7 Halloween Makeup Tricks Using Common Household Items

Need to look like a rotting, decaying zombie corpse for Halloween? Rather than bribing your special effects makeup artist friend to treat you one for the night, you can definitely DIY a couple of good Halloween makeup effects using common household items in your pantry or medicine cabinet.

You could grab some toilet paper and Elmer's Glue-All to papier-mâché your face into flaky, rotting grossness.

To add some gory blood to your festering wounds, make your own fake blood with corn syrup, cornstarch and red food coloring.

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Permanent markers and hand sanitizer can make a pretty convincing bruise. Coffee grounds and Vaseline can add beat-up stubble to your hairless face.

And no need to make a last-minute run to buy overpriced Halloween face paint if you have shortening, cornstarch, flour, and food coloring at home. If you're probably never going to get around to that multi-colored biscuit recipe you've been meaning to try, then you might as well use those ingredients to whip yourself up some non-toxic, homemade face paint for your Frankenstein clown makeup.

Got your own DIY tips for Halloween incorporating items found around the home and in the kitchen? Share with us by commenting below!

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