Learning Halloween monster makeup

Melissa Strle
Times Reporter

 

The Strathmore Municipal Library will be hosting a Halloween monster makeup class on Oct. 25 just in time to help Strathmore area residents learn how to create spooky makeup Halloween faces for the popular holiday.
The idea is to show people how to create mummies, wounds, scary scales and other creepy things through the use of makeup.
“You don’t have to spend tons of money on really expensive makeup in order to create some of these great monster looks,” said Carmen Erison, assistant director of library services for the Strathmore Municipal Library.
The library hosted the first Halloween monster makeup class two years ago with no other intentions to host another class; however, Erison said the original class was a “huge success.”
But recently, a past patron from the previous class, contacted Erison to inquire if the library would be hosting the class again and Erison was interested.
“I thought let’s see if I can find somebody to do it,” she said. “It was quite successful the last time we did it and I think what they say for children is that makeup is better than masks because it doesn’t obscure their sight. So it’s great to put makeup on versus having a mask and so we’re going to teach you how to do those wonderful makeup looks.”
Erison clarified that she has often heard on the local news that “makeup is better than masks as it does not obscure a child’s vision the way a mask does.”
Erison placed a post on Facebook looking for a makeup artist and found someone to teach the upcoming class. This teacher has a vast amount of experience doing all sorts of creepy faces and body art, makeup and glitter tattoos and a variety of other things.
“She’s quite excited about this,” said Erison.
The class will be teaching people how to do three to four different cool Halloween faces on a budget.
At a cost of $10 per person, registrants will receive a tutorial on how to create these wonderful, creepy looks and will also be able to take home a makeup palette to help create the designs.
Participants will be able to bring a friend on which to practice creating these looks or may opt to create the looks on themselves with help from a mirror.
There is a limit of 20 registrations and each person that is registered is allowed to bring a makeup model to practice on.
“So essentially we’ll have 40 people in the room but it’s only 20 registrations,” said Erison.
Registration is now open and will be taken up to the day of the event on Oct. 25. However, spots may fill up prior to this date and the library will be posting about this on Facebook.