A Spooky Look For Halloween with XtremEyez

While there's not much to celebrate at this time of year - the temperature has dropped, the skies are grey and getting out of bed in the morning is becoming a near-impossible feat - at least Halloween is fast approaching. And if you're anything like the gang at The Amazing Blog then you'll certainly be getting in the mood for all things ghoulish and ghostly.

White Mesh, from £9.99

Our capital city is littered with a host of Halloween-themed events and paraphernalia; cobwebs dress the windows of pubs, carved pumpkins are proudly on display and every other retailer seem to have a suitably scary window display. And with the weekend almost here, we've been on the hunt for our favourite spooky suggestion for readers of The Amazing Blog.

Twilight Bella, from £9.99

And so we would like to introduce you to XtremEyez, the fabulous range of halloween-themed lenses from cosmetic lens giant MesmerEyez. With a huge collection of styles ranging from Green Werewolf to Wild Fire to Luna Eclipse, White Mesh and beyond, there's a lens for every look and they're guaranteed to turn your outfit from feminine to fierce in an instant.

And so, if you’re getting in touch with your feline side and opting for a cat costume ὰ la Heidi Klum, Wild Cat lenses from the XtremeEyez Collection will add a certain je ne sais quoito your eerie ensemble. Alternatively, if a ghastly ghost is more your cup of tea, the White Out lenses are the perfect accompaniment to your ghoulish get up.

White Out, from £9.99

With over 86 styles to choose from XtremEyez creepy collection of contact lenses are all you need for a very happy Halloween. The lenses start at just £9.99 and are available to buy online or call 0843 289 2631 for details of your local stockists.

Please note

It is essential that the MesmerEyez instructions are followed to avoid any unnecessary problems; please also see below for further guidelines.

Do not sleep with the contact lenses on. In case of not knowing how to take them off (or put them on) visit the MesmerEyez website – www.mesmereyez.com to watch the instruction videos. Always remove them before sleeping.

• After using the contact lenses, leave them inside the lens case with the contact lens cleanser for at least 6 hours for a deep clean.
• Remove your eye make-up after taking the contact lenses off.
• Do not share the contact lenses with anyone else.
• Do not wear for longer than the intended period.

Please note that MesmerEyez lenses are NOT prescription lenses, they are purely for cosmetic use. If in any doubt, please see the following video for a step-by-step guide on how to insert contact lenses.

Get your Ghoul on...

In manner of all things ghoulish, we at Amazing PR HQ are getting geared up for a very spooky weekend ahead. And being the wrong side of puberty for trick-or-treating, we’ve been on the witch-hunt for the Capital’s best Halloween offerings. Charlton House, located in Greenwich, is one of London’s finest Jacobean mansions and will open its doors this Halloween weekend to a spooky spectacular, showcasing a historical ghostly performance by Phantasmagoria Events. Founded in 2006, Phantasmagoria produces a variety of themed activities under four guises: Ghost Hunting, Haunted History Walks, the Original London Ghost Festival and the Theatre of Blood, supplying an array of intriguing, spine-tingling and informative events for fans of the supernatural, the ghostly, and the downright disturbing. The interactive performance promises to be an eerie extravanza, with gods, monsters and spirits a-plenty and a frightening twist that might mean you get more than you bargained for.

And if you’re looking for something to do on All Hallow’s Eve itself, why not take part in one of the haunted walks on offer? With three available – The Saints & Sinners of Southwark, Spooky Smithfields & Beyond and The Midnight Shocker, you’re sure to scare yourself silly in some of London’s most sinister streets.

The Saints & Sinners of Southwark will take participants on a tour of one of the Capital’s oldest and most historically intriguing areas, where you can listen in horror as the guide and her phantom companion share with you stories of despair and burial from the Clink Prison, in a walk compiling of history, the gruesome and all things ghostly.

