This subtly sparkly look will work for any festive occasion:
Step 1: Use a tinted moisturizer or sheer foundation to even your skin tone. Then, swipe a pale pink blush (like Benefit Dandelion, $28) on your cheeks.
Step 2: Line inner rims and outer rims with black eyeliner (like Chanel Stylo Waterproof Long-Lasting Eyeliner in Black Shimmer, $19). Smudge the line on the outer rims of your eyes. Use a white sparkly eyeshadow on the inner corners of your eyes, and on your lids use a taupe-bronze shadow (try Nars Duo Eyeshadow in Bellisima, $32, it has both shades you need). Blend the two together in the inner third of your lid so there's no noticeable line. Apply the taupe shadow up into your crease and smudge it out slightly beyond the outer corner of your eye. Apply mascara to finish the eye look.
Step 3: Use a pink lip tint (like Benefit Posietint, $28) and apply a clear gloss on top to finish the look.
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This ultra-glam look will make you a standout at a swanky bash:
Step 2: Use bronze eyeliner (try Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Baked, $16) to line your lash lines. Then, sweep a champagne-colored shadow from your lids to your creases, on your inner corners and underneath your eyes. Follow that with a dark brown shadow swept on your lids, up into the creases, and smudged along your lower lash lines (try LORAC On Screen Duo in Rich, $24, it has both shades you need). Then apply an orangey-copper shadow (like MAC Eye Shadow in Vivid Orange, $14.50) around the dark brown shadow, winging it out past the outer edge of your eye -- just to the ends of your brows. Blend well so the colors melt together. Finish by dabbing gold sparkles (try MAC Glitter in Reflects Gold, $19.50) over your whole eye area, using your fingertips.
This pretty-in-pink look will be fab for a daytime office or family party:
Step 1: Apply foundation to even your skin tone, then use a pink blush (like Nars Blush in Orgasm, $25) on your cheeks. You can be pretty liberal with your blush since your eye and lip looks are subtle.
Are your inbox and mailbox being flooded with party invitations? Between holiday parties with co-workers, friends and family to celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, New Years Eve and more it's no wonder! Each of these celebrations calls for a different look, but that doesn't mean you need to shell out a fortune on new clothes, shoes and accessories. Instead, we'll show you how you can switch up your hair and makeup to create a completely different style. Heck, you could wear the same little black dress to every event and no one would even notice!
For help finding unique holiday hairstyles, check out this celebrity hairstyles gallery. And to complete your transformation, use this gallery of celebrity makeup how-tos. All of these looks are easy to do and totally wearable, so you can try a different one out for each and every festive occasion. A word of caution though, while these looks are super-simple, it's a good idea to test out a new hairstyle or makeup look before a big event, so you can get the hang of it and not be stressed out the day of.
Read on to find the perfect makeup looks for you. Will you steal a style from Hayden Panettiere, Alicia Keys, Jessica Alba, Katherine Heigl, Rihanna, Natalie Portman, Taylor Momsen, Shenae Grimes, Ciara or Olivia Wilde? Only one way to find out!
