Catrina Makeup AI Photo Generator

Seasonal and climbing to its peak. Día de Muertos falls on Sunday 1 and Monday 2 November 2026, and Catrina searches build through October every year. On 18 October 2026 Google completed "catrina ai", "filtro catrina ai", "prompt gemini catrina", "maquillaje de catrina ia" and "day of the dead ai filter", and Zooop's Catrina template showed 746 uses. MakeViral, a competitor, counted 148,083 TikTok videos under #catrinamakeup on 12 October 2026 (their count; we don't read TikTok directly). The AI selfie version took off in Mexico in October 2025, and many of the searches Google suggests are in Spanish. After 2 November it goes quiet until next autumn.

One make gives you 3 photos, one in each look:

• Flower crown: Vertical 4:5 portrait photo, head and shoulders down to mid-chest. The person from the photo faces the camera with a calm, faint smile. Their face is painted in elegant Catrina makeup that follows their own features: a smooth white base, each eye ringed in black and circled by small painted petals in red, orange and teal, a small black heart shape on the tip of the nose, thin black stitch lines drawn across the lips and out onto the cheeks, and fine swirls and dots along the forehead, temples and chin. Their own eyes, brows, face shape and hairline stay recognisable under the paint; their own hair shows beneath the crown, and any beard, moustache or glasses from the photo stay, with the paint on the skin around them. On their head sits a full crown of red roses and orange marigolds with a few small green leaves. They wear a high-necked black lace dress with long sleeves. Behind them, softly out of focus, is a Día de Muertos home altar: rows of lit candles, heaps of orange marigolds, white sugar skulls with plain coloured icing and no lettering, and strings of cut-paper banners in pink, orange and purple. Warm candlelight lights their face from the front and one side. Photoreal, elegant and festive. One adult only, no text, no logos.
• Top hat: Vertical 4:5 portrait photo, head and shoulders down to mid-chest, as El Catrín, the dapper gentleman skeleton. The person from the photo is turned slightly to one side and looks into the lens, one gloved hand touching the brim of their hat. The same elegant Catrina face paint follows their own features: white base, black eye rings circled by small painted petals, a small black nose tip, fine stitch lines across the lips and delicate swirls on the forehead and chin; their own face shape, eyes and hairline stay recognisable, and any beard, moustache or glasses from the photo stay. They wear a tall black top hat with a band of orange marigolds and one red rose tucked into it, a dark charcoal tailored jacket over a black waistcoat, a crisp white shirt, a black bow tie, white gloves and a single marigold in the lapel. Behind them, softly out of focus, a candlelit altar of marigolds, lit candles and pink and orange cut-paper banners. Warm candlelight from one side, deep shadows. Photoreal, elegant and festive. One adult only, no text, no logos.
• Lace veil: Vertical 4:5 portrait photo at night, head and shoulders down to mid-chest. The person from the photo faces the camera with a serene, quiet expression. The same elegant Catrina face paint follows their own features: white base, black eye rings circled by small painted petals in deep red and gold, a small black nose tip, fine stitch lines across the lips and delicate swirls on the forehead and chin; their own face shape, eyes and hairline stay recognisable, and any beard, moustache or glasses from the photo stay. A long black lace mantilla veil falls from a tall ornamental comb over their hair and past their shoulders, with three deep red roses pinned at one side. They wear a black velvet dress with a high lace collar. Behind them, softly blurred, a cemetery decorated for the night vigil: graves covered in orange marigold petals and garlands, rows of glowing candles, no other people. Their face is lit warmly by candlelight from below and the side. Photoreal, elegant and calm. One adult only, no text, no logos.

Want to do it yourself? Paste this into any image model that accepts your photo (Gemini, ChatGPT and others), with a clear, front-facing photo attached:

Create a new 4:5 photograph of the person in my uploaded photo: Vertical 4:5 portrait photo, head and shoulders down to mid-chest. The person from the photo faces the camera with a calm, faint smile. Their face is painted in elegant Catrina makeup that follows their own features: a smooth white base, each eye ringed in black and circled by small painted petals in red, orange and teal, a small black heart shape on the tip of the nose, thin black stitch lines drawn across the lips and out onto the cheeks, and fine swirls and dots along the forehead, temples and chin. Their own eyes, brows, face shape and hairline stay recognisable under the paint; their own hair shows beneath the crown, and any beard, moustache or glasses from the photo stay, with the paint on the skin around them. On their head sits a full crown of red roses and orange marigolds with a few small green leaves. They wear a high-necked black lace dress with long sleeves. Behind them, softly out of focus, is a Día de Muertos home altar: rows of lit candles, heaps of orange marigolds, white sugar skulls with plain coloured icing and no lettering, and strings of cut-paper banners in pink, orange and purple. Warm candlelight lights their face from the front and one side. Photoreal, elegant and festive. One adult only, no text, no logos. Style: A photoreal portrait session: 85 mm look at chest height, shallow depth of field, warm candlelight as the key light with a soft fill so every line of the face paint reads clearly, deep amber and marigold-orange tones against near-black, crisp detail in the paint, petals and fabric, a gentle film grade with rich blacks. Elegant, festive and dignified, never gory or scary.. Keep their face exactly as in the photo (same features, skin tone and hair), natural skin, no filter, no extra people.

For the other looks, swap the scene for one from the list above. If the face drifts, add a second photo from another angle and ask it to keep the face exactly as in the photos.

By hand: paste the prompt above with your photo, regenerate until the face looks like you, then repeat for each look.

Here, in one click: add your photo, press Make, and get all 3 looks at once, each checked before delivery. You pay only for the photos that come out right, and any of them can become a 5-second video with “Make it move”.

• A clear, front-facing photo in daylight: the paint follows the shape of your face, so your whole face needs to show
• No sunglasses, caps or hands over your face; normal glasses are fine and stay on
• Just you in the photo: crop out anyone else
• Hair up or down both work: the crown, hat and veil sit on top of it

• You
• Anyone marking Día de Muertos this year
• Your partner or a friend, each with their own photo (a Catrina and a Catrín side by side)
• Adults only