My favorite color is pink and cats are my favorite animal. So what could be more purrfect than me being my own version of the Pink Panther for Halloween! And after seeing me as the Hot Pink Panther, a local private investigator paid me to dress up in it again to represent him at a … Read more
My boys wanted to be Zombies for Halloween, but they didn’t want a store bought costume that others were also wearing that same night. I gathered all the supplies I needed, including toilet paper, paste, face paints, brushes, and black eye shadow. You clean the area of the face and remove facial hair, because sometimes … 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
This is how I made my Phoenix costume. Skirt: To create this costume I started by cutting fabric feathers in two sizes, medium and large. Once they were all finished, I layered them and sewed them to an elastic band for the skirt. Next for the top I ordered several hundred red craft feathers that … Read more
I love dressing up for Halloween, but the one thing I always wanted to be was MEDUSA! But I could never figure out how on earth to do it. The most challenging part was her snake hair. Rubber snakes were too heavy to use, plus costly. Store bought Medusa snake hair looked cheap and fake. … Read more
I have collected Betty Boop for 35 years. I have 1,004 pieces which is decorated in 5 rooms in my home. Curtains, rugs, canisters, plates, cups, dolls and the list goes on! I decited to dress like Betty Boop at Halloween after looking around my home. My mother is a seamstress, so she made the … Read more
I don’t know if any of ya’ll have seen or even heard of BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’, but for me it is one of the greatest shows of all time! This British sci-fi show has been running for over 50 years now and is currently one of the most popular TV shows in the US and … Read more
Before I get into how I made the pieces of the Kratos costume, I will start with saying it took about 4 hours to get the body paint done. Most of which I spent with my arms in the air so the paint did not stick together. Everyone thought it was funny and I had … Read more
For this Sugar Skulls (Cross Bone Blondes) costumes I started with the top (bra). I went to michaels and got fake flowers in assorted colors (red, white, pink, deep purple), variety of lace, studs, and felt to cut out small skulls to add detail. I also looked in the scrapbooking eisle and got some paper … Read more
I always liked the look on the destroyer album so on I went with fabrics and papier mache, took me about two months to get it done Do hair on my chest, but I think I got kind of close anyway to the original. The year was 2010 and we went to a concert with … Read more
For this Peacock costume I used a simple blue/green dress, long sleeve t shirt, gloves and tights. The peacock fan was made from a backpack that was cut off from its main body. The straps of the backpack were covered with blue fabric. The feathers were arranged by height in a fan and secured with … Read more