October is almost over, and while I’m trying to hold on to every ounce of spookiness that I can get my (fake) blood-stained hands on this also means one thing – Halloween is almost here!

With Halloween being tomorrow, and me with all of this time on my hands now that I've finished season two of Stranger Things, I bring you a few costume ideas that require little to no effort. This is for all of my last-minute babes that need a quick and easy look to throw together for Halloween. These costumes can be achieved by combing a few items, most of which may already be in your closet or makeup bag.

First Look: Werewolf 

I couldn’t just put together a costume and not throw in some fx.

Things You’ll Need:

Black eyeliner

Eyeshadow (Brown, Black, and Red)

Eyebrow pencil or cream

Fake blood

For the face - I did a simple, dark smoky eye. Blend your crease color (use a shade a few shades darker than your skin tone) into the inner corner of your eye to deepen it. Then – blend the shade down from the inner corner and down your nose to contour. You’ll want to exaggerate the contour on your nose because we’re going for that wolf-snout look.

Add some winged liner and extend the inner corner to make your eyes appear more animalistic. Don’t forget to add the bushy brows!

Next - I used a brown cream paint to draw on the nose and the widow’s peak. You can also use a brown lipstick for this part if you don’t have any cream paints on hand.

Now for the fun part – the blood! For this part, you are more than free to just throw on some blood and call it a night. If you want to be a lil extra, take it a step further and add some claw marks with fx makeup. For this part, anything from liquid latex to 3D blood gel could be used to achieve your claw marks. I used a homemade gelatin to create the marks along my neck and chest and applied the Mehron Coagulated Blood Gel inside the wounds.

Now throw on a flannel and go howl at the moon.

Second look: Nancy Downs (The Craft)

Since I was a kid, I’ve been in love with The Craft. I was definitely that friend that was into witchcraft and wanted to play “light as a feather, stiff as a board” at the sleepover.

Things You’ll Need:

A white button-down Henley

Green/Navy plaid skirt

Black tights

Studded choker

Black Rosary beads

While Nancy has many iconic looks throughout the film, this costume was inspired by her school uniform. I lucked up on the studded choker at Walmart with the Halloween jewelry for $3.  THREE DOLLARS. I also found my skirt at a Plato’s Closet for $7. The skirt is entirely too big, but I digress. If you can’t find a green and navy plaid skirt, red would also look incredible. I found my rosary beads on Amazon for around $8. Throw on some dark eyeshadow and lipstick, grab your girls and call the corners. Blessed Be.

Third look: Wednesday Addams

Wednesday will forever be my girl. This is probably one of the simplest costumes on the list because all you need is the iconic black dress with the white collar and you’re good to go. I got my dress from Killstar, but you can find these dresses almost anywhere – especially this time of year. You could even pair a white collared shirt with a black dress and call it a night.

What I’m Wearing:

Dress- Killstar

Boots- Target

Fourth look: Pennywise (Stephen King's It)

Y’all knew this was coming. Like everyone else, I am still obsessing over the remake of Stephen King’s It. I’ve now seen it three times in theaters, and I still can’t get enough. Bill Skarsgard is phenomenal as Pennywise the Dancing Clown and his makeup was even better. There are a TON of makeup tutorials on Pennywise’s makeup that you can use as inspiration, or you can come up with your own interpretation.

For my own look - I did a dark smoky eye and used a black eyeshadow to create the lines going from above the eyebrow to the edge of the lips. Next, I took a dark red shadow and blended out the black. I continued to add red shadow until I got my desired look. For the lips, I used a black eyeliner and topped it off with a red liquid lipstick for an ombre effect. I added a bit of glitter using a silver glitter liner from Hard Candy because even Pennywise loves a bit of sparkle.

To finish off the look I did two small space buns and threw on some Harley Quinn bows for that extra something special.  

I think this is probably my favorite look that I’ve ever done. I never want to take this makeup off. Let’s go float.

So Halloween has come and gone (but it’s still spooky in my heart), and even though we’re about to be bombarded with peppermint everything and Christmas trees – I have one more Halloween look for you all.

