The month of October invites all the halloween lovers major costume brainstorming. Needless to say although it is far in advance, there’s a lot of thought and planning that goes into picking costumes and makeup for the haunting evening and all the parties that surround it. The ultimate sign your costume is a hit or miss, largely depends on whether the reaction of other of course.
Clothing only partially makes your transformation; however nothing sells the true transformation like makeup.
In case we’re running out of ideas, or at a loss of who or what to dress up as this coming year, here are 8 different Halloween looks from talented makeup artists who have provided pictures and tutorials to either new looks they created, or personal twists they added to classics.
Voodoo Doll
Nothing cries out black magic like a little voodoo. Makeup artist Giulianna Maria, created a unique and haunting voodoo makeup look for us. To see how she achieved this look, check out her tutorial here.
Pop Art Wonder Woman
Pop Art makeup took us by a storm a few years ago and has popularized itself since then. There are a many variations to this Wonder Woman look, but Jordan Hanz added a gothic twist. Check out the tutorial here.
The ScareHoe
The Canadian Makeup Artist from Vancouver, Sonjdra Deluxe gives us fresh halloween look every year. This year she flourished with this eerie scarecrow look, and she’s provided us with her first Halloween Makeup tutorial for it.
Harley Quin
A perfect idea for Halloween would be to channel our inner Harley Quin, which is exactly what makeup artist Marion Cameleon, from Paris has done for us. Luckily, she provided a tutorial for us as well, for those interested in achieving this look, check out the tutorial here.
Neon Lights
Marion Cameleon also created a beautiful ghostly Neon Face which is creative and original. To achieve this look, check out her tutorial.
Medusa
Turn all your victims into stone with this beautiful yet frightening Medusa makeup that Nicol Concilio created. To try out this look, check out the tutorial here.
The Reptile
Another eerie costume for this Halloween is some frightening Reptile skin that makeup artist Simple Symphony created all the way from Belgium. If you want to add some scutes or scales to your Halloween look this year, check out her tutorial.
The Sugar Skull
Lastly, Melly Sanchez puts her own original twist on the classic Sugar Skull look for this Halloween. To achieve a similar look, watch her tutorial for the Sugar Skull here.
That brings us to the end of our list. If you are interested in trying any one of these looks, share your recreations with us by tagging our twitter page, @HOLRMagazine.