Pretty Witch Makeup

Thanks to "Mean Girls," we now know that Halloween is the only time you can dress like a slut and get away with it. Which means that if your concept of a witch costume still includes a crooked nose, warts, and a green face, then you're living way in the past, honey. Blast forw ...more

Create a pretty brown eyes makeup look with the makeup tutorial from Lauren Luke, aka Panacae81. Lauren, also known as Panacae81 on youtube, has been making makeup tutorials for some time now. After becoming a youtube legend, Lauren has gone on to write her own weekly beauty ...more

Not all witches are green, warty, and cackle like hyena. Make it known that witches can be sexy and awfully seductive by creating this glamorous rock'n'roll inspired witch look for Halloween. Rather than acid green skin and brown warts you'll find perky pink cheeks, light gray ...more

There's a reason witches are a timeless costume costume choice worn year after year on Halloween. They're sexier than fairy costumes and far more lurid than ketchup bottle costumes. Learn how to turn whatever witch getup you're wearing this Halloween into an unforgettably wic ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to apply pretty makeup. First, use a foundation brush to apply foundation in your skin tone all over your face. From here, apply concealer to the red spots or breakout areas and then apply a powder foundation over that. Then, you will focus on th ...more

There are certain days in life on which you are practically required by law to look your best: Your wedding, major holidays when portraits are being taken, and your birthdays. Make sure you're the star of the show on your birthday by watching this handy birthday look tutorial ...more

In this excellent tutorial with make-up artist Kandee Johnson, she'll teach you how to re creates Lady Gaga's after her performance make-up. This is a more subtle Lady Gaga look, a more Sophia Loren inspired classic look. This is not necessarily a day look, but a great costume ...more

This video will teach you how you can apply makeup and still look gorgeous, even if you are 40 or older. Put pretty daytime makeup for ages 40 and up. Click through to watch this video on totalbeauty.com

Let your ingenuity shine through by creating just about any color makeup to go with your smashing Halloween costume. Instructions: 1. Determine what color makeup you want. 2. Mix together 2 tsp. solid shortening, 5 tsp. cornstarch, 1 tsp. flour and 4 drops glycerin in a bowl ...more

Jenny Humphrey would turn her petite little nose up at Taylor Momsen's dark and punky alter ego. Momsen, who plays Humphrey in "Gossip Girl" but also tours as frontwoman of her band "Pretty Reckless," enjoys caked on black eyeliner and shadow and torn fishnet stockings to Jenn ...more

We know dolls are supposed to be children's toys, but there's something about them that scares the living daylights out of us. Maybe, just maybe, it's those lifelike eyes that appear almost too real to be fake? That seem to follow us as we move around the room? Okay, maybe we' ...more

Blazing maned Molly Ringwald inspired a generation of girls who grew up knowing that a girl always looked pretty in pink. Pink in any intensity or shade is a universally flattering hue when used in makeup. Watch this tutorial to draw on a shimmery pink eye makeup look that in ...more

There's really nothing wrong with dressing up as Barbie for Halloween. Yeah, she's a super non-representative sample of how real girls look like, but the perky blond is pretty and has cute clothes. If you're planning to dress up as Barbie this Halloween, whether it's Malibu B ...more

Who says that angels have to be good? Dress up as a sexy fallen angel/dark angel this Halloween to twist up that stereotype. Instead of a cheesy white feather halo and white sheath you'll don black wings and a cute black minidress. And don't forget the dark angel makeup. Take ...more

Create a pretty in pink eye makeup look. Products used: Eyes-NYX Luxor MAC Hepcat Make Up Forever - Star Powder Pink Jesse's Girl- Star Dust Beauty supply store brand Purple Shimmer Hightlight Leishi Green

Summer's almost over, which means going back to school (boo for 6 AM wake up calls), getting back on the fast track, and, most depressingly, losing our hard-earned summer glow. Okay, maybe it wasn't THAT hard-earned (unless you count lounging on the beach with a martini in han ...more

This tutorial video will show you how to apply a pretty pink makeup look that's great for fancy occasions. The makeup look shown here is elegant, yet flirty. Products used: MAC Bases: Bare Canvas & Gracious Me Shadows/Pigments: Pink Freeze, Sushi Flower, Pink Mauve, Sweet L ...more

Croatian photographer Marina Filipovic Marinshe sets aside her usual fashion, portrait and art photographs to delve into the world of makeup tutorials! In this video, she shows you her "Pretty in Pink" full face makeup look, with lots of pink! Products used: Revlon Colorstay ...more

Halloween is the one day of the year you could paint your face blue, wear a clown costume, and walk down the street with no one giving you a second glance. The spooktacular holiday is the perfect time to go crazy with your makeup and do wild looks, but we understand if you pre ...more

When Halloween rolls around people go one of two ways: Super scary and gruesome (ie. zombie, werewolf, and witch costumes), or super slutty (the same costumes but with less cloth). But what about the cute, pretty costumes? Help bring pretty back this Halloween by dressing up ...more

Do you remember Maleficent? The evil witch who cursed Sleeping Beauty to sleep in the classic Disney film and Tchaikovsky ballet? She was pretty cool-looking in an evil way, and in this video you'll learn how to do the bright colored makeup to go with a homemade Maleficent cos ...more

Wicked is an amazing musical with two amazing main characters: Glinda and Elphaba. This makeup tutorial will show you how to make your face look just like Glinda! Pretty soon, people will see that you're a good witch just by your makeup and eyeshadow.

