Snow Day

The Holiday Season has been forced down our throats with the most financially inclined intent. With the season comes seeing many people that we do not get to see as often as we’d like and attending events that may have dress codes that we normally do not adhere to any other time of the year. By dress codes, I of course mean the rich, deep velvets, spicy animal prints, sequins and this year, feathers. Along with our holiday attire needs comes a great opportunity to change up your makeup to fit the festivities; if you are rocking jeans or a brocade strapless number.
As a fan of burlesque looks and any opportunity to be bold and doused in Glitter, the holiday allots me the perfect opportunity to “up the ante” in all of my everyday looks. My advice is to punch up the shimmer, a more sophisticated way to shine than glitter and watch your entire face glow. Use dark red and berry lips to offset your wintry white shadows or sport a fuchsia pout.
I will be explaining two of my favorite holiday looks in this tutorial one is a Golden look with shimmer that can be pared with either a nude, pink or red lip. The second look is a ethereal winter white washed eye that can be pared with the same three lip shades or just a sparkly gloss. The best part of both looks is that they will make your eyes pop and you will look less like you just stumbled out of a last minute toy store run because you forgot to buy your friends kids gifts lol.

Snow Day Look
Materials
-Black eyeliner, liquid and/or pencil
-Black mascara
- off white or pearl white eye shadow with a shimmer for subtle glow or all out showgirl glitter if your personality calls for it.
-a white eyeliner, or cream pencil, your illuminator stick can be used here too.h NYX jumbo pencil in cottage cheese is one of my favs.
-your regular foundation regimen, go dewy or matte
-a highlighter stick or liquid that will add an amazing glow wherever you apply it, or a loose pigment close to your skin tone will work too
-bright blush, I like to pull out the brutal pinks for this
Steps
1. Dab shadow base to thinly coat your eye from lash-line to brow
2. Using a medium sized shadow brush, cover your eye with your pearl or white shadow from lashline to brow, do not skip the brow bone because a shimmery shadow will pick up great light here.
3. Line the upper lashes with a smudgy black liner of a slick liquid liner. Also, use the pencil to line the waterline.
4. Take the same shadow you used on your lids and lie under the bottom lashes and dab some near the tear duct area of your inner eye.
5. Use your highlighter stick or liquid to bring out any area you would like to call special attention to, browbone, eye orbit, upper cheekbone.
Remember, this is the season when your outsides will easily reflect what is going on with your insides. Nothing looks better then feeling your best. The winter weather and life stress is the first to show up written all over that pretty face of yours. Keep hydrated inside and outside with plenty of water and facial creams, get sleep and take vitamins. Feeling good always looks good!