For this Stitched-Up Prom Queen costume and Makeup, you’ll need: Liquid Latex Tissue Paper Liquid Eyeliner or charcoal powder BLACK Ben Nye Death Wheel Ben Nye Stage blood Ben Nye Thick Blood Urban Decay “Naked” Pallette Castor Sealer Barrier Spray Spirit gum Nose and scar wax Steps for Applying the Makeup Using the Urban Decay … Read more
For this Shotgun Sally costume and Makeup you’ll need: Black Nylon spirit gum Eyelash Glue Liquid Latex Ben Nye Nose and scar wax Ben Nye Stage Blood Ben Nye Thick Blood Charchoal powder (or loose black eyeshadow) Castor sealer Hair dryer Setting powder Sponge Barrier spray Steps for Making the Costume First things first, protect … Read more
The inspiration for this wickedly cute teddy bear costume came from wanting to do something outside of the normal, but somewhat similar for my age. So, mixing something wicked and scary on one side with something seductive and pretty on the other seemed like a plan! I searched youtube for different makeup tutorials for Halloween … Read more
This Glam Meets Gore costume took me about an hour and a half to create. I am an aspiring Special FX Makeup Artist, trying to build my portfolio, so I usually just sit at home and practice on myself. Products Needed to Recreate This Look Liquid Latex Tissue Paper Ben Nye Nose and Scar Wax Ben … Read more
I have always been quite intrigued by the case of the Black Dahlia. I even finished one of the many books I have read on the case while recovering in the hospital doped this past year. I have always sympathized with Elizabeth and all that she went through but I must say using her corpse … Read more
I give Halloween my all every year, but this Horror Movie Victim Halloween costume has got to be my all-time favorite. It was simple, sexy, and scary, an homage to the early 80’s but also timeless. One of my favorite things about it was that at a glance, it was just shorts, a t-shirt, and tube … Read more
As a Cub leader, I’m a massive fan of dressing up. When we had a Medieval themed night in the program, my head spun with ideas! I decided that I would go as someone with the black plague. Educational, interactive, disgusting! The priority was to create realistic boils. I did this using large sized bubble … Read more
The movie “The Sixth Sense” from a few years back was the inspiration for my Dead Bicyclist Halloween Costume. It was in the scene where the little boy was in the car with his mother and they were stalled in traffic (a bicyclist had just been hit a few blocks up ahead). As the mother … Read more
My son was tired of choosing costumes at our local store to run into a handful of kids wearing the same thing. So we conjured up the idea of “Scary Evil Optometrist Halloween Costume”. He wanted to be something scary and he came up with the idea all on his own at age 11. He … Read more
Our homemade killer hair stylist and victim couple Halloween costume idea was made up of mostly items around my house (I’m a hair stylist) however u don’t have to be one for these items to be just around your house! You just need a pair of scissors, any kind will work, a headband, putty, t-shirts … Read more
My son always enjoys dressing up in homemade costumes every year. As we trick or treat through a sea of store bought costumes, he loves hearing over and over again how original his costume is or how it is the best costume of the night. The problem is, every year it gets harder and harder … Read more
This past year I decided to be a stewardess on flight 666, who lived through the crash to see another Halloween. The homemade flight 666 stewardess costume was made from a silk dress, had burn marks and holes, complete with ash from the wreckage. Lodged in my head was a piece of airplane shrapnel.