Shoot, I wasn’t even planning to dress up at all this year, but Tabs insisted that I throw something on, because he didn’t want to be the only kitty on the block without a dressed up assistant/trick-or-treating companion.
I couldn’t bear the thought of hitting up the costume store, since I knew it was gonna be crazy busy, so I busted a Tim Gunn and tried to “make it work” with what I had around the house.
As far as last-minute Halloween getups go, this MAC artist costume was super easy. I slipped on a black dress, fashioned a homemade tag out of a MAC logo I found online and stuck some brushes behind my ear. I also really, REALLY wanted to sling a black brush belt around my waist (like the ones that MAC artists wear at the counter), but I kinda ran out of time. I wore a gold brush belt from the MAC Wonder Woman collection instead.
SIDE NOTE: If you plan to recreate this costume and have a brush belt sitting around the house, use it! It’ll totally take it to the next level.
After I put on some bright makeup (well, bright for me), Tabs seemed adequately satisfied…
You know cats. You can never really tell if they’re staring at you with approval or disdain. 🙂
This year Tabs had his heart set on a steam punk-inspired costume, but I couldn’t track down a kitty-sized monocle and ascot.
Oh, well. Next year.
Instead, he decided to be a shark — an excuse to wear something form-fitting and sleek (to show off his curves).
How about you? Are you dressing up this year? I’d love to hear what you (and your pets!) are wearing.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
beautylogicblog says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:43 pmlol, great costume. You look gorge as usual. Tabs’ costume is hilarious. a lil shark. love it! T
beautylogicblog says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:45 pmoh and no I didn’t dress up. I usually go as Cleopatra, but this year was not at all in the Halloween spirit. Although I did see some amazing costumes on the streets of NYC.
Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:55 pmI bet there were some amazing ones! Did your little one wear a costume?
Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:56 pmThanks, Milly!
Antonia at Swedish Love Affair says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:43 pmYou look amazing!!! I love the brushes in your hair, I might steal that idea:) Also, so wise of Tabs to go as a shark instead. He looks dangerous!
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Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:56 pmFeel free to borrow the idea, Antonia! 🙂 I’ll let Tabs know you approve of his outfit.
Cassy says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:44 pmLove love love! You look amazing and since I am a sucker for sharks, I want to steal Tabs right through the screen in this getup.
Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:55 pmThanks, Cassy! Tabs was inspired by Shark Week. 🙂
Bing says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:45 pmTabs, looking sharp!
Tabs says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:57 pmThanks, doll!
Smooches,
Tabs the Shark Cat
Stephanie says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:50 pmHahaha! So creative 🙂 Great job Karen!!
Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:54 pmThanks, Stephanie! Did you dress up this year?
Carmela says
October 31st, 2011 at 5:59 pmBrilliant last minute get up! 😀 Believable and oh so hot rolled into one. Very nice, Karen! 🙂
Tabs is just adorable. He can bite me anytime to the tune of Jaws’ theme.
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Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:24 pmLOL! Watch out! He just might take you up on that offer.
PinkGlitter says
October 31st, 2011 at 6:14 pmGreat last minute costume. Tabs looks adorable as a shark!
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Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:25 pmI think he was going for menacing, but he’ll take adorable!
Happy halloween!
Jen says
October 31st, 2011 at 6:28 pmThe the material and colour of the kitty shark costume. I want that in in short-sleeved sweatshirt.
Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:25 pmYes! Complete with a shark fin in the back.
jen. says
October 31st, 2011 at 6:40 pmTabs is looking cute ferocious! Your costume is cute (and homemade, which is always the best).
Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:26 pmI’ll let him know you said that. He’ll be thrilled. 🙂
Anna says
October 31st, 2011 at 6:44 pmThat’s the spirit! Great look!
Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:26 pmThanks, Anna!
Did you dress up today?
Tori says
October 31st, 2011 at 6:50 pmI went as Lois Lane and my doggie Rupert was Superman! 😀
Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:31 pmCute! Did he wear a cape?
