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Lights, Camera, HALLOWEEN! My Halloween Recap:

Amelia-Rose Williams Student Contributor, St. John's University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at St. John's chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

By: Amelia-Rose Williams

Life couldn’t have aligned more perfectly; Halloween these past two years being on a weekend has been amazing! This is my first time in a while actually going out with friends on Halloween. Usually I stay inside and just chill, maybe hand out candy if anyone stops by, but seeing as I’m on campus this year for college, I decided I wanted to go all out.

I had 3 looks planned for 3 nights: Thursday: Victoria’s Secret Angel, Friday: Sully from Monsters, Inc., Saturday: Katy Perry from the California Girls music video. With each look, I did a fun twist with the makeup and the presentation. I always enjoy having an opportunity to display my creativity and artistic ability. 

I tried to lean more into the simple yet glowy beat that the VS angels have; with the Monsters, Inc. costume, I tried the “Word Trend” by august on TikTok. Lastly, I felt like the makeup on Katy Perry, while it was, at that time and remains, iconic, it felt like it was missing something. I decided on doing a clown look instead. 

Now you know I HAD to take pictures; these looks were too iconic. I relied a lot on my Canon digi cam for pics of the looks as they were still fresh on my face. As a girl, you know that as that beat is still FRESH, pictures better be taken, especially if you’re going out. 

On Thursday, we mainly hung around Manhattan, while on Friday and Saturday we mainly hung around Queens. I didn’t have the best time in Manhattan, to be honest. I’m noticing a pattern that they don’t really have manners, which I know sounds crazy out loud, but it’s almost as if they take that stereotypical “snob” like attitude into venues. 

They push and shove and don’t even bother saying “sorry” or “excuse me”, which again, I know sounds really “tedial”, but when comparing it to venues I’ve been to in Queens and how they act, they are very apologetic and respectful, so I think that it does make a huge difference. 

So I rate Thursday a 5/10. The reason why it’s not 1 or ZERO is that I had my friends with me and they made it fun, but once we got there, it was pretty mediocre. However, on Friday I had an AMAZING time! Everyone was super kind, the music was amazing and I loved everyone’s costumes! 

Which takes us to the terrible day of Halloween: all of the venues were basically closed, except for the Trick-Or-Treating and annual Halloween parade, which, to be honest, we probably would have been better off going to, but we ended up going back to campus and just hanging out with each other and sharing some laughs before we went our separate ways. 

So, I’d rate this Halloween a 7/10; it wasn’t bad, but it could have been better. I can’t wait to experience it next year! I’m hoping to maybe once again have 3, maybe 4 looks planned; we shall see. Until next time!

Amelia-Rose Williams

St. John's '28

Amelia-Rose Williams is a third-year student at St. John's University in Queens. She majors in legal studies and has a minor in fashion studies. Her hope is to become a corporate lawyer, specializing in fashion law. Topics that are of the most interest to her include: fashion, film, art, pop culture, and true crime. During her third year writing for Her Campus, St. John’s chapter, she looks to expand her editorial skills and continue to write about what is most passionate to her.