8 scary hairstyles to show off your Halloween costume 2026

The same question year after year: what should I dress up as this Halloween or this Carnival? We have decided to think for you. Celebrities have all the answers. And year after year they work so hard on their costumes that they leave us with perfect ideas to imitate them and be the queens of the parties.

On this occasion, both mom and dad are going to have as much fun (or more) than the little ones, so choosing the best costume is an essential task.

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It is the perfect time to change hair color with the help of temporary dyes and sprays and see how a change of look would look on us. If we like it, we can really apply it and, if not, don't worry, the next time you wash your hair it will disappear completely.

Within Halloween and carnival hairstyles, backcombing is one of the most used techniques. With the help of a brush and very little pain (the hair needs a lot of softener to return to its natural state) you can look like a real antique doll abandoned for years. If you want it to last all night, prepare the hairspray bottle.

Of course, we must always keep in mind that we must choose top quality products. It's not enough to go for the cheapest products and apply them (it's also a good idea to keep in mind for makeup). Hair is one of the parts of the body that we like to take care of the most and if we want to always have it healthy and beautiful, we cannot apply just any product to it. If we decide on a color spray, we will have to remove it as soon as we get home, since these products tend to dry the hair a lot and make the roots of each hair suffer, potentially causing hair loss.

We have rescued the most elaborate costumes of celebrities to copy their hairstyle because we believe that, simply with it and a little makeup, you can succeed. The goal of Carnival and Halloween hairstyles is to make the hair look very different. According to the character we want to represent with the costume. It should be a set, but. You don't have to think much to choose clothes. As long as the rest is perfect, everything will be enough.

Sandy rocker from Grease

Maintain curls as defined as Gigi Hadid.

How to get the look for Sandy's costume from Grease

Step 1. Wash and condition your hair with the TRESemmé Perfect Waves (Im) range. Step 2. Remove moisture from your hair with a cotton towel and dry your hair. Step 3. Apply the TRESemmé Perfect Waves (Im) Soft Waves Mousse to help you create defined curls that are perfect for holding all night. Its light formula with seaweed extracts does not make it stiff, providing a glamorous look to be the center of attention. Work the waves with flat irons.Step 4.Apply the TRESemmé Perfect Curls Foam, whose professional formula provides maximum curl definition even in humid conditions.

Terrifying look

Would you like to imitate Nicole Scherzinger's hairstyle?

How to get the terrifying look

Step 1. Condition and wash your hair with the TRESemmé Irresistible Volume range. Step 2. To make the volume “creepy glamorous”, apply the Volume Maximizer, also from the TRESemmé Irresistible Volume range. Step 3. Finish the look with the TRESemmé Strong Hairspray.

Creepy look

Would you like to imitate Poppy Delevingne's chilling look?

Step by step for a chilling look

Step 1. Wash and condition your hair with the TRESemmé Intense Hydration range to ensure that your hair is hydrated and perfect to start working on your hairstyle.

Step 2. Dry your hair and comb it with the middle part. Continue the part until the end of the head, ensuring that your hair is divided into two sections.

Step 3. Make a high ponytail with each of those sections and tie them with a red and a blue elastic band.

Step 4. To get the surf waves that finish the look, apply the Surf Waves Texturizing Spray from the TRESemmé (Im)Perfect Waves range, working several strands with which you will achieve the perfect style.

Step 5. Separate two strands from the front of the head to finish the look.

Black and white costume

Kim Kardashian chose a skeleton costume and to complete it, she decided on a wet look that fits the entire outfit perfectly.

Fixer to be a skeleton

To get Kim's hairstyle, the process is the same as Chiara Ferragni's but without spray-dying the hair (or yes, that's up to your taste).

If you want to get her makeup, you should have Isadora's Foundation Color Bender base in your bag, sold at Douglas. Whether you mix it with your usual makeup base or use it alone, you will be able to lighten the tone of your face to achieve a chilling color.

‘Baume Double Je’, by Kérastase

Beyoncé a la Frida Khalo

In tribute to one of the women who have defended feminism the most in all of history. Beyoncé nailed Frida's face and hairstyle almost perfectly.

How to get the Beyoncé look

To get the hairstyle that Frida Khalo wore, make a braid on each side of your head. Once made, surround your head with them to get a crown. Then put on a flower crown that you can either buy at any store or make yourself with the help of plastic flowers and a headband.

Headband, from H&M.

Chiara Ferragni in David Bowie style

In tribute to the late David Bowie, Chiara Ferragni created the perfect look. The key? Changing the color of your hair.

This is how you can become David Bowie

Color spray will be your best ally to clone this hairstyle. Chiara on this occasion decided to go for a wet look by removing all her hair behind her. To do this, simply dry all your hair with the help of a round brush towards the back and apply a setting product so that it remains fixed in that position. If you also want to do like Chiara, dye it with a temporary spray before applying the fixative.

Pantene Gentle Fixative

Loreal coloring spray

Christina Aguilera

Kylie Jenner's costume went viral as soon as it came to light. Extensions are the main key to the hairstyle.

Extensions to be Christina Aguilera

The hairstyle to imitate Christina Aguilera has an extra addition: extensions. You can add a few with bobby pins to the inner part of your hair and then complete the look with a few false braids clipped in with bobby pins. If, furthermore, you are not blonde, you should still dye your hair with some temporary spray (or directly change your look by dyeing it for real).

Claries Extensions.

scary look

Jennifer López opted for white-proof makeup and transparent colored contact lenses. The hairstyle is very easy to achieve and, by imitating it, you can look like a real vampire.

How to get Jennifer Lopez's look

To make Jennifer Lopez's bun you will need: a lot of hairspray. First backcomb the loose hair as much as you can and, once this is done, create a quiff and backcomb the part that is visible. Then gather your hair into a ballerina bun at the nape of your neck and…voilà!

Lacquer, Elnett, from Loreal

Carding brush, by GHD