20 Best Halloween Hairstyles to Complete Your Costume

It's showtime! We love this more glamorous take on Beetlejuice. You can get the look by spray painting your hair gray and seafoam green and teasing the top and sides. Accessorize with a black and white striped bow.

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Who is Beetlejuice without his (sort of bride) Lydia Deetz? Bella Hadid nailed Lydia's gothic style and you can, too, by using hair wax to create spiky bangs and pieces around the crown of your head.

Barbie was the hottest Halloween costume of 2023 and it's sure to be any year given her icon status. Get her look with a beautiful blonde blowout and plenty of pink!

Channel your inner gothic goddess and dress your tresses as Wednesday Addams. If you already have dark hair, all you'll need to do is braid it into pigtails. Blondes and redheads should consider buying a can of black spray paint to ensure they'll be recognized.

Inspired by the "Beauty School Dropout" song from Grease, this look is easy to achieve by simply wrapping up your hair in heatless curlers. The best part is that you'll have a gorgeous head of curls after you change out of your costume!

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You're going to need a lot of hairspray for this look, but it'll be worth it. After all, a bride's hair is an essential part of her look, and even the Bride of Frankenstein is no exception!

Here's a super easy look that you can pull off with nothing but gauze from your medicine cabinet. Style your hair however you like, tie some gauze around your head, and that's a wrap on your Halloween costume!

The best '80s Halloween costumes all begin with the hair. Break out your comb and hairspray and start teasing and spraying until you get the big '80s hair of your dreams.

Princess Leia's double bun look is one of the most iconic movie hairstyle of all time! This style is super easy to achieve with a center part and an oversized bun on each side of your head. If you feel so inclined, pair it with a white dress—but either way you'll definitely be recognized for the princess that you are!

Two pigtails and cans of pink and blue spray paint are pretty much all you need to transform your hair into a Harley Quinn-inspired masterpiece.

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We love this stylish take on Winifred Sanderson's signature red curly hair. Get the look by spray painting your hair vibrant red and styling it straight at the top and curly on the lengths.

Calling all blondes! Have an old Hollywood Halloween this year by recreating Marilyn's iconic glam waves. You can get this look even if you have longer hair by using pins to secure it into a faux bob.

This voluminous hairstyle could work for a lot of different costumes but we like the idea of a Victorian vampire queen. To get the look, curl and tease the top of your hair and braid the rest into pigtails. Add lacy black hairpiece for a finishing touch that totally slays.

Glamour waves were the bee's knees back in the 1920s. Get this flapper look with a deep side part, full curls, and an elaborate headband worn across your forehead.

We can do it! Easily embody the style of the famous feminist icon Rosie the Riveter by tying your hair up with a red and white bandana. Be sure to leave a few pieces out in the front to really capture her look and, oh yeah, be ready to strike this pose a lot!

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There's nothing cuter than a little kid dressed up as a little old lady. Create a wig of cotton balls spray-painted gray to help age your little one to perfection.

Mermaids are known for their super long, wavy locks but we love this unexpected updo just as much! Add some seashells and tulle for the perfect finishing touches to this ethereal hairstyle.

No mouse ears? No problem. Just pull your hair back into two big buns and paint on some cute whiskers and a nose and you'll be good to go!

This look is for all the Lemony Snicket fans out there. Wrap your curls into two pointy buns and place a jaunty little top hat in the middle to steal Count Olaf's girlfriend's style.

Ask any rocker and they'll tell you being punk is all about the attitude—and the hair! Fashion yours into a spiky mohawk and dye it an electric color to steal this style.

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