Halloween Costume Ideas & Make Up

Fake Snot
1/2 cup water
3 pkg unflavored gelatin
light corn syrup*
Heat the water until it just starts to boil. Remove from heat. Sprinkle in the gelatin. Let it soften a few minutes, and stir with a fork. *Add enough corn syrup to make 1 cup of thick glop. Stir with the fork and lift out the long strands of gunk. If it thickens too much, add more water.

Halloween Makeup
3 tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp flour
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup water
Facial tissues
Cotton balls or batting and
Puffed Wheat cereal for special effects
1 small mixing bowl
4 paper cups
Cotton swabs or small brush
In bowl, mix cornstarch and flour. Gradually stir in corn syrup and the water until smooth. This amount will make up 4 children's faces. Divide mixture between 4 paper cups. Color 3 batches with food colors of your choice (1/2 teaspoon liquid or 1/4 teaspoon paste for each batch). Leave 1 batch untinted.

For additional colors, prepare more makeup.

Separate tissues into single layers; tear lengthwise into 2-inch wide strips. Using swabs or brush, paint generous coat of untinted mixture on forehead; place strip of tissue over area; pat firmly with fingertips. Brush on more of same mixture to cover any dry spots on tissue. Continue painting rest of face, one area at a time, and covering it with tissue. Don't paint eyelids or around eyes. Let dry about 15 minutes; time depends on temperature and humidity.
Stir colored batches before using. Paint on 1 color at a time as desired. Let dry slightly before using another color if you want them to blend, or let dry completely if you don't. To speed process, use hair dryer on air setting.
For deeper, smoother, candy-color effect, use several coats of same color (allow to dry slightly between coats).

To build up eyebrows, nose, or chin (or to make a beard):
Apply cotton to damp, untinted mixture. Paint with more of the same. Cover with tissue and paint desired color.

For Ghoulish Effect:
Dust made-up face with flour.
For Warts:
Stick on Puffed Wheat cereal with untinted mixture, then coat with layers of mixture-soaked tissue. Paint desired color.
To Remove the Makeup:
Just wet the face, then gently peel tissue away. Wash face with warm water.


Fake Blood Recipe
1-3/4 cups corn syrup
1/4 cup water
2 tsp. Liquid red food coloring
8-10 drops liquid blue food coloring
1/4 cup sifted corn starch
Mix corn syrup and water, add food colorings, cover and shake to mix. Add the sifted cornstarch and shake well again. If any lumps remain, let the bottle site for a few seconds, they will rise to the top and you can skim them off. Store in the refrigerator, don’t make too far in advance as this only keeps for a couple of days.

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