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Electric Pink Glitter-Lips with Brown Eyes

This is a fun look that’s flattering and dramatic. As with all glitter-lip looks, it is not going to be a good idea to eat a whole lot while you’re wearing it.

Recommended for clubbing and cocktail parties where you’ll mostly just be drinking through straws. 

Step 1: Apply a soft warm brown (I used MAC Sable) to the entire lid area, and then blend the color gently along the hollow of the socket line, pulling up slightly in a wing once you reach the other corners.

Step 2: Using a brown gel liner, draw on a flick at the outer corners following the angle of the lower lash line.

Step 3: Thicken the flick from the outer tip inwards, and then connect all along the upper lash line. Don’t try to draw it all in a single stroke. Do short strokes and just connect and smooth it out.

Step 4: Finish the eye look by curling your lashes and then applying a strip of wispy false lashes. If you don’t want to apply falsies, just curl your lashes and apply black mascara!

P.S. Have I said before that I love the shape of the Ardell 120 Demis and Demi Wispies? The weave is irregular so they look more natural, and the shape is slightly longer and flared at the outer ends, so they give you a slight cat-like effect while being lush and girly at the same time.

Step 5: I applied a rich fuchsia to the lips (Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Fuchsia), blotted, and then reapply. This gets a good stain on your lips so the color will be very saturated.

Step 6: With your finger or a flat synthetic brush, gently press a translucent duochrome blue glitter to the surface of the lips. Try any fine-grained glitter that reflects blue, such as MAC Reflects Blue pigment or Reflects Very Pink. 

On the cheeks, just keep it soft with a light pink. You’ve already got a dramatic lip going, so you don’t want to have your cheeks be too bright at the same time.

Warm and Sultry (Russet and Black Smoky Eye)
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This is composed of dark and rich tones traced with soft champagne, suited for balmy evenings sipping cocktails at a nice bar.
The star of the look is a russet-brown shadow; something that is rich chocolate with just a trace of wine-red undertones. I picked Bourjois’s Intense Extrait 08 shadow. 
As counterpoint, is any dark black matte shadow, and a soft champagne with slightly pink tones, like MAC’s Naked Lunch. 
Evening in a dimly-lit place is a great occasion to whip out the pearlescent bronzers. MAC Mineralized Skin Finish in Comfort was used in the above shot.
When you’re chatting and sipping, your lip color will wear away quite quickly. Soft nude lips will wear away very gracefully (if you don’t intend to run to the ladies every 15 minutes for a touch-up), and keep him focused on your sultry eyes.
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Step 1: Apply rich russet shadow into the center of your lids, leaving the inner and outer corners bare.

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Step 2: Apply a peachy-champagne shimmer into the inner corners, sweeping around to the lower lids as well.

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Step 3: With a matte black shadow and a small brush, deepen the outer corners of the lids. Also run it very close to the lashes, inwards from the outer corners, for both top and bottom lash lines.

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Step 4: Apply black gel liner along the upper lashes, and the waterline for stronger definition.

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Step 5: Apply wispy lashes as a finishing touch.

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For the rest of the face, apply a rich, coppery bronzer as it coordinates with the warm eye colors very well. Then slick on nude lipstick and gloss to finish the look with a little softness. (I used Revlon Colorburst #070 Soft Nude, topped with Sephora #17 Golden Beige gloss. You can always skip the gloss.)

Warm and Sultry (Russet and Black Smoky Eye)

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This is composed of dark and rich tones traced with soft champagne, suited for balmy evenings sipping cocktails at a nice bar.

  • The star of the look is a russet-brown shadow; something that is rich chocolate with just a trace of wine-red undertones. I picked Bourjois’s Intense Extrait 08 shadow. 
  • As counterpoint, is any dark black matte shadow, and a soft champagne with slightly pink tones, like MAC’s Naked Lunch. 
  • Evening in a dimly-lit place is a great occasion to whip out the pearlescent bronzers. MAC Mineralized Skin Finish in Comfort was used in the above shot.
  • When you’re chatting and sipping, your lip color will wear away quite quickly. Soft nude lips will wear away very gracefully (if you don’t intend to run to the ladies every 15 minutes for a touch-up), and keep him focused on your sultry eyes.

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Step 1: Apply rich russet shadow into the center of your lids, leaving the inner and outer corners bare.

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Step 2: Apply a peachy-champagne shimmer into the inner corners, sweeping around to the lower lids as well.

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Step 3: With a matte black shadow and a small brush, deepen the outer corners of the lids. Also run it very close to the lashes, inwards from the outer corners, for both top and bottom lash lines.

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Step 4: Apply black gel liner along the upper lashes, and the waterline for stronger definition.

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Step 5: Apply wispy lashes as a finishing touch.

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For the rest of the face, apply a rich, coppery bronzer as it coordinates with the warm eye colors very well. Then slick on nude lipstick and gloss to finish the look with a little softness. (I used Revlon Colorburst #070 Soft Nude, topped with Sephora #17 Golden Beige gloss. You can always skip the gloss.)

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