Sometimes the Best Halloween Costume Is Just an Inky Goth Lipstick — Here Are 10 of Our Faves

Sometimes the best option also happens to be the easiest. Case in point: your Halloween costume. Sure, you could spend the next few days hunting down an ensemble that lets you channel Pennywise from It or Eleven from Stranger Things, but after all the time you’ve already put into transforming your mini me into a miniature Wonder Woman and outfitting your dog as his nemesis (a.k.a. the UPS delivery guy) who needs more work? Our suggestion: Pull out an all-black outfit, sweep on one of the 10 goth lipsticks below, and consider your Halloween look sorted.

The only thing more classically goth than chipped black nail polish and a sullen expression? Pure black lipstick, of course. MAC’s take offers an appropriately matte finish but won’t leave lips dry and cracked by day’s end.

If you have a feeling your goth phase will only last a single night, this super-bargain of a black lipstick is the ultimate low-commitment option.

A sweep of blood-red lipstick indulges your inner vampiress, no fangs required.

Housed in a silver bullet, the red hue of this creamy formula is based on the actual color of blood. A bit creepy, yes, but the result is also incredibly flattering.

A literal take on feeling blue, this navy option is as just as appropriately gloomy as black.

With a finish as velvety as those on-trend boots you just added to your cart, this deep mulberry lipstick will remain wearable long after your candy coma is a distant memory.

A super-saturated black-raspberry shade will stay vivid through a night of haunting your neighbors. 

The deepest of deep purples, Smashbox’s Plum Role is a surprisingly flattering hue that you'll be able to carry off long after All Hallows’ Eve.

We never would have pegged Christian Louboutin as having goth tendancies, but the baroque tube of his matte lipstick says otherwise.

A cream-stain hybrid in a deep red shade gives a just-bitten look that'll last through the witching hour.