Easy Halloween Makeup Ideas With Glitter and Face Gems

Halloween is coming up and the invitation says “dress for the theme”. So far, you’ve got black clothes and a vague plan to do something dramatic. You’re right on schedule.

One good idea is enough. Dark makeup and face gems make for a glamorous vampire. A little glitter makes a skeleton look less dead serious. And for a spider-inspired look, you can go with one carefully placed detail or make the whole thing about the eyes. Either way, you can skip learning how to draw two identical spiderwebs on your face.

Start by deciding how much time you want to spend getting ready. Need a look you can put together on your way out the door? Pick a ready-made face decoration and let it do most of the work. Got a little longer? Build your look around glitter and a few bold details. The black clothes can handle the rest of the costume. They were already in your wardrobe, after all.

Our SHOP THE LOOK Halloween bundles bring together the products for each look. Recreate the whole thing or borrow the details you like best. The goal is to walk out the door looking like you might actually have planned this weeks ago.

Only half an hour until the party? Pick one feature and go bold. Play up your eyes, sweep glitter across your cheekbones or finish with a cluster of face gems. On Halloween, a little over the top is usually just right.

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