See our favorite Halloween face-paint costume ideas here. If you're a whiz with a makeup brush, then Halloween is your time to shine — especially if you have the help of some face paint .

Step 4: Use a round brush with black face paint to mark the outside of each nostril, then use black face paint or eyeliner to outline the entire mask. Photograph: Lauren Spinelli.

So, using a thin brush and some black paint, draw some C-shape stitches over the top of the wound to really make it look 3D. If you just draw straight lines, it won't look as realistic. Image caption, ...