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2010 Halloween Makeup and Costume Ideas

Retire your usual (yawn-worthy) cat or witch looks for one of these new Halloween makeup and costume ideas

by Anna Jimenez

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There are certain go-to Halloween makeup and costume ideas that we like to call "no fails." They are the tried and true, albeit boring, costumes you can throw together in a flash. These said Halloween costumes usually come out of a pre-packaged bag and contain fairy wings, a witch hat, kitty ears, or fangs and never win you any "Best Costume" awards. They also lack the wow-factor your Trick-or-Treaters hope to see when they arrive at your door. So this Halloween, it's time to spice up more than just your apple cider.

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The following Halloween costume and makeup ideas we've dug up for you are bound to do the trick. They are fun, fresh and more importantly will fool your neighbors and friends into thinking you've been planning your costume all year long. Each idea comes with a how-to guide for your makeup, hair and outfit, so you can finally look like you didn't run to the Halloween costume store the night of the 30th frantically picking through half-opened costume bags (there's a first for everything!).

And if you do happen to get to the Lindsay Lohan costume idea (spoiler alert), and think "I'm so sick of her" (as are we), we've got tips on how to jazz up age-old no-fail costumes, with makeup tips from MAC Senior Makeup Artist Romero Jennings. His two rules for Halloween costumes are: "You want people to know who you are without telling them," and "you don't want to look like yourself with a bad wig on."

Jennings also recommends taking a picture of your finished makeup look before walking out the door so you can see how you'll look in all the pictures that will invariably come back to haunt you.

So go ahead and check out the 11 new Halloween makeup and costume ideas -- you might just die over them � moohahaha. C'mon, it's Halloween, give us a break. We couldn't help ourselves.

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