It's time for Halloween, my pretties! Do you want to make an entrance that will be remembered, or be lost in a sea of mass-produced masks and cut-out sheets?
If you want to wow and scare this All Hallow's Eve, check out these easy-to-follow YouTube tutorials on special effect make-up and face painting. Many of them even use ordinary make-up that you may already have. And with so many stores gearing up for the trick-or-treating festivities and monster bashes, specialty latex paint and face paint isn't can be found at great deals.
Singing YouTube star Heather Traska is best known-for her one-woman acapella medleys. But she also does her own make-up transformations in her videos which she posts video tutorials for her fans to recreate. See how she styles herself as various Disney characters, and other sparkly transformations that are worthy of any grand masquerade ball.
One of my personal favorite, beginner special effects zombie make-up that makes a huge statement, is the zipper-zombie transformation. Check out this high-definition tutorial by Sandra Marshall for some extra gory yet affordable tips on getting the zombie zipper face right with some ingenious materials from the kitchen.
Some of the faux 2D effects of these pop-art inspired make-up effects will look great for Halloween photos, especially when taken at just the right angle. See how Emma Pickles makes herself look like she stepped right out of the pages of a comic book or Roy Lichtenstein artwork.
Setting yourself apart from any other vampire-wannabe with red lips and fake pointy teeth requires a little extra effort. Follow this step-by-step tutorial by Fables in Fashion to add some extra creepy, veiny oomph!! to your look and make sure your sexy vampire costume sparkles in all the right ways.
Dia de los Muertos sugar skulls are all the rage but with so many intricate floral designs, painting a design on your face can seem a bit daunting. Fortunately, the Mexican skulls are not actually that difficult to recreate, as Laura Lee demonstrates.
Men can rock some halloween make-up as well! And what man wouldn't want to let out the inner beast as a ferocious wolf prowling the party scene on Halloween? See how to turn from ordinary Joe to sexy wolf-man with this tutorial by Alex Faction.
