Halloween Makeup
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!