I was inspired by Jamie Genevieve on YouTube to recreate this look. If you haven’t watched her videos, I highly suggest you do. She’s incredibly talented and her style is flawless.

This is my super-quick and easy take on her look that I kind of threw together one night using a handful of products.

On the glam side I used my favorite face products: Maybelline Matte Fit Me Foundation, Elf Blush Pallet in Dark, Kat Von D Shade and Light Eye pallet, Elf Contour Kit, Maybelline Hi-Light in Nude, ColourPop Ultra Satin lip in Prim, and a pair of Kiss lashes.

On the skeleton side I used black and white eye shadow sticks. Now, if you’re going to wear this look out I would highly suggest using a white face paint or a super light foundation to ensure that your look lasts all night. I just used what I had on hand because I was playing around with this look and I wasn’t going out.

When doing this look I suggest doing your glam side first, but apply your lip color last so that it doesn’t smudge with your skeleton side. I also suggest a matte formula so that it doesn’t transfer to the skeleton side. My satin lip formula blended with the white pencil a bit so that’s just something to keep in mind.

For the skeleton side, start white your light base because it’s a lot easier to add black later than to add white.

With your black pencil (or liner) basically map out where you want your shadows to be. A reference photo is helpful. Around your eye, underneath your cheekbone (where you would normally apply your contour), your nose, and under your jaw.

After you map it out, use a dark shadow and a fluffy brush to blend out the lines and add depth.

Then, extend the corner of your mouth upwards and add in tiny lines onto your mouth.

And you’re finished.

This look is fairly simple and quick and you can make it your own and add any finishing touches you want. Wigs, glitter, or even adding different colors to create a watercolor skeleton – whatever your heart desires. There’s also a ton of skeleton accessories and clothes out around this time of year. I bought a skeleton body con dress from Boo Hoo and I also have a skeleton crop top from Nikki Lipstick *pictured above* (both will be featured in my October Faves).

Now I’m off to mourn Halloween being over.

Friday the 13^th is one of my favorite horror films. Aside from the Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween series’, the Friday the 13^th series is one I can watch over and over again. I even have a tiny Jason Voorhees that sits on my dresser and watches me while I do my makeup. It’s casual.

So of course I had to recreate one of my favorite costumes that I’ve ever done. This is also probably one of the easiest special fx looks that I’ve ever done because it involves no liquid latex.

What you’ll need:

Eye shadow

Cream paints

3D Blood Gel

Coagulated Blood

Camp Crystal Lake shirt (I’ll link to the exact one I have)

Start by painting your face to look as dead as possible. Using my eye shadow pallet, I darkened my eyes using greys and dark brown to create a sunken-in appearance. Add more shadow as you go until you get your desired look.

Once you have that down, use your cream paints to start creating bruises and trauma around your face. I started by using mixing red and purple together, stippling on the color with a cosmetic sponge around my eye bone, cheek, and mouth. Add more color in the places where you want the deepest bruises to be. Incorporating brown and black helps to add depth to your bruises – this also helps when you figure out where you want your wounds to be.

Use an eyeliner to map out the places you want to lay the blood gel. Fill a mug with water and heat it up so that you can place your blood gel into it to get it warm. This makes the gelatin easy to use. When you take the gel out of the mug, wait until it gets warm to place it on your skin, please do not use it while it’s still super-hot. Use a spatula or a pallet knife to place the gel onto the places where you want your wound. Apply as much as you want, using your tool to smooth it out and add texture to the skin. You'll want to work fast so that the gel is still warm. It's easier to use while it's still warm because it starts to clump as it cools and then it will not stick onto your skin as well. 

You can create whatever kind of wound you want, make it look as simple or as gory as you choose. This gel is easy to manipulate and it’s more simple that liquid latex. Plus, it’s good for those that have a latex allergy.

Once your gel has dried a bit, use a black cream shade to darken certain places around the wound, the create depth. Use your coagulated blood to fill in certain areas around your wound and face. A helpful tip: add black eye shadow or cream paint to certain areas of the gel to darken it. The blood gel is a bright red and this helps to make it look more dried and add dimension. Now, it’s all about aesthetic. Use your materials to add any finishing touches you want.

And you’re finished!

