

Create photo of a woman with Halloween-inspired pumpkin clown makeup, matte pale foundation, vivid orange-to-yellow gradient eyeshadow, dramatic lashes, and black triangular clown accents above and below the eyes with white highlights and teardrop details. Defined dark brows, ombré orange lips with jagged black jack-o’-lantern smile extending to the cheeks, and a small black triangle painted on the nose. Hair in two black buns decorated with tiny glowing orange pumpkin lights, wearing a white ruffled collar. Close-up portrait focusing on makeup artistry and Halloween theme, soft neutral background lighting.

14. Turquoise Zombie Glam

Create photo of a woman with vivid zombie-inspired makeup, full turquoise-blue matte face paint, deep black contouring around eyes, temples, and cheekbones. Heavy black smokey eye makeup with dramatic false lashes and white opaque contact lenses. Bright magenta eyebrows sharply defined, black painted skeletal nose, and large painted mouth wound showing stylized white teeth and green decomposing flesh outlined in black. Light pink lips on one side, with additional green wound details on the forehead and cheek. Long red hair, manicured nails, horror-glam lighting, and close-up portrait emphasizing face paint artistry and comic-style undead details.

15. Red Devil Fantasy

Create photo of a woman with devil-inspired fantasy makeup, full matte red body and face paint, sharply contoured features, dramatic black smokey eyeshadow with extended wings, thick eyeliner, and long voluminous lashes. Defined black arched eyebrows, matte black lips, and silver facial piercings. Voluminous wavy black hair with short bangs, wearing small red devil horns, long black gloves, and a black outfit. Close-up portrait emphasizing facial makeup, vivid red skin, and a seductive gothic expression under soft lighting.

16. Puppet Horror Makeup

Create photo of a woman with puppet-inspired horror makeup, matte white face paint base, deep black shading around eyes, and red spiral designs on both cheeks. Black eyeliner defining the eyes with red and black contact lenses, dark arched brows, bright red lips shaped in a heart-like style with black vertical puppet mouth lines. Long dark wavy hair, wearing a white collared shirt and red bow tie. Close-up portrait emphasizing the eerie puppet makeup, high contrast lighting, and cinematic horror tone.

17. Diamond Clown Design

Create photo of a close-up portrait of a woman with artistic clown-inspired makeup, featuring matte full-coverage foundation, peach blush, bold black diamond-shaped eye makeup extending above and below the eyes with ivory eyelids, long lashes, rhinestone accents at design points, soft concealed brows, matte black elongated lips forming a stylized smile, and a small black shiny clown nose. Her straight brown hair is sleek and center-parted, with the look captured in soft even lighting to emphasize facial details and makeup artistry.

18. Stitched Scarecrow Split-Face

Create photo of a close-up portrait of a woman with artistic stitched scarecrow makeup, featuring a matte split-face design in white and golden-yellow, bold black stitched lines crossing the face and neck, golden-orange eyeshadow with winged eyeliner, defined brows, and matte burgundy-black lips with small stitched extensions. Her hair is in messy double buns with straw pieces woven in, paired with a plaid shirt, captured in even lighting that highlights the detailed face paint and texture of the makeup.

19. Neon Monster Mouth

Create photo of a close-up portrait of a woman with surreal horror-inspired makeup, featuring pale matte skin, vivid purple and magenta eyeshadow with winged eyeliner, light eerie eyes, and neon green brows. The lower face is painted with a massive black mouth filled with sharp white teeth and outlined in pink and green. The nose and forehead have bright green accents, and black-and-white striped designs extend from the eyes. She has long dark green and teal hair, styled straight and parted in the center. Capture in sharp detail and even lighting to emphasize the artistic and eerie makeup design.

20. Dark Scarecrow Skeleton

Create photo of a close-up portrait of a woman with dark scarecrow-skeleton makeup, featuring tan matte skin, large black hollow eyes outlined in white, a wide black mouth with jagged white teeth, stitched and highlighted detailing, and a small straw piece across the nose. Include patchwork stitches on the chest in yellow and orange tones. She has long platinum blonde hair and wears a frayed straw hat, with even lighting emphasizing the dramatic shading and texture of the makeup design.