Tori says
November 1st, 2011 at 5:45 amYes he did! He wasn’t too fond of it but but,oh well hah
Chris25 says
October 31st, 2011 at 6:51 pmHaha, that’s so creative, Karen! Tabs is the cutest shark I’ve ever seen. And I used to work at the NY Aquarium, so I’ve seen a few sharks up close. 🙂
Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:34 pmHow cool. What did you do at the Aquarium? Oh, and did Rocky and Jazz dress up this year?
Chris25 says
October 31st, 2011 at 8:19 pmI was a docent. The fur babies were “Sleepy” and “Scratchy” this year. One slept all day, the other scratched up the furniture. 😀
Karen says
November 3rd, 2011 at 8:39 pmOh, what a cool job! I bet you got to meet all sorts of interesting people.
LOL re: the kitties. No gravy for Rocky and Jazz tonight!
Andrea says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:01 pmawwwwwww he looks sooo sweeet 🙂
Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:35 pmHe’s the sweetest shark cat you’ve ever known, LOL!
Ashley says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:11 pmIt’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…. SHARK CAT!
Awesome costumes, Karen. If I didn’t know any better, I’d really believe you were a MAC artist. Though, you really could be!
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Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:36 pmOh, I wish! I love MAC artists. 🙂 They help women (and men) look their best every day. What a great job!
What did you dress up as this year?
MereMakeupManiac says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:13 pmyour costume is sexy yet amusing at the same time lol. Tabs as a shark? cuteness and fierce! haha.
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Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:37 pmThanks, babe! What costume did you wear this year?
NIKKI says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:32 pmOh what a cute costume for the cat! I have to share my costume this year…you’ll appreciate the hair and makeup. P.S- I have pin straight hair- hair salon did an AMAZING job to get it to look like this!
http://nikkalicious.squarespace.com/journal/2011/10/30/happy-halloween.html?SSLoginOk=true
Karen says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:38 pmSo cool! How long did it take to comb it out afterwards?
peach_ says
October 31st, 2011 at 7:56 pmYou look like a Bond Girl turned into MAC artist! I love it! Tabs is cute as a shark. I don’t know why, but I really love the sleeves.
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Sheila says
October 31st, 2011 at 8:20 pmOMG I love this!! Both your and Tabs’ costumes =D
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Quinctia says
October 31st, 2011 at 8:55 pmWent really simply this year: orange HK t-shirt, black cat ear headband, and I did one eye in white shadow + glitter, and one eye in black shadow + glitter. I had to work and was lugging around a lot of boxes (and knew it going in!) so no wigs or fairy wings or anything this year, haha.
Grace says
October 31st, 2011 at 10:59 pmSuch a cool idea! What lippies are u wearing?
Nika says
October 31st, 2011 at 11:06 pmYou and Tabs are too adorable!! 🙂
Kate & Zena says
October 31st, 2011 at 11:10 pmI didn’t “dress up” except neck up. It was faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar too cold here and I had school. Neck up, I was the black swan from the movie Black Swan. (Besides, I refuse to go around school in a leotard, tights and tutu. That’s too revealing!)
I pulled my hair up in a ballerina bun like I used to when I went to ballet and made a little feather thingy to stab into my hair. Well, sort of. I axed all the hairspray, the mousse, the hair net and nearly 2/3 of the bobby pins. It was ballerina bun light mode! We ballerinas alone created a large hole in the ozone from all the hairspray we used! We use a ton of it!
I even have photos! Ha ha ha ha ha!
amanda says
November 1st, 2011 at 12:11 amyou look great!! i was a peacock!! i put makeup on my blog http://beautiesinbloom.blogspot.com
i definitely was lazy with my costume though–i threw peacock feathers in my hair and a turquoise sweater and thats it besides the makeup! lol
Vonvon says
November 1st, 2011 at 3:10 amWow! You look like a pro makeup artist indeed!
Tabs is so cute!
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Brody says
November 1st, 2011 at 3:54 amYou look fabulous, as always! I went as Joan Holloway, which was super fun.
Tabs as shark-cat is fabulous! I’m always a sucker for sharks, and cats so it ticks all my boxes!
