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Rosie Riveter or Lucille Ball Hair Updo Hair Instructions for Halloween Costumes

Well someone at my house keeps changing her mind about what she wants to be for Halloween. Now it’s Rosie Riveter.  That’s pretty simple: blue shirt, red bandana, jeans, and boots. She wants to dress up, but not look like she tried too hard, and she wants comfort after years of wearing costumes with wigs, makeup, and multiple accessories and pieces. It’s tough for teens to find that perfect something. This step-by-step guide will come in handy, along with the makeup tutorial below.  Until she changes her mind. Again.

Update: She stuck with Rosie the Riveter and put her own spin on Rosie with fingerless gloves, leggings, and Converse All-Stars. Rosie 2 Rosie 3 Rosie

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Cruella de Vil’s Makeup Design

When designing your Halloween costume, makeup is an important factor.  It helps emphasize features, shows attention to detail, and helps to exaggerate your character.  If you are dressing up as Cruella de Vil, this makeup tutorial is a good starting point.

I’m not a fan of the rounded eye brows–I would do a pointed shape instead.  I like how she shows how to conceal your normal eyebrows so that you can create a larger, more exaggerated brow. 

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How to Create Glitter Eyes as Part of Your Halloween Costume

Glitter eyes are a fun way to add sparkle to your face when wearing a costume.  This video shows how to do it: