Fright night is here! Although I'm a big fan of fancy dress, I'm getting a bit bored of the usual blood and gore of Halloween makeup. For once, I just want to look NICE, y'know? Like somewhere in between a Mean Girls playboy bunny, and Lindsey Lohan's Bride of Frankenstein.

So I came up with a red-eyed look which is dramatic but still very different from my everyday going out look. The good news is that it's EASY PEASY. All you need is a lipstick and a  fluffy brush to blend. 

Check out the video for the full how-to and let me know what you think!







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Man, I love me a bit of Halloween! It's the only time after Uni where you can acceptably go a bit full-on with your fancy dress. That is, if you can find other people to go all out with you! 

You know the dilemma - you love your friends but they just don't feel the same way about fancy dress that you do. My pals are the equivalent of Regina George counting 'but I'm wearing cat ears?' as a serious fancy dress effort and I am mental Cady Heron, slathering myself in fake blood and wielding handmade fake guts as accessories. Le sigh.


Fortunately, my local fancy dress store Escapade Fancy Dress offered to stock me with some gloriously ghoulish supplies to create a makeup look. Cheers guyssss.

I decided to do 'Deadly Red Riding Hood' and it's the perfect Halloween makeup if you're not looking for something too OTT. The good news? It's actually quite easy! Check out the video and let me know what you think!






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Can you believe it's the middle of October already?! It doesn't even feel like it thanks to this mild weather - but Halloween is right round the corner!! Whaaaat.

Personally, I love Halloween - it's such a great excuse to really play around with makeup and to wear looks that you would NEVER normally wear, but becomes totally acceptable for one night of the year. Same goes for clothes - like the playboy bunnies in Mean Girls!

Imagine my excitement when Fragrance Direct got in touch to give me a HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE. The deal was that they would send me a lovely box of Fragrance Direct goodies and in return, I had to create an "Urban Witch" makeup look. Win-win situation for me!






Check out the lovely package I got sent! So many goooooodies and some really great brands in there!

Urban Witch is actually quite a hard theme, because there's not much special FX or creative detailing involved. It's a shame, because I love doing intricate work - check out last year's Hand-drawn Halloween Lace Eyemask design. 

For this Urban Witch makeup look, I did strong, exaggerated brows in bruised purple hues with lots of dark and smoky purple colours across the eyes and lips.

For reference - here's me before I Fragrance-Direct'ed my face.






I then decided to turn the lights off and use a candle, for extra spookiness... check out the change in colour and mood!! Scaaaaaary.

Speaking of scary - I then proceeded to SET MY HAIR ON FIRE. No joke, I put the candle down and then leant over for the camera and ohhhhh man, hair smells awful when it's burnt.

Thankfully I have lots of it so a DIY trim was on the cards!







Big thanks to Fragrance Direct for such a fun challenge (and the awesome freebies!!) For more beauty bargains - check out www.fragrancedirect.co.uk  - it's free delivery on orders over £40 with code FREEDEL40!


By Zoe Dubs
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So on the weekend, my friends Henna & Moz (obvs not real birth names) were having a birthday party which was a greek themed toga party.

I love a bit of fancy dress - for an example, check out my Zoo Lates Deer Makeup (complete with witty title "Oh DEER, you look FAUNtastic")

I digress. But that was an awesome pun right?






Okay okay, I totally cheated on number 1 - I just happen to have a cream maxi which hasn't been worn since last summer. Cheat cheat cheat cheat cheat, thats me. Soz.

2 & 3 however, are very easily done and I'm going to show you how!

The event was held in very spooky ex-railway station which was abandoned for use after a terrible accident there. There was even a tape of awful Halloween sounds playing in the toilets - I got really freaked out when someone started shouting for help!!

But what did we get up and what did I wear? Read on, if you dare....

Halloween and the single girl 

"Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it."
Yes Caddy, you speak the insane truth, underwear as outerwear is a trend that crops up unjudged every Halloween. And it's very easy to put together!