You’ve won half the battle. You picked a Halloween costume! But whether it’s storybook, Disney, horror, or funny, the tricky part is still at hand: mastering the transformation. That means accessorizing and most likely translating a bit of your chosen character’s visage onto your own. Not into masks? Looking for something more customizable? Halloween makeup is the ticket!

Shop Made By Us makeup kits, are great for kids and adults. Check out professional makeup and tools, or simply pick up the pieces your existing collection is missing. Then, let inspiration take hold! From cute animal costumes to stunning scary costumes, our makeup selection is here to get every trick-or-treater and party guest in character!

Thinking your costume could use something a little more dramatic in the makeup department? When false lashes, base paints with clever contouring, and wigs blended right into your makeup line aren’t cutting it, it’s time to consider special effects makeup. And have no fear! If the idea is feeling a little intimidating, we have a few ways to help.

You can shop beginner-level special effect options in our makeup kits and temporary tattoos; you’ll find stick-on options and even prosthetics that hold in place with elastic bands like this witch nose. Or you can give the following video a watch to see how we breathe new life into a favorite zombie character, and how you might apply the same methods for other incredible stylings!

Zombie Halloween Makeup

This Halloween makeup tutorial demonstrates a few special effects basics to accurately imitate Billy Butcherson from Disney’s Hocus Pocus. All the makeup products used for the 1600s zombie can be found in the Mehron Special Effects Complete Makeup Kit—a perfect kit for anyone looking to become a zombie or simply a new age. Try our DIY Billy Butcherson style or take the spirit gum, prosthetics, and cream paints your own way.

Zombie makeup is a classic special effects option. But maybe you’re looking for something that doesn’t require an appliance? Or perhaps a more lively character is on your Halloween costume to-do. We’ve got a couple more makeup tutorials that cover both! Go heroic or villainous—a mix of both?—when you follow our Harley Quinn and Yondu tutorials.

With an easier level on one and a more unique use of prosthetics on the other, these two videos offer tons of inspiration for your next Halloween makeup. Just be sure to follow the list of products closely if you want to recreate what you see on screen. With a healthy mix of common items and special effects products available in our collection, these tutorials set you up for success!

Easy Halloween Makeup Tutorial for Beginners

Let’s start easy with Harley Quinn’s notorious baddie version of a classic clown look. K, puddin’? In place of an overlined red lip and eyes painted like diamonds, this movie-inspired style recreates the faded glam Harley wore with an orange jumpsuit, while locked away from her Joker. The best part? Makeup users will already have most of the products and tools! Add a stencil, maybe a Harley wig, or colored hairspray and you’re set!

Men's Halloween makeup Tutorial

Level back up to special effects makeup with this Yondu tutorial that’s a rewarding mission to accomplish. The video lists the essentials and you’ll find blue face paint, bald caps, and spirit gum in our collection. Can’t scavenge a fin appliance? Skip the bald cap and style your hair as a mohawk, blue at the base and red on the fin. Then, grab your boy Starlord and save the day as the coolest Mary Poppins the universe has ever known!