It’s come to that time of year again, the time when I’ve eaten
myself into oblivion and am now wondering how on earth I’m going to squeeze myself into that party frock for new
year’s eve, thank heavens for control pants! Tmi? Sorry, I’m sure I’m not the only one. Ladies?!
The one thing I love themostabout NYE is dressing up to the nines,
if I’m heading out to a party I like to wear a dramatic makeup look. Well if
you can’t go all out on this night, when can you?!
This year I’m opting for a deep purple smoky eye with matching
dark plum lips. In this tutorial I show you how to achieve said makeup look.
What are you up to this new year’s? Whether it’s dancing the night
away or chilling in your pj’s watching Jools Holland’s hootenanny (gotta love
him), I hope you have a wonderful time!
I do love a dark lip at this time of year, I just feel so festive
with berry shades on my lips. However, this year I realised that all of my
festive lipsticks were exactly that – berry
shades with red undertones. I’ve been feeling a more plum vibe recently and
none of my lipsticks were the correct shade for that sort of malarkey, so naturally an online shopping spree was
in order.
I ordered Charlotte Tilbury’s Glaston-Berry which is a gorgeous
deep plum shade, still with hints of red though; so I wasn’t straying too far
from my comfort zone with this one. It’s very moisturising which is great as
sometimes I find that dark lipsticks can be drying which can lead to
unflattering chapped lips, which we all know is a lipstick’s worst enemy! I
also like the fact that this can be either patted on with a light hand for a
hint of colour, or layered up for an all out glamorous look. I find that this
is a wearable colour for both daytime as well as nighttime occasions.
The other lipstick that I chose was MAC’s Cyber, this one is an extremely daring blackened plum shade. I
can’t quite express how much I love it,
I think I’ll wear this more so on an evening than during the day as it is such a bold colour. It’s a satin finish,
so while the colour payoff is top notch, it’s not quite matte so is still
moisturising on the lips.
I chose MAC’s Nightmoth lip liner to wear underneath both of these
shades, it is a deep auberginecolour
which matches Cyber perfectly. I also like to wear it underneath Glaston-Berry,
however it does make this shade appear slightly more purple; so I also like to wear
Glaston-Berry by itself to enjoy the best of both worlds.
