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

Halloween Costumes are not complete without either some really cool makeup or one of the matching Halloween masks that you can get with a trick or treat costume or fancy dress outfit. So this post will take a look at some of the ideas that being creative with this aspect of the hallowed tradition that is the kids dressing up and trying to scare the pants off your neighbors with as creatively spooky outfits as possible!

Ok, when it comes to choosing a Halloween costume for trick or treat, or indeed for an adult fancy dress party, it takes some creativity in order to make sure that you are not going to end up wearing exactly the same stuff as your friends. It happens and it happens a lot especially when a hot new movie features a really popular super hero, or villain for that matter that all the kids latch onto while all the stores stock up on costumes to match.

So you need to box clever.

Matching a Halloween costume with a corresponding Halloween mask is often the way to end up looking the same as someone else, so the smart way of thinking is to mix and match different masks with different costumes. That’s not to say you should put on a Spiderman mask with a Batman costume, or vice versa! Some things just will not work. But other things will.

You have to get creative here and look at what Halloween masks are available and what costumes are also available and see which will go best together. You could get real lucky with one combination that, with some clever makeup can create a whole new look of a well known super hero or villain simply by wearing a different mask that is similar but not the same. That is one way to beat your friends to getting the most unique costume or outfit for Halloween or trick or treat!

As with all ideas, the creative mind will come up with a match where the uncreative mind will only end up with the same as everyone else! Try it and if it works, you got yourself a winner!

Halloween Costumes