Halloween is full of sweet, spooky fun and magical nostalgia. Don’t spend an arm and a leg – or any other limb – to fund a look only for a couple hours. Be a mad scientist and experiment on your own. Use your free samples, household items and makeup. These tricks will end up as your favorite treat. And if all else fails, have a drink, throw a paper bag over your head and go as my favorite thing – a booze bag.

FACE PAINT
Grease: Mix Vaseline and eye shadow.
Matte: Mix your foundation and eye shadow
Translucent: Loose face powder mixed with crushed eye shadow or mix shadow with face lotion.
Wet: Add a little water or Vaseline to either the grease or matte styles and apply with a fine-tip craft brush.

RESETTING ANY POWDER-BASED MAKEUP
Use a clean, small sample container or the case that the makeup came in. Take cracked or crumbled makeup and put it in the container and crush it up very finely with a spoon. Add a few drops of rubbing alcohol and mix smooth. Then, let it set for a few hours. This is amazing for dropped compacts!

BLUSHES
Crush up your blushes or use your broken, almost-gone blushes. Mix them together with shadows or other blushes (or baby powder to make lighter shades). Use them loose or reset.

NEW EYE SHADOW SHADES
Matte: Crush any eye shadow and mix it with another shadow. Use your basic color wheel skills to figure out which colors will work well together. Lighten with baby powder. Use loose or reset.
Metallic: Mix crushed eye shadow with anything metallic-based. You can even turn it into a cream by adding a drop of water or a tiny bit of Vaseline.

LIP SHADES
Mix lipstick or chapstick with crushed eye shadows to create a new color.
Crayon lip shades: If you don’t have the correct eye shadow color, use a crayon. Double boil about an inch of crayon over water in small glass bowl. Mix in a teaspoon of either chapstick or lipstick. Let cool.
Matte: Make sure to line lips, apply lipstick, blot, then dab a little cornstarch or baby powder with finger and smooth. Repeat if need be!

WOUNDS, DEAD SKIN, TATTOOS, DESIGNS
Wounds/tattoos: Place tin foil flat, spray with cooking spray and add nail polish in any color to make wounds, designs, fake tattoos, etc. Let dry at least an hour. Use markers to elaborate your design. Then, adhere the wound with eyelash glue.
Zombie/dead skin: Spread a thin layer of eyelash adhesive all over your face. When it starts to dry, pick, stretch and roll it! Apply makeup over face once glue is dry.

BLOOD
Wet: Mix Vaseline or coconut oil with red lipstick, black eyeshadow and water.
Dry: Mix red lipstick, black eye shadow and baby powder

At this point, you have figured out I am the Grand Supreme Crafty Witch Queen Genius. While you are wearing your magical new makeup, make sure to blow me a kiss as I fly past on my broom.

By Jamie Burke