Devastated, she left two pages of her diary behind, but kept the directions of how to open the portal with her. Unwittingly activating the ancient artifact, Lara watches in horror as her mother vanished in front of her eyes. After taking shelter in the ruins of an ancient Buddhist temple, Lara discovered an ornate Stone Dais holding a sword. When Lara Croft was nine years old, the executive airplane carrying her and her mother crashes into the Himalayas in Nepal, leaving them as the only survivors. Idealized and vilified in equal measure, she is perhaps one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures of our times." Lady Croft herself is, unfortunately, never available for comment, which further adds to the veil of mystery that surrounds her life and work.Ĭonsequently, Lady Croft continues to be the focus of wild speculations and intense debate. There are thousands of rumors surrounding Lady Croft's exploits, invariably involving the unexplained or outright unbelievable. She has been hailed both as an Archaeological Wunderkind and a glorified Treasure Hunter, depending on whom you listen to. Since then she has been credited with the discovery of some sixteen archaeological sites of international significance. After miraculously surviving a ten-day solo trek from the crash site to Katmandu, she spent the rest of her childhood under the close tutelage of her Archaeologist father - the late Earl of Abbingdon, Richard Croft.Īt the age of eighteen, after the death of her father, Lara inherited the Croft estates and became Countess of Abbingdon. I hope this detailed explanation is helpful in your recreation of Lara Croft from Tomb Raider! Try not be as disappointed as I was when anyone under 20 asks you who you are and then has never heard of Lara Croft or Tomb Raider."At the age of nine, Lara survived a plane crash in the Himalayan mountains that resulted in the death of her mother.
I found the dirt look on the outer forehead, cheekbones, and jawline to be even flattering ?!
Pro tip**- to keep yourself looking pretty and less scary try to make marks along where you would want your face to be contoured. Top right of forehead/ above left eyebrow, small mark on nose, small mark bottom chip right side, left side of chest and arm by tourniquet). I did my normal makeup routine and just added streaks of red lip liner (ruby woo from Mac) here and there and smudged over it gently with brown eyeshadow (Cyprus umber from soft glam palette by Anastasia Beverly hips). But I like myself in two French braids better so I did that. Lara Croft usually wears one friend braid with two small pieces of hair hanging out in the front.
I got these the day before in a Halloween Store.įrench braids. I added red lip liner and brown eye shadow to the tourniquet to make it appear dirty & bloody. You also don’t want a bright white tank top or T-shirt. I didn’t care about the tank top so I cut the bottom off and tied it around my arm. I just found an old tank top that was off white/tan and thin material not thick cotton. The arm tourniquet was a last minute edition. Guns were a little small but held about 2 shots of Tequila ?? (spraying tequila in peoples mouths all night was a must for the costume!) (Mine were old from Charlotte Rousse but ang work!) Found these on amazon (similar):įor the water guns I spray painted them Matte Black- here’s a quick link for matte black spray paint even though any will work! The costume was such a hit! It was a lot of work to find pieces for the costume that were so perfect- I thought it would be helpful to anyone in the future who wishes to be Lara Croft if I made a blog post detailing quick links to everything I used ! So I decided to recreate myself by finding different pieces online! Reviews said that material was cheap, costume straps were flimsy & easily broke- shorts didn’t cover and created a muffin top look. When I decided to be Lara Croft – I was disappointed by the bad reviews on the Sexy Tomb Raider costume from online Halloween stores. I created my Lara Croft costume – mostly entirely from things I found on Amazon. I wanted to provide all of the details to my best costume yet!