Halloween Face Painting Ideas, Face Painting Techniques
Halloween face painting is quickly becoming an American favorite during Halloween. This practice is not only for kids nowadays but many adults are also using this method instead of dressing up in a Halloween costume. If you use special effects makeup along with creative face paint to design a scary face, you will most likely scare the wits out of anyone that comes knocking on your door. Below you will find some excellent Halloween face painting ideas.
Halloween Face Painting – Skull Face
When opting for this design you will use your entire face to create the best possible effect. The first step for this Halloween face painting technique is to paint your entire face in white to form the foundation. Secondly, use smoky grey for coloring the eye lids and lower eye areas. Black will be used to make the circular outlines that will represent your eye sockets. Lastly, make black stripes from the top to bottom of your lips (lip’s should also have been painted white previously). If desired, you can choose to paint your lips red to simulate blood or outline teeth for a more dramatic effect to this look.
Halloween Face Painting – Pumpkin Head
For this unique Halloween face painting design, start with painting your entire face orange, choosing a brighter shade of orange would be your best bet. Paint the eyes, mouth and nose in black. For the eyes paint triangles over both eyes and for the mouth make a large half circle then small triangles both on top and bottom of the mouth to simulate little fangs and paint these white. Then paint the ridges or outlines of the pumpkin in a light grey color. For a much simpler looking pumpkin face, you can simply paint little pumpkins on each side of your checks.
Halloween Face Painting – Bat Face
Making this Halloween face painting design requires doing the same as with the Skull face. First use white base color to cover your entire face, then start designing the outline of the bat, starting from above your forehead and nose you would paint the face of the bat in black and light grey for the eyeballs. Then paint your nose down to the nostrils in black this will be the bat’s body, for the wings cover your eyes and cheek area coloring and shading in accordingly. Take the time to imagine in how you want to design your bat on your face, the rest will come easy, just have fun with it!
The above are just some simple face painting suggestions that you might want to try out. When deciding to use Halloween face painting as opposed to wearing a Halloween mask, remember to keep it fun. After the festivities are over be sure to use face cream remover and, to wash your face completely so as to avoid skin irritations that may occur as a result of prolonged use.
Halloween Face Painting – Creative Designs
With Halloween face painting you are only limited by your creativity, your face is the canvas in expressing your work of art. You can also have the satisfaction that no two faces are the same and you will have created your very own Halloween face painting design.




















