5 Non-Slutty Halloween Costumes- How to!

Hello Folks,

Tis the season for scary movies, too much candy and dressing up in creepy costumes. Here are my top 5, DIY, easy, non slutty Halloween costumes I've found- far cooler than your average lingerie and cat ears combo.

5. Carrie from "Carrie" (1976)

An absolute classic of the genre, based on the novel by Steven King- if you haven’t heard of Carrie and the bucket of pigs blood scene- well- just rent the movie, its iconic. 

Heres how you make Carries gory prom night costume, it’s pretty simple but messy!

You will need:

1. A long light dress or silk night gown- ebay!
2. Long blonde wig
3. A TON of fake blood- As you’d need quite a lot, I’d advise making your own WASHABLE variety, heres a good recipe.

Easy enough to do- put the dress and the wig on, get in the bath and douse yourself with a load of fake blood and you’re done!

4. Coraline from "Coraline "(2009)

I’d recommend Coraline by Neil Gaiman for a short scary read for Halloween, the film is pretty good too! If you know and love it already, then the costume is pretty simple to do, for a Coraline Costume 

You will need:

1. A Short blue wig.
2. Pale face paint and and kohl black eyeliner- here is a good tutorial for the make up: But I wouldn’t recommend GLUING BUTTONS TO YOUR EYELIDS like this crazy Italian lady did.
3. A yellow raincoat.
4. Yellow Wellies
5. Jeans
6. A dragonfly hair slide- Ebay has them (of course!) or you could make your own from a hair slide, cardboard, paint and glue
7. Optional: 2x very large black buttons & some clear elastic or wire.

For the button eyes, I’d recommend perhaps making a clear wire glasses frame or connecting them with a clear elastic band all the way around like an eye mask so you can take them on and off.

3. A Lichtenstein Girl

Roy Lichtenstein’s 60’s iconic pop art style looks super creepy in real life! This costume is pretty much all about how good the makeup looks.

You will need:

1. Face Paints
2. Kohl Black Eyeliner
3. A bright coloured wig (preferably yellow)

The make up tutorial can be found here, it’s not too tricky or delicate, I’m pretty sure anyone with a mirror and the right tools could do it!

 

Pair it up with any simple outfit you can find, (if you have it to hand anything polka dot or a fifties dress) and make a speech bubble from light cardboard and a hairclip and slide on top of your wig.

2. Tippi Hendren from "The Birds" (1963)

Who doesn’t love Hitchcock? The master of suspense! This costume is great for film lovers,- its easy and relatively cheap as you can get all the items on ebay or charity shops.

You will need-:
1. (If you are not blonde) A blonde Wig
2. A pale green (or similar) skirt suit- there are tons on ebay
3. Fake blood
4. Some fake ravens (ebay)
5. Flat shoes, clear stockings
6. (Optional) a large plain handbag- charity shops are a great place to find “old lady” style bags!

1. Marceline from Adventure Time

For those of you who don't know- I freaking love Adventure Time, i’m not dressing up this year but if I was, Marceline the vampire from AT would be my first choice. The costume is a little harder than your average face paint and wig jobby but any crafty person should be able to handle it.

You will need:

1. A 100cm long black wig- heres a good one.
2. Grey face paint
3. A grey vest
4. Skinny or straight leg jeans
5. Red Cowboy boots or similar style
6. Materials for the Axe Bass Guitar- Theres a great tutorial here.

Everything can be bought on ebay or charity shops if you allow yourself enough time- I’m keeping an eye out for cheap red boots just in case for next year!

Happy Halloween Y’all!

Hayley x