• Face painting will enhance almost any Halloween costume.Digital Vision/Digital Vision/Getty Images
  
  Face paint is an affordable and creative way to complete your Halloween costume. Face paint allows you to customize your Halloween costume any way that you wish and is a good alternative for those who do not want to wear a heavy rubber mask. Purchase paint specifically designed for face painting to ensure they are non-toxic, easy to remove and won't cause an allergic reaction.
  
  

Fairy

• You can stand out from all the other fairies next Halloween by using face paints to create an original fairy costume. Start with a base of blue, lavender or pink face paint applied around your eyes and temples. Next, highlight your eyes by lining them in a contrasting shade (pink if you used blue as a base, yellow if you used lavender). Finally, use hand-drawn designs to show what kind of fairy you are. Add small flowers if you are a garden fairy, blue waves if you are a water fairy or stars and sparkles if you are a magic fairy.
  
  

Pirate

• Avoid the hassle of fake moustaches and stick-on scars by creating your own pirate look with face paints instead. Using black face paint, draw large black eyebrows over your own, the bushier the better. Next, draw on a moustache and beard. You can create stubble by making small dots all over your cheeks and chin. For the finishing touch, create scars by drawing jagged lines crossed with hash marks on your cheeks, neck or across your forehead.
  
  

Witch

• Witches are a traditional Halloween costume that can be made fresh through original face painting. The common base color for witch face painting is green, but you can choose to use blue, orange or red. Cover your entire face and neck with the base color that you choose. Next, use a lighter shade of your base color and white to add highlights to your face. Finish the look by using black face paint to line your eyes, paint your lips, create an unsightly mole and black out a tooth or two.
  
  

Mummy

• If you want to dress as a mummy this Halloween but don't want to spend the night under wraps, use face paint to finish your costume. Start by applying white face paint to any portion of your face not hidden by your mummy wraps. Take black face paint and draw stripes to create the look of bandage straps across your face. Smudge on gray and yellow face paint randomly around your face to create the appearance of dirt.