The coolest Halloween makeup looks sported by celebrities For last-minute ideas

You truly measure your creativity when there are only a few days left until Halloween and you still manage to show up to the classic house party with friends or an impromptu night out in a look that actually hits, maybe even put together just a few hours prior. If ideas are running low this year, the coolest celebrities are here to supply some major inspiration: here are five looks to recreate, from effortless, low-maintenance options to high-effort transformations. The call is yours.

Halloween 2026 ideas: the coolest celebrity makeup looks

Rosalía - Magdalena Bay's Imaginal Disk

Rosalía debuted this look at the Halloween party hosted by Kendall Jenner in Los Angeles back in 2024. The reference is unmistakably the album cover of Magdalena Bay's Imaginal Disk, and pulling it off comes down to four basic essentials: a CD snapped in half, SFX scar wax, skin-safe adhesive, and fake blood. All you need to do is sculpt a wound running straight across your forehead with the wax, glue the halved CD right into the center, and top the whole thing off with fake blood.

Quen Blackwell - The Headphones Lady Meme

In 2025, Quen Blackwell recreated one of the most chronically online memes of all time: the girl with Beats headphones and butterfly clips in her hair. The original reference dates back to Vistoso Bosses' 2009 music video for Delirious featuring Soulja Boy. Replicating the outfit takes nothing more than oversized headphones, a pink tank top, and a cluster of butterfly clips scattered through your hair. The make-up is just as straightforward, a quintessential 2000s party girl look featuring rosy blush, a high-shine glassy lip gloss, black mascara, and frosted silver eyeshadow.

Benito Skinner and Owen Thiele - Zara Larsson and PinkPantheress

Benito Skinner and Owen Thiele went the couples costume route for Halloween 2026, morphing into Zara Larsson and PinkPantheress by recreating their exact looks from the Stateside music video. Plaid miniskirts, matching tops radiating pure Frutiger Aero energy, wigs, and vibrant manicures: missing the reference was practically impossible. For beauty, load up on rhinestones to mimic Zara's iconic eye looks, dust on baby-pink blush, swipe on an ultra-pigmented pink gloss, and finish with full falsies.

Chloë Sevigny - Dionysus

In 2011, Chloë Sevigny turned up in a costume wrapped in layered ambiguity. Channeling a gothic pagan ritual, it reads part Bacchus, leafy crown and wine goblet firmly in hand, part nymph straight out of Ovid's Metamorphoses with her white gown, and part dark priestess courtesy of a black rosary draped around her neck. The result is a decadent, effortlessly alluring look that is surprisingly easy to pull together: a long jet-black wig with short micro-bangs, porcelain-pale skin, smudged brown eyeshadow, and softly blotted burgundy lipstick. Easy.

Zoë Kravitz - Mornings Suck Vampire

In 2018, Zoë Kravitz served what might be the single most relatable costume to date: a freshly woken vampire, officially dubbed the Mornings Suck Vampire. A silk robe, striped boxer shorts, crew socks, slides, a blood-stained mug, and a pink towel wrapped around her head: it does not get more easily replicable than this. Make-up requires nothing beyond washed-out skin, softly emphasized dark under-eye circles, stained lips, and a drip of fake blood running from the corner of the mouth. The ultimate low-effort, last-minute look.