Mystify People with Your Makeup on Halloween

With Halloween only a few weeks away, it's the perfect time to be thinking about your costume, and more importantly, your makeup. Even as adults Halloween allows us to dress up as whatever we choose that one day of the year. Wow your friends on Halloween or at the next costume party using my trick or treat makeup tips.

Tip #1 Go Glam with Glitter
Glitter can make a dramatic effect to any costume. My ultimate favorite is a loose, white iridescent glitter from The Make Up Store , but you can use any color, silver, gold, even purple. The iridescent seems to work perfectly because its glow picks up almost any color. I always get compliments when I do this! Even if its not Halloween, you can use a subtle layer of glitter on a fun night out.

1. Get out a small make up brush, such as a lip liner brush or if you don't have one, you can use a q-tip.
2. Put on your regular layer of makeup including foundation, blush, and eyeshadow. Do not apply your mascara until the very end.
   
3. Line your lid with eyeliner. If your using a colored glitter, I recommend using the same color eyeliner.
   
4. Wet the end of your small brush or q-tip with water and then squeeze excess water off the brush.
   
5. Close your eye and drag the damp brush across the eyeliner and then with the dry end of the q-tip or another small dry brush, dip the brush into the loose glitter and dab it along the wet liner on your lid or as far up as you like.
   
6. Fan dry your eye using your hand for about one minute before opening your eye. If any excess glitter has fallen onto your upper cheek, you can remove it by blotting a small piece of scotch tape against your cheek.
7. Now you can apply mascara and head to the closest party!
   

Tip #2 Shadow your Cheeks
Some people never think of using blush on their eyes or eyeshadow on their cheeks, but mixing and matching your makeup can be a great beauty tool, especially on Halloween. To give your face more depth and illusion, use a frosty cream eye shadow along your cheek bones. I buy my creamy eye shadows in several brands, the one I bought most recently was Revlon.

1. Apply all your makeup, but make sure to go light on the blush.
2. Rub your finger into the creamy eye shadow and stroke your finger diagonally up your cheek bone toward the top of your ear.
   
3. Layer different colors of regular powder shadow with the frosty cream and blend them together to get the illuminant look you desire. I find that a silver frost is the easiest to manage and blend.

Tip #3 Create Your Deathly Look
For those who aim to look like the living dead on Halloween raid your makeup draw for some of the following:

• Red lipstick
• Black, green, purple eye shadows
• Black eyeliner

1. Spread all your dark shadows around your eye area in large circular motions.
2. Use your liner to line the middle crease of your lid rather then the lid line. Stretch the liner out past the corner of your eye, like a cat eye and curve up.
   
3. Spread your red lipstick over your entire lips, as well as the outer area of your lips to get a messy, morbid look.
4. Try not to scare your neighbors too much!

Mac Cosmetics offers a guide of other Halloween make up ideas on their homepage.

Happy trick or treating!