Ruby Slippers

A couple of weekends ago I went to my dad's family work Christmas party with my niece and I figured it was as good a time as any to break out the red glitter. I wanted to keep the look fairly simple (for one that involved red glitter) so I just applied some of the shade Venetian Red from the ABH Modern Renaissance palette and blended it out and up into a winged out shape. I then used a flat shader brush to apply the glitter from the Pixi Glitter-y Eye Quad in RoseBronze concentrating the majority of the glitter close to the lash line with less on the brush as I moved it up towards the socket line. I finished the eyes with mascara and didn't add any liner or anything under the eyes as I thought the red glitter was enough. I wore nude lips during the day and then later tried it with red lipstick and I think it looked great both ways. I used three Lisa Eldridge lipsticks, Muse and Fawn for the nude, with Muse at the edges and Fawn in the centre and Velvet Ribbon as the red. This is such an easy way to create a festive eye look as these glitters don't need any glitter glue, you could actually just pat them on with your fingers if you wanted. There is very little fall down because they're suspended in a cream formula which makes them quick and easy to apply if you don't have much time to get ready.

As you can see it looks quite different depending on the lip shade you pair it with. You could wear this look with any shade of glitter (there's a pink, purple and bronze in this palette) and even pair it with glossy lips. I think it would look great with a clear gloss. What do you think? Would you wear this look?

*Glossier Futuredew Oil Serum Hybrid
*Erborian CC Crème (Clair)
*Clarins Skin Illusion Foundation (101 Linen)
Soapbrows
Glossier Brow Flick (Brown)
*Clarins Glow 2 Go Blush and Highlighter Duo
Fenty Beauty Match Stix Matte Skinstick (Amber)
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion (Anti-Aging)
Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance Palette (Venetian Red)
Pixi Glitter-y Eye Quad (RoseBronze)
*Urban Decay Perversion Mascara
*bareMinerals bareSkin Complete Coverage Serum Concealer (Fair)
**Glossier Cloud Paint (Storm and Dusk)
Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter (1 Fair)
*L'Oréal Infallible Magic Loose Powder
Lisa Eldridge True Velvet Lip Colour (Velvet Fawn, Velvet Muse and Velvet Ribbon)


What's your go-to festive makeup look?


Emma x


*PR Sample
**Storm is a PR Sample, I bought Dusk myself
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