"So people want to add blood, a spider web, stuff of that nature. "If you're dressing up for Halloween and you're making a skull, typically it would be scary," she says. Bautista says that La Catrina makeup is entirely separate from gory Halloween skull makeup. According to urban legend, La Catrina's roots come from Aztec death goddess Mictecacihuatl, who served to honor and protect those who have passed and to symbolize the relationship Mexicans have with death. The most common form of Day of the Dead makeup is La Catrina, a skeletal figure that's reminiscent of sugar skulls, a tasty and colorful skull-shaped treat made on this holiday. Somebody would never think of honoring them by wearing scary makeup or a unicorn costume." What Is Day of the Dead Makeup? It's about honoring anyone you love, and anybody who has had somebody passed away and wants to honor it. "Día de los Muertos is not about being scary or gory. "Halloween is a pagan holiday and the history is so much different than what Día de los Muertos is," she says.
The scent is supposed to draw them back to their home."īautista also notes that this holiday really doesn't share anything relatable to Halloween other than the fact that there are skulls - they're not even on the same day. And we ‘invite’ them back by lighting candles in their honor and bringing around marigolds. And we do it in celebration of them, telling stories and sharing music and food, and just memories and creating altars with pictures. It's a tradition to honor our ancestors to celebrate everybody who's passed on to the next realm. "It was celebrated originally by the Aztecs and the Mayans. "It's a tradition that's been going on for over 3,000 years," says Bautista. It's a holiday that dates back thousands of years in Mexican culture, and which is reserved for celebrating the lives of loved ones who passed away.
What is Day of the Dead?Ĭontrary to popular belief, Day of the Dead is an entirely separate holiday from Halloween. But before you pick up the makeup brush to create a sugar skull look, you should know that this type of makeup should be reserved for observing Día de los Muertos (“Day of the Dead” in English), a Mexican holiday that's entirely separate from Halloween.īelow, we talked to Mexican American makeup artist and face-painter Judith Bautista (aka Kahlovera) about the cultural significance of Day of the Dead makeup - also known traditionally as La Catrina - and what donning a sugar skull really means. Halloween is just around the corner, and there's no shortage of costume options: a cat, a witch, or anything that references pop culture is a winner.
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