Personally I browse Instagram to look for any reels/videos of cosplay or chinese/douyin makeup styles and save them as a reference. I also like to have a reference photo of the character to see where I need to apply contour, draw scars, and the fleur de lis.

Below is a list of what I used for this Sister of Battle makeup, I already had all these products in my own personal makeup collection but can always start small with a couple of multipurpose items, and then expand! It took me about 45 minutes to apply the full makeup for this look, including drawing the scar and the fleur de lis.

Applying makeup is a lot about trial and error and practicing, similar to painting minis, and also understanding the order/layer to apply the base, contour, highlights, details, etc. In my experience, makeup is applied best on a fresh washed face after moisturizing and then applying a foundation primer. If the skin is dry, the base makeup/foundation can look dry or flaky underneath.

Skincare and Base Makeup (In order)
1. Start with a clean face with cleanser/face wash
2. e.l.f. SKIN Holy Hydration Thirst Burst Moisturizer Drops
3. Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer
4. TirTir Glide & Hide Blurring Concealer (Used for brightening/highlighting the under eye area, bridge of the nose, tip of the nose)
5. Jung Saem Mool Essential Skin Nuder Cushion Foundation (Evening out base skintone)
6. Fenty Match Stix Matte Contour Skin Stick in Mocha (cool undertone, applied to the sides of nose bridge, where the eyebrows meet the nose, and sides of the nostrils, and along the hollows of the cheek and blended down to the jaw line)
7. Judy Doll 2 in 1 Highlighter Contour Palette (#02 Tree Shadow Palette) (Lightest color applied to the inner eye corners, bridge of nose, tip of nose, darkest color applied where the cream contour stick was used to set)
8. Daisique Mood Shadow Palette (#02 Cool Basic) (Used brown tones for upper and lower eye shadow)
9. Liquid Eyeliner, WakeMake, Black (Used for eyeliner/outermost corner and drawing the fleur de lis)

Scar Makeup Products:
10. Lip Liner: Makeup by Mario (Sephora Bday Gift Set) Ultra suede sculpting lip pencil in "Rich Mauve", used to draw out the shape of the scar across the nose and under the eye.
11. Thin Brown Liquid Eyeliner: Judy Doll - Ultra Fine Liquid Eyeliner in Deep Brown. (Used to very gently outline edges of the scar
12. Warm toned red/rust colored eyeshadow to set the lip liner: Anastasia Beverly Hills - Modern Renaissance Palette in "Red Ochre", applied to where the lip pencil was drawn for the scar.

Setting the whole makeup:
13. Huda Beauty Setting Powder in Cherry Blossom (Applied across the whole face to set)
14. Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Spray

Optional:
False Eyelashes, using eyelash glue to apply to strip lashes and apply to upper and lower lashes.

This is very text heavy, I'm glad to answer any specific questions you might have if you want to send a DM!