Hiya everyone! Guess what today is? Well, depending on when you're reading this, I guess it could be any day of the week. Today is Sunday, which means that you all will have a fab look for whatever you want to wear it to! Now, I specifically designed this look so it would be perfect for New Year's, but you can wear it however you like.

Without further adieu, let's get started!


Okay, so as pictured here I've already put my liquid and cream foundation, my pressed powder, my bronzer and my blush on. Both the liquid and cream foundations, as well as the pressed powder, are by Revlon: the thin layer of liquid is Revlon's ColorStay foundation and the cream foundation, which I've applied on top of the liquid foundation, is Revlon's OneStep mineral foundation, with a foundation brush. I then applied a generous amount of Revlon's translucent powder over top of the foundation, using a bronzing brush to "stamp" the translucent powder on. I applied my Rimmel bronzer with a different bronzing brush at my temples and about an inch under my natural cheekbones, darkening the cheeks, my chin and my jaw line, and also applied it on my neck. The blush, by Hard Candy (which you buy at Walmart now), I applied on my cheekbones with a medium powder brush and the apples of my cheeks.



Next I applied my eye primer base by Bloom all over the lid, as pictured above, with using a clean, sweat-free finger. This will help to not only make the eye shadow stay on my lid longer but to also help to make the colors appear brighter and colorful.


Then, taking a small-to-medium shading brush, I applied a bright silver from my 120-color pro makeup palette which I purchased from eBay just onto the actual lid itself and just a little above the crease (which you can't see in the picture), stopping just short of the outer corner. I then applied a tiny amount of the same silver on my lower waterline.



Then I applied a silver two shades darker than the other silver I used on my lid on the outer corner with a different small-to-medium shader brush, and then taking a sooty-colored silver, I darkened the look by making an ellipse-like shape on the very outer corner of my eye and blending it just so it sat above the crease, as well as blending the color on the outer-half of my lower waterline. This will help to really give this look a smoky effect.




Next, I lightly applied a matte black with the same brush as used in the last step on top of the sooty-colored silver on the outer corner and slightly blended it into the crease line. I also blended it down onto my lower waterline.



I then lined my waterlines, both top and bottom, with a black pencil liner (pictured is Rimmel's Infallible pencil liner), as well as making the line on the outer corner of my waterline thicker. This will make your eyes seem almost narrower and looks great in photos!



Next I used Maybelline's EyeStudio gel liner, which is amazing and you must purchase it -- in my opinion it is much better than using liquid liner -- in black and using the brush provided, I applied a thick line starting from the outer corner and making it thinner as I blended it to about halfway. This will help to darken the eyes even more.



I then quickly used a large fluffy brush (such as Quo's All-Over brush) and blended the eyeshadow to soften the hard lines.



I then curled my lashes with a lash curler and applied two coats of mascara, which will help to not only make your lashes seem thicker but longer as well. I first applied Rimmel's Eye Magnifier mascara, in black, to give my lashes a good base. I did not try to make my lashes longer. I then used Maybelline's "The Falsies" VolumExpress mascara, which is very popular right now, and used that to make my lashes seem longer. If time is available, see how long you can make your lashes. I felt pressured for time during the shoot for this so I quickly applied on the mascara.

So you can totally stop here if you want, especially if you think the look is very risque for you, but seeing as how I'm a makeup wannabee (and I say that admittedly) and glitter and eye gems are very in right now, I decided to go one step further...



I sadly do not have eye gems (but you can buy some from Icing, a branch of Claire's) but I did happen to have Annabelle's liquid glitter liner available, so I applied a generous amount in the corner of my eye and joined it with the black gel liner in the middle of the eyelid. Just to give the look some sexiness. Be sure to blow dry the glitter gel first before blinking; you can use a portable fan or your blow-drier and when you lid doesn't stick to the top of your crease, you'll know that the gel has dried completely. You may have to blow dry the gel for a full 3-6 minutes, so if you'll be pressured for time, just skip this step.


And there you go! That's the look! Please leave me a comment if you liked it, or what I could do to improve my looks, and if you have any requests, feel free to "challenge" me and I'll take on the look and post it for next Monday!

Have a beautiful New Year's! Stay gold!
- Colten.
xoxo

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