Bringing Mystique to Life: A DIY Halloween Costume

My first halloween with Mystique costume

This Halloween, I decided to embrace the spirit of the season and transform into the enigmatic Mystique from the X-Men universe. As a first-time Halloween celebrant, I was thrilled to embark on this costume creation journey. Gathering the Essentials My experience with costume making proved invaluable in bringing this project to life. I began by … Read more

First Class Mystique Costume from X-Men

First Class Mystique Costume from X-Men

My name is Katie Eastman and this year I transformed myself into Mystique from X-Men First class for Halloween! I have always been inspired by special effects makeup and love to watch shows like FaceOff on Syfy that show how makeup artists bring characters to life. I also quite enjoy watching movies and figured I’d … Read more

My Homemade Mystique Costume

My Homemade Mystique Costume

To make the full body Mystique costume took over 36 hours. What I did was buy the blue body suit and then I applied navy blue acrylic onto the blue body suit and started designing each of mystique’s scales. Every single scale that appears on the costume was hand made. After that I used blue … Read more

Coolest Homemade Mystique Costume

Coolest Homemade Mystique Costume

Hi guys! I’m Paola from Monterrey, México, FIRST OF ALL I need to apologize if my english is not well, but my first language is Spanish so I’ll do my best. This year I decided to make myself a costume of MYSTIQUE!! Since 2009 I always wanted to be her because is my favorite character … Read more

Homemade 3-Day Mystique Costume

Homemade 3-Day Mystique Costume

Hello everyone, this is my first homemade costume. And it came out great! I won some great prizes the two nights I wore it! And everyone wanted to take their picture with me. I wanted to be mystique, but the online costume I saw online were expensive and didn’t really showcased the nude look of … Read more

Coolest Mystique X-Men Costume

Coolest Mystique X-Men Costume

Like most of us out here, Halloween is my favorite holiday! I started manifesting this Mystique costume in my mind during Halloween 2013. The end result was better than I imagined and it only took time, creativity, and some fun. Supplies: Plain blue spandex bodysuit Tulip Soft Velveteen Blue fabric paint from Michael’s (almost the … Read more

Coolest X-Men Mystique Costume

Coolest X-Men Mystique Costume

After watching the most recent X-Men movie, I was completely in love with the character Mystique and decided I had to be her for Halloween. I googled Mystique for days and scanned through 100s of pictures to find which ones I would like to use for my Mystique costume. I also looked at other peoples’ … Read more

Sexy Homemade Mystique Costume from X-Men

Sexy Homemade Mystique Costume from X-Men

My homemade Mystique costume inspiration began when I decided to dye my hair bright red at the end of September. I’m a natural brunette and had not dyed my hair for years, so I wanted to do something different for a while. I absolutely LOVE Halloween and making my own costumes, so at the beginning … Read more

Cool Mystique Halloween Costume

Cool Mystique Halloween Costume

I always loved Halloween, but was never someone who put countless hours into a costume. One year I decided I wanted to go full out since some good friends of mine were having a party. After a few days of research, I decided I wanted to be Mystique, from the X-Men series. My friends thought … Read more

Sexy Handmade Mystique Costume

I thoroughly enjoyed coming up with the design to complete this Mystique costume. I decided to scrap the body paint idea (it’s cold outside) and just use a unitard instead. I chose to use sequinned material to add the scales effect. I cut and attached this while wearing the unitard which probably sounds just as hard … Read more

The Mystique Costume That I Spent 4 Months Planning For!

The Mystique Costume That I Spent 4 Months Planning For!

First off, I have always wanted to do this costume…so I started planning in June. I came across this website and read through all the Mystique entries to get ideas and to combine what I thought were some of the best  techniques. I also viewed several YouTube videos on makeup ideas and techniques on how … Read more

Amazing Homemade Mystique Costume

Amazing Homemade Mystique Costume

This costume was a HUGE hit! I went to a costume party at a bar and everyone wanted their picture taken with me! I ended up winning the costume contest and got $500! How I made it: I bought a blue unitard online and bought black puff paint from a local craft store. This part … Read more