32 Easy Halloween Makeup Ideas That Range From Cute to Scary

This easy spiderweb witch makeup is one of our favorite Halloween makeup ideas. All you need is green eyeshadow, green lipstick, and some black eyeliner to make it happen.

This simple Halloween makeup is perfect if you're a "Chucky" fan. All you need to get the look right is some red eyeshadow and black eyeliner. It's a last-minute Halloween makeup idea that will get you tons of compliments.

This tutorial proves that it doesn't take much to channel your inner Wednesday Addams; just a bit of pale foundation, a strong contour, and a deep purple lip.

For a bit of drama (and maybe even a few screams), opt for this hyper-realistic spider-legs eye makeup look this Halloween.

Nothing says Halloween like some good old-fashioned pumpkin makeup. If you prefer something a bit less menacing than a scary Jack-o'-lantern, opt for an orange tone around the perimeters of your face and highlight features like your nose or lips in black. Then, let the rest of your costume bring it home.

Ghost makeup is possibly the easiest Halloween makeup to do simply because all you need is some white or grey face paint and black eyeliner. Make your eyes and lips darker as this creator did and you'll be spooking neighborhood kids in no time.

Calling all animal lovers: to re-create this adorable and quick deer makeup look, start by highlighting under your eyes and contouring the cheekbones and around the hairline. Add white dots to the areas you contoured, and don't forget a darker upper lip.

It's impossible to go wrong with a skull look as an easy makeup for Halloween. This creator adds an extra (and super-easy) step: after creating the mouth and teeth outline, use a white foundation or face paint to make it look more realistic.

We already know cat Halloween costumes are incredibly easy to re-create, but this creator took it one (easy) step further by adding fake whiskers with black eyeliner.

If you want to look super cute but just as creepy as the other scary costumes, try this doll makeup look. The white eyeliner under the eyes, along with fake eyelashes in the lower lash line, are essential to making this look ominous. Don't forget to apply lots of blush in a circle shape.

"The Addams Family" is one of the most iconic Halloween movies. Its matriarch, Morticia Addams, makes for a quick and elegant costume. The makeup look requires gray eyeshadow, winged eyeliner, dark red lipstick, and Morticia's signature long, straight black hair.

A half-skull makeup look only requires black and white face paint, along with a smoky eye.

Devils are a timeless look for the Halloween season. Use red eyeshadow to contour your cheekbones, apply red lipstick, and wear the classic red horns.

To re-create this whimsical mermaid look, start with a glam makeup routine. From there, add blue eyeshadow in a thin line under the eyes, and apply blue and green glitter around the eyeshadow, extending it upward toward the temples.

This tutorial features an incredibly easy, gothic jester-clown look. All you need is black eyeliner, black lipstick, and gray eyeshadow.

This tutorial features a super-quick vampire look. You'll need dark smoky-eye makeup, fake lashes, and red lipstick, as well as fake blood and white contact lenses.

"American Horror Story" produces amazing binge-watching material for Halloween, and some of the makeup looks on the show are fairly easy to re-create, like the Witch of the Woods from the "Roanoke" chapter. For the eyes, use different light shades of pink and purple and smoky eyeliner. Apply the lightest shade of nude or pink lipstick, and throw on some small horns.

Got some purple and green eyeshadow lying around? Try stealing Beetlejuice's look this Halloween with white foundation and black lipstick, along with the titular character's signature color combination.

Bunny makeup for Halloween is another look perfect for animal-lovers. The light-pink eyeshadow around the eyes and nose makes it look more elegant.

This frightening "Black Swan" makeup look is perfect for Halloween. To start, you'll need white foundation, black and silver eyeshadow, and creepy red and black contact lenses.

If you have a platinum wig or hair already that color, the Countess's makeup from "American Horror Story" is a perfect last-minute look for you. Apply brown eyeliner and eyeshadow for the eyes and concealer to give your brows a bleached effect. You'll also need a deep-red lip and silver body paint or a silver glove for the Countess's left arm.

To re-create this glam mummy look, you'll need a foundation in a lighter shade, white contact lenses, and smoky-eye makeup. Heavily contour your cheekbones to make your mummy look super creepy.

Eleven's look from season one of "Stranger Things" has been a popular Halloween costume since the show came out back in 2016. To re-create it, you'll need a blond wig, a pink dress, a blue jacket, and fake blood for Eleven's infamous nosebleeds.

This tutorial features a cute and easy giraffe makeup look. Add fun extra touches like big, fake eyelashes and two space buns to resemble a giraffe's horn-like forehead.

This "Bride of Chucky" makeup look is perfect if you're looking for a simple Halloween costume that's both sinister and rock-'n'-roll. Start by darkening your eyebrows and applying dark red, brown, and black eyeshadow. Add black lipstick and a fake mole using eyeliner, and you're good to go.

Re-create this stunning Mad Hatter look by starting with white foundation as your base and blending your most colorful eyeshadow shades around the eyes and cheekbones. Apply dramatic fake eyelashes and glitter under the eyes.

As seen in this tutorial, comic-book makeup — aka pop-art makeup — can take many different forms. One way to go about your comic-book makeup is to use black face paint to create outlines and white dots on certain parts of your face to give it an animated look. If you add rhinestones to the white dots, like this creator did, you'll look like a shimmery comic-book page come to life.

Vampires, killer clowns, and skulls are timeless and easy Halloween makeup looks that require a very short list of products. Both Pennywise and the vampire look require red lipstick and eyeshadow, while the skull needs black eyeliner and eyeshadow. Colored contact lenses can be a fun touch on all three looks.

This tutorial features a stunning and mysterious approach to Little Red Riding Hood. To re-create it, you'll need a shimmery, smoky eye with fake eyelashes and red lipstick. This creator uses sculpting wax for the fake scratch, but applying fake blood in four rugged lines and brown eyeshadow around them is a good alternative.

Betty Boop is one of the most recognizable cartoon figures of all time. Add white eyeliner to your lower lash line along with a bold red lip and fake eyelashes.

For a skeleton look, the only products you'll need are black and brown eyeshadow, black liner, and fake lashes or your most powerful mascara. Give your skeleton look a grunge feel by adding more shading: add a little eyeshadow in between your eyebrows, and blend in an upward direction.

If you're just hours away from your Halloween festivities, these three last-minute makeup tutorials are for you. Choose from a devil, sinister clown, or vampire. You won't even need red horns to dress up as the devil because you can draw them in, like this creator did.

Tori Crowther is a freelance beauty journalist and former PS UK editor.

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