When today’s DVD first came to my attention, I must admit a bit of skepticism. In the past, whenever I thought Halloween Makeup, visions of foam latex appliances and bloody open wounds came to mind. I never really considered that Halloween costumes could be glamorous, but I decided to put aside my bias toward the gruesome to give it some real consideration. Some of the most recognizable icons of Halloween aren’t just named Freddy and Jason, but also Elvira and even Cydey Neil of the famous Rocky Point Haunted House in Utah. Of course my wife, who is working at Spirit Halloween this season, has told me that the top selling costumes really are the sultry, sexy ones that grace the adult aisles. I never would have guessed.
So, with a new grip on the facts I sat down to watch the two DVD’s of volume 1 of Beautycast’s “The Halloween Collection”. Contained on these DVD’s are 13 hot looks for 13 of this year’s most popular costumes.
1. Genie
2. Elmira
3. Bodacious Bunny
4. Pink Pirate
5. Blue Buccaneer
6. Dark Fairy
7. Good Fairy
8. Mod Rocker
9. Marilyn
10. BC Girl
11. Vampiress
12. Referee
13. Firewoman
Beautycast’s Host Tara Heats Up the Night
In Volume 1 of The Halloween Collection
Each look is a self-contained issue that is approximately 12 minutes long that goes into very vivid detail on what brushes to use, what makeup to use, layering techniques, and tailoring the makeup to your face. All the makeup described in the 200 minute DVD can be found wherever you happen to shop for regular women’s makeup – most likely it will be in or near any store that you buy that vampiress or Marilyn Monroe costume so you won’t have to do any special ordering of theatrical makeup. Now I personally happen to have in my DVD collection several horror and Halloween makeup DVD’s that detail how to apply latex prosthetics and all the other creepy stuff, but after viewing this DVD from Beautycast I must admit that there was a gap in my knowledge. Not everyone wants to be a corpse for Halloween, and in fact not all of your characters in your haunts should be unrecognizable as humans. Quite often the best spokesperson for a haunted house is a Dark Fairy or a Hot Pirate Wench. Trust me – the guys 18-34 who are a huge part of any haunt’s target audience will agree.
“The Halloween Collection” is definitely worth the paltry price of $14.95, and can be had from www.beautycast.biz. One thing I really liked about this DVD is that all of the women who have the makeups done on them start out as normal women. None of them are the already perfect model types, but that’s not to say any of them are Quasi Modo either. These are all normal looking women with beauty and flaws, and the makeup techniques used really accentuate each woman’s own features letting the inner glamorous creature of the night out. Any woman, and indeed anyone doing makeup on people for Halloween parties, haunted houses, theater, etc. will benefit from seeing up close the professional techniques used in this collection. Be sure to check out the promotional video I posted above, and then head off to the Beautycast site to get your own “The Halloween Collection”.
