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22 Halloween Makeup Ideas You Should Try

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Adding fun makeup with your Halloween costume can make it so much cuter! Check out these Halloween makeup ideas so you can do them with your costume this year.

These are the easiest Halloween makeup ideas that you’ll definitely be able to do yourself. If you need a little help, you can always search these ideas on YouTube to see someone doing them for their own Halloween costumes.

Halloween Makeup Idea #1 – Deer

halloween deer face makeup

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This deer makeup is so adorable! Shop Priceless has an easy Halloween makeup tutorial for it on their blog. It’s a must if you’re dressing up in a deer costume and you can do it at the last minute.

She put little white spots around her eyes, a little black on the tip of her nose, and pink lips. She also has on deer antlers.

Shop what you’ll need:

  • Deer makeup kit here
  • Pink lipstick here
  • Deer antlers here

2. Mermaid

mermaid face makeup

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This mermaid makeup is so cool! She has blue and teal makeup. Some of it was done through netting to look like scales.

You’ll need:

  • Mermaid makeup kit here

3. Skeleton

skeleton makeup

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This skeleton Halloween makeup is all white with some black. The black is around her eyes, on her nose, and little stripes on her lips. I love this makeup if you’re dressing up as a skeleton for Halloween! It is a very creepy Halloween makeup idea.

You’ll need:

  • Skeleton makeup kit here

4. Ghost

ghost face makeup

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This ghost Halloween makeup is so spooky! Her face is all white and darker around her eyes.

You’ll need:

  • White makeup here

5. Fox

fox face makeup for halloween

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For this fox makeup, you’ll do white around your mouth and the bottom of your cheeks, then black dots above your lips, a smoky eye, and black on your nose.

You’ll need:

  • Fox makeup kit here

6. Puppy

puppy makeup

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This puppy makeup is so cute! She has brown on the bottom of her nose and above her lips, then black on the tip of her nose and black dots around it.

You’ll need:

  • Puppy makeup kit here
  • Red lipstick here

7. Cheshire Cat

 Cheshire Cat makeup

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This Cheshire Cat makeup is one of the most unique Halloween makeup ideas I’ve seen! She has pink and purple eye makeup, pink and purple stripes down the neck, black on the nose, black whiskers, and a big black and white mouth. It would be fun to be the Cheshire Cat and have a friend dress up with Mad Hatter makeup.

You’ll need:

  • Cheshire Cat mouth kit here
  • Purple makeup here
  • Pink makeup here

8. Pop Art

pop art face makeup idea

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This pop art makeup is so fun. She has big white dots around her face, some black lines, red lips, yellow around her eyes, and blue tears done with blue face paint.

You’ll need:

  • Pop Art makeup kit here

9. Bear

bear face makeup

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You can create this bear makeup by putting white around your nose and mouth, black on your lips, and black on your nose.

You’ll need:

  • Bear makeup kit here

10. Scarecrow

scarecrow makeup idea

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This scarecrow makeup is cute and simple. She did some blush on her cheeks and she used black to draw stitch marks around her lips and a few patches on her face.

You’ll need:

  • Scarecrow makeup kit here
  • Pink lipstick here

11. Cat

cat makeup

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For this cat makeup you’ll do some black eyeliner to make it look like cat eyes, black on the nose, black dots near the nose, and black on the top lip.

You could do this makeup with any cat Halloween costume ideas.

You’ll need:

  • Black face paint here
  • Black lipstick here

12. Unicorn

unicorn makeup

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I love this unicorn Halloween makeup! It’s so magical. She has rhinestones on her face, and pink and purple makeup on her eyelids, cheeks, and lips.

I also love her multi-colored wig, flowers, and unicorn horn to complete the look!

You’ll need:

  • Purple eyeshadow here
  • Pink eyeshadow here
  • Pink lipstick here
  • Rhinestones here
  • Unicorn horn here
  • Wig here

13. Lion

lion makeup

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This lion Halloween makeup is so cool. She has black on her nose, black dots under her nose, and black and tan eye makeup. She also has a tiger ears headband on.

You’ll need:

  • Lion makeup kit here
  • Tiger ears headband here

14. Zombie

zombie makeup

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This zombie makeup is so creepy and interesting. She has red on her lips to look like fake blood, and she has black and a little red around her eyes.

You’ll need:

  • Zombie makeup kit here

15. Harley Quinn

harley quinn makeup

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If you’re planning to dress up as Harley Quinn for Halloween, it would be so fun to add Harley Quinn makeup to your look. She has white on her face, red around one eye, blue around the other eye, and a dark red lip.

You’ll need:

  • Harley Quinn makeup kit here

16. Ursula

ursula makeup

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B_dock, a makeup artist on Instagram, did this makeup for Ursula from The Little Mermaid. She does a lot of Halloween makeup looks.

She has purple on her face and neck, blue around her eyes, red lips, and big glitter on her neck and below her eyes.

You’ll need:

  • Purple face makeup here
  • Blue eyeshadow here
  • Red lipstick here
  • Glitter here

17. Sun and Moon

sun and moon face makeup

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For this sun and moon makeup you’ll do black lips, a blue moon and silver stars around one eye, and an orange and red sun around the other eye.

You’ll need:

  • Makeup kit here
  • Black matte lipstick here

18. Snapchat Butterfly Filter

Snapchat Butterfly Filter makeup

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The Snapchat butterfly filter makeup is a more natural look than a lot of other Halloween makeup ideas. She has glittery butterflies in her hair, some sparkles on her forehead, gold eyeshadow, black eyelashes, and lipstick.

You’ll need:

  • Eye shadow palette here
  • Eyelashes here
  • Lipstick here
  • Glitter here
  • Butterflies here

19. Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy makeup

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This Poison Ivy makeup is so elaborate! She has roots and ivy leaves on the side of her face, green eyeshadow, and red lips.

You’ll need:

  • Green eyeshadow here
  • Red lipstick here
  • Ivy leaves here

20. Creepy Clown

creepy clown makeup

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For this creepy clown makeup you’ll do white face paint all over your face, a red nose, red lips, black eyebrows, and black and red around your eyes. She also has on a red and black wig.

You’ll need:

  • Clown makeup kit here
  • Wig here

21. Leopard

leopard face makeup

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House Of Lashes, a beauty account, made a post with this Lisa Frank inspired makeup that is so fun and colorful.

She has pink, purple, and orange on half her face with black leopard spots in it, a pink eyebrow, pink lips, and a black nose.

You’ll need:

  • Makeup kit here
  • Pink lipstick here

22. Sally

sally makeup

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This Halloween makeup idea is so Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. She has blue all over her face, white under her eyes to make them look bigger, red lips, and some black stitching.

You’ll need:

  • Blue makeup here
  • White makeup here
  • Black makeup here
  • Red lipstick here

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