If you’d rather opt for Spooky Smithfields & Beyond, prepare yourself for a fright as the walk uncovers horrors such as Jack Ketch’s kitchen, violent poltergeists and ancient plague pits.  From execution sites to body-snatching, you will be taken on a tour down the shadows and dark alleyways of Smithfield’s macabre past riddled with reports of disembodied screams, phantom nurses, spectral monks and ghostly vicars.

We’ll see you at the Butcher’s Hook and Cleaver… if you dare! Happy Halloween.

Fright Night Fun

Despite our best effort to remain frightfully (sorry!) English we feel we are slowly being won over by our American cousins’ enthusiasm for this ghoulish fiesta. Every year around this time a seemly ever-expanding range of Halloween themed parties, events and experiences spring up. So to get you in the spirit of things here is our roundup of some of the best things to see, do and try this Halloween. To really nail your Halloween look you should get down to see nail artist Megumi Mizuno at MA&D Nails, Hands and Feet Treatments in Fulham. Megumi is an award winning technician after scooping first prize in Scratch Magazine’s ‘Great Scratch Shoot Out 2010’, a global competition for photographic nail design. She has created these adorable little designs in time for Halloween. Spooooooky! http://www.maandd.co.uk/home.html

If a good horror movie is guaranteed to have you hiding behind the sofa, imagine what would happen if the frightfest was played out live in front of you in a convincingly deconstructed theatre, complete with jump-out-of-your-seats special effects. The plot of Ghost Stories has been conjured up by the disturbingly macabre minds of the writers behind The League of Gentlemen and will have even the most hardened horror fan clutching for their coats to hide behind. Showing at The Duke of York theatre this is definitely not one for the faint hearted and carries a 15+ advisory age limit. If you think you are brave enough this Halloween they are putting on a special midnight showing, prepare to experience utter terror and a twist you never saw coming...  http://www.ghoststoriestheshow.co.uk/home.php

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For something a bit more PG head to Richmond Park where everyone’s favourite circus has rolled into town. Zippo’s features a high-wire act from father and son team, slapstick clowns and glorious liberty horses. Children in Halloween costume go free on 30^th – 31^st October. http://www.zippos.co.uk/

The Mad Artists’ Tea Party presents the first ever Over-18s Pop-up Cake Shop encouraging bakers, artists and creative types to explore the darkest recesses of their minds and develop some truly terrifying cake creations. The shop will be open from 29^th – 31^st October in the ‘dungeon’ of Maiden, 188 Shoreditch High Street. The designs are strictly for grown-ups, come along and give them a try...can you stomach it?? http://evilcakes.wordpress.com/

Like the costume of the person next to you more than your own? Well the folks at Swap or Die actively encourage you covet and take thy neighbours belongings (keys, wallets and phones excluded guys). This is a Halloween special from the Swap-a-Rama crew, so expect the usual crazy clothes exchange (wear something you aren’t going to miss!) with witches, vampires and the un-dead, all set to a ghoulish soundtrack of rock and roll and party classics. Spooky secret venue to be revealed on 29^th... http://www.swap-a-rama.co.uk/event.php?eid=33294

Top-secret bar Barts invites you to come and find them in their Halloween House of Horror until 31^st October. We’ll be heading along for a Pumpkin Martini and a peek in their fantastic new fancy dress trunk stuffed full with suitably spook-tastic outfits. Oh and for those of you worried about missing your X Factor fix in the midst of all the Halloween hoopla Barts will be screening the Sunday night show. http://www.barts-london.com/halloweenweek/

Finally, if like me you will be hosting your own Halloween party here are a couple of cocktail suggestions to get your guests in a suitably spirited mood (again, sorry).

Witches Brew Cocktail:

Mix brandy, light rum, dark rum and pineapple juice (I'll leave you guessing for quantities, I will be!) in a cauldron (or large saucepan if your cauldron is in the dishwasher). Garnish with jelly bugs and snakes and maybe some plastic eyeballs.

Blood Shot:

This is inspired by the signature shooter at rockers den Garlic and Shots on Frith Street. Make a large jug of bloody mary, lots of horseradish and Tabasco essential, and serve with a ghoulish cackle in shot glasses.

KM