Halloween Mask

The tradition of celebrating Halloween Day has been existent for over centuries now. Halloween Day is celebrated to honor the dead as well as to welcome Autumn. 'All Hallow Day' is celebrated on November 1. October 31 is celebrated as the 'Hallow Eve' or 'All Hallow Even' which, with time came to be known as 'Halloween'. It was believed that the dead might rise as spirits and possess humans, just before the fall of winter. Hence it has been customary to dress up in costumes depicting evil characters and wearing masks of scary faces on 'Halloween Day', to scare the spirits away. Today, irrespective of the belief in the custom of dead, Halloween is celebrated, mostly by children, just for the fun of wearing costumes and masks. Come Halloween, and the markets get flooded with costumes and masks. Most people prefer masks and select from a range of categories like Killers, Classics, Dead Zone, Demons, Vampires or Chests and Hands and other similar sadist ideas. Masks available in the market today, are made out of a material called Latex. Primarily, these masks have a hollow body and fit completely onto a person's head like a helmet. With each passing Halloween, the mask manufacturers are however, coming out with new innovations, emphasizing more on safety measures. These innovations include glow-in-the-dark masks, so that the wearers can be easily spotted in the dark. Some of these masks have flash devices in them. Certain masks have electronic devices enable simulation and thereby, create expressions and movements of the masks. Latex masks tend to get dirty easily and hence need carefully managed. They can be washed with ordinary water and a mild soap. You can apply hand or face cream on these masks. However you must remember to keep them away from petroleum products.