New Year’s Eve Makeup Ideas

Now for makeup!

Make sure to keep your makeup simple, sultry, and sexy (remember the 3S rule). Even if your outfit is simple, you don’t need to overdo your makeup to stand out. You want to achieve an effortless, chic look.

Amanda Seyfried Inspired

You can never go wrong with a smokey eye. For Amanda’s super-sultry look, start by using an eyeshadow primer—I would recommend Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion (£16).

Try Stila’s In The Moment Eye Shadow Palette (£22.50). Smudge the deep purple upwards and outwards on the eyelid, use the colour ‘Whim’ as your transition shade, and ‘Wonder’ as your brow bone highlight and tear-duct highlight to really open up your eyes.

For your bottom lashes, use the dark purple in the outer corner, ‘Whim’ in the mid-section, and ‘Wonder’ to highlight the tear-duct area. Finally, line the upper and lower lash lines starting from the inner edge of your iris (that’s the coloured part of your eyeball—lining from here instead of the inner corner makes your eyes look bigger) with a black kohl pencil—try Rimmel’s Soft Kohl Eye Pencil (£2.99) in ‘Jet Black’—then smudge it out a little. Finish the look with a mascara, like Maybelline Volum’ Express The Colossal Mascara (£7.19).

Jennifer Lawrence Inspired

To recreate J-Law’s seductive, sparkling eye look, use the same techniques as above. Blend shades of black all over your lids, using brown as your transition colour and pale pink to open up your eyes. Line your eyes with a liquid liner on your top and bottom lashes and finish off with a coat of mascara.

To give either smokey eye look a glam finish, pair it with dewy skin, peachy or naturally bronzed cheeks, and glossy nude or pink matte lips. Finally, set your face for the night with a setting spray. I would recommend the Urban Decay All Nighter Make-Up Setting Spray (£20).

Happy New Year in advance. I hope you have a wonderful New Year’s Eve! Whatever you do this evening, thanks for your support this year.

See y’all in 2015! xoxo