Creepy Halloween Makeup

When the frightful night of All Hollow's Eve rolls around, creepy Halloween makeup ideas are sure to help you create a bewitching or ghoulish costume.

Learn Halloween makeup tips!

While often overlooked, face makeup plays a very important role in creating a realistic and convincing costume. No matter how much money or thought you've invested in a creepy Halloween suit, your look will do anything but thrill if you forget to add the finishing touches. Special effect makeup is essential in creating looks that evoke the creepiness of a horror night. Whether you plan to scare in a traditional witch costume, or choose a tattered zombie creation, these creepy Halloween makeup tips are sure to send chills down everyone's spine!

Witches are a popular costume choice for several reasons. Not only can witch costumes be created from clothing you may already own, witches also have differentiating styles and looks.

Some witches wear traditional black dresses and pointed black boots, while others pair velvet tattered gowns with fishnet stockings and gothic witch hats. Creating a makeup palette for a witch depends widely on what type of witch you want to create. If you want to go classic, you can don a full painted green face.

For a more creative witch approach, why not play with vivid and bold makeup colors? Witches can look frightfully garish when a pale face is paired with exaggerated cosmetics.

Bold cat eye lines created from liquid liner help to create a dramatic statement. For blush, go theatrical and work a creamy blush onto the center of your cheek's and apply in a simple circle shape rather than blending the lines. For lips, apply a blood red shade in the center of the lips, creating an exaggerated pursed lip.

When applying makeup for a witchy costume, remember it's okay to go bold and costume like! In fact, the more exaggerated, the better. Pair you palette with an over the top, ratted nest hairstyle, and you have a frightful look that is both unique and creative.

Zombie costume are another traditional favorite costume choice for several reasons. Zombies are yet another easy to create costume, relying mostly on tattered rags and special effects makeup.

To create a realistic dead appearance, you'll want to focus on paling the skin. First, white face paint should be applied liberally prior to any other cosmetic application. Not only will the paint need to be applied to the face, you'll want to make sure you cover the arms, hands and legs, should these body parts be visible in your costume.

Once you've whitened the skin, you can begin to add the special effects that create a dingy and rotten appearance. Black makeup, whether it be cream or powder, should be worked into the crevices of the face to mimic recessed and aged skin. Blend a black eye shadow on the eyelids, the forehead and onto the cheekbones to create realistic shading.

After you've blended the shadow, you can add more depth and definition with a black kohl pencil eyeliner. If you're after gore, consider applying fake red blood that drips from your forehead or mouth with either a red lipstick or red gel.

Vampires have a sexy and gothic lore to them, and they couldn't be more popular since the release of Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight series. Zombies and vampire makeup are similar in the way that the primary focus is creating a pale skin.

After you've applied white makeup, you can create a vampy look with red lips and vampire teeth. A deep lip stain is a popular alternative to a red lipstick since it creates a more realistic, matte finish. Consider pairing your pale face and lip stain with little else to create a creepy and dramatic focal point.

There is plenty of theatrical stage makeup available that will help create creepy Halloween makeup looks. Generally speaking, the better the quality, the better the results. The most important makeup items include cream face paint, false eyelashes and special effect adhesives and glitter. Try to splurge on these items and pinch when it comes to lipstick, eye shadows and blush.

Designing spooky looks is just part of Halloween's fun. Anyone can create a ghoulish look if they think outside the box. Consider penciling black stitches from one side of your jaw to the other for a creepy severed look, or draw cracks on the forehead to create the appearance of a cracking skull. Simply hone your artistic side and you're sure to have an endless supply of creepy ideas once your makeup box is filled with the basics.

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