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Halloween is just two days away; tell me you have your costume already. No? No big deal. It’s hard to find a costume that doesn’t cost a fortune and that won’t make you look like Cady Heron as the “ex-wife” in mean girls.

Just as with almost anything else you need, Pinterest is coming in clutch with tons of cheap Halloween costume ideas. Last year, I focused on DIY costumes that you could put together last minute; this year, I decided to give some makeup tutorials a try.

Focusing on Halloween makeup rather than a Halloween costume means looking great without having to go out and buy expensive costume. Most of the looks only require some makeup that is already sitting in your purse or a friend’s makeup bag.

Here are a few looks that I tried–I was lucky enough to have my sister to practice on.

1. Doe

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Contouring makeup

Black eyeliner stick

White eyeshadow

Start by doing your normal contouring, but just a shade or two darker. Also, contour the sides of your nose darker than normal. To do this, I used some brown eyeshadow. Color the tip of the nose down to the lip with your eyeliner. Finish the look with some white dots on the sides of your face, from the temples onto your cheeks. Add some ears and you’re an adorable doe.

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2. Scarecrow

Blush

Black eyeliner stick

Yellow/orange eyeshadow or face paint

First, apply your makeup as normal. Go heavy on the blush or use a dash of red lipstick to add some red circles to your cheeks. Next, take your black eyeliner to add smile lines on both sides of your mouth. Add some tick marks to the lines to give it a “sewn-on” appearance. On your nose, make a triangle with the eyeshadow or face paint, outlining it with the eyeliner. Like by your mouth, add tick marks to your nose outline as well. Bring the look together with a plaid shirt and straw hat.

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3. Leopard

Black eyeliner stick

Brown eyeshadow

Similar to the doe tutorial, contour more prominently on the sides of your nose after doing your makeup like normal. Then, use your black eyeliner to draw on the tip of your nose and a line down to your lips. Dot the eyeliner above your mouth and add whiskers on your cheeks. Now, for the spots, start by making small circles with the eyeshadow wherever want your spots to be. With the black eyeliner, outline those circles almost all the way around; leave a small gap so it looks more like a “u.” Top with some cute ears and you’re anything but the basic “black cat.”

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4. Spider web

Black eyeliner stick

Blue/purple eyeshadow

If you’re not into making an entire look from your makeup, try this makeup idea to look festive and poised all at the same time. First, around one or both eyes, apply some blue or purple shimmery eyeshadow to where you’re going to draw your web. Next, with the black eyeliner, draw some evenly spaced lines radiating out from your eye. Starting at the bottom of the lines, attach each line with a sort of upside-down “u” shape. Continue this in layers all the way up to your eye. For some extra sparkle, outline the web in glitter or add some gems.