Bloody Scar Makeup Tutorial

Pop Stars in Costume

Some pop singers may wear kooky costumes year round, but for others, Halloween provides a rare opportunity to get strange, as it obviously does for Heidi Klum and her husband Seal, above.  If, like me, you enjoy looking at pictures of famous people in weird outfits, you will enjoy this slideshow of celebrities in Halloween costumes.

Burn Makeup Tips

Whether you're keen on dressing up as Freddy Krueger, or you just want to give someone a terrible fright, Anytime Costumes has some advice on creating burn makeup.  Those of you who are into special effects makeup, take note.

Morton Salt Girl

Here's an easy costume suggestion from vivacia on Polyvore: the Morton Salt Girl.  All you need is a little yellow dress, an umbrella, and a canister of salt to complete the look.  As I recall, my friend Jessica did this a few years ago and it was a hit.

Twilight Vampire Baby Costume

Just in time for the release of the first installment of Breaking Dawn, here's a super-creepy/brilliant Twilight costume. 

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes terrifying vampire c-section

Last-Minute Superhero Costumes

Whether you're indulging in Ghostbusters nostalgia or gearing up for the release of Dark Knight Rises, here are some last-minute Halloween superhero costume ideas.

And in case that's not enough, here are 20 last-minute sci-fi costumes for the procrastinating SF fans.

Celebrity Baby Halloween Costumes

Why, yes, that is Paul Rudd, with his son, Jack

I don't know who half these kids are, but there are some hellaciously cute costumes on this slideshow of best celeb baby costumes on Babble.  I think my favorite part (besides the Fanning girls' preternaturally spot-on costumes) is seeing these famous parents being cute with their kids.  So whether you're trying to keep the Halloween spirit alive a little longer, or just exorcise your grandmother instincts, it's worth checking out!

9 Ill-Advised Musical Costumes

Houston Press has a compiled what might be most accurately be called a worst-of, a list of musical couples costumes that would be in bad taste, including this charming couple:

Celebrity Costume Recaps

In case you didn't get your fill of famous people in Halloween costumes, here's a slideshow of some celebrity Halloween twitpics.  I'm not sure what my objection is to celebrities dressing as other celebrities, but it seems to demonstrate a basic lack of perspective.

Heidi Klum's Halloween

Supermodel/Project Runway host Heidi Klum's Halloween parties seem to be a thing of legend in celebrity circles.  I really respect people who go all out for Halloween, which is why I love this feature on Klum's costumes in the Daily Mail.  The piece includes pictures from several past Halloweens, and pictures of her in-progress costumes for this year, including this gem:

Also, the Weekly World News is claiming the above picture is a Bat Boy costume, which is awesome, but seems a rather poor likeness (shouldn't she have pointed ears?).  [Via Jezebel]

Halloween Makeup Tutorials

io9 has a slideshow of Halloween makeup tutorials, including this one for Natalie Portman's Black Swan maquillage.

Do you think I could get away with just wearing this to class?  Maybe if I could use an eyeliner pencil without poking my eye out . . .

Campaign Against Racist Costumes

As part of the ongoing struggle to problematize racist Halloween costumes, members of the group Students Teaching About Racism at Ohio University have started a "We're a Culture, Not a Costume" campaign, juxtapozing images of racist costumes with members of the groups they stereotype.

[Via Jezebel]

Pixar Lamp Costume!

For all you animation nerds out there:

[Via The Mary-Sue]

8 Alternatives to "Sexy" Costumes

Jezebel today delivered this gem: eight alternatives to "sexy" costumes.  Rosie the Riveter is pretty much to go-to, I think, for liberal, educated woman (am I wrong here?), but I love the idea of Nancy Drew or Annie Hall . . .  Or, even better, some magical hybrid of the two, a lounge-singing sleuth in menswear.

A Guide to Inappropriately "Sexy" Costumes

Jezebel has a slideshow up of bizarre "sexy" Halloween costumes, including a sexy clownfish and a sexy Scrabble board.  Actually, that second one is kind of awesome.  In theory, anyway . . .

Ricky's Tasteless Eating Disorder Costume

Not that they're exactly know as arbiters of good taste, or anything, but costume and beauty chain Ricky's was really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this oh-so-sensitive Miss Anna Rexia costume.

The Village Voice was the first media source to call Ricky's out on this nonsense last month, and now even TIME is getting in on the discussion.

The costume has since been pulled and is no longer for sale, but its reputation, like the screenshot at left, will live on forever in infamy.

53% Spent $50 Or Less On Costumes

According to some recent research, 53% of people spend under $50 on Halloween costumes.  20% will spend more than that, while 17% spend nothing at all on costumes.  Where do you fall?

Halloween Costumes The World Isn't Ready For

Divine Caroline has a list of pop-culture Halloween costume don'ts, including Amy Winehouse and Charlie Sheen.  Don't do it, people!

Last-Minute Superhero Costumes

Whether you're indulging in Ghostbusters nostalgia or gearing up for the release of Dark Knight Rises, here are some last-minute Halloween superhero costume ideas.

And in case that's not enough, here are 20 last-minute sci-fi costumes for the procrastinating SF fans.

6 Homemade Kids' Costumes

Rookie Moms has links to six great DIY children's Halloween costumes, and if this marvellous Max costume from Where the Wild Things Are isn't enticement enough to check out the list, then I don't know what it.