3 Halloween Looks You Can Master Under $20

Halloween is the time of year to really exercise your creativity. But the millions of costume ideas and the pricey supplies can get a little overwhelming. So here are three cheap and cheerful (and easy) Halloween makeup ideas to scare your friends and not your wallet!

The Black Cat

1. Our first (and most simple!) look is the Black Cat. Start with your usual base or foundation.
2. Next, use your black liquid liner to line your eyes, top and bottom, giving them a feline flick at both the inner and outer corners.
3. It’s just a case of adding kitty cat features now. Still using the liner, draw a line from the bottom of your nose to the centre of your top lip cupid’s bow. Draw dots either side of this line, to look like whiskers!
4. Draw a small line across the tip of your nose. Take your pink lipstick and blend a little beneath this line, just on the tip of your nose.
5. Finally, add a few wispy eyebrow hairs using the liner, at the inner corner of your brows.

Purr-fect!

The Skull Face

1. Our next look is the Skeleton, or Skull face. Take a basic white face paint or greasepaint  and cover your entire face in it. Lips, brows – everything needs to be covered. You can use a brush, sponge, anything for this.
2. Using the black shadow to draw in all the features, shade in the eye sockets, the temples, and contour the cheekbones again. Remember to blend your edges for a more realistic look!
3. Take your liquid liner and draw a small jagged ‘crack’ shape extending down from one eye onto the cheek.
4. Using the liner again, use your lips as a guideline as to where your teeth would be (if you had no skin!) Draw some teeth along the lips and darken with the shadow again for more depth.

The Bloody Mary

1. Our last look is a Ghostly Lady or Bloody Mary. Moisturize your face, and while still moist, dust cornflour or cornstarch all over your face, making sure to cover your brows, lashes and lips too. This will make you look deathly pale!
2. Take your black shadow and begin to lightly dust dark circles around your eyes, following the outline of your eye socket, getting darker closer to the eye. You can add some purple shadow here if you wish to get a little more spooky!
3. Take a little more black shadow on a blusher brush and dust a line from your ear, downwards following your cheekbone. Blend this in and you’ll see how gaunt and hollow you begin to look!
4. Finally, take some fake blood and dab a little just under your nostrils. Smear some on your lips and out of the corner of your mouth. Let it drip a little for a realistic effect.

(Helpful hint – If you want to save even more money you can mix maple syrup with red food coloring for tasty homemade fake blood!)

There you have it! Some very cheap but very effective makeup and product ideas. You can use any of these suggestions to try out your own looks or change them and make them your own. Happy Halloween!

- Ash

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