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Glittery Bronze Makeup Tutorial

10/17/2018

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Hello friends!
This look may or may not be a bit of a train wreck, but, come on, it was my first attempt at using loose glitter. Cut me some slack!

   I would like to also say a quick thank you to all of your guys' support on my previous blog post about breakups. I know cuffing season is near but together we can all make it through!

   So, yes, for today's look I wanted to try out something festive for fall, yet different from other looks I've tried on my blog. And when I was at Target recently I saw a bronze-y glitter from e.l.f. so I instantly wanted to give it a go!

   So allow me to talk you guys through my first attempt at using a loose glitter. Enjoy!

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Lettuce begin! (Sorry not sorry)

   If you couldn't guess, I went ahead and did all the prep work already. This includes all of my foundation magic and my brows. I use all drug store makeup products when it comes to my base--and e.l.f. moisturizer for my primer, an L.A. Girl brow kit (on, you guessed it, my brows),  and a Loreal foundation on my entire face.
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   So to start, I used two base colors on my eyes as continued prep, both from the Morphe 35K Neutrals palette. I use the whitest shade in my highlight regions (the corners of my eyes and under each brow). I also use a standard gold shade all over my entire lid to give my bronze glitter an extra pop when it's finally applied.
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   Next, I dove into my Morphe x Jaclyn Hill palette and snagged a burgundy shade for my crease. I also added a darker brown shade for the outer and inner corner of my lid just to add more dimension to the look once the glitter is added on later. I guess you could call that a halo smokey eye? Not quite sure. I also went ahead and highlighted those previously mentioned highlight regions with Beam from that palette as well.
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   Next, I applied my e.l.f. glitter primer and then dipped a brush into the glitter. Another option is using the NYX primer but, yanno, here on Grins & Needles, we sometimes just gotta go for it. I also added some gold Wet n Wild glitter into the mix as well to shake things up even more.
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   So I went ahead and applied the glitters, and dear golly, there was a ton of fallout. Which was to be expected, but it was still a scary situation to be in. IT WAS A BLOOD BATH!!! But fear not, I cleaned it up with some foundation after the fact.
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   After giving it some time to set, I applied some gold and burgundy along my lower lashline from the Jaclyn Hill x Morphe palette and also used some NYX liner to give myself those signature cat eyes. Cat eyes are sometimes necessary to hide mistakes--like a glitter explosion, for example.
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   I then contoured and highighted, added mascara and matte lipstick, and set my face with some e.l.f. H.D. Setting Powder. And voila! It almost looks decent! Still a lot of fall out but that's okay.
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Thank you guys for following me through this disastrous makeup...erm,  tutorial? I have more beauty-related posts planned for the near future, so be sure to stay tuned!

Keep on grinning!

​Lydia

1 Comment
Sonny Taylor
10/18/2018 01:36:13 pm

Have to say make-up holds no interest for me. But Lydia holds a lot of interest for me. So I miss not reading your very personal blogs from which everybody can benefit. There's always something personal going on with all of us. Lydia is no exception so keep pouring it on. Your very important to me as I am sure you are to others.

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