6 Halloween Makeup & Face-Paint Kits to Complete Your Scary or Cute Costumes
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Spooky season is calling, and if you’re planning on hosting or attending a Halloween party this year, thinking up a popular costume is only the start. Besides deciding between a Barbie costume or musician costume, crafting your makeup look is just as essential.
The best Halloween makeup and face-paint kits will provide a finishing touch to your costume no matter if you’re going for scary, creepy or full-on glam. Investing in a quality kit will not only spare your new beauty products from running out (especially if it’s a full-body look you’re going for), but can prevent your skin from irritation as well.
If you have sensitive skin, it’s important to make sure the ingredients are non-toxic and hypoallergenic. Before you add any face-paint kit to your cart, you’ll need to determine which shades are required to transform you into a ghoulish fiend or shimmery fairy.
Keep reading to discover makeup kits that’ll ship in time for Halloween.
Which Are the Best Halloween Makeup & Face Paint Kits?
Rather than scouring the Internet for the perfect kit, ShopBillboard put together a list of reviewer-loved makeup and face-paint kits that will help you create a look worthy of winning any costume contest.
UCANBE Face Body Paint Oil
Transform yourself into a scary ghoul or seductive siren with the help of UCANBE’s face and body painting palette. It’s become a No. 1 bestseller on Amazon for makeup palettes with more than 10,000 shoppers picking up the kit in the past month. As an added bonus, each square of paint is made from hypoallergenic and non-toxic materials.
JOYIN Halloween Makeup Set
Advanced makeup users can grab this makeup set to complete complex looks. In addition to receiving a face paint palette with 12 shades to use and mix, you’ll also receive prosthetics, skin-friendly glue, fake blood, glitter and brushes to turn yourself into a chilling character.
Fun World Halloween Make-Up Crayons (5-Pack)
Keep things wallet-friendly with this five-pack of makeup crayons that’ll have you unleashing your inner artist. Included are red, purple, brown, black and gray that you can mix or use alone as you draw and shape your hair-raising designs.
Hyde & EEK! Boutique Just Add Water Halloween Makeup
Looks requiring one shade don’t need to require getting an entire palette. Target’s Just Add Water line includes a simple black jar of face paint for you to add shadows and contour your body and face easily. It also comes with a mini brush giving you practically everything you’ll need to paint away.
Wismee SFX Makeup Kit
This all-inclusive kit comes with dark tones for those looking to achieve a vampire or zombie costume. You’ll get a palette of oil-based face paints made from hypoallergenic ingredients and, if you want an especially gory look, you can use the scar wax, fake blood and 10 brushes to craft a scar, cut or gash.
BOBISUKA Face Paint Kit (3-Pack)
For clown or The Joker looks, you can use this trio of face paints featuring red, white and black. All three shades come in a convenient compact you can throw in your purse for quick touch-ups. Plus, you’ll also receive three sponges and a paint brush to dab and apply smaller details.
Don’t just stop at your face — for finishing touches, you can use press-on nails to give a more complete costume look. Need some inspiration? Check out these Beetlejuice-themed designs as well as fake blood and bat-patterned nails to quickly add onto your fingers.
For more product recommendations, check out ShopBillboard‘s roundups of the best couples costumes, how to make a boo basket and how to watch Halloween.
