My Birthday Make Up | Glittery Smokey Eye

On Friday night I celebrated my 22nd birthday with a couple of my closest friends and I had the best time ever. The drinks were exorbitantly expensive but other than that it was the perfect night with good music, incredibly cheesy nachos and lots of love. I felt really emotional, loved and blessed when I came home that night.

But in other news I, as a perfectionist and obesessive human being, planned my outfit and my make up weeks beforehand, which is why I want to share a few products I used to create a bronzy smokey eye with lots of glitter and matching glowy skin.

It will come as no suprise that I used my all time favourite eye shadow on my birthday. If I need a gurantee to look good I will 100% use this. NARS Isolde Eyeshadow Duo is my MVP in all things bronzy and gorgeous. I used the bronze shade on the outer half of my lid and darkened the crease with matte dark brown and black eyeshadows to create a smokey night time look.

My favourite part of all evenening looks is the glitter. There is just something about a shiny, reflective eyelid that makes me extremely happy. It's the little things in life, right? This KIKO Cream Eye Shadow is a long lasting glitter, which is an inexpensive alternative to Urban Decay or Stila Glitters. Whenever I use it I'm in awe of all the sparkle and most importantly I doesn't seem to dry out which is quite impressive considering that I had it for a few months now.

To finish off the eyes I darkened my upper lashline with a black Body Shop Eye Pencil and also put a little bit of it on my waterline. For the grand finale I put on my Ardell Demi Whispies which give the right amount of oomph to your lashes without making them look to unnatural.

On your birthday there will most likely be taken pictures of you and especially in a dark environment like a bar you want your skin to glow and your highlight to pop when the flash hits your face which is why I went back to the most popping highlight I own: the Urban Decay After Glow Highlight in the shade Sin. This one compliments my skin tone perfectly and is beautifully reflecting natural and artifical light in pictures AND IRL.

Finally; for my lips I went with my newest go-to nude lipstick. The Max Factor Color Elixir Lipstick in the shade 745 Burnt Caramel, which is a beautiful rosy brown shade, which I decided to top off with a little bit of a true nude gloss on the center of my lips and then I was good to go.

* The diamand choker is from Pretty Little Thing (unfortunately sold out at the minute though)*

xx Laura