gilded EYE MAKEUP for

The Holidays

Who is excited for the holidays: fun parties, festive dresses and beautiful makeup? I know I am. To make the holiday events more glamorous, today I am going to show how you can get a shimmery bronze-gold makeup look with easy-to-follow steps. To make it sound fancy, let’s call it the “gilded eye makeup look.” photography provided by GUNDERSON’S

What is amazing about this look is that you can pretty much wear it with any dress. You can even change the color schemes and following the steps, do any eye makeup you want: silver, pink, purple, green, etc.

Before we do the actual eye makeup, we are going to fill in our brows first. You can either choose a brow pencil or a powder, just stay within your brow hair color range by choosing the closest shade or one shade lighter color if possible. As for me, I have black brow hair so I am using a dark brown brow pencil from CoverGirl and filling in the gaps within my brows.

Next we need eye primer. Why? Because it will ensure the eye makeup stays put for a long time without creasing or fading.

After blending the primer, I am going to use the first shadow for this look. Pick a matte brown color that is 1 shade darker than your skin color. As you can see (picture 3), I have used a neutral light brown which is a shade darker than my skin color and I have placed it on my upper lid. I have limited this shadow just on the crease area.

Now I am taking a fluffy blending brush (picture 4) and adding the second color on the outer part of the upper lid. This shadow should be matte and two to three shades darker than your skin color to create depth and dimension. Just add a little bit of shadow, blend and build up the color intensity gradually. How dark do you have to go? It depends entirely on how dark you want it to be.

The next shadow is the fun one! I have chosen a bronzegold shimmery shade very close to my skin tone and color (picture 5) As you can see I have placed the shadow on the inner half of my upper lid. Make sure that the shimmery shadow doesn’t cross the crease area. If you place any shimmery shadow past your crease and to the brow bones, it will not look good.

To soften the edge of the shimmery shadow, I have used the first shadow from picture 3 and blended out the harsh edges of my crease with a smaller blending brush. I have used a little bit of shadow and added gentle pressure while blending the crease area. Be mindful not to extend the shadow too much to the brow bones.

Let’s not forget about the lower lashes! We are going to use the dark brown shade from picture 4 and add it to the outer half of the lower lash line. Just like before, use gentle pressure and build up the color intensity gradually.

Now add the shimmery bronze-gold shadow on the inner two-thirds of the lower lash line. Blend it into the dark brown shadow.

Take a soft white matte shadow and add it under your brows (picture 9a) and on the innermost corner (picture 9b). It will brighten up your eyes, give an instant lift of the brows and erase any mistakes you have made.

Finish off the eye makeup with your favorite black or brown liner and a good coat of mascara. You can add some false lashes too if you are comfortable.

Now to complete this soft, smokey, gilded eye look, I have chosen a neutral nude lip color from Urban Decay according to my skin tone. Want to go bolder? Try a deep rich oxblood, plum or red.

Wasn’t that easy? Would you try this look? Remember, practice makes it perfect. So if it gets tricky to achieve the final result at first, always try it out before your big event. Enjoy the holiday festivities!

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