Makeup Games Online: Salons, Eye Art and Face Painting
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Makeup games online give you a model and a set of tools, and you build the look yourself: foundation, eyes, lips, then the extras. They come in five kinds: full-face salons, eye art, face painting, themed looks that the game judges, and games that use makeup as a DIY project, a runner or a matching puzzle. Below is how each kind works, with a game to try for each.
Five kinds of makeup games
| Kind | What you do | Try first |
|---|---|---|
| Full-face salons | Build one complete look on a model | Makeup Art Salon |
| Eye art | Work on the eyes in close-up | Eye Art Perfect Makeup |
| Face painting | Paint designs instead of a natural look | Face Paint Salon |
| Themed and judged looks | Match a theme or beat an opponent | Emoji Make Up |
| DIY, runners and puzzles | Make cosmetics, or collect and match them | Cosmetic Run |
Most of the games below list a mouse click or a tap in their own instructions, so they work on a phone as well as on a computer. The exceptions are named in the FAQ.
Makeup salon games
This is the classic makeup game: a model sits in front of you and you work through the face.
- Makeup Art Salon has you create a makeup look as a DIY makeup artist in a beauty salon, choosing your own color combinations.
- Makeup Artist Fashion Salon offers foundation, eye makeup and lipstick, then a hairstyle, a necklace and earrings. Looks can follow themes such as clouds, butterflies, rainbows, Christmas and Halloween.
- Makeup Kit Makeup Game lists foundation, concealer, eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, blush, bronzer and lipstick, plus hairstyles and accessories, and adds makeup challenges.
- Candy Makeup Fashion Girl is a candy-themed salon: marshmallow hairstyles, bright cherry lip gloss and candy cane hats for each customer.
Eye makeup games
Two games zoom in on one part of the face.
- Eye Art Perfect Makeup is about eye makeup only. It has 26 levels, which means 26 eye looks to choose from.
- Eye Art: Magic Eye Makeup has you apply eye makeup to the model, then match clothes and accessories for her.
Face painting games
Face painting games swap the natural look for designs.
- Face Paint Salon has you design your own face doodles from scratch, then paint pictures from a range of themes.
- Easter Face Painting gets Emma ready for an Easter party with face art. You choose from many face painting options and pick whatever suits her.
Themed and judged looks
Some games give you a brief, and a few score you against it.
- Emoji Make Up gives you a random emoji theme: Cookie, Angel or Evil. You also get a random opponent, and judges grade the makeup on how well it fits the theme and on how beautiful it is.
- Practice On Me is built from three themed units: a festival look, a beach look and a blooming flower child look.
- Sweet And Fruity Makeup builds its palette on fruit: watermelon pinks, lemon yellows and orange hues, with fruity lip glosses, eyeshadows and blushes.
- Halloween Makeup Trends gives you three looks to try: a unicorn look, a colorful Day of the Dead-inspired look and a fantasy look.
DIY makeup, runner and matching games
A few games treat makeup as the setting for something else.
- Diys-Makeup-Games makes you the owner of a DIY makeup store. You mix beeswax and coconut oil into lip gloss, make an avocado mask and blush, then match the eye makeup for the customer.
- Cosmetic Run is an arcade runner. You play as makeup brushes and stylish runners, dodge makeup spills, collect highlighters and finish with a beauty look. Tap or hold to move.
- Makeup Run Challenge is another runner: you pick up makeup items, accessories and fashion upgrades along an obstacle track and finish with a complete look. Tap, click, or swipe and hold.
- Makeup Match Memory Beauty is a card game: flip the cards, find the pairs of makeup items and finish every level.
More card matching is in the memory games guide, and more runners are in the running games collection.
Tips for makeup games
- Read the brief before you pick a color. In Emoji Make Up the judges grade the match to the theme as well as the beauty of the look.
- Work one theme at a time. Practice On Me is split into three themed units, so finish the festival, beach or flower look before you start another.
- Keep to a few colors and repeat them in the accessories. Sweet And Fruity Makeup builds a whole look from one fruit palette, which is an easy way to keep a face together.
- Finish the whole look. Makeup Artist Fashion Salon adds a hairstyle, a necklace and earrings after the makeup, so the face is only part of the job.
- In the runners the look is built from what you pick up, so steer toward the makeup items and away from the spills and obstacles.
Makeup games FAQ
Are makeup games online free?
Yes. The games above play free, right in the browser, with no install and no registration. The site asks for neither money nor personal data, and there are no in-game purchases, paid access or subscriptions.
Do you have to download a makeup game?
No. They open in the browser of a phone, a tablet or a computer, so there is nothing to install. Favorites, recently played, the game of the day and the streak work without an account.
Which makeup games work on a phone?
Makeup Art Salon, Candy Makeup Fashion Girl, Eye Art Perfect Makeup and Emoji Make Up list a mouse click or a tap in their instructions. Practice On Me, Sweet And Fruity Makeup and Halloween Makeup Trends say to tap on mobile devices, and Cosmetic Run uses a tap or a held click. Easter Face Painting lists only the mouse. More touch-friendly picks are in the one hand games for your phone guide.
Are there face painting games?
Yes. Face Paint Salon and Easter Face Painting are both about painting designs on a face: the first lets you design doodles from scratch, and the second is an Easter party look.
More looks, outfits and dolls are in the dress up games guide and the dress up games collection.
