Personalized Freak Masks
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- Full Face Leather Dog Mask - $28.99
- Barfing Cat Tube Mask - $9.99
- 3D Animal Half Face Mask - $12.99
- Kanye West Mask - $9.97
- Bearded Knight Hat - $18.99
While Firebox will personalize these Freak Masks with your own face, or the face in any photo you upload and send them, I smell a branding opportunity here for hip-hop artist Ski Mask the Slump God. Ski masks of Ski Mask to keep you warm this winter. Or like, uh, disguise you as the rapper when you're trying to get into the club...and, uh, gettin' it on with a married lady whose husband might walk in at any time*.
Freak Masks are basically Zentai suits for just your face - stretchy, breathable balaclavas that conform to all your bulges and curves for an effect that is, in a word, freaky. Whether you're wearing your own face or someone else's, using a photo of one smiling purdy or contorting their face and squinting their eyes like they're pinching off a fat one, Freak Masks' frozen expressions and weirdly smooth texture will ruffle and disturb anyone who sees them.
If you want to get in on that freak-'em-out Freak Mask action, especially in time for a Halloween costume, zap Firebox your desired image, and allow 10 to 15 days for printing and international shipping (4 to 7 working days for UK delivery).
Got Freak Masks on the mind for your whole crew? Maybe go as all the Kardashian / Jenners, the cast from your favorite TV show, or the Democratic presidential candidates? In addition to singly, Firebox also sells their Freak Masks in sets of 2 and 5.
*Truth be told, I had no clue who Ski Mask the Slump God was until I started Googling "ski mask" to get some ideas for this writeup, and the ever-awesome search engine autocompleted "the slump god" for me. And who doesn't click to follow up on a phrase as bizarre as "ski mask the slump god"?
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