James Cameron’s newest epic is rocketing across the movie world and it’s only a matter of time 
before the Na’vi become more recognizable than Wookies. Try on a little makeup for the next costume party and transform yourself into a character from the hot new movie.
Start with some plastic or rubber ears – look for something elfish (think Lord of the Rings but painted bright blue). You’ll need appliance putty or spirit gum to stick them on your head. Use acrylic paint in solid blue with lighter blue stripes to make the ears look authentic. Wash your face and hair well before applying the disguise.
Look for contacts that will lend you a cat-eye look, perfect for the Na’vi. Then cover the skin on your face and neck with a thin layer of blue cream-based makeup. Get good coverage and recoat until you’re entirely happy with how it’s turned out. Mix a little white into some blue for highlights, thin stripes or swirls around your temples and radiated across the rest of your face and body.
For the allusion of a cat-nose that all good Na’vi have, work with the lightened blue makeup and draw a defined line from the inside corners of your eyes to the outside points of your nose or nostril, widening the look of any nose. Blend it in a little for a more natural effect. Also run a line down the bridge of the nose and blend. You can also add makeup to the seam between the ears and the face, but not too heavy.
Use more lightened blue to create stripes or swirls wherever appropriate and add the character’s hair with a wig or beads. If you can get your hands on a blue lycra body suit your whole outfit will be sublime, but if not opt for something blue and tight fitting.
You’ve cornered the market on Avatar makeup with this get up and it’s sure to impress even the pickiest sci-fi fans. Just watch out for greedy, military-type humans and moon-shattering battles.
Cameron has also just announced that he’ll be penning a new book – yes – AVATAR! “There are things you can do in books that you can’t do with films,” Cameron explained. “The producer also hinted that the story of Pandora and its blue-skinned people will also have a sequel – or sequels, plural.”
