Face Painting Ideas For Halloween

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Face painting is common at different parties and people call professional painters to paint the faces of people. Sometimes the painters have a list of designs with them and people choose the design. The selection of designs depends on the event for which faces are to be painted.

At Halloween parties the trend of face painting is very common. Face painting is the best alternative to buying costly costumes or Masks for Halloween parties. With the help of already available make up items people can make different designs on their faces according to the occasion.

Some people paint their faces themselves instead of taking the help of a professional painter because the painter might be busy at Halloween parties. Also, it takes time to make an appointment with the painter and wait for your turn.

For Halloween parties face painting, people can take any idea from many available ideas. It is very interesting to add scary and frightening effects by using fake blood that can be painted on light colored foundation. Scars can also be painted to give a scary look. The use of different colors can make the person look terrifying. Face paintings for Halloween parties must match with the costume of a person to give a complete haunting appearance.

On different websites many ideas are available to paint the face in a unique way. A very simple and most commonly used design is to paint the face like a ghost. The shape of the ghost like design is triangular. With white paint, a loose triangle is painted and a wavy line is drawn to outline the ghost like appearance. All the area of the triangle is filled with white paints and eyes are dotted with black paint. The final step is to make the smile of the ghost. The overall appearance is very interesting and scary for kids.

Another fascinating idea is to dot the face with the help of candy corn that are painted in different colors. The shape of the design is like the shape of a pyramid. It is yellow on the bottom, orange at the middle and white at the peak. A candy corn crown can be created by painting the candies and by sticking them along the forehead.

Another idea that can be carried out for Halloween parties is to paint jack-o-lantern. In the beginning, a circle of orange paint is painted and when the orange paint is dried, then small triangles of black paint are added on this design for the nose and eyes. A smile is also painted with black color as well. Then a green stem is added as a final step to complete the jack-o-lantern look.

Some other common ideas for Halloween designs include witches, skeletons, zombies, vampires and cats etc. All of these painting designs allow the person whose face is being painted, to see the world easily than wearing Masks.

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