Golden Emeralds- A Holiday Look

The Holidays are in full force which means it’s party time! With office holiday parties and parties with friends and/or family now is a great time to add some sparkle to your look.  A holiday look can be no different from your go to, or your usual makeup look. It can be plain and simple or you can go all out if you like. You can never go wrong with a nice smoky eye or a neutral look for a holiday party especially if that’s your style.  But if you’re really into color, glitter, shimmer and all the other great things that make a festive makeup look, by all means work it!

This was a makeup look I did for a holiday party consisting of gold and green. Green and gold are great holiday colors and they look beautiful together on everyone. Gold adds the shimmer and the sparkle while a nice emerald or grassy green adds some depth and festivity  to the look. Gold is probably my favorite eye shadow color  just because you can go as bold or as subtle as you’d like and it’s pretty neutral and will go with just about any other color.

Products Used

Face:
Laura Mercier Oil Free Primer
Inglot Face and Body Illuminator #62
Bare Minerals Foundation Medium Dark
Makeup Forever Full Cover Concealer #14
RMS Lip2Cheek in Rapture (Rosy brown cream blush for a subtle flush)

Eyes:
Makeup Forever Aqua Cream #11 (gold base)
Inglot Loose Eyeshadow #56 (Emerald Green)
Inglot Body Pigment Powder #234(Golden Peach)
Mac Sassy Grass Eyeshadow (matte grass green in the crease to deepen the green)
Mac Brown Down Eyeshadow (brown used in the crease)
Mac Bamboo Eyeshadow(to blend out the harsh lines)
Anastasia Brow Duality in Shell (for the brow lift/highlight)
Mac Engraved Eye Pencil (used on the lower lash line, the outer corners only)
Mac Penultimate Liquid Liner (black liquid liner on upper lash line)
A pair of full false Eyelashes from Kiss

Brows:
Mac Spiked Brow Pencil
Mac Boy Girl Brow Gel

Lips:
Mac Wicked Ways Lipgloss

3 Ways to wear Mac Amber Lights Eyeshadow

Look 1

Look 2

Look 3

Since I am on an Amber Lights kick I thought I might as well do a 3 ways post. Moving forward I figured I would do an eyeshadow series, 3 Ways to wear… of all my favorite eye shadows! I think it’s fun to see the different looks one can create with just one eyeshadow.

Are there any thoughts or any eye shadows you’re curious about or want to see in a look? Let me know and I’ll be happy to do so!

See another Amber Lights look and products I used here in a previous post!

Look 1:

Face:

Dior Nude Foundation

Mac MSF Natural

Cheeks:

RMS Beauty Lip2Cheek Illusive

Eyes:

Mac Amber Lights e/s

Mac Cranberry e/s

Mac Sketch e/s

Mac Swiss Chocolate e/s

Makeup Forever Aqua Liner 7

Mac Raven Kohl Power Eye Pencil

Brows

Mac Brow Pencil Spiked

Lips:

RMS Beauty Lip2Cheek Illusive

Look 2:
Face:
Laura Mercier Oil Free Primer
Chanel Perfection Lumiere foundation
Makeup Forever Full Cover Concealer

Cheeks:
Illamasqua Blusher Excite

Eyes:
Mac Nubile Paint Pot(LE)
Mac Amber Lights e/s
Mac Goldmine e/s
Urban Decay Half Baked e/s
Mac Brown Down
Makeup Forever Aqua Black Liner

Brows:

Mac Brow Pencil Spiked

Lips:
Mac Marquise D Lipstick

Look 3: I wanted to have fun with this look and try something different. So I added two different eyeliners, a black and a copper, orange liner. This is a fun look to go out in!

Face:

Dior Skin Nude Foundation

Cheeks:

RMS Beauty Rapture Lip2Cheek

Eyes:

NYX Eye shadow base 3

Mac Amber Lights e/s

Mac Bronze e/s

Mac Carbon e/s

Mac Swiss Chocolate e/s

Mac Rose Blanc e/s

Makeup Forever Aqua Cream Liner

Mac Auto Orange Liquidlast Liner(on top of Aqua cream liner)

Brows:

Mac Brow Pencil Spiked

Lips:

RMS Beauty Lip2Cheek Rapture

Look of the Day- Summer Amber Lights

Here’s a look using one of my first ever Mac eyeshadows purchased and one of my favorite shadows to this date: Amber Lights. I first bought this shade to wear to my High School Prom. I’ve been in love ever since. It’s such a gorgeous shade of burnt Orange with some gold. The texture is so smooth and pigmented with a frost finish.

Products:
Face:
Laura Mercier Oil Free Primer
Bare Minerals foundation

Cheeks:
Illamasqua Excite blusher

Eyes:
UD Primer Potion
Mac Amber Lights e/s
Mac Paparazz-she e/s
Mac Brown Down e/s
Mac Penultimate Eyeliner Rapid Black
Mac Dark Envy Fluidline

Lips:
Mac Gold Dusk Lipglass