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Halloween Manicures: Monsters, Patterns & Studs

We’re correlating our beauty routine with some Halloween fun. Why not? What easier and fun way to do than with your manicure. No shame.

You don’t have to get all Beetlejuice and cobweb crazy, we can also incorporate some simple neutrals reminiscent of The Addams Family or Edward Scissorhands instead. Even though the crazy monster thing can be cute and fun too.

Day of the Dead | Dios De Los Muertos can give us a little glam thrill too.

Simple black and white can also be done festively. Without going buck crazy with the colors, our manicures can give off some theme love. A little studs ain’t hurt nobody either, and keep us on the sexy end.

And with us being girls and all, I’m sure more than a bit of us can appreciate the pink.

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Ashley Avery| IG: @Averyashlay | Twitter: @Averyashlay

With Halloween creeping around the corner, if it’s something you’ve anticipated, you and your girls started looking for costumes. Depending on your relationship status and maternal status the spectrum of costumes is a broad one. You can either go with Wicked Witch or Playboy Bunny. But is the Playboy Bunny costume really necessary around your man’s friends and the rest of society? As children, girls had fun being princesses or Wonder Girl and aimed for filling their candy bags as much as they can. Now as adults Halloween has become an excuse for soft porn costumes and parties. Is there any way to be a sexy kitten besides putting on a leotard, fishnet stockings and kitten ears?

One Halloween during my freshmen year of college, I decided to be a burlesque dancer. I literally had on fluffy panties, a corset, fishnet stockings, heels and the ever essential pearls. I accomplished the sexy look, but I never felt more uncomfortable. I couldn’t believe that my friend and I actually stepped out like this. After that night I told myself that I would never do that again. What fun do women get from going outside with basically lingerie and heels? There are other ways to put a sexy costume together, without showing all the treats. Women can wear bodysuits, bodycon dresses, thigh high boots are always sexy, and I would say corsets are still acceptable.

We shouldn’t use Halloween as an excuse to dress up like a hooker, unless the party you are going to calls for it. It’s ok to be fun with your costume sometimes. Be a minion, or a chola, or the Joker! The Polyvore website has some good outfits you can put together for a Halloween costume. Let’s try and keep Halloween on a PG-13 minimum this year. Nobody’s tricking for your treats.