Halloween Clown Makeup

If you have decided on being a Clown for Halloween, the Clown Makeup you need is Mehron Clown Makeup, the Clown Makeup chosen by Ringling and Barnum Bailey Circus decades ago, Mehron Clown Makeup has a reputation among clowns the world over. When Ringling and Barnum Bailey Circus had their Clown College in Floria, USA, Mehron makeup is the company they chose to provide their student clowns with the makeup for their curriculum. Mehron Clown White Makeup is one of the original products that Mehron Melik developed and perfected when he began producing Theatrical Makeup in 1927. It is a makeup that has stood the test of time, still in demand over eighty years later. Mehron Clown White is the preferred White-face Makeup of clowns, mimes and theatrical performers worldwide, with is bright creamy white finish that never cakes, cracks or quits during the long days that clowns work.

For Halloween Clown Makeup, you owe it to yourself to use the Professional Clown Makeup by Mehron. If you are feeling trepidation about selecting your Mehron Clown Makeup from the choices offered to Professional Clowns, Mehron has solved your dilemma. The Complete Clown Makeup Kit by Mehron comes with makeup preselected by a Professional Makeup Artist from the Mehron Clown Makeup Collection. Thinking that just having the Makeup won't make you a clown, the Complete Clown Makeup Kit doesn't just provided you with professionally selected Clown Makeup by Mehron, it provides you with step by step, detailed, illustrated instructions written by a Professional Makeup Artist.

You can even choose from one of the three basic types of Clowns, The White Face Clown, The Auguste Clown or the Hobo Clown, a detailed, step by step, illustrated instruction guide has been provided by Mehron for each of these three most popular clown types. Along with the preselected makeup, applicators and accessories contained in the Complete Mehron Makeup Clown Kit, the professionally written instructions will guide you through the Clown Makeup Application for White Face Clown, Hobo Clown or Auguste Clown. If you want to be a Halloween Clown, the complete Clown Makeup Kit by Mehron is the easy way to become a clown, complete with the assistance of a Professional Makeup Artist, who guides you through the process of applying Clown Makeup.

For the more daring among you, you can pick and choose from the vast array of Clown Makeup that Professional Clowns around the world use, Mehron Clown Makeup, to create your individual Halloween Clown. By combining Mehron Clown Makeup with Mehron Special Effects Makeup you can create a Halloween Clown that is terrifying, ghoulish, creepy or scary. Using Mehron Clown Makeup or the Complete Mehron Clown Makeup Kit, you can create a Halloween Clown that is funny, sad, sympathetic or goofy. No matter what kind of Halloween Clown you decide to be, Mehron Clown Makeup is the Professional Clown Makeup that has been worn by tens of thousands of clowns throughout the last eight decades. You can find Mehron Clown Makeup at Authorized Mehron Retailers throughout the world.

Coulrophobia, or Fear of Clowns

Michele Norris of National Public Radio (NPR) in a segment for All Things Considered titled, Clowns Teach People Not To Be Afraid Of ... Clowns interviewed Paul Carpenter about a rarely spoken about phobia, coulrophobia. Coulrophobia is a fear of clowns. Mr. Carpenter is Popol the clown in John Lawson's Circus. Ms. Norris lays the foundation of the interview with the first revealing question to Paul Carpenter,"Now, do I understand this right? Coulrophobia is the third most common phobia in all of Britain?"

Mr. Carpenter explains that yes indeed in Britain according to a Nation Newspaper Poll, Coulrophobia is number three on the phobia list behind, spiders and needles. The heart of the interview goes on to discuss the "therapy" that the clowns of John Lawson's Circus are using in hopes of helping people overcome their fear of Clowns. For Circus Clowns in Circuses similar to John Lawson's Circus this might be a economic necessity rather than a strictly therapeutic endeavor. John Lawson's Circus is like a lot of traveling circuses, a small circus. This non-animal circus, like most small circuses, visits towns and villages that the larger circuses that the large circus bypasses. Drawing an audience is done the old fashioned way, using the circus clowns to attract people into the big tent for the show. If, however,there is a prevalence of coulrophobia lurking among the populace, Clowns would not be the best spokespeople when the circus comes to town.

The NPR Host, Michele Norris gets to the heart of Clown Therapy as run by Paul Carpenter and the clowns of John Lawson's Circus by asking, "So how do you do that? How do you help people get over that fear? " To which Mr. Carpenter answers, "Well, if anyone wants to come for some clown therapy -we're also calling it clownseling - we invite them to the big top during the day when it's quiet and they meet me and our other clown, but they meet us in our normal, everyday guises, not in makeup or anything. And then we take them into the circus ring, and they watch us as we slowly transform ourselves into our clown personalities.

We put on our makeup very slowly, and then we put on our costumes. And if that goes well and they haven't run for the door, we then try and get them interacting with us in the circus ring. We go through a few clown routines, getting them involved. And if that goes well, our ultimate aim is to get the person themselves dressed up in costume and makeup, and then we help them find their own inner clown."

Mr. Carpenter and his fellow Clownselors approach Coulrophobia with tried and true truisms, "until you walk a mile in someone's shoes........", and if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" are applicable in their approach. By showing the person behind the clown face, clown therapy starts with basic human interaction, which enforces in the phobic's mind that a clown is a person in costume. Relieving the anxiety by pitting on their clown makeup in front of their fearful audiences unmasks the mystery of the clown.

Helping people to find, "their own inner clown" as Mr. Carpenter puts it is not only a good idea for those afflicted with Coulrophobia may also be a beneficial approach to a number of fears. The clown is not only the mysterious white face in makeup, the clown has served many roles throughout the history of civilization. The character of the clown has offered great writers the freedom, in restrictive times, to give voice to points of view through his antics and lines. It is the jester, the precursor to the clown who was permitted the leeway of poking fun at the outlandishness and repression of Royal dictates. By once again revealing the humanity behind the clown makeup, Mr. Carpenter and his fellow clowns from John Lawson's Circus are advancing the traditional role of the clown.

Those around the world who will never cross paths with John Lawson's Circus can follow Mr. Carpenter's advice and find your inner clown with Mehron Clown Makeup, the Professional Clown Makeup used by Clowns throughout the world. You can conquer your Coulrophobia with a personal collection of Professional Clown Makeup which will help you find your inner clown.