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Halloween: prepare to celebrate

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Halloween is coming again and that means: get ready to party! Nowadays Halloween is mainly known for dressing up, horror, pumpkins, lights, scaring each other, and shouting trick or treat! And on Halloween, of course, there are plenty of costume parties. 

It's really fun to organize a party yourself by dressing up crazy or scary. You can, for example, dance or watch a scary movie. But you can also go to a party, because there are plenty in the Netherlands for Halloween. Do you need the ideal party makeup & hair look but have no inspiration? We give you the makeup and hair tips and tricks you need!

 

Makeup tips and tricks for Halloween

A beautiful makeup look starts with a good skincare routine, it protects your skin and ensures your makeup stays beautiful all evening. Read the blog for the perfect skincare routine on our website to find out what the correct skincare order is exactly. Want to find the right products? Then check out the facial care page

Now that you have done your skincare routine, you can start on your makeup, read the perfect makeup routine, to create a beautiful base for your Halloween party look. Hold off on the mascara for now, as you apply that last. Want a few specific makeup tips? Then read 4x Makeup tips & tricks.

After your basic makeup look is on your face, we can start making your look Halloween-proof. What are some fun and simple Halloween makeup tricks? We have picked a few for you: 

 

1. Spiderweb eyeliner 

Step 1: Create a normal  eyeliner  look on your eyelids with a wing. A nice eyeliner for this is the Benefit Roller Liner True Matte Liquid Eyeliner.

Step 2: Draw three vertical lines under your eyes. Start by applying your eyeliner at the lashes under your eye and pull it downwards (number of lines: about 3-4). Make the lines as long as you like. 

Step 3: Draw horizontal half arches between the vertical lines. The amount depends on the length of the vertical lines you just drew (number of arches: about 2-3).

Step 4: Complete the eye look with the eyeshadows from MAC, namely MAC Cosmetics Dazzleshadow Extreme Joie de Glitz Eyeshadow and MAC Cosmetics Dazzleshadow Extreme Eyeshadow - Illuminaughty. Apply the black color in the crease and the green color on the eyelid.

Step 5: Use the MAC Cosmetics Lustreglass Lipstick - 550 Succumb To Plum as a base for the lip look, apply over it the MAC Cosmetics Dazzleshadow Extreme Joie de Glitz Eyeshadow and to finish the lip look, outline the lips with a black lip liner; if you don't have one, a good option is to use a black eye pencil. For example this: Artdeco Soft Eyeliner Waterproof.

 

2. Unicorn

 

Step 1: this look already starts in the shower, because to temporarily get these beautiful colored locks you can use the Wella Color Fresh Mint Mask  use for the blue strands and the Wella Color Fresh Pink Mask  for the pink strands. 

Step 2: after your base makeup is applied. We continue to the makeup look, first start with the blush, a beautiful bright pink is perfect for this look, for example this Max Factor Miracle Sheer Gel Blush. Then apply this fantastic glitter just above your blush and drag it down just under your eyes: Haarspullen Holographic Chunky Glitter Gel - Pink.

Step 3: And then continue with the eye look; for this we have various products to create this amazing eye look. Start with the pink color from this palette as a base on the eyelid Sunkissed Rainbows Eyes Eyeshadow & Glitter and apply the blue color from the palette in the crease. Another beautiful blue color that can be used for this is the MAC Cosmetics Powder Kiss Soft Matte Good Jeans Eyeshadow. To complete the look, apply some glitter on the eyes. For that, the glitter eyeshadows from MAC are perfect MAC Cosmetics Pigmented Eyeshadow Kitschmas, MAC Cosmetics Pigmented Eyeshadow Rose and MAC Cosmetics Dazzleshadow She Sparkles Eyeshadow.

Step 4: A beautiful lipstick of course should not be missing from this look, and the Max Factor Color Elixir Lipstick in the color Icy Rose fits perfectly here. As a finishing touch, the pink nylon hairband a playful and stylish accessory to complete the outfit.

 

3. Clown 

Step 1. Start by making a long triangle above your eyebrow and fill it in completely with your eyeliner. Then place a dot above it. 

Step 2. Create a regular eyeliner look with a wing on your eyelid if you want, or keep it to your basic eye look. 

Step 3. Draw a small, thin triangle under your eye with a dot just below the tip of your triangle. 

Step 4: The lips! Apply red lipstick on your lips as you normally would. 

Step 5: Take a cotton swab and smear the lipstick from the corner of your mouth over your cheek to create a smile.

 

 4. Bat

Step 1: make sure the base makeup is already applied and then continue with the eye look. For this, you can use as a base the MAC Cosmetics Dazzleshadow Extreme Eyeshadow - Illuminaughty use. 

Step 2: then apply a copper-colored eyeshadow on the eyelid from MAC Cosmetics Dazzleshadow Extreme Couture Copper Eyeshadow and for a bit more copper-colored glitter you can add this product. MAC Cosmetics Dazzleshadow Liquid Eyeshadow Blinking Brilliant.

Step 3: Now that the eye look is done, we continue with the face; for the orange look on the cheeks, nose, and eyebrows, the MAC Cosmetics Naturally Flawless Mineralize Matte Blush can be used. This is a light orange color and can be made more intense when the brush is moistened with a fixing spray and then dipped into the product.

Step 4: Create the bats on the face using a stencil, for this a waterproof eyeliner are used or a eyeliner pencil

Step 5; for the dark lip look we have two options from MAC, namely MAC Cosmetics Macximal Silky Matte Lipstick and MAC Cosmetics Lustreglass Lipstick - 550 Succumb To Plum.

 

5. Men’s Halloween look

 

Step 1: The must-have for this look is a black eyeshadow, for which this one from MAC is perfect MAC Cosmetics Dazzleshadow Extreme Eyeshadow - Illuminaughty. Use this eyeshadow to make your eyebrows and eyelids black. With an eyeliner the highlights can be made.

Step 2: with a good blush, the rest of the look can be completed. You can go for a liquid blush or a powder blush. A beautiful liquid blush is this Sunkissed Blush Stix Cream and the perfect color powder blush is that of MAC Cosmetics Full Fuchsia Powder Blush

And tadaaa, the look is ready, how easy can it be?

 

Halloween hair tips & tricks 

Want a fun hair look but have no inspiration? We’ll help you! Want to go for a curl look? Then read this way your curls last the longest  to create the perfect curl look. If you want your party look to stay in place all day, check out this blog: this way your party look stays styled all day!

 

How fun is it to give your hair a color for Halloween? The best thing you can do then is a  temporary hair coloring use. With temporary hair coloring, the color lasts for about 6 washes, but this varies per dye and brand; some last much longer than others! If you are going for temporary, semi-permanent hair coloring: 

 

Are you going for a vibrant color? Choose a hair mask that gives your hair a temporary color. Wella has the perfect color masks for you: 

 

The masks do not damage the hair and make it soft. The Wella masks also have a lovely scent. Good luck with your party look and Happy Hairy-ween ;)

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