Halloween Make-Up Tips...

Do you want a hot look for Halloween but you're not sure how to make it happen? Read on for some simple make-up tips for the spooky holiday.

Turn Beauty Make-up Staples into Horror Effects:

• Navy, purple and brown eye shadows are perfect for blending into eye sockets and is effective if matte rather than shimmer colors are used. Bruising, tiredness and an undead look are all easy to achieve with this technique and can look scarily realistic if done with a light touch. Contouring eye sockets, cheek bones and bony skulls is also simple as most beauty eye colors are made to be blended easily and look fabulous on camera.
• Too-pale foundation gives the skin a deathly pallor and if blended well can also provide a more realistic and less fancy dress look than grease paint or face paint. Try teaming this with either no blusher or a very bright, clean blush to bring out the paleness of the skin. Take a little foundation over the lips to look deathly pale.
• For chic, Halloween party make-up that is sexy rather than monstrous, use the above beauty products to create a ghoulish pale skinned and smoky eye look. This is perfect to team with this season's staples such as red lips or jeweled party lashes.
• For realism don't forget to blend pale foundation into neck, hands or anything on display and do not just stop at the chin.
• Concealer pencils are useful for lining eyes to make them look extra pale, especially if lashes are left without mascara. This is the opposite to a vampy smoky eye but looks equally good with red lips and washed out skin.
• Lip gloss is especially good for creating an oozy sheen if special effects make-up cannot be found.
• Black, matte lipstick is also a fantastic look for a glamorous Halloween make-up if done with polished make-up, 1920s style. Using a black kohl pencil to line lips around a deep wine colored lipstick also looks fabulous with pale skin and opulent lashes. Blot cream color with powder to make it seriously matte.