September 9th, 2009
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One of the great sides of Halloween Costumes is the dressing up and creating a truly inspirational character with a great costume and topped off with some creative makeup. So let’s take a look at some great Halloween makeup ideas and see just what we can come up with here.
Its usually the kids that want the making up ready for when they go out on trick or treat. They’ll want to be wearing their spookiest and most lifelike costumes to go along with some really blood curdling face makeup to hopefully scare the pants off the little old lady who lives down the street!
So there are plenty of great ideas for what to use in the way of Halloween makeup for creating the most gory and creepy looking faces. The deepest carmine reds for lips that hint at dripping with vampire blood, along with the coldest whites for the skin, black eye makeup to enhance the eyes and eyebrow thickener to get the meanest eyebrows on the block!
Now you can go for the full, double-take alien look by popping in some really cool colored contact lenses, although mom’s may be a little unsure of whether to allow younger kids to do that. Its probably best reserved for the older kids in their teens who can really go to town and put the frights into some of the neighbors by coupling the Gothic black and white makeup with jet black wigs and outfits that would scare the living daylights out of a all-in wrestler!
When it comes to getting made up to compete with friends over who can look the scariest, let your creativity flow and go with what looks best. You can always go back and alter anything that doesn’t work, but just make sure you use Halloween makeup that you can get off as easily as you can put on!
Halloween Costumes
August 10th, 2009
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With Halloween coming up soon, there are plenty of ways in which to get ready for the adult parties that will be raging long after all the kids have done their trick or treat for the evening and are safely tucked up in bed. Or more likely glued to their laptops or Playstations, but that’s not for us to really comment on here!
Anyway, one of the great fun components of any fancy dress party costume is a cool party wig! The great thing is that party wigs come in such a huge variety of options these days its hard not to be able to find one that perfectly suits the kind of look or character you’re aiming to create.
Sourcing great mens wigs or womens wigs for the Halloween fancy dress party is also pretty easy these days as well. With so many reliable and trusted online stores selling all kind of party wigs, you really are spoiled for choice. You can get great Gothic style wigs for those moody, brooding, death-like characters that go so well with this particular festive occasion. The come in long or short varieties and are usually black to match the black attire and stark black on white face makeup.
Alternatively, you can go for the slicked back vampire style wigs along with a classic Dracula outfit, although be prepared to be one of several similar looking vampires at any fancy dress party!
If you want to be a little different, there are other fancy dress ideas for costumes such as current flavor of the month super hero Halloween costumes, that complete with a suitable wig can make a stunning costume for the party.
Other great ideas are going as the dead lawyer complete with legal wig, gown and all the trappings coupled with the zombie face makeup for a real cool character outfit.
However you do it this Halloween, make sure you take plenty of time over creating a really good costume and party wig and you’ll be sure to be the center of attention at the party!
Halloween Costumes