Try a Little Smokiness, How to Recreate Beyoncé's Hair Incident for Halloween

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Step 7: Use a black pencil, like EM Michelle Phan Waterliner, $20, to line your lower lashes at the waterline, then smudge the same bronze shadow from the middle of your bottom lash to the outer corner. Take the shimmery black shadow and smudge it on the outer quarter of your lash line.

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Step 8: Sweep bronzer, like Too Face Snow Bunny Bronzer, $30, across your cheekbones and temples. Then apply a highlighter (one comes with the Snow Bunny bronzer palette) onto your cheekbones, under your brows, and down your nose.

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Step 9: Use a fluffy blush brush to lightly apply a blush (like this one) to the apples of your cheeks.

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Step 10: Set the look by applying a finishing powder with a fluffy brush -- we tried out EcoTools Face and Body Sculpting Brush, $11.99.

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Step 11: Apply a neutral gloss to lips and you're ready to keep on singing, no matter what happens.

Beyoncé has been my idol since I could hand a $10 bill to the clerk in exchange for a Destiny's Child single at The Warehouse (look it up, it was soo a thing. Which is why I've been Foxy Cleopatra and Deena from "Dreamgirls" for at least three Halloweens in a row. And I'm not alone on this. She has a tendency to be the inspiration of thousands of viral Halloween re-creations worldwide (Single Ladies dance craze, anyone?). So this year I got together with the Total Beauty team to take the Beyoncé Halloween metamorphosis even further.

How to Recreate Beyoncé's Hair Incident for Halloween

Your step-by-step to becoming Beyonce (musical talent not included)

Try a Little Smokiness

Luminous Skin

Flushed Cheeks

Finish Your Set

The Show Must Go On

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