This is a fast and simple way to create an undead look for Halloween. It’s also great for anyone that loves Friday the 13^th as much as I do. You can find these materials from any Halloween store for extremely cheap. I found my coagulated blood and 3D blood gel from Spirit Halloween for under $6. You can also find them on Amazon. Everything else were things I already had lying around. The camp counselor shirt is one I’ve had for years from Rotten Cotton, a great places to find horror movie shirts. I have one more tutorial left to put up. Even though it’s already Halloween, we all know I enjoy being spooky all-year around.

Happy Halloween!

There are a ton of Halloween looks that can be put together with little to no effort. You don’t have to go out and buy a ton of things in order to look good on Halloween night. For my last minute babes that want to put together a quick and affordable costume, I have three different costumes just for you.

All three of these looks involve the same few products and require minimum effort. You can do any variation of these and put your own twist on them to make them your own according to the things you have on hand.

1.      Minnie Mouse

For this look, I put together a simple eye look and then used a pencil liner to draw on a nose. I paired it with a nude pink lip and a pair of ears. Throw on a dress and some white gloves and you're good to go.

You can pick up a pair of Minnie ears just about anywhere: Target, Wal-Mart, or any Halloween store. For those that can’t seem to find any, you can DIY a pair like the ones I’m wearing.

What you’ll need:

A headband

Black cardboard or Construction paper

Glitter tape

Scissors

Hot Glue

-Cut out two similar ear shapes and hot glue them to your headband. You can find reference photos to use as a guideline.

-After your ears are in place and have dried, use the glitter tape to make a bow shape (or ribbon if you prefer), and then hot glue it to the middle of your headband.

2. Cat

For this look I did the same eye makeup I did for the Minnie costume and extended the outer wings and the inner corner to create a dramatic cat eye. I added some extra “fur” to my brows using a brow pencil to make them appear bushier. Use your pencil in light flicks to create hair like marks to the front portion of your brow to achieve this look.

Similar to the Minnie nose, extend the liner to the bottom of the nose and the outside of the nostrils. Draw a line from the bottom of your nose to your cupid’s bow.

Add some tiny freckles above your lip using your eyeliner.

Using your eyeliner, extend the edges of your top lip, curving upward as if you were creating a fake smile. Color in your top lip with the eyeliner or a black liquid lipstick if you have one. Black lipstick can be found just about anywhere this time of year and it’s fairly cheap (the one I used was only $3).

Add some whiskers, cat ears and a tail and you’re done!

3. Vampire

For some reason I’ve never done a vampire costume before, and I love vampires. The look I created was inspired by the vampires on The Vampire Diaries. It’s one of my favorite shows and I love the creepy vein-like appearance the characters get once they vamp-out. It allows you to add a bit of creepiness to your costume.

For this look I took the eye makeup from the cat eye and added darker shadows to create a deeper smoky eye.

On the blower lash line, take a dark burgundy lipstick or blush and use a fluffy brush to blend it out, dragging the color down lower than you normally would. For this step, I used the Elf Blush Pallet in the darker shades.

Using the same lipstick (or lip liner) draw zigzags down your cheek, leading from the lower lash line to create a vein-y effect. Use your eyeliner to add depth to the veins, then use your finger to smudge the lines and blend it into your skin.

Next, add a dark red lip. The color I used was the Ultra Satin lip color in “Prim” from ColourPop (it’s only $6). Some alternative shades are: Nyx Matte Lip Cream in “Copenhagen”, Wet n Wild Matte Lipstick in “Cherry Bomb”, and Wet n Wild “Wine Red” (all under $7).

Next, take some of the lipstick or blush from before and smudge it next to your mouth.

Last, add blood.

Now, if you want to take your look to the next level you can add fangs or mold some using fake nails. I chose to not use fangs for my look but you can add any finishing touches you so choose.

I added a red lace masquerade mask that I picked up from Target last year for a little something extra.

These looks can all be paired with whatever sort of outfit you want. I live in all black, so I paired them all with a black skater dress from Forever 21 (it was around $15).

I have a couple more Halloween looks planned so be on the lookout. If you have any suggestions for some quick and easy Halloween looks let me know!