Apparently blue is my color!
This year’s costume was Neytiri from Avatar. I decided to use body paint instead of liquid latex like my Mystique costume last year. I did the majority of painting myself, though I needed help with my back. Here is the final result, but keep scrolling down if you’d like to see more photos of the process. The professional photo is courtesy of T.J. Hall Photography.
Close up. Full body paint costume for Neytiri from Avatar. Photo from T.J. Hall Photography | www.tjhallphotography.com
Full body paint costume for Neytiri from Avatar. Photo from T.J. Hall Photography | www.tjhallphotography.com
Face closeup for Neytiri from Avatar
Backside of body paint.
Paint
I purchased a “Pandora Kit” from SillyFarm.com. They kit included all the blues I needed, and it worked perfectly for painting a full body. I also purchased some glow in the dark paint so that the white dots would glow (if you’ve seen the movie, you know what I mean).
Starting out the painting
Painting Progress
Closeup of arm details.
Costume
I made the beaded arm bands by painting Mardi Gras beads and sewing them onto elastic bands.
Painting Mardi Gras beads with acrylic paint
Closeup of arm bands.
I purchased the wig online. If you search for “Deluxe Neytiri wig with ears” you’ll find the same wig from various vendors.
Feathers added to the braids of the wig.
I made the outfit from scraps of fabric and a bikini bra top from the fabric store. I made the straps by braiding fabric and I stitched fabric onto the front of the bra cups by hand.
Bra top from fabric store.
Straps made of braided fabric.
Top with fabric attached.
So I was an avatar too for halloween! I used liquid latex like you did with your mystique costume. I have a questions for you though. When you painted your face with the latex did it lift arond your mouth after a while? I had this problem and it made my mouth look like an old lady because it started to lift and wrinkled when I talked. Did this happen to you? I did paint over my lips, which was probably a bad idea, but I feel like even if I go around my lips it will still lift. I tend to smile and talk alot, so my face is always moving
Any suggestions? And BTW I did refer to your mystique blog when I did my avatar last Halloween!
Hi Regina!
Yea, I found the liquid latex was peeling away from my mouth towards the end of the evening too. That’s why I used body paint for my Avatar costume…it was a little easier to apply and did peel away in strange ways
I would like to know if 1 kit is enough for the entire body?And did u purchase the glow in dark white through this company also.
I believe they sell 2 different kits; one enough for face, one enough for full body. The kit I purchased worked for one full body. And yes, I bought the glow in the dark paint from Silly Farm also. I think it was Ben Nye brand, but not sure.
Hi Breanna~
LOVE your costumes…you do fabulous work!
I’m thinking of tackling Mystique for Halloween this yr. Can you tell me which product you preferred when it came to the blue latex vs body paint? Application time? Cost? Did you find that either product rubbed off or faded as the the evening went on? Also, it sounds like the latex isn’t the greatest in the facial region (peeling at lips, and keep away from eyes, etc)… would it look ‘odd’ to paint my face, and latex my body? Any other comments to latex vs paint??
Thanks so much! Britt
Britt,
Sorry for such a delay. I definitely preferred body paint over the latex. It’s faster and doesn’t smell (liquid latex uses ammonia as a preservative, so it’s a smelly process). The body paint will rub off more easily than latex though, but you can put it around your eyes and lips. Doing paint on your face and latex on your body might work well, but you might run into some color matching issues. And when people take a photo of you with a flash, the latex will have a sheen different from the body paint.
Hope your costume goes well!!
hey, IM INTERESTED IN BEING NEYTIRI THIS YEAR AND IS SOOO EXCITED!.I LOVE YOUR COSTUME AND IS CURIOUS OF WHAT WERE YOUR TECHNIQUES OF MAKING THE STRIPES THEY LOOK SOOOO PERFECT
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Hi, I’m doing the avatar look this Halloween. I already bought the pandora kit from silly farm. I was wondering if you could explain the process. They sent like 4 different colors. Two blues, white, black and some pinkish color. I don’t know where to start. Help please..
1. Use the light blue all over your body.
2. Use the 2-blue combo cake (it should be kinda shimmery) for the stripes. I first put the stripes on with the dark blue, then added a highlight with the light blue (right on top of the dark one).
3. Use white is for adding the dots (that glow in the movie).
I don’t remember using black, maybe around your eyes. The pink is for the nostrils, but i’d recommend just using blue. I found the pink looked like the paint had rubbed off.
Hope that helps!! Happy Halloween!
The trick is to NOT worry about making them perfect. Take a close look at the images from the movie and you’ll see that the stripes are rough and not perfectly symmetrical. Hope it works for you!
Thanks soooooooooooooooooo much!!!!
Hey So im trying to do this look saturday just in time for a costume contest. Does that kit from silly farm Cover the whole body or would i need a couple of them kits?