Marian says
November 1st, 2011 at 4:36 amYou look fantastic and Tabs…..well, what can I say? I can’t stop laughing!
Kajal Couture says
November 1st, 2011 at 4:41 amGuess what I am going to be next year…hehehe. Thanks for the great idea Karen!
Katherine says
November 1st, 2011 at 5:13 amTabs is adorable! He may cure me of my fear of the ocean 😉
Kim says
November 1st, 2011 at 5:28 amI know Tabs has his diva moments but he’s definitely a good boy if you can get him to wear a costume. I can only imagine trying to get my girls into one – there would be fur flying everywhere! HAHA!
The Hubs was the Lone Ranger this year and I was Tonto(ess). He was not particularly thrilled but was a good sport about it. The boys were the Grim Reaper (with bright red LED eyes) and the Scream guy. One with a scythe and the other with a butcher knife. I miss the days of Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore. 🙂
Nina says
November 1st, 2011 at 6:12 amgoodness gracious, what an adorable shark! and Karen, you are totally fierce! those shoes — i die!
we didnt dress up… because, i admit it, we are lazy!!!
Elle says
November 1st, 2011 at 6:46 amYou look great, and I want to hug Tabs in that outfit!!
artemis says
November 1st, 2011 at 6:52 ammac..:D Interesting costume! tabs looks cute too 😀 aww
Hboo says
November 1st, 2011 at 7:28 amSo creative! I’m jealous! I went at the game Twister 🙂 blue nails, blue lashes, green eyeshadow, and red lips made it fun!
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Iram says
November 1st, 2011 at 7:42 amLOVE it! you’re such a beauty 🙂 and Tabs is so cute!
xo
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LoveVex says
November 1st, 2011 at 11:45 amYour costume is awesome, but Tabs wins for the shark fin and uber cuteness!
This year I found pulled out my striped tight and a pair of red shoes, and bought a striped dress from H&M, a wide brim black hat and a cape and went as the Hamburglar! I used a Happy Meal box as my purse. We roamed around Santa Monica Blvd’s block party in Hollywood and people actually figured it out and asked for my picture. 🙂
Harshleen says
November 1st, 2011 at 12:10 pmYou look fab Karen! Those brushes in your hair look cute 🙂
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Carro says
November 1st, 2011 at 1:32 pmLOL I love your costume!
Sunny says
November 1st, 2011 at 1:53 pmLOVE your makeup, Karen! You look SO hot with that magenta lipstick, and I had previously not imagined warm-toned girls (like myself) could rock blue eyeshadows!
Tab is adorable as usual. Mine can barely move around when I put anything on them (even just a ribbon on their necks bother them oh-so-much), so they didn’t dress up at all.
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Marilyn @ Lipgloss and Spandex says
November 1st, 2011 at 9:30 pmYou and Tabs both look great 🙂 I was a military pinup… I decided to try and look more pinup-y by dying my hair black and giving myself bangs.
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Kayleigh says
November 2nd, 2011 at 9:56 amAahahahha TABS!!!! He is seriously the cutest, that shark costume is killing me!! And your MAC costume is so creative, I love it! Totally got some Barbie Loves MAC type makeup happening too!
Bun Bun Makeup Tips says
November 2nd, 2011 at 2:32 pmI was a geisha! With the left side of my face rotten and bloody.
Oh and I LOVE your MAC Wonder Woman collection post. It was one of the first few posts I read on your blog and thought it’s awesome! You’re so creative!
Swatch And Learn says
November 6th, 2011 at 4:38 pmCute shark kitty costume! 😀 I haven’t seen that one before – love it.
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nekosan says
November 9th, 2011 at 11:26 amDude! Did you see that someone took your Tabs picture and made a LOL out of it?
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/11/09/funny-pictures-not-sure-if-will-hunt/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ICanHasCheezburger+%28I+CAN+HAS+CHEEZBURGER%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Karen says
November 9th, 2011 at 11:43 amYeah, I saw that this morning. Tabs is getting a big kick out of it!
nekosan says
November 9th, 2011 at 12:51 pm#laughs# Now he’s even famouser! Don’t let it go to his head. =D