The end-of-the-year festivities are just around the corner, and it is a perfect occasion to use those bright colors, shimmers, and sparkles you’ve always wanted but never dared to try. So, leave all those worries behind and start playing with all those pigments you’ve been dying to try.
So, in case you are a makeup lover that wants to go full glam this Christmas or New Year and you don’t really have a clear idea on how to achieve the perfect look for the holidays, here’s the ultimate guide you need to follow in order to look absolutely fabulous.
The perfect Cut-Crease
Cut-crease eyeshadow is the culmination of a glam makeup look, but some people seem to be afraid of trying it because of all the product combinations that are required which can sometimes look messy instead of sophisticated.
To achieve this clean and sharp cut crease, all you need to do is: after you’ve blended your first dark color on the outer corner of your eyelid, take some concealer on a flat small brush and carefully start lining the area of your crease where you want to place the second eyeshadow color. With this product, the makeup will look cleaner and the shadow that you add on top of it will be more vibrant. Then take your first brush with the darker shade and without adding any more product, slightly blend the edges where both shadows meet so that the look is cohesive but not messy.
Dominate a shimmering eye look
For loose glitter remember to always do your eyeshadow first and add a bunch of setting powder to your under-eyes so that you can remove the fallout after you’ve finished. Then, make sure that you apply enough glitter glue to stick the product to your lid and take your time to work with it so that it doesn’t get irremediably messy.
For shimmery shadow, first, you need to know how powdery it is. If when you take it with your brush there is a bunch of fallout left in the pan, then you should definitely do your eyes first like when working with glitter.
If it doesn’t have that much fallout, then you’ll be good by just spraying enough setting spray to your eyeshadow brush or using your finger to apply the product preferably over a sticky base like concealer or eyeshadow primer.
Get that cat-eye effect
Eyeliner seems difficult, but you just need to be confident while doing it. The more relaxed, the better your liner will flow.
For this, you can use a liquid liner for making a sharp and precise wing that goes from the outer to the inner corner of your eye; or you can also use dark shadow and an angled brush to simulate a faded winged line at the outer corner of your eyelid, blending it with your own eyeshadow look.
Blush for Contouring
Moving on to the complexion, it is recommended that with a glam dramatic eyeshadow look you create a natural toned-down face base; and what is more natural than blush?
This time you can also use this beautiful product to edit your face structure to your preference. You can place it directly on the apples of your cheeks for a youthful look, blend across your cheekbones, apples, and nose bridge to get a natural sunburnt look or apply it where you would normally contour for a natural lifted appearance.
Lock it all up
Finally, you’ve spent so much time in order to look flawless so now you have to lock it all up so that it stays amazing for the rest of the night. Make sure that your setting spray provides a light gentle mist so that it is not too harsh for your makeup and then apply a generous amount of it, especially when you know you’ll be wearing a mask at some point so that it doesn’t smudge or transfer.
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