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A couple of days ago while messing around with possible Halloween makeup, I came up with this:
I think it came out really well, so I decided to post a tutorial for it. I think this would work with any color of lipstick and any color of glitter, so it’s perfect for modifying to your color preferences. I like the black base because it really sets off the color and sparkle, but I also think a glittery red or hot pink lip would look *AMAZING*.
This time I decided to try a different color over the black base, and chose pink. My only pink glitters are MAC’s Very Pink Reflects and Neon 60s. But Neon 60s came out rather surprising…
Yowza! Pink, purple, blue, and black… all my favorite colors 😀
GLITTER LIPS TUTORIAL
What I used:
All MAC stuff: 316 lip brush, greasepaint stick, Feline kohl power liner, She-Zam dazzleglass, clear lipglass, Reflects Very Pink and Neon 60s glitters.
Important: DO NOT rub your lips together at any time during this process. This requires very pigmented and thick products that will most likely get on your teeth and clump pretty badly. It will look terrible. SO DON’T DO IT. Resist the urge. Please be aware that this look is not practical at all and really should not be worn places where eating/drinking are necessary! The price of having sparkly wonderlips 😉
1. Start with clean, bare lips. (My lips are kind of dry, so I used lip balm and blotted it off to prime them without adding a layer that would affect color application).
2. Use the greasepaint stick to line and fill your lips until the entire surface is matte and black. You should be able to get fairly good definition of shape using this. If you want, you can line beforehand with Feline e/k or any black pencil liner (chola status? haha) or afterwards to perfect the shape (my preferred method).
I don’t think this looks that great, because the paintstick is kind of drying. For a nice matte black lip though, you could stop at this stage and just add a non-shiny balm overtop.
3. Add your preferred gloss, using the lip brush to gently paint the gloss on (I try to avoid getting black color into the lipgloss tube!). I like the super-sparkly silver MAC She-Zam dazzleglass:
4. Get your preferred glitter. Still using the lip brush, pat the glitter gently in a small area at a time to get a nice covering. DO NOT smear. I like to just do it in the center of both lips (not all the way to the edge) so the black still shows. This is with Very Pink:
I don’t think it looks that great at this stage either, because the glitter is kinda crusted onto the gloss I guess you could say. But in the next step, it really comes together.
5. Using the clear lipglass and the lip brush, gently paint the gloss thickly over your lips. Again, do not rub your lips together. Done properly, this creates a very slick, sparkly look.
Now, that looks pretty neat.. the MAC Reflects glitters are very finely milled, so it looks kind of like a dazzleglass, just more extreme. But I really wanted sparkle, so I decided to add the other glitter, Neon 60s. (again adding gloss over the top)
So there you have it! Hope this tutorial was helpful. If anyone tries this for Halloween or otherwise, I would love to see pics of different color combinations of glitter and color 🙂
Tags: black lipstick, glitter, glitter lips tutorial, glitter makeup tutorial, mac, mac makeup
October 25, 2009 at 2:26 am |
I love this look!
It’s soo pretty. Good Job!
October 25, 2009 at 7:45 am |
WOoooW amazing lips.
October 26, 2009 at 7:06 am |
hahaha! All these crazy floating lips: very cheshire cat esque!
February 3, 2010 at 12:44 am |
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February 3, 2010 at 6:17 am |
thanks. Uhh I just use the built in one that WordPress has, seems to work pretty well.
February 5, 2010 at 2:46 am |
Hey hun, great blog! I genuinely like this post.. I was wondering about this for a long time now. This cleared a lot up for me! Do you have a rss feed that I can add?
February 5, 2010 at 9:41 am |
awesome, thanks! My RSS feed link is in the side column of my blog, under the ‘search’ box 🙂
March 22, 2011 at 6:54 pm |
WOW – seriously!!! You need to do more makeup tutorials =)
April 12, 2011 at 11:53 am |
Aww, thanks! I’d really like to but I just haven’t had time (seeing as how I haven’t even blogged in like, a year!) I’m bad. haha.
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April 3, 2011 at 12:25 pm |
great tutorial! i didn’t have any of the stuff but i used mac fluidline, nyx loose glitter and some free sephora lip gloss that I didn’t mind ruining. i loved it!
if you plan on drinking i would suggest bringing a straw 🙂
April 12, 2011 at 11:54 am |
Great job! 🙂 It looks awesome with your coloring, other makeup, and sweater! Good tip about the straw too.
April 23, 2011 at 12:10 am
thanks! it was for a space themed party and i’m so glad i found this tutorial 🙂
November 1, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Yay! Space parties… THE BEST. 🙂
April 4, 2011 at 5:43 am |
This looks splendid!
xoxo,
Roxanne
April 19, 2011 at 2:46 pm |
HI,
I love this post and would love to feature it on my blog. Is there anyway I can do that?
Thanks:)
Michelle
April 20, 2011 at 11:18 am |
Sure! Thanks so much for asking 🙂
April 20, 2011 at 1:57 pm |
Thanks so much!! I posted and linked back to your blog. Here is the post and I hope you like it!!
http://missmakeupfairy.blogspot.com
Thanks again!
June 19, 2011 at 6:47 pm |
This was absolutely great!!!! Thanx!
August 25, 2011 at 9:20 pm |
Your lips look so much like glittering stars in the dark space
November 1, 2011 at 5:16 pm |
Ooooh thanks! That’s how I like to think of it too 🙂 Yay glittery space lips!
September 11, 2011 at 10:39 pm |
Love the lips! I’m wanting to do this on my nails.. Do you think it would work? Where did you get your glitter?
November 1, 2011 at 5:16 pm |
Yes, it would definitely work on nails. 🙂 I should do a tut for that, cause I’ve done it a few times with great results! My favorite glitters are MAC (usually only sold at the PRO stores except for a few colors at freestanding stores) but you can find quite a few online or even samples 🙂 Almost any cosmetic glitter would work though! Especially on nails where it doesn’t matter if it’s even a cosmetic grade glitter 🙂 HTH! Yay Glitter!
October 4, 2011 at 7:22 pm |
fresh
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October 16, 2012 at 7:18 am |
Reblogged this on Sams' Life and commented:
Amazing!!! I’m defintly going to try this!
January 12, 2013 at 7:31 pm |
This is so amazing! I so want to do this!!
June 25, 2013 at 7:33 am |
Hi, after reading this awesome post i am as well glad
to share my know-how here with colleagues.