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Whether you’re attending a chic costume party, trick-or-treating, or staying at home to watch your favorite horror flick, we hope you have a safe and happy Halloween.
And in case you’re a last minute planner or you just really want to get in the spirit, here’s all the Halloween inspiration you’ll need:
—Meredith
Check out the rest of our October content here.
Halloween is—gasp!—not really our favorite holiday. We have a hard enough time getting dressed in the morning let alone planning out an elaborate costume. But the main issue is that we never feel all that sophisticated on October 31. It’s tricky to come up with an idea that isn’t cliche (sorry, Audrey) and is also legitimately chic. This year, however, we’ve actually planned ahead and come up with not just one, not just two, but three festive Halloween options that are truly stylish!
Do you have your outfit picked out yet?
We have fun Halloween manicure ideas, too!
Almost more than any other holiday, Halloween really lends itself to innovative, totally inspired nail art. Even if you’re not normally a nail art fan, if you’re dressing up in a costume, this is the perfect opportunity to go all out and get into the nitty-gritty details like your nails—mummy bandages, meet mummy fingertips. There’s lots of great inspiration out there (just check out our Pinterest Halloween board), but we wanted to give you lacquer ideas for every skill level: easy, medium, and hard. Click through to see our tutorials on the bloody fingerprint mani, the black widow mani, and the mummified mani!
Are you painting your nails with an eye-catching design for Halloween?
Also, if you’re still on the lookout for a Halloween costume, be sure to check out these three chic ensembles.
Get ready to trick or treat! We can’t wait for October 31st and want you to show us your best looks. (Photo: theeyeoffaith.files.wordpress.com)
It’s almost Halloween and we couldn’t be more excited. What’s not to love? Sweet treats and an excuse to wear wild and crazy makeup and hairstyles—this holiday is so up our alley.
In honor of the upcoming spookfest, we’re hosting a costume contest where you could win a $250 gift certificate to the Birchbox Shop! Enter by sharing a photo of a costume you’re particularly proud of (past or present) or by voting for a friend’s photo. Click here to enter: http://birch.ly/Ri8rl8.
We’ve seen some great photos of creative getups so far, but we want even more pictures from our Birchbloggers. We know you have awesome costume, hair, or makeup tutorials that you’ve created in honor of Halloween. Share them with us and we’ll pick our favorites to feature on the Birchbox blog! Plus, we’ll post all of the submissions to our Halloween Hair and Makeup Pinterest board.
Please send all blog posts to birchbloggers@birchbox.com by Monday November 29th.
—Loren
Need some inspiration? Check out our Effie Trinket makeup tutorial!
Come February, you’ll be able to dress like Kate Middleton, Michelle Obama, Oprah, and Zoe Saldana—
for a fraction of the price! (Photo: stylecaster.com)
—Hallie
While you’re waiting to get your hands on the Karl Lagerfeld for Shu Uemura collection, feel free to take any of these popular Shu Uemura hair products for a spin!
As much as we love nail art, we’re better at admiring designs than coming up with them ourselves. That’s why we’ve enlisted Anna Norman, the smarty pants behind Glitter, She Wrote, to be a regular contributor. Every Monday, she’ll be sharing her latest lacquer inspiration—you won’t be satisfied with plain ol’ polish again.
Halloween is less than two weeks away. Have you planned your manicure for the big night yet? If you have a bottle of red polish, an ordinary plastic straw, and 10 minutes, you can pull off these super simple bloody nails—no nail art experience necessary. They’re the perfect addition to a creepy costume, or a stand-alone way to bring some spirit to the 31st, whether you’re decked out in a costume or not. Here’s how to get the look:
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Clockwise from left: Gizmo the Mogwai; The Sanderson Sisters; our fave friendly ghost; the Peanuts gang searching for an elusive figure.
With just two weeks left to go before Halloween, it’s time to get serious about costumes and makeup. Just as crucial to our holiday fun: our favorite Halloween-inspired movies! For the next two weeks, we’ll be curling up with a bowl of candy corn, some apple cider, and large pillows that can withstand terrified clutches as we watch these seven flicks. A few of them are genuinely scary, a few are hilarious, and a few are totally nostalgia-inducing childhood faves that we’ll never get enough of. Click through to find out which films made our list!
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