Hey guys! So it's the day before New Year's Eve and if you're anything like me, you're still trying to find the perfect makeup to wear. Today's look is a super dramatic, black glittery cat eye with a reddish brown crease, flawless bronzed skin, and a super nude lip. I'm really sad that the pictures here don't do this look any justice. The entire lid is covered in black glitter that gives off the coolest effect when the light hits your eyes. I wanted to do a look that was dramatic and fun, but could be worn with a multitude of looks. So if you want to see how to get this look for yourself, keep on reading and I will also link below the other NYE look I did, which is a glittery silver smoky eye.
How To: EYES
-Add a piece of tape to the outer corner of your eyes to ensure that you get that perfect edge to your look. Apply your favorite eye primer all over your lids and underneath the lower lash line, then add a sticky black base right onto your lid- staying under your crease and winging it up at the outer edges.
-Highlight under your brows with a satin or matte cream shadow.
-On a large blending brush, fluff a matte light peach shadow into your upper crease to act as your transition shade. I also took a very warm toned, matte light brown and added it right on top and blended the two together.
-Take a medium matte, warm brown shadow and blend right underneath the transition shade. Make sure to blend well, so that the colors blend together nicely.
-Take the darkest matte black you have and pat it right on top of the black base you layed down first. Make sure to blend that color up at the outer corners and also blend around the edges so there's no harsh line between the lid and crease colors.
-On a small blending brush, take a matte deep brown shadow with a red undertone and apply it right into your crease above the black shadow. You also want to run this shadow underneath your lower lash line, staying right under the lashes.
-Apply your glitter adhesive all over the lid, then add a black glitter right on top.
-Highlight around the tear ducts with a light shimmery shadow to brighten up the eyes.
-Rim your eyes with a black kohl liner and add lots of mascara to your top and bottom lashes. You can add falsies to this look to make it even more dramatic.
Products Used:
-Urban Decay Primer Potion
-Milani Shadow Eyez- 07 Black Ink
-Rimmel London mono eye shadow- Royal Linen
-Makeup Geek eye shadows- Peach Smoothie, Creme Brulee, and Frappe
-TheBalm Nude Tude palette- Serious and Sexy
-LA Splash cosmetics Splash Proof Sealer
-random black glitter
-Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara- black
-Avon Supershock gel eyeliner pencil- Blackout
FACE
-Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector- Opal
-Lancome Teint Idole Ultra 24H makeup- 100 Ivoire
-Hard Candy Glamoflauge heavy duty concealer- Ultra Light
-Loreal True Match Minerals face powder- Light Ivory W1-2
-Laura Geller Balance -N- Brighten foundation- Fair
-TheBalm Betty-Lou Manizer bronzer
-TheBalm Bahama Mama bronzer
-Urban Decay NAKED Illuminated highlighting powder
-Maybelline Define-A-Brow brow pencil- Medium Brown
-Milani Brow Fix brow powder- Medium
-MAC lipstick- Myth
-Laura Mercier lip glace- Bare Naked
-Urban Decay All Nighter makeup setting spray
How To: FACE
-Apply an illuminating primer all over your face to brighten your skin and ensure that your foundation lasts all night.
-Using a damp sponge, apply a full coverage foundation onto your face. Using the damp sponge will allow you to have a more natural finish to your foundation, while still having great coverage.
-Add a concealer that's 1-2 shades lighter than your foundation under your eyes and anywhere else you want to highlight. Since the eyes are so dark and dramatic, you really want to make sure under your eyes is bright so you don't look tired.
-Set your entire face with powder, to take down shine and make your foundation last. I used a very light powder to set my concealer, to further enhance the highlighting I did. Then I used a powder that matches my skin to set the rest of my foundation.
-Apply a shimmery bronzer to your cheeks and around your hairline. You want your skin to look glowing a sun kissed, so using a shimmery bronzer instead of a blush will really help do that.
-Use a matte bronzer to contour under your cheek bones, temples, under your jaw, and down the sides of your nose. Since this look is so dramatic, I wanted a very distinct contour to go with it.
-Add a shimmery highlighting powder to the tops of your cheek bones, you can also add it to your cupid's bow, down the bridge of your nose, and anywhere else you want to highlight.
-Fill in your brows like you normally do. You really want to make sure your brows are defined, so they don't get lost in the rest of your look.
-Apply a nude lipstick to your lips and top it off with a nude gloss for some shine.
-Set everything with a makeup setting spray to take down the look of powder on your skin and to help your makeup last through the fireworks and kissing!
Thanks for reading and I hope you all like this look. I hope you all have a safe and happy New Years and I can't wait to talk to you all again next year!!
Silver and black NYE look:
