Halloween is awesome! But you want to look haunted, eerie, and yet cool, fun and eclectic at the same time? Well, you've hit the jackpot! For girls.
Steps:
Vampires
1. Let your hair loose. It's especially effective if it's long hair, and any color works. If you want,you could sprinkle some talcum powder on your head but that probably wouldn't give off the air of a haunted, good-looking vamp.
2. Use a pale foundation on your face and powder your arms and legs white.
3. Choose a dress of either black or red, and with a bit of lace somewhere. You can have a long dress or a mini-dress, either works. For the black dress, wear hot-pink punky opaque tights that will look awesome, and black heels. For the red dress, black opaque tights and red heels work. Get novelty fangs from Tesco, Co-Op or Asda.
4. On a part of your neck, like at the side of it or just above the collarbone, get out some fake-blood, ketchup, paint or even red lipstick/lip-gloss. Paint on two fang marks to create that just-bitten look. Rim your eyes with black kohl whatever your hair colour, and black mascara, and perhaps black eyeliner too. Either choose pink or red lip-gloss/lipstick for your lips.
5. When making physical contact with anyone, hold your breath. Carry around a plastic bottle of cranberry juice (that's a better option than wine) and beforehand rip off the label, or buy some liquid cherry candy.
Ghosts
1. Put your hair up in a messy bun and entwine it with ivy and grey and white ribbons, before sprinkling on talcum powder. Very dusty, very haunted.
2. Like the vampire,use very pale foundation and powder your arms and legs white to give off an eerie glow.
3. Hunt your clothes box or charity shops or the internet for a vintage garment, something that looks Victorian. If you choose, sprinkle a tiny amount of talcum powder on so it looks dusty. Wear the dress with white ballet tights and black or grey heels sprinkled over with talcum powder. Talcum powder is very important for a ghost look.
4. Paint your lips black or grey, preferably grey, and if you want add a grayish tinge to your cheeks that's fine. Get some very pale lilac non-glitter eye shadow and subtly dab it beneath your eyes, unless your under-eyes are already naturally lilac or grey. Rim your eyes with kohl yet again, and black mascara. If you really want eye shadow, grey would be best.
5. Learn to sweep around, your dress billowing, with a blank expression. Try not to touch anyone; ghosts can't. Still eat, though!
Witches
1. Hair. Like the other two, witches can have any color hair. If your hair's greasy, that's OK.
2. Skin. You can leave your skin as it is, unless you want to be one of the tremendously silly witches out there on Halloween who paint their skin bright green with yellow warts all over the place. If you want to look cool, use your normal skin care products (foundation, concealer) and leave it there.
3. A long, billowing black dress would look cool. Try going for something that's a little lacy, a bit vintage maybe. Obviously, invest in the usual pointy witch's hat. Wear black opaque tights or white ballet tights, teamed with pointy black Goth boots to finish off the look for a fun, Gothic look.
4. Make-up. The usual - that is black kohl-rimmed eyes and black mascara, black eye shadow maybe, purple under-eyes. You know the drill! Use a clear lip-gloss, or perhaps for the full-on Goth look black lipstick and smudged eyeliner.
5. Carry around an old, gnarled broomstick. If you want, at the beginning of year leave on outside and it'll rot until you like it. Those plastic jobbies are OK, but hardly real-looking. Try for wood and prickly hairs for the mop. Every so often, burst out cackling and for your trick-or-treat bucket have a small plastic cauldron.
Fairy
1. Your hair could be curly or wavy, with a little added sparkle for the fairy look. Try for (if you have black or dark brown hair) white or pale hair extensions, maybe electric blue. Electric blue and black could work for blonds, reds and light browns.
2. Try and make your skin flawless and smooth-looking, because fairies are flawless. Use toner, moisturizer, shower every day all year to achieve magic-looking skin.
3. A black short dress with a puffy skirt like a tutu works best. The bodice should be skinny and old-looking, the skirt a little frilly, lacy and whirlly. Team this with opaque black tights. Choose black pumps or very small heels for this look, or even black Converse to have a bit of fun with it. And black, lacy wings are awesome.
4. Wear Black kohl-rimmed eyes, black mascara, black lipstick. Smudge the eyeliner if you want, which could look cool if you want to be a cool Goth fairy.
5. Don't smile. I can't imagine an evil Halloween fairy smiling! Of course, smile if you want, and flit around because you are a fairy. Walk with your head in the clouds,and tell the most amazing dark fairy stories when it's time for horror stories.
Tips:
- Overall, be dark.
