It’s time to put your costumes on! Don’t be lame and add some spice to your character with spooky make up!

Exciting time in the year for the make up artists

Halloween is a tradition that dates back to an ancient Celtic festival, celebrated over 2000 years ago in currently Ireland, UK and France, even though in the United States it gained popularity with the Trick-or-treating culture. Although people express their make up skills to accompany their chosen costume, there is a sinister story on the make up use. The Puritans, in England 17 century, considered this practice to be evil as they believed it was a way to hide and manipulate men into marrying them and thought they should be punished by law. Taking this into consideration the maquillage used today will probably scare away men more then attract them.

How to choose your make up

Before buying the products, you should decide weather you want to look scary or pretty. Lately there has been a trend, specially in girls costumes, for them to be no longer scary but pretty. This is due to the desire of many to use this occasion to look their best and however they want, dressing up in a similar way to the Carnaval festivities. Instead, some still want to keep their tradition and give people a jump scare or be unrecognizable.

Next step: Look for tutorials

According to google the most used platforms to get make up inspirations are: Pinterest, TikTok and Instagram. Checking out what other people have posted on these social media platforms will help you have a general idea of the products you have or need to buy, the skills needed and the effort and time of creation. If you find TikToks or Instagram Reels to be too short, search it up on YouTube and follow a step by step guide.

Some examples to match your outfit

In this occasion, once you have chosen you would like to dress up as a princess, you look on google for the a cinderella make up and writing that prompt you will obtain different options. Once you have chosen the most appealing to your likes, the one you have more products to make and the quickest; then you can search the tutorial on google and follow it step by step.

Trick-or-treat to the beat

No matter what you have decided on doing to your face, this 31 of October is the day to get creative and go get some sweets or dance at a themed party. For this, don’t forget to have a look at our other blog on costume ideas!

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