My Adam Levine Halloween Costume

I hope that all of you ghouls and goblins had a frightfully good Halloween! This is one of my favorite days of the year; I love everything about it. I always put a lot of thought into my costumes, but this Halloween I was having difficulty figuring out what to wear. I thought about going as She-Ra, but with my current knee problems I needed something I could wear my orthopedic sneakers with. I was stumped until a few days ago, when I had a flash of brilliance and figured it out: This year, I would go as Adam Levine!

Besides the fact that I’m a hardcore Maroon 5 fan, this costume works for a few other reasons. Anyone who knows me in person can tell you that I’m a very girlie-girl who lives in makeup and dresses. One year when I was in a heavily goth period with bright pink hair, I went as “Normal” for Halloween by wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and a blonde wig – and no one recognized me because I looked so different. So going out in pants and almost no makeup is a costume for me! 😉

To make this costume, I bought a pair of jeans and a man’s tank top at Goodwill, and paired it with a black wig, a guitar-shaped purse, and some Maroon 5 badges. I used a henna tattoo kit to recreate Adam Levine’s body art – I pulled up some photos of his tattoos and showed them to Jai, who was assigned the task of imitating them as best he could.