Cautionary Women

For the Angelina Jolie version, go  here .  Wanting to be the Mistress of all Evil on Halloween is understandable. Maleficent is in and of itself pure nefariousness. She would frost flowers in Stefan's kingdom and doom his daughter just for the heck of it. No, she didn't really want that party invite, thank you very much. She merely used it as an excuse to exercise her ill will. In Disney's Sleeping Beauty , Maleficent taught the world how to gatecrash a party, Halloween or otherwise, in style. Going as her may be one of the best Halloween costume ideas ever, if you just know how:  1. Costume For a bit hefty price, you can have a Maleficent costume custom-made for you by cosplay designers. If you're on a smaller budget and in a hurry, you may avail of Maleficent costumes online at slashed prices , complete with headpieces already. Alternatively, there's the DIY route if you have enough time, creativity and energy to spare. Simply use a graduatio...

With the closing of the Harry Potter movie series in July, Bellatrix Lestrange has emerged as the woman to be for Halloween 2011. Who wouldn't want to be her? Witches are the empresses of Halloween. Wickedest of wicked witches, Bellatrix is not above placing Cruciatus hexes on you. Here's how to dress up as Bellatrix for Halloween: 1. Wand Get into character with a Harry Potter wand. Your Bellatrix getup is incomplete without it. Like its owner, Bellatrix's wand can be described as "unyielding." Her first and more iconic of two wands is curved and made of walnut, with dragon heartstring for core. You can make do with intricate  wand replicas . 2. Costume Bellatrix is often clad in a black dress with detached sleeves held on to the top by way of strings. A leather-looking corset also girths her. You can get a good bargain on ready-made Bellatrix costumes here .  But you'd be surprised how easy it is to DIY Bellatrix's costume using ol...

All Hallow's Eve is fast approaching. From now until the macabre occasion, Cautionary Women will give you tips and tricks on what is Halloween all about: dressing up! To start, let's try to get the look of Morticia Addams, one of the reigning queens of Halloween. Anjelica Huston as Morticia Addams Now Morticia, the iconic matriarch of the Addams Family, is scarcely the evil woman pictured here at Cautionary Women. She is rather something of a paradox: scary-looking but kind (in the way she knows how), intimidating but approachable (again, in the way she knows how). She is just eerie, not evil. Carolyn Jones as Morticia Yet Morticia can give any superbly nefarious queen a run for her money. Whether on TV, film, or anywhere The Addams Family franchise is splayed, Morticia commands attention with her spine-tingling style. Sure she may be fundamentally good and all, but try running into her on a solitary road at night. Here's how to be Morticia Addams for...

Maria Paula is one-third of the triplets that take center stage in the Mexican telenovela Lazos de Amor , which was shown around the world in the late 1990s.  She is easily the bad seed of the trio (played convincingly all at once by actress-singer Lucero). Unlike her triplet sisters Maria Fernanda and Maria Guadalupe, Maria Paula is a woman of the world...with a few skeletons in the closet. Her devilish behavior stretches back to childhood, when she inadvertently caused the car crash that killed their parents and blinded Maria Fernanda for life. The crash also separated the two sisters from Maria Guadalupe, the search for whom anchors most of the telenovela.    Whatever Maria Paula exuded in villainy and craziness, she more than makes up for in appearances. She is a perpetually eye-catching presence in the soap, in no small part thanks to that severe ponytail hair extension and trademark tracing-pinkie-finger-across-eyebrow mannerism.  Or...