Most Impressive/Easy/Comfy Halloween Costume Ever - Janine from The Handmaid's Tale

My husband and I are attending our first adult Halloween party since before we had kids this year and I’m so excited!

It’s been at least a decade since I’ve thought about a costume for myself, though, and that’s kind of a lot of pressure! Especially since Halloween costumes for grown women are notoriously ridiculous; i.e. “sexy _______” is basically our only option.

Not only do I refuse to set that kind of example for my kids, I’m also all about being comfortable!

Which is why I got super excited about the idea of dressing up as a character from the uber-popular book, and now show, The Handmaid’s Tale. A quick Amazon search revealed all sorts of comfy red dresses and capes and even the perfect Handmaid’s bonnet.

The only problem? I wasn’t the first – or even the fifth – person to think of this brilliant costume.

I do like to be original but I was just too excited about this costume idea to give up on it… so I put on my thinking hat and came up with the idea of being Janine, the character who’s unfortunate fate led to the loss of her eye.

At first, I contemplated actually using an eye bandage like this one over my eye but – let’s be real – this mama doesn’t get that many opportunities to let loose at actual adult parties and I will be having some drinks. This means a lack of depth perception from having one eye covered is NOT a good idea.

So, next best thing, I decided to teach myself how to make a mean looking scar around my eye.

And guess what – it was actually ridiculously easy!! All you need to pull this off are two secret ingredients: the YouTube tutorial above and this stuff. Just apply a few coats to your face and boom – insta-scar!