How to Pick Your Perfect Halloween Costume

Halloween costumes make for wonderful props for make believe while celebrating this holiday season and everyone enjoys dressing up and masquerading as someone or something else, even if it is for only one day of the year. The most important thing about dressing up in a Halloween costume is to be comfortable, safe and enjoying yourself.

When considering the perfect Halloween costume, you will want to look around to find out what type of Halloween costumes are popular for this year, since every year brings new ideas for costumes and Masks. Then you should decide what type of theme you would like to follow for picking your perfect costume. You will find there is a wide assortment of Halloween costumes for adults, children, infants, couples and teenagers.

Choosing your Halloween costume theme is a personal choice, whether you chose to masquerade as a cartoon character, ghouls and goblins, famous people and movie stars or something more traditional, you can pick the perfect Halloween costume and be the life of the party.

You can make a Halloween costume yourself if you like, which can be both creatively entertaining and fun, you can buy or even rent Halloween costumes, however you should keep in mind that when buying or renting a costume for Halloween that if you wait until the last minute, the choices for good costumes are already gone, so it is in your best interest to shop early in the season. The most important thing about picking the ultimate Halloween costume is to find one that is comfortable for you to wear and move around in, while wearing it to your Halloween costume and masquerade festivities.

Making your own costume can be lots of fun, since you allow your imagination to run freely. One cute idea for children is to take various colored, blown up balloons and a clear plastic garbage bag. Cut holes for the head and arms and then secure the bottom around the straddle, after filling the bag with balloons and they can go as a gum ball machine. A mummy is easy to make when using an old sheet, torn into strips and then wrapped all around the body. A trip to the thrift store can offer many ideas for costumes, from fairies, scarecrows and hobos. Children love dressing up like mom and dad, so you might consider allowing them to wear something from your closet.

When picking the perfect Halloween costume, always consider safety first, such as wearing flame-retardant materials and Masks that do not obstruct a clear view of the area around the person wearing a mask. Also, you should make sure that when out trick or treating that children wear some type of reflective material and carry a flash light, so they are easily seen by passing motorist. When its cold out, make sure your Halloween costume is large enough to accommodate wearing warm clothing underneath, while if it is warm weather, your costume should not be so thick and bulky as to cause uncomfortable overheating while wearing it.

Halloween is a mysterious and interesting time of the year for make believe and masquerade, whether you are a child or an adult, whether you choose to be ghoulishly creepy or whimsically charming, above all stay safe and have a wonderful Halloween when wearing your ultimately perfect Halloween costume. You're now on your way to having the ultimate Halloween.

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The Perfect Scary Halloween Mask - this Halloween Makeup Idea is a Recipe for Horror

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What Lies in Granny's "Crypt"-ic Cupboard?

Searching for a scary Halloween mask? This halloween makeup idea is not for the faint-hearted! This gruesome brew is for those who love the horror of HELL-oween. If you are nifty enough, Granny's goodies could turn you into this!

The base of this Halloween makeup design is plain gelatin and strawberry jam. Remember, although this recipe sounds ghoulishly delicious, it's not to be eaten!
Follow directions on the gelatin box, adding the proper ratio of boiling water to plain gelatin. To this, add about 1/3 ratio of glycerine to your mixture. (Glycerine is available in most pharmacies.) The glycerine will prevent the gelatin from cracking and give you ghoulish lasting power. Bring the mixture to a gentle boil and simmer for five minutes. When it starts to cool, skim off the milky froth that floats to the top. Clear gelatin is all that should remain.

Pour part of the gelatin mixture into a cup that you will work from. You can reheat the remaining mixture on the stove or just microwave the cup you are working with, as the mixture will cool and become difficult to work with.

Take your artist's spatula and put a small amount of gelatin on the back of your wrist to test the temperature. The mixture should be warm and fluid, but not uncomfortably hot to the skin. Now apply the gelatin to the face as if you were icing a cake.

Purposely do some sections of your subject's face thicker than others to develop different textures and levels. The gelatin will want to drip sometimes, so catch these drips with the tip of your spatula and change their direction so they don't set. Do one layer, let it dry and proceed with the next layer. As each layer gets tacky, use the tip of the spatula to create nooks and crevices. After 3 to 5 layers have been completed, you can create small holes to look like open, rotting wounds! (For those of you that are completely grossed by this Halloween mask, stick to lip gloss!)

Take the tip of your artist's spatula and carefully dig a little hole through the layers until you arrive at the skin. You must be careful not to scratch the skin for
obvious reasons - it hurts. A pair of cuticle scissors will help snip away small parts of gelatin to create large craters. Now fill the small holes and craters with strawberry jam (no tasting) and let the jam bleed slightly out of the wound.....Yum!

Ghouls in training may take this scary Halloween mask a step further by darkening the eyes with red, purple and black eye shadows. A grey and blue eye pencil will give a gorgeously ghastly color to the mouth. And remember, no nibbling on the jam, just on your victims.

Robert Closs is the Founder and Managing Director of The School of Professional Makeup in Toronto, Canada. http://www.promakeupart.com

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The Perfect Outfit With Costume Masks

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It does not matter what kind of costume party you are going to be attending, there are a few Masks that will always make you the king (or queen) of the party. With these outfits people will remember you and talk about it for a long time.

Masks are the most simple way to create a real costume from an ordinary outfit. It is also not necessary to spend a lot of money. You can look wonderful even when you are on a tight budget. The part from the costume that you will spend most of your budget on is the mask itself and when you buy online that can safe you a lot of money. The other accessories and clothes you need can be something you already own, made yourself or bought second hand.

Costume Masks are also great for teens because they are often a bit self conscious about what they should be wearing at a theme or costume party. They can often wear pretty normal clothes and the masks do all the work for them. If you want to create the perfect costume you should be looking for certain things like quality, comfort and skin friendly.

Mask Quality

We already explained that the mask is the most important part of your costume masks outfit. And although you might only wear it for one evening it is important you buy one that is of good quality.

Mask Comfort

It is horrible when you have to wear masks for a long period of time and it is uncomfortable with sharp edges or hard to breath or see with. Most cheap masks are very uncomfortable because they are made from hard plastic while the comfortable en better quality masks are made from latex or other more softer materials.

Skin Friendly Masks

Masks that are poorly made can also set off allergic reactions. If you have sensitive skin then it is wise to be especially careful about the material of the masks that you wear. It is better to spend a little more money and avoid a horrible rash.

Better looks with proper masks

Most of the time the more expensive masks usually also look better. In fact certain masks can complete a look beautifully. If you want to be a princess or a horror prince the mask makes the picture complete and of course if you have a beautiful gown you can add a lot of mystery to your costume by buying a beautiful mask. And if you are with a group of friends what is better then a group look with Slipknot masks to hide your identity for a while. You will be talked about for a long time.

Buy or Make Your Mask?

Our advise would be to buy the masks and to make the costume, with a proper mask your costume is less important and there is no reason to design something labor intensive. You can buy costume masks at normal party stores but much cheaper and often a much wider collection can be found online.

The author of this article, Kristin King, is a real Halloween lover, at here website Ahead Of Halloween. com she likes to write about for example Halloween Slipknot Masks in general and Slipknot Clown Mask in particular, and much more.