Halloween Costumes

Another year has flown by and last year’s Halloween celebrations seem like a recent memory, at least for adults, when it seems the party was only just cleaned up after and already its time to be preparing for Halloween yet again. So now, with just over 8 weeks to go until it all starts over again, what are you going to be doing to get the preparations underway this year?

Kids will remember things differently, of course as their concept of time makes it stretch out much better with a year feeling like a really long tome. The costumes they worse last year will most likely not fit this time and in any case, they will want new ones. This is more especially so if they are demanding costumes to emulate their favorite, up to the minute movie or cartoon hero or game character that is cool and popular.

For that reason alone, don’t even think about trying to pass down last years costumes from the older kids to the younger ones if they are clued up as most kids are to what is “in” and what is not. Even now, the hottest character may wane into insignificance within a few weeks if another, more immediately new and mega popular character hits the movie screens or games consoles between now and the October 31.

So you have to do a little balancing act with the time left to find out what they want, order them and take delivery. Often, especially with today’s totally informed kids thanks to the Internet, pre-guessing what they will want as character costumes for Halloween may be a bad idea. The best thing to do, even though you may feel like you’re setting yourself up to be exploited, is to ask them what they want!

You may well be asked for the most expensive, outlandish or downright unsuitable (for kids) adult-scary costume if its an evil computer game character, but you at least will know what they want and maybe be able to negotiate a second choice that is more suitable and less costly and still satisfy their need to be “hip” and accepted by their friends.

As for the adults who will doubtless want to party even more extravagantly than last year (always have to go one better), things are a little easier with regards to costumes as most will buy their own. But for teens and young adults in the family, you may still be expected to do the ordering even if you can recoup the costs somehow (although don’t hold your breath). The safest rule of thumb is, if in doubt, ask!#

Have a good planning spree and there will be more posts here leading up to the event itself!

Halloween Costumes

Welcome back to this fascinating place that looks at the many ways in which you can use Halloween costumes to enhance the feel and theme of this important seasonal holiday. In this post, I want to take a look at the role of Halloween makeup in completing the costume’s look and feel and some of the best ways to use it to your advantage.

Ok, I’ve already talked about making use of those really great Halloween masks to really make your costume look great, but you can also totally do away with the need for a mask, unless you’re looking for some specific kind of look say for instance a superhero character, in which case a mask is often the only way to complete the costume in any case. But if you’re going for a more original look to enhance your Halloween costume this year, then you can really get creative by making use of the excellent varieties of Halloween makeup that are available nowadays.

Face paint it ain’t, or at least it is much more than basic face paint because you can really do so much more with propriety Halloween makeup that you are really only limited to your own imagination. So this year, let your imagination run riot and see if you can dream up a totally cool facial look that you can create using the makeup that is at your fingertips!

There are plenty of colors to work with, but it is often easy to start with a white base for your skin and then work up layers of different colors on top to come up with the finished look that you’re wanting to create. So if its a Gothic vampire character, then blood red lips and black eye makeup are good places to start. You can create pretty good looking scars from special makeup such as that which is used for stage or TV effects. Then there are deep blues to enhance upper eye shadow and grays to define cheek bones and jaw line. Of course its up to you how you use it, but in the end you’ll have a character look that no one else will have, because you created it from your imagination!

Ok, that’s about all for this post on the whys and wherefores of
Halloween makeup to really make a good costume a great costume! Now go and enjoy the party!

Halloween Costumes