While it may not be a holiday most Singaporeans celebrate, Halloween is always a fun one because it summons creativity within the creepy community. As we inch even closer to October 31st, we can’t stop thinking about what we’re going to wear – on our faces, that is; and when September rolls around, brands tend to drop some ghoulishly good makeup products to usher in the season of spellbinding (and sometimes creepy) beauty. This time, it’s no different.
Strobe Cosmetics Freak Show and Hotel Eyeshadow Palettes, US$25 each. Available from strobecosmetics.com.
Fans of American Horror Story can finally rejoice, because Strobe Cosmetics has brought back two of their incredible AHS-themed eyeshadow palettes, Freak Show and Hotel, just for us. Despite Freak Show‘s title, the shades in this palette are actually really wearable and flattering. Needless to say, we’re in love with the shade Twisty, a rich shimmery purple, as well as Strongman, a gorgeous rose gold shade that lets you take on the trend easily. The Hotel palette, on the other hand, amps up the level of craziness. There’s a rusty metallic red that kinda looks like dried blood, and a nauseating shade of green that’ll give you that ghoulish glow you seek.
Lunatick Cosmetic Labs High Definition Microfinish Pressed Powder, $20. Available from lunaticklabs.com.
If your current setting powder feels a little drab, the good folks at Lunatick Cosmetics Lab has a hair-raising solution to that, because the brand’s High Definition Microfinish Pressed Powder is housed in a ouija board. Sure makes you wanna use it even more, doesn’t it? You may have had to keep your very own ouija board under wraps when you were little, but you can make this creepy powder the centrepiece of your vanity now. While the setting powder doesn’t actually summon spirits (or does it…?), it definitely helps to sop up excess sebum to mattify your skin for those Halloween photos – unless, of course, a greasy face is part of your look.
Makeup Revolution Skull Highlighter (possibly named Ghost Lights), price TBC. Coming soon to tambeauty.com.
Even the darkest of souls need some illumination, and thankfully, it comes in the form of a highlighter. We’re not talking about any old highlighter you can find at a nearby Sephora store, though. We’re referring to this skull-embossed one by Makeup Revolution. Thanks to a fan of the cosmetics brand, we got ourselves a taste of the new skull highlighter. While there isn’t much else we know about the product, we sure as hell hope to see it featured on the webstore sometime soon, so fingers crossed. As we wait impatiently together, let’s have a look back at the Halloween makeup tutorials we loved last year. We’ll be rounding up our favourites from this year very soon.
Header images: @lunatickcosmeticslab & @tessalouiscious