Wicked is an incredibly popular musical which stars two witched: Glinda and Elphaba. This makeup tutorial will teach you how to apply a Wicked inspired look to make you look like Elphaba, the green witch. Pretty soon, you'll be defying gravity with this wonderfully green look.

Fairy costumes are as common as witch costumes or vampire costumes (especially now with the "Twilight" fever) for Halloween. But dark fairies are a whole other category altogether. Rather than the cute pink frills, golden hair, and pixie dust you imagine your typical Disney fa ...more

If you're a girl planning to dress up as any evil or dark character, like a spiderella, witch, Goth chick, vampiress, or dominatrix, then you should check out this makeup tutorial for a deliciously pretty Halloween makeup look that suits all evil chick costumes. Purple and bl ...more

An easy makeup tutorial to look fresh, youthful and effortless. This makeup routine takes me 5 minutes tops! It's all about minimal eye makeup and giving your lips and blushing skin the attention. Michelle Phan delivers another effortless, useful tutorial on creating a simple ...more

In the UK, it's currently festival season, which means days of outdoor concerts and dance performances. If you're planning to visit Glastonbury for their performing arts festival, prep your skin and do your makeup for the event by watching this video tutorial. After applying ...more

Doing makeup on Asian women is a lot different to doing makeup on any other ethnicity, mostly because they have different face shapes and eye shapes. More than half of Asians don't have a crease, or a fold above the eye, so their eyes are monolids. This makes normal makeup ap ...more

Using all products from Pur Minerals, this look is for the everyday life style. Simple, clean and effortless. Perfect for work or school, it's all about enhancing your natural beauty. This makeup should not take longer than 10 minutes tops, remember less is more, simplicity is ...more

Kim Kardashian is one celebrity who knows how to work what she's got (and it doesn't hurt that she's utterly gorgeous, either). With darker, bronzy skin, perfect, sharp cheekbones, and gorgeous, huge eyes, she always chooses to highlight these features when she's on the red ca ...more

Bring pretty back this Halloween by creating this gorgeous blue look inspired by the Greek god Poseidon. A little bit of background: Poseidon, or Neptune, is the god of the sea and storms. As such, it's super fitting that this makeup look focuses on beautiful sea blue eyes. F ...more

Honestly, we think Katy Perry is pretty without any makeup on (as she says in "Teenage Dream"). The girl does know how to work a makeup brush, though, and enjoys doing pin up looks with high intensity pigmentation. But every now and then she'll sport a very natural, shimmery ...more

Bethany, oh Bethany. What would we do without you? Bethany's makeup tutorials are completely inspired. She covers everything from cartoon characters to action figures to tv show characters and manages to make totally cute eye makeup based on al of them! All of her pretty eye m ...more

Kristen Stewart is a tomboy in the fullest sense of the term, stepping out to run errands in Chucks, a t-shirt, and jeans while other stars waffle around in four inch heels and J Brand skinnies. But when it comes to the red carpet, Kristen Stewart knows how to step up her bea ...more

Let's face it ladies: All of us come with some baggage. While some of us have emotional baggage, we all have the physical kind: undereye baggage. This sagging and drooping of your undereye area is further aggravated by fine lines, wrinkles, and purple or blue circles. Ah, the ...more

You may be wondering why the heck Medusa looks so pretty in this makeup tutorial, given that she was a horrific, menacing monster with snakes shooting out of her head. Well, before she was turned into a creature who could turn men into stone with a single glance, she was actua ...more

This video will show you how to recreate the devilish look of the Queen of Hearts (played by Helena Bonham Carter) from Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland". Follow along for makeup application instructions— being the Red Queen for Halloween is actually pretty easy! This makeup ...more

Evan Rachel Wood, also known by "True Blood" fans as vampire Queen Sophie Anne, has for the past few years been a big fan of retro, glamorous makeup inspired by screen sirens of the 1950s. She adopts this retro look on "True Blood" with voluminous curls, winged cat liner, and ...more

Twilight, that steamy, dreamy love story between teen Bella and heartthrob vampire, Edward Cullen. This love story is based on a series of vampire novels (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn) by Stephenie Meyer. True love, handsome boy, and vampire danger = perfect ...more

