| Halloween night would not be complete without | | | | from anything that you have available. It |
| some spectacularly scary Halloween costumes. | | | | needn't cost a fortune or take a lot of time |
| The first question that any kid often asks | | | | and effort either. All you really need is to |
| when they wake up the day after Halloween is, | | | | come up with an idea for a Halloween costume |
| "Where is all my Halloween candy?" and this | | | | and take it from there. Everyday items and |
| is quickly followed by, "What am I going to | | | | imaginatively applied makeup can create some |
| dress up as next year?" The anticipation of | | | | awesome effects. |
| dressing up in a spooky costume and Halloween | | | | |
| mask gets everybody excited. | | | | Hints and Tips for Halloween Makeup |
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| The biggest thrill of Halloween has got to be | | | | Halloween makeup can sometimes be more |
| transforming yourself into a monster, ghost, | | | | effective than a Halloween mask. It really |
| ghoul, vampire, witch, or other freaky | | | | depends on the effect that you want to |
| Halloween costume characters. Of course, the | | | | achieve, and how much money you want to |
| most outrageous Halloween costumes are the | | | | spend. Halloween makeup can cost less, as |
| best. | | | | well as being more safe for kids when they |
| | | | are out trick or treating, as it does not |
| Where Did Halloween Costumes and Masks | | | | obscure their sight. You can achieve some |
| Originate? | | | | amazing effects with Halloween makeup too. |
| | | | You can buy Halloween makeup kits or use the |
| Where did wearing Halloween masks and | | | | same type of grease paints that actors use in |
| costumes actually start? So how did wearing a | | | | the theater, with lots of wonderful colors |
| costume and mask for Halloween start? With | | | | that are easy to apply, and easy to remove. |
| the Celts. They held the belief that the | | | | |
| spirits of the dead roamed the earth on | | | | A low cost alternative is to use normal |
| Halloween night. Some of these spirits were | | | | makeup, such as blush, eyeliner, eye shadow |
| amicable, but others were thought to be | | | | and lipstick. Water-based paint is also a |
| unfriendly and bitter towards those people | | | | great option, especially if you have had |
| who were still living and able to enjoy the | | | | trouble finding a costume. You can create |
| fruits of the earth that the spirits once | | | | your own scary face with very little effort, |
| did. | | | | and can wear any clothes you want to. This |
| | | | works particularly well if you paint yourself |
| To camouflage themselves from these bad | | | | up to look like a zombie, or other creature |
| spirits, the Celts used soot to paint their | | | | that has risen from the dead. Your face |
| faces. This basic method of disguising their | | | | paints will acts as a mask, and will turn any |
| faces developed, over time, into the more | | | | clothes into a Halloween costume, including |
| elaborate Halloween masks and accompanying | | | | your everyday ones. |
| Halloween costumes that are worn today. It | | | | |
| also became traditional to emulate the | | | | Tips and Tricks for Halloween Masks |
| frightening spirits by dressing up as ghosts | | | | |
| or skeletons. | | | | There is something magical about a Halloween |
| | | | mask that makeup does not quite achieve. This |
| Tips and Suggestions for Halloween Costumes | | | | is because they can instantly change you into |
| | | | someone, or something, else. Masks have been |
| There are literally hundreds of different | | | | worn since ancient times to enable people to |
| types of Halloween costumes available today. | | | | adopt a new identity, and for worshipping |
| Choosing the perfect one depends on two | | | | different Gods and spirits. You can buy a |
| criteria - the first being which Halloween | | | | wide variety of Halloween masks via the |
| character you want to become, and the second | | | | Internet, ranging from terrifying vampires |
| being how much you are prepared to spend. One | | | | and witches to more mythical creatures, such |
| way to get an idea of just what types of | | | | as fairies, or even caricatures of famous |
| Halloween masks and costumes there are | | | | people. |
| available, and to help you to narrow down the | | | | |
| huge choice is to search the Internet. There | | | | For something a little different, you can |
| are plenty of low-cost Halloween costumes, | | | | create your very own masquerade style mask to |
| some funny ones, and also those that are | | | | compliment a costume by dressing up a plain |
| extremely elaborate and cost hundreds of | | | | facemask. All you need is some glue, and you |
| dollars. | | | | can add anything you want to it, such as |
| | | | beads or even items that you find in your |
| It is worth bearing in mind that you can | | | | garden, like flowers and leaves, for a truly |
| transform a relatively plain Halloween | | | | unique Halloween mask. If you want to make a |
| costume quite easily by using face paints and | | | | Venetian style bird mask, you can add |
| even add a pair of spooky Halloween contact | | | | feathers and a beak. The Celts wore bird |
| lenses. Creating your own Hallloween costume | | | | masks during their Samhain festival too. |
| is also fairly simple and you can make one | | | | |