Subtle Glam Holiday Makeup Tutorial
Today's look is a subtle glam makeup tutorial, perfect for those of you that want something glittery and eye-catching but not over the top!
It's the ultimate Christmas Day makeup look, the perfect date night makeup, and it would suit everyone! It's so simple to recreate that it's ideal for beginners as well as pros.
Tools and materials:
- Foundation in a light and a dark shade
- Makeup sponge
- Brow pen
- Clear brow gel
- Eyeshadow palette (see specific shades in the tutorial)
- Tapered blending brush
- Pencil brush
- Liquid gold glitter eyeshadow
- Small blending brush (crease brush)
- Gel eyeliner
- Mascara
- False eyelashes
- Concealer
- Finishing powder
- Bronzer
- Blush (2 shades)
- Matte lipstick
1. Apply foundation
Using a makeup sponge, apply foundation evenly on your skin.
Off-camera, I’ve filled in my eyebrows using an eyebrow pen. Then I set them in place with a clear, brow gel.
Feel free to do the same if that’s part of your routine.
2. Apply warm pink eyeshadow
Use your tapered blending brush to buff on a warm pink color onto the eye socket and around the outer edge. This will give a warm glow around the eyes.
No need to try to create a specific shape for this holiday makeup because the goal is to keep it simple, yet glam.
3. Apply pale pink eyeshadow
Use your pencil brush to apply a pale pink eyeshadow to the arch of the eyebrow bone. This will make it more prominent.
4. Go back to the warm pink
Using a clean pencil brush, apply the warm pink underneath the lower lashes.
5. Apply a metallic rose eyeshadow
Next, using your finger, apply the metallic rose color to the main part of your eyelids. (If you use a brush, you end up losing some of the metallic pigment.)
6. Apply a champagne gold glitter shadow
Now take a gold, champagne glitter shadow and apply it on top of the rose.
7. Intensify the crease
Then, using that warm pink shade, intensify the crease with a small, crease brush. This will make the gold pop.
8. Apply eyeliner
For a more subtle eyeliner, choose a muddy brown shade of liquid eyeliner, rather than a black.
Take the liner all the way across the lid and thicken the wing on the outer edge, elongating it upwards.
Then apply the eyeliner along the waterline to give it more of a sultry, evening finish.
Alternatively, you can apply a cream eyeliner there to make the eyes appear bigger.
9. Apply mascara
Apply your favorite mascara to your upper lashes.
After this, I applied false lashes off-camera.
10. Brighten
Using concealer, brighten under the eyes as well as the central panels of the face. First apply a few spots as I’ve done below.
Then use a damp, makeup sponge to press them into the skin.
11. Apply a deep-toned foundation
Use a deeper, warmer shade as a bronzer around the forehead, on the ridges of the nose and on the upper cheekbones to sculpt the face.
Press it into the skin at the cheeks and forehead with your sponge.
Then use a small brush to blend the bronzer on the ridges of the nose.
12. Apply finishing powder
Using your sponge, press finishing powder through the center of your face, then use what’s left of the sponge around the rest of the face.
13. Apply a powder bronzer
Apply powdered bronzer in the areas where you applied the deep-toned foundation.
This step is optional, but I’ve applied the powdered bronzer since the finishing powder weakened the warmth and definition from step 11.
14. Apply blush
Apply blush to your cheeks. Mine includes a two-toned pink as well as a champagne shade.
This adds a highlight and a pop of color at the same time.
15. Apply lipstick
Use a matte lipstick that matches the same tones as the rest of the makeup.
Here’s my subtle glam makeup look:
Glam holiday makeup
So that completes my subtle, festive, glam holiday makeup.
I hope you love it. It’s fairly simple to recreate and it is suitable for everybody if you make adjustments to match your skin tone.
If you try this makeup for Christmas, show me in the comments below. And, for more glam beauty content, check out my Glitter Green Eye Makeup Tutorial.
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