Halloween Makeup Ideas and Halloween Tips

Want to save some money on Halloween makeup, or maybe you just don't like the mess of Halloween makeup, so how about using eye shadows instead? I've done this a few times over the years and the end result is just as great, but less messy.

First of all, I love painting faces and I'm good at it. I can still remember painting my 16 year old son's face for his Kindergarten alphabet parade. He was F for 'fox' and I painted his face just like a fox.

All I did was look up a picture of a fox and tried my best to paint his face just like that picture with eye shadow. I have used regular Halloween makeup too, but I realize now that I prefer eye shadow.

What made me decide to write about this is that this year I have one 'Big Daddy,' three zombies and three witches, including myself. I found a really cool witch makeup tutorial that I'll share down below that I want to try for myself. Actually, I found two that I like, but I'll tell you which one I'm going with. If you look on YouTube, you'll find a ton of great makeup tutorials for just about anything! Okay, so back to the makeup...

The only thing that I need to buy new for myself is purple lipstick. I own everything else, which = saving money. With my three zombies, I'm ordering zombie kits, fake blood and I'm gonna use eye shadow for the rest. I'll use the eye shadow first, as to not ruin my eye shadow.

For anything scary, if you own black eye shadow or even dark grey, white, greens, and purples, then you're good to go! Red lipstick - even better!! Actually, now that I think about it...if you really want to save money, other Halloween makeup ideas include using ketchup for fake blood on clothing and using red lipstick for fake blood on skin. Zombie clothes? Take some old clothes and rip them up - very simple!

Other Random Halloween Tips

Tip #1 Another tip for Halloween night to keep kids warm if it's chilly outside is to add layers underneath their costumes that match the costume. For example, with my daughters their witch costumes are pink and black. The sleeves are more of a pink, so I'm gonna put pink sweatshirts underneath with black sweat pants or warm black leggings. You can try multiple layers of long john's - things like that. Always make sure to keep the feet warm. I'm a firm believer that if your bottom half is warm, you'll be alright.

Tip #2 Here's a tip for your pumpkins. This is something I was thinking about because I've been seeing a few rotted pumpkins around town. I had that happen when I first started carving pumpkins...a few times. This is from carving too early. I've found that it's really best to wait 1-2 weeks before Halloween to actually carve the pumpkin.

You can buy the pumpkin early, but just wait to carve it, that way it's not ruined before Halloween night! And never light it before Halloween, unless you're using a special light made for pumpkins, because candles will make it rot quicker, too.

See below for the great tutorials that I found and have a safe, fun and Happy Halloween!!!

Celestial Witch Makeup Tutorial - Spirit Halloween

Video by: Spirit Halloween

This is the one I'm more than likely going with; I'm just going to practice it first!

Another good one.

Video by: xteeener

Both of these ladies are very talented... There's also a ton of other great makeup tutorials on YouTube, so check them out! Please note that in 2021, I had to swap out the original top video that I had in this post because that YouTuber is no longer active on YouTube :( but the Spirit Halloween look I also loved and looks like something I'd try in the future!