October is in full swing and then are all of the haunt attractions and Halloween festivities! If you are a working makeup artist, at present is your time to cash in on some Halloween makeup.

Co-ordinate to balance.com:

"The almost expensive part of Halloween is costumes. Men program to spend $96 each, compared to $77 each for women. As a consequence, almost half of Americans buy them."

With Halloween costumes comes Halloween makeup!

Just look at this stat chart on Halloween spending.  It's incredible!

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All of the Halloween makeup options…

To begin, let's listing all of the different types of applications you can offer:

  • Cream base of operations
  • H2o base of operations (face up paint)
  • Airbrush- h2o, silicone or alcohol
  • Silicone base
  • Waterproof (alcohol activated)
  • Prosthetic
    • Rubber Latex
    • Foam Latex
    • Prosaid Transfers
    • Silicone
  • Gelatin build ups
  • ii role silicone build ups
  • Latex build up

Next, let's define some makeup characters and looks that you will offer. It is best to see what is trending for customers this twelvemonth. Here are some examples:

Character makeup ideas

  • Marilyn Monroe
  • Cos Play (anime or video game graphic symbol)
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Cleopatra
  • Katniss Everdeen
  • Harry Potter, etc.

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Harry Potter Face Paint, credit to YouTuber SammyLovesFossas

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Still from Sofia Coppola'south Marie Antoinette

Creature makeup

  • The Walking Dead zombies
  • Freddy Krueger
  • Demon
  • Vampires, Trolls, Orcs, Ogres, etc.

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Orc makeup, credit to Epoch Creations .

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Still from A Nightmare on Elm Street, Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger.

Trauma ideas

  • Fire victim, Mobster, Hitting and run, etc.

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Burn makeup, credit to MMA Instructor Nicole Diehl

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Skinned arm, credit to MMA student Kyla Devries .

Haunted ideas

  • – Ghoul, Zombie, Cracked Doll, etc.

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Zombie face up paint makeup, credit to MMA student Christine Lafond .

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Cracked makeup, credit to MMA graduate Sam Chapel .

Breaking down the price…

Quite often your clientele will arroyo you for a  Halloween expect is really involved and they may belittle at the cost. It's up to you to brainwash your clientele on these different types of makeup and explain why the cost varies. In one case they are better informed, most clientele are willing to pay for amazing makeup after they realize all the endeavor that goes into the last look.

Hither is an case of what base expenses would be based upon certain looks:

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Why does the pricing vary? Because the process to get to the final product is different for each wait and involves different materials!

A cream paint version of a Harry Potter makeup IS NOT equal to a foam latex Freddy Krueger makeup!

If you are creating the foam latex from scratch and information technology's a custom piece, Y'all accept to practise the following:

  • Lifecast the client
  • Sculpt the Prosthetic
  • Mold the prosthetic
  • Run the cream
  • Bake the foam
  • Pre-Paint the foam

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That is a 6 part process, that is Fourth dimension consuming (at least x hours if yous work quickly). Yous could easily cull to charge for that time at an hourly rate but most artists don't in social club to stay competitive in their pricing for Halloween makeups.

At present let's create a tabular array to run into how much each makeup application will cost you then you tin accuse appropriately and finalize your pricing:

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PRO TIPS:

  1. It is best to have a location where clients can hands come to you and then y'all are able to volume these appointments back to dorsum and maximize time and profitability.
  2. Y'all tin can also offering group discounts to clients that take 3 or more than clients in 1 location.
  3. You could offering grouping pricing for customers who are looking to create a group theme.

The truth regarding Halloween makeup…

All the same, you want to create your business operations is upward to you.  Only make certain you lot are open for business concern because clients are going to pay someone to do their makeup, it might every bit well be you lot. Think, we accept become a service-oriented industry. The times where clients did their own Halloween makeup are but about gone. Make sure that yous gather your client information and so you are reaching out to them every twelvemonth merely before Halloween.

As mentioned above, Halloween costume sales are going to go on to grow and then take reward!

Until next time!!!