Stressed over Halloween costumes? Not sure what to serve your guests at your terrifying party this year? Need unique last-minute decor ideas? I’ve rounded up some of my favorite resources for a festive & fun Halloween below… I especially recommend clicking on Simon Doonan‘s advice. He’s a keeper!
Read Simon Doonan’s Halloween Do & Don’t tip list for having a stylish, eccentric, exciting Halloween (and getting your October 31st groove on in the kitchen). His list includes ideas for soundtrack, decor, and of course, attitude.
“DO look stylish: Halloween is also the perfect opportunity to step up your fashion quotient — higher heels, daring chapeaux, tighter frocks…and that’s just the men.”
Make a delicious pumpkin sangria to serve to your party guests with ingredients you’ll be able to find in a snap!
“It took seven hours to carve the Duke and Duchess of Gourd, but it took just seven nanoseconds for that Angry Bird-garbed brat to crush the couple to smithereens. Channel your creative juices into a consolation pumpkin sangria from Grafton Street’s Diana Morell.”
Not sure how to primp your face into the perfect Halloween pout? The Glamourai’s Halloween makeup & beauty ideas should get the wheels turning. Ideas include a mysterious masked woman, a mod model, and a geisha.
Writing about Halloween on your blog? If you’re unsure how to make a unique posts about this most exciting, highly-decorated holiday, IFB has some tips on how to blog about Halloween in a non-cookie-cutter format.
“Write about your favorite scary movies and their awesome outfits. Personally, I always found the twins in The Shining particularly fashionable.”
Win the coolest-pumpkin-on-the-block award with this no-carve guide to amazing pumpkin decor.
This amazing Halloween nails idea will probably stay in your nail art rotation long after Halloween is over. Hint: it involves a beloved childhood DIY craft item that costs very little.
Remember to have fun!
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