Daytime Christmas make-up

For the festive season I wanted to create a look that consisted of a wearable red lip and a gold shimmery eye. Christmas time is the perfect excuse to add a bit of sparkle to your make-up even if it is for a casual day to day look! I love how you can easily transform this look from day to night by building up the eye make-up and making it look more intense and defined with some individual false lashes and an even coating of black gel liner. 

To make this look more natural and wearable, I opted for more of a dewy glowing fresh base as opposed to one consisting of strong bronzer or blush. After moisturising my skin, I evenly blended my trusty No7 Beautifully Matte foundation in Deeply Ivory all over my face with a Real Techniques stippling brush. To hide my dark circles, I applied Rimmels Wake Me Up concealer in Ivory; this concealer is great for opening up your eyes and making your face look brighter. Using a large powder brush, I set my base with a small amount of No7 Mineral Perfection loose powder foundation in New Ivory. To add some colour to my face I applied some blusher to the apple of my cheeks using the Sleek Face Form contour & blush palette in Light. Along with the powder highlighter in the Sleek palette, I used No7 Instant Radiance bronzing highlighter to slightly accentuate my cheek bones, brow bones and Cupid's bow. 

On my eyes I opted for a soft gold/bronze shimmer that was natural and subtle yet noticeable. Firstly, I applied Nars Pro-Prime Smudge Proof eyeshadow base to help make my eye make-up last all day. All over my eyelid I used Canary Shimmer Wash eyeshadow from the Bobbi Brown Twilight Pink lip and eye palette which I applied with Mac's 214 brush. This shadow is a gorgeous gold shade which has just the right amount of glitter in it. In the crease of my eyelid, I applied Nars Soft Touch Shadow Pencil in Hollywoodland and thoroughly blended it out using a Real Techniques deluxe crease brush. To add some emphasis to the outer corners of my crease, I added a darker bronze shade. This was the shade YDK from the Naked 2 palette and I applied this with a Mac 219 brush. Using the deluxe crease brush again, I blended together the two shades that I used on my crease. I finished my eye make-up with a few coats of Chanel Sublime De Chanel mascara on my top lashes and Cliniques Bottom Lash mascara on my lower lash line. I kept my brows simple and tamed them with Rimmels Brow This Way brow styling gel. 

There is no colour more Christmassy than red so it's a musthave this time of year. I was spoilt for choice with red lipsticks as I own many shades but I settled on using Mac Viva Glam I (matte) as it isn't too bright yet isn't too dark! The perfect shade of red! 

I hope you're getting into the Christmas spirit just like I am!! 🎅🎄

Katie x