While this Catwoman Halloween makeup tutorial is directed towards recreating Michelle Pfieffer's iconic, mature Catwoman from the "Batman" movies, you can actually apply the same makeup to match any sexy Halloween costume. So whether you're going to be a sexy cop, witch, vampi ...more

Poison Ivy is one of our favorite female antagonists from "Batman." Sure, girl was a little crazy about her precious plants, but she was hot as hell and wore cute, skimpy outfits that flaunted her bodacious curves. She was also pretty damn gorgeous, all the more perfect for en ...more

Nothing is more beautiful than a girl with naturally pretty skin, without all the help of the makeup... but who are we kidding? Everyone needs a little touch up and color up to make them look alive and well! In this makeup tutorial presented by Smashbox Cosmetics, learn how to ...more

Bethany's back and she has a pretty amazing tutorial for us this time! Learn how to create X-Men Wolverine inspired eye makeup. This is a pretty awesome interpretation. Nothing's cooler than X-Men, so try out this Wolverine look for a costume party, next Halloween, or just a c ...more

Bethany's back and she has a pretty amazing tutorial for us this time! Learn how to create X-Men Storm inspired eye makeup. This is a pretty awesome interpretation. Nothing's cooler than X-Men, so try out this Storm look for a costume party, next Halloween, or just a crazy nig ...more

Beautiful chanteuse Beyoncé is gorgeous without makeup and thus keeps her red carpet looks pretty basic. But when she collaborated with the famously riotous performer Lady Gaga for Lady Gaga's music video for "Telephone," she stepped up her avante-garde game. This tutorial sh ...more

Katy Perry is a stunner in both senses of the term: She shocks with unexpected looks like oompa loompa nails and blue wigs, and of course she's hot as hell. And the singer doesn't fail to impress and shock in her music video for the single "California Gurls." In one scene, Pe ...more

Go beyond the broomstick and pointy hat! Use the Cinema Secrets special effects prosthetics and makeup collection to make yourself look like a warty, scary witch. This is a perfect way to make an impact with a traditional Halloween costume.

Usually we think that Halloween means dressing up in your spookiest, creepiest attire and scaring the living daylights out of friends and family. But you can be pretty too! Check out this makeup tutorial to learn how to create an exotic Arabian princess makeup look. The look ...more

You don't need a football team of makeup artists to look great (not that we'd say no to our our styling team). While most celebrities swear by their makeup artists and get primped and prodded by them any moment they're not in front of the camera, all you really need to look go ...more

Pretty Little Liars is the newest part of the increasingly puzzling lineup of shows on ABC Family that seem to be creating a new demographic to target as they go along. The girls on it are very pretty, and this video will show you how to create a makeup look inspired by the sh ...more

The trouble with wearing makeup looks inspired by Halloween is there is a VERY fine line between festive and tacky. For instance, painting teeny little candy corns all over your face? Tacky. But painting a glittery candy corn inspired eye look with white, yellow, and orange on ...more

If you're as sick and tired as we are of slutty girls walking around in hiked-up and whored out versions of Snow White and "angel" costumes on Halloween, then you can fight back by turning to the opposite end of the spectrum. No, we're not telling you to dress up like an Amish ...more

Just because it's Halloween doesn't mean you have to dress up as something gory or creepy. Inject some pretty into the spooky holiday by donning a peacock costume, and check out this makeup video to learn how to create a lovely peacock makeup look. This look is basically an e ...more

Dolling yourself up for a night out on the town clubbing is probably also half the fun of the whole clubbing experience: doing the big hair to make us look like goddesses, donning the impossibly long false eyelashes, slipping on that sexy dress from Bebe, and sticking our toot ...more

While supermodel - and soon-to-be super hot mama - Doutzen Kroes didn't model in the recent 2010 Victoria's Secret fashion show, few have forgotten the pretty lady's focused eyes and plush, pillowy lips. Check out this makeup tutorial to learn how to create a smoldering Doutz ...more

With James Cameron's "Avatar" being as game changing and visually breathtaking as it is, we're pretty sure that this Halloween you'll be seeing lots of folks looking a little blue...makeup-wise, that is. Whether you're dressing up as a guy Na'vi or a girl Na'vi, this Halloween ...more

The Red Riding Hood movie by Catherine Hardwicke is a decidedly dark take on the story, which is pretty dark to begin with. This presents great opportunities for dark, sensual makeup both in the film and on your though, should you decide to watch this video and try out this da ...more

Okay, we're pretty sure that Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima could go bare-faced and wear a potato sack and still put the rest of us to shame. But she looks like a veritable glowing bombshell when she wears bronzy, shimmery makeup for the lingerie and beauty brand. Get h ...more

The Terminator— it might not seem like an obvious choose for a woman's Halloween costume, unless you're thinking of the T-X from "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines", played by Kristanna Loken. But this Halloween makeup look actually feels more like the Governator's famous por ...more