There is a delicate balance to pulling off a zombie look that is scary without being too grotesque. Try updating the traditional white face paint with a creepy Frankenstein green or a corpse-like gray color. Then add a some veins, over-the-top raccoon eyes, a few splashes of fake blood and you're good to go. Although a dark statement lip works, you can also try a chalky gray hue on your lips, too.
Why go as a Disney princess when you could channel your dark side and go as a villainess? To give yourself an edge above the rest, concentrate on contouring to achieve Angelina-Jolie-as-Maleficent cheekbones -- switching out your normal foundation and bronzer for a pale, ivory shade to cover and highlight and a taupe eye shadow to contour. Pair it with a true red lip (line your lips and fill them in first for extra staying power).
Here's the perfect last-minute solution for all you artsy types: create a unique Lichtenstein masterpiece on your face. Simply grab your favorite liquid eyeliner, give yourself a cat eye, and color in your brows with the liquid eyeliner (scary, we know). Use liquid liner to create the soft lines around your nose too. For the larger lines, use a black face paint (try Graftobian ProPaint Face and Body Paint, $12.99-$18.99, in Black). Create the white dots by stippling white face paint all over with the back of a makeup brush. To keep the look really authentic, add large blue tears under your eyes and act really lovelorn -- lots of sighs and eyelash batting -- to complete the emo effect.
If you're a makeup pro, we've got the ultimate challenge for you. How about trying your hand at a Day of the Dead skull?
Not only is this pretty much an anything-goes look where you can add as many colors, stitches and flowers as you want, but you can recreate the whole look with some makeup brushes, the palest foundation from your local drugstore and Aqua Eyes Eyeliner Pencils.
It may take some time to create, but everyone will be in such awe of your makeup skills that no one will notice the lack of costume from the neck down.
We love an over-the-top eye look. And what's more glamorous than a peacock-inspired royal blue, deep green and sparkling gold smoky eye? Achieving this look is as simple as trading in your brown and taupe smoky eye for a mix of color.
Of course, no peacock look would be complete without a few color hair extensions, or some head-turning color chalk like Splat Hair Chalk, $5.99 in Midnight Blue.
Listen up, lazy girls: A cool Halloween makeup look is all you need to pull off a costume worthy of every partygoers' envy.
If you think planning a unique last-minute Halloween costume sounds exhausting (especially for those of us who like to leave things to the eleventh hour), fear not. After all, how original can any costume be when it comes in a plastic bag? The only real way to ensure you'll be one-of-a-kind is to do it yourself.
Therein lies the problem though, right? DIY usually means days of sewing and gluing -- the exact opposite of a last-minute solution.
To help you (and ourselves), we've rounded up some amazing Halloween makeup ideas that don't require weeks of preparation, or spending a whole day's pay on a costume you'll wear once before throwing it into the back of your closet. In fact, you've probably got most of the goods in your makeup bin already. Keep reading to see some of our favorite Halloween makeup looks to solve your costume dilemma, stat.
