This mermaid makeup may look complicated, but you really only need some fishnet stockings and colorful eye shadow (the NYX Cosmetics Avant Pop! Shadow Palette, $17, has most of the shades you need. You'll also want to pick up Make Up For Ever Star Powder, $20, and the Make Up For Ever Flash Palette, $99). Hold the fishnet up to your face as a stencil, and apply shades of green and blue shadow onto your skin with a damp stippling brush. Create a smoky eye using the same shades as your scales, and apply stick-on jewels as needed. Voila. Your under-the-sea-inspired look is complete.
Make Halloween great again by masquerading as maybe the hugeest presidential candidate of all time (and certainly the most controversial one). The first part of your Trump transformation: your eyebrows. To mimic The Donald's bushy blonde brows, conceal your own eyebrows using a glue stick (yes, really) to tamp them down, and use foundation to cover them. This'll give you a smooth canvas for drawing in bigger brows. Then, practice your "anti-contouring" skills, by darkening the face areas you wouldn't normally. To achieve a more masculine outline, shade the outside of your face near your hairline, and darken your jawline near the edge of your face, by the ears, to make your face appear wider. Finish the look by loading up on blush, which will help recreate Trump's "rosy glow." Now, look in the mirror and tell yourself that, "you're hired!"
Instead of buying a bulky, uncomfortable mask, create one out of makeup with black liner and eye shadow. This is a gorgeous look for your "Labyrinth"-esque Halloween masquerade. You'll be humming "As the Sky Falls Down" all night long. (Just don't forget to use a setting spray, like Skindinavia Makeup Finishing Spray, $29, or your hard work will smudge all over your face.)
Suicide Squad made beaucoup bucks at the box office this summer, and we think it has more than a little to do with its leading badass babe Harley Quinn. So why not channel her chaotic energy this Halloween?
This glammed-up version of Harley's signature look can be recreated with what's already in your makeup bag. Instead of white face paint, mix your winter foundation (aka lightest shade) with a lightweight sheer foundation to achieve Harley's pale visage (Nikkie uses Koh Gen Do Aqua Foundation, $62, in 213 and Urban Decay All Nighter Liquid Foundation, $40, in 0.5). To keep the look flawless, apply concealer under your eyes, on the apples of your cheeks and right above your T-zone in a reverse triangle, blending with a beauty blender. Set your foundation and concealer with a setting powder by gently padding the powder as opposed to buffing, as buffing can cause patchy foundation. (Remember, this is a slightly upscale version of Harley -- no patchy makeup allowed this time.) Smeared out, mismatched smoky eyes and vibrant, matte red lips complete the look.
Channel your inner Harley Quinn with this look. Start with your basic smoky eye and red lipstick look. Then, apply a white foundation, like Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation, $44, in White, over your face. Be sure to get it under your eyes and use it to cover up your brows. Add a pop of red blush to the apples of your cheeks, then use liquid liner to draw expressive brows and create the accents around your eyes. Apply a dark gloss or lipstick on the center of your lips and you're good to go.
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.
