Homemade Halloween Makeup Recipes

Most everyone has experienced that heavy, clay feeling on your face when you apply commercial Halloween makeup. And the itching!! By the time you're ready to leave your house, you'd have streaks of makeup scratched off the side of your face. To avoid this problem, try your hand at whipping up these homemade Halloween makeup recipes. It's not that hard... and you'll know exactly what ingredients are in it, which means a lesser chance of someone having an allergic skin reaction.

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Corn Syrup Blood

Materials:

16 oz. White corn syrup
1 oz. red food coloring
1 oz. washing detergent
1 oz. water
A drop of blue food coloring

Directions:

Mix the ingredients together and voila - blood. Remove the washing up liquid if you want to make edible blood. Adding condensed milk makes it less transparent and more like real blood. The blood is extremely sticky and can stain skin and clothes so makes sure its washed off quickly. Use a stain remover on clothes.

Face Paint Recipe

Materials:

1 tsp corn starch
1/2 tsp water
1/2 tsp cold cream
2 drops food coloring as desired

Directions:

Mix ingredients together really well and apply as needed.

Clown Make-up

Materials:

2 tsp white shortening
5 tsp corn starch
1 tsp white all purpose flour
glycerin as directed
Food coloring as desired

Directions:

Mix together the shortening, corn starch and flour. Add 3 to 4 drops of glycerin to make the mixture creamier. Apply.

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