With Halloween arriving this weekend, there is only one question on everyone’s minds: What will this year’s costume be?
First, you have to narrow down your choices, and the easiest way is to pick a category. There are the sexy costumes, the scary costumes, the homemade costumes and the funny costumes.
Going with the homemade approach can get you a variety of costumes in the cheapest and quickest way. If you have a black shirt and pants, you just need to add accessories. Want to be a cat? Add a tail, ears and some whiskers. Want to be a cop? Add a hat and some handcuffs. There’s no going wrong with a simple costume put together from your own closet.
Another trend that seems to be getting increasingly popular is decorative makeup. If you have a plain outfit and don’t think it’s quite right, head to YouTube. A werewolf can go from rookie to expert with a little makeup help from the online gurus.
If you’ve updated your iPhone to the newest software, you may find some digital costume inspiration. There are a variety of new emojis to choose from. Now instead of typing them, try wearing them. Everyone uses emojis. Try painting them on your face, or even grab a friend and dress up as those dancing twins.
You can also go the Halloween store route if you have no time to make your own.
As for sexy costumes, there are plenty you can choose from at the store. There’s anything from hot Hermione Granger to an attractive Patrick Star. These costumes have been around for a while, so there is a reason for their popularity. These costumes also update as pop culture progress. You’ll easily find a sexy Miley Cyrus or Donald Trump costume at the top of the bin.
Embracing the meaning of Halloween can be a fun way to choose a costume as well. The truly scary costumes create almost as much attention as the sexy ones. People enjoy being scared, especially when there’s a time and place. Halloween is your time to safely scare your friends out of their socks.
The costumes that tend to make Halloween more than just a scary time are the funny ones. You’ve always wanted to be a giant hotdog or banana? Great, this costume choice is the one for you. People love a great laugh when they see a giant piece of food walking down the street.
Taking the funny costume a step further, you can grab someone you love and create a couple’s costume. They can be the Princess Leia to your Han Solo or maybe even the Mario to your Princess Peach. Apart, you’re just one simple costume, but together you’re a power team.
No matter what you go out as on Halloween, the most important part is to have fun with it. There are always people who wear the simplest costumes but are having such a great time with it no one even notices.
Brittany Hagoort is an 18-year-old English sophomore from Tucson, Arizona. You can reach her on Twitter @Brittanyhagoort.

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