Your Fantasy Costume

Kryolan is a brand of professional, theatre and fx make up that I use for my performances. Among all make up brands I always recommend MAC (that we’ve previously mentioned) and Kryolan. As both have really high quality products, Kryolan is more focused to FX make up.  It has all you may need, from fake eyelashes (remember our previous article about eyelashes) to anti-shine powder, iridescent, shimmering and glow in the dark make up. Basically it has two different sets of colors, a collection based in water (Aquacolor), that blends the colour  as nice as a watercolor palette. They’re super for body and face painting, though if you’re wearing it too long or in sweating conditions they have another brand of make up based in oil and absolutely indestructible unless you use a cleaning milk. Important thing (at least for me) is that so far I know  they don’t experiment with animals!! I have a very very sensitive skin and I feel super-comfortable with the aquacolor brand.

Also if you’re intending into a further transformation (getting old, becoming a zombie) they work with wax, putty and latex too for special fx make up. And of course they have spirit-gum similar glues and removers. There’s no limit regarding the color and materials provided to become whatever you want to be.

If you want to see their entire catalog or find a local store close to your area you can visit Kryolan official site

As we previously covered in our article about Vampire Fangs, if you’re intending to be a vampire, zombie  or monster this halloween, you may be in need of fake blood. I forgot to mention then that Kryolan works precisely with theatre fake blood up to 5000 ml bottles of pro fake blood (easily washable from your skin and clothes) and in two shades: light and gory dark.

To finish with this article, I leave you with this youtube video  using kryolan make up, this time this guy is creating a mask (great for masquerade) only with the make up and some beads

Enjoy!

To watch the video, click on the title for a full version of the article. As I recommended before MAC make up is great so just a reminder in case of need. Women’s long hair was replaced by very “boyish”  haircut style , skirts shorter, a cigarrete in the hand, and ready for the Charleston!. A symbol of the woman liberation at the beginning of XX century… Then all you can do is to go the ” twenties flapper look” adding a short dress, the right shoes, a headband and string of pearls… so delightfully vintage now! And here also some suggested reading about women in those years. And here in detail  about 20’s make up.

Interesting videotutorial by this girl that holds an entire make up channel in youtube. For the video she’s using MAC (professional make up) but it shows at real time speed and you can attempt to make something similar with your own eye shadows and brushes. I think the final effect is really stunning so have fun!
Though of course you can use your own make up, the fact is that MAC make up pigments are stunning and I myself have a very sensitive skin, so after trying many make up brands, most of mine is actually from theirs. You can purchase MAC make up here, you won’t regret, it’s the best make up ever. ENJOY!

Products used in this video tutorial:
MAC shadestick~ sharkskin
MAC eye shadow~ Tilt
MAC eye shadow~ beautiful iris
MAC eye shadow~ Aquadisiac
MAC powerpoint eyeliner~ Engraved
Stila~ tinted moisturizer
GOSH lip liner~ Pink peony
MAC lipgloss~ Fine china
MAC glitter pigment~ Neon 60’s

This fairy look can be enhanced also with fx contact lenses to make the overall effect entirely otherwordly. I suggest you to read again our article about them.