Halloween - Keep it cheap, modest, and cute!

I love Halloween. It is that one night a year I can just go crazy – wear a wig, put on lots of makeup, wear different clothes, and peope won’t think I’m weird. Nowadays it’s been hard to just buy a costume though – I find myself picking between being a nun or a half-naked hello kitty. Thus finding a costume that's cute but doesn't make you look like a hobag seeking for an excuse to show off her body (i.e. the old "Halloween is that one night a year a girl can dress like a total slut and no one can say anything about it" line from Mean Girls which by the way should really be "Halloween is that one night a year a slut will dress even sluttier and expect no one to say anything about it" but that's just me) has become increasingly difficult. Costumes are also really expensive, especially considering you'll only wear them once a year. So, to find the balance and to save money, I always end up putting my costumes together from bits of clothes I own and adding in accessories. So I’m gonna share with you guys what I’ve done for Halloween since 2010!

In 2010, I was dressed as a pink fairy. I bought my wings first and developed my costume from there. I was glad I already had the shirt with the hearts and the black leggings for modesty. The only annoying thing about it was having to wash my spray painted hair later that night to go to church the next morning so I told myself I’d never spray paint it again!

Makeup:

• Black eyeshadow
• Fake glittery lashes with pink tips
• Pink blush
• Pink Nail polish
• Glitter mascara

Items I bought:

• Pink Tutu Skirt (Claire’s)
• Pink Wings (Value Village)
• Fake Lashes (Value Village)
• Pink Hair Spray (Value Village)

In 2011, I was dressed as Katy Perry. I love Katy Perry! She just knows how to rock the most over the top costumes so she inspired me to try it out. I was glad I had the pink pants for modesty and that I actually got an excuse to wear that white shirt with the colourful details on the side there. I also never wear my purple sandals so I was glad I had that excuse. The only thing was my wig kept sliding down so my bald cap kept showing up if I didn’t constantly pull my wig to the front.

Makeup:

• Green eyeshadow pencil with aqua blue eyeshadow over it
• Pink blush
• Hot pink lipstick
• LOTS of Mascara
• Blue Nail polish
• Black liquid liner on top lid
• Black eyeliner on outer corner of bottom lid
  Items I bought:
• Wig Cap (Amazon)
• Electric Blue Wig (Value Village)
• Pink Bracelet (Value Village)
• Colourful Necklace, Earrings, and Ring (Claire’s)
• Colourful Tutu Skirt (Claire’s)

In 2012, I was dressed as Tiffany (aka Chucky’s bride), probably inspired by the previous picture of me holding her. I also love the Chucky series, and I already had the white dress so I knew all I needed were the accessories and the leather jacket so it wouldn’t cost that much. I thought of getting a blonde wig to look more like her but I love my hair colour so much I decided to challenge myself to rock the Chucky’s bride look still being a brunette. Not to mention how annoying it was to wear a wig the previous year

Makeup:

• Silver eyeshadow all over lid
• Dark purple/plum eyeshadow on outer corner and crease
• Black eyeliner
• Mascara
• Black lipstick
• Beauty mark above lip
• Black nail polish

Items I bought:

• Veil (Claire’s)
• Choker (Claire’s)
• Gloves (Claire’s)

Items I borrowed:

• Leather jacket (My friend Sarah)

This year, 2013, I was dressed as a Hipster because I was too lazy and cheap to shop for a costume and because my prescription glasses are already in that style. Not to mention that by wearing glasses I don’t have to put in as much time on makeup. ;) I’ve also been pretty busy this semester and never had time to actually look for costumes or be creative. So I just googled female hipster and noticed a pattern that they just put bright colours together with a hint of a mix between previous decades. So I spent $0,00 on this year’s costume and my only external resource was my friend Zak’s suspenders he let me borrow.

Makeup:

• Red lipstick
• Dark green eyeliner on bottom lid
• Pink blush
• Light brown eyeshadow on crease

Items I borrowed:

• Yellow Suspenders (My buddy Zak)