21. Butterfly Skull Half-Face

Create photo of a woman with artistic fantasy makeup, featuring a half-face design combining a colorful butterfly wing and skull illusion. The butterfly side includes vivid shades of pink, orange, yellow, green, and purple with white dotted accents, while the opposite side shows dark purple and black skull detailing with painted teeth and black drips. Include gradient plum and mauve lips, dramatic eyeshadow, and full lashes. The look extends onto the neck with dripping paint effects. The subject has long, wavy brown hair decorated with iridescent butterfly clips and wears a shimmering pink top. Capture in a close-up portrait emphasizing the intricate face paint and vivid color contrasts.

22. Pumpkin Skull Combination

Create photo of a close-up Halloween pumpkin skull makeup look on a woman, with orange and black face paint forming jack-o’-lantern patterns, black triangular eyes and nose, exaggerated skeletal teeth extending to the cheeks, matte orange base with deep black shading for contour, dramatic false lashes, smooth dark hair framing the face, and a hint of reddish-orange clothing, photographed with even lighting to emphasize facial detail and makeup texture.

23. Neon Green Clown

Create photo of a close-up neon clown-inspired makeup look on a woman, featuring a full white matte face base, vivid green eyeshadow blended around the eyes, bold black clown triangles above and below the eyes, thick painted black brows, dramatic false lashes, black matte lips with a dripping edge detail, and small black dots accenting the face, with slicked-back hair, black lace choker, and fishnet gloves, captured in soft lighting to emphasize vivid color contrast and facial detail.

24. Spider-Web Pearl Design

Create photo of a close-up fantasy spider-web makeup look on a woman, featuring intricate white spiderweb designs painted across the forehead and cheeks with pearl accents, metallic bronze and gold eyeshadow with dark crease blending, extended black eyeliner, thick lashes, gradient black-to-nude lips, soft bleached brows, white-out contact lenses, and long platinum blonde hair, captured in soft dramatic lighting to emphasize shimmer, texture, and facial detail.

25. Joker-Inspired Glam

Create photo of a close-up portrait featuring a female model with Joker-inspired glam makeup. She has a flawless matte foundation with light contouring, bold green eyebrows, and purple eyeshadow. A sharp black triangular eye design extends vertically from one eye, with smudged black “HAHA” text on the opposite cheek and neck. She wears deep red matte lipstick shaped into a faintly extended smile. Her slicked-back dark hair has a green tint near the roots. The look is completed with a black blazer and soft lighting highlighting the makeup’s vivid colors and facial details.

26. Gold and Black Branch Fantasy

Create photo of a close-up portrait of a woman with avant-garde gold and black fantasy makeup. Her skin is flawless with a smooth satin finish. The right side of her face is covered in textured metallic gold makeup overlaid with black organic branch-like patterns extending around the eye. Her eyelids feature gold eyeshadow and dramatic lashes, and she wears matte metallic orange lipstick. She has long silvery-white hair in loose waves and a black lace high-collar outfit. The lighting should highlight the metallic gold texture and detailed facial artistry.

27. Glam Skeleton with Orange Accents

Create photo of a close-up portrait of a woman with glam skeleton makeup. Her face is painted in smooth matte white with black hollow eyes, blacked-out nose, and stitched mouth lines extending from warm terracotta-orange lips. She has smoky black and brown eyeshadow with long lashes and bold dark brows. Her reddish-brown hair is styled in a high messy bun, and she wears an orange-and-black striped sweater with a black bat choker. The lighting highlights the contrast between the white face paint and the dark eye and mouth details.

These prompts give you a solid starting point for your Halloween makeup this year. Pick the ones that match your style, paste them into Gemini, and see what you get. You might end up with the perfect reference photo for your Halloween look.