Halloween offers a chance for everyone to put on a costume and become a scary creature to celebrate All Hallows Eve. While Halloween masks allow for a quick transformation, Halloween makeup can be both fun and easy for children and adults.http://www.osweb.com/kidzkorner/makeup.htm

Halloween makeup can transform anyone into scary vampires or ghoulish zombies. Although Halloween makeup is readily available in many retail stores and even on the Internet, it can also be homemade. The do-it-yourself makeup is a good way to explore one’s creativity using non-cosmetic materials. While scars and sores can be created by combining pink or green tissue with corn syrup, blood and gore can be created by using red food color, corn syrup and chunky peanut butter.http://www.allhallowseve.com/makeup/ Using common kitchen ingredients like cornstarch, flour and food coloring, there is no need to worry about toxicity or bad reactions as long as the users are not allergic to these edible ingredients. http://www.osweb.com/kidzkorner/makeup.htm http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/ProductandIngredientSafety/ProductInformation/ucm143055.htm

Coloring constitutes a big part for any Halloween makeup. All color additives, fluorescent colors and luminescent colors have to be approved by FDA for use in cosmetics, including theatrical make up and all cosmetics that may be used around Halloween time. Unapproved ingredients in cosmetic products may cause skin irritations like skin rash, itching and swollen face among others.http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/ProductandIngredientSafety/ProductInformation/ucm143055.htm FDA provides a list of approved color additives for use in foods, drugs, cosmetics and medical devices.http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/ColorAdditiveInventories/ucm115641.htm Consumers have the rights to report a company selling cosmetics with unapproved color additive or products which have caused adverse unexpected side effects.http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm095859.htm