How to Look Like a Fairy

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Fairies are famous for their beauty and otherworldly allure (if not their mischievous ways!) and looking and acting like a fairy is a great way to express your creativity and femininity. This guide to Fey Fashion will teach you how to incorporate fairy flair into everyday ensembles for a beautiful and bohemian look. It will also teach you how to create a lavish fairy look, such as those made famous by Queen Mab, Titania and Tinker Bell, for Halloween and other special occasions!

Steps

Styling an Everyday Fairy Look

Create fairy hair. Keep your hair natural and whimsical. Messy bohemian styles best capture the fairy look. If you have long hair, wear it down or in braids. For those who prefer shorter hair, consider a pixie cut or a messy bob. Fairy-like details include piece-y (not perfectly even) bangs and tousled hair. Adorn your hair with ribbons and flowers. Antique pins and barrettes also make for a nice fairy look.

Brighten your complexion. Even out your complexion with a light-weight tinted moisturizer. If you are especially fair, apply a rosy blush to your cheeks. Apply a shimmering powder to your cheekbones. Use a highlighter pencil under your brow bone.

Use make-up to create a natural, fairy look. Fairy beauty is fresh, glowy and wide-eyed. Wear lip-gloss or a sheer lipstick. Look for products with shimmer. Avoid matte lipsticks, as these are too heavy. Good color choices include pink, red and wine. Widen your eyes with mascara and light eye-shadow. Choose a good mascara and use only one coat to avoid heavy, spidery lashes. Look for light, shimmering shadows. Mocha, silver and moss-green are some good color options.

Dress like fairy. Fairy fashion is feminine and ethereal, old-fashioned and romantic. Wear long skirts and flowy dresses. Look for gossamer fabrics and filigree detailing. Err on the side of demure. In summer, you can show your arms, shoulders and perhaps some décolleté, but avoid hems that are too high (think thigh-high) and plunging necklines. For your winter wardrobe, check out the winter fashions of 19th-century Russia. The long coats, muffs and round hats capture the romantic fairy look. Accessorize with headbands and jewelry. Again, antique designs, beads, ribbons and flowers create a romantic and whimsical fairy look. Fairies are often barefoot, but this is not practical. Flat shoes, sandals and Mary Janes are excellent choices. Low-heeled shoes are acceptable, but exceedingly high, stiletto heels are not compatible with the free and easy fairy look.

Fairy Poise

Have the right attitude and poise. Attitude is everything, especially for fairies! Smile, especially when you meet people or make eye contact. Fairies are happy, sprightly, even mischievous creatures, always smiling and laughing.

Be modest. Fairies feel no need to boast, and they let their talents and charms speak for themselves.

Be helpful and kind. Fairies help those in need (like Cinderella's Fairy Godmother), so always be ready to help friends and family, be it with some hard work, a kind word, or advice and support.

Walk like a dancer. Fairies move lightly, and are graceful and delicate with their gestures. Practice walking with a book on your head and study dancers so that you can emulate their expressive hands and arms.

Fairies are guardians of nature. Tend your gardens and potted plants well, and take good care of any pets you have. Be willing to feed stray animals and avoid killing bugs and spiders.

Learn fairy vocabulary. Frequently used words include: Anha (love) Anhilna (beautiful) Danen (to sing) Elthen (friend) enkamenkam (forever on) Fey (fairy) Flien (to fly) Fodobrah (tomorrow) Hallae (hello) Hessen (yesterday) Lorinten (happiness) Lume (light) Mana (tree) Mina (flower) Niven (to dance) Shay (joy), or hanathen (gladness)

Styling a Fairy Costume

Wear fairy wings. True fairies fly with the delicate, gossamer wings that grow on their upper back. You can buy fairy wings at costume shops and online. Look for larger wings made of a sheer fabric that’s light in color (white, cream, soft pink or blue). Make your own fairy wings by putting a pair of knee-high stocking over a wire frame. If the wings are plain, consider decorating them with glitter, flowers and beads.

Wear a crown. Some fairies wear jeweled crowns, other prefer crowns made of flowers or leaves. If you opt for a jeweled crown, remember to choose one that has an old-fashioned, antique look.

Wear face-paint. Feel free to paint flowers, butterflies and other romantic and natural designs on your face.

Personalizing Your Fairy Look

Embrace your goth aesthetic as a Midnight Fairy. Wear all black or deep purple. Adorn yourself with spider-inspired jewelry and look for black wings with web-like veins. Go for dark make-up, including glitter eye shadow and dark red or deep wine lipsticks.

If winter is your season, sparkle as a Snow Fairy. Wear a long, white dress. Wear pearls, and crystal or silver jewelry. Wear shimmering make-up, including frost eye shadow and shimmer lip gloss. Wear white wings. Incorporate snowflakes into your ensemble. You can find wings with snowflake designs, as well as snowflake jewelry.