Benefit Beauty: Hot for the Holidays

Eliza Scarborough   |   21-12-2017

Looking for beauty inspiration for your next holiday party? Follow these tips from Benefit Cosmetics to achieve a festive and ‘fa-la-la flawless’ face!

Have Yourself a Merry Little Contour

Contouring this season is subtle, less is more. To create a naturally-sculpted look, sweep a soft matte powder bronzer like Hoola beneath your cheekbones and jawbones and along the sides of your nose. Blend thoroughly to avoid harsh lines. sunscreen and impurities while nourishing the barrier.

You’re the Highlight of the Holidays

Light up the party with simple strobing. First, swirl peachy-pink blush on the apples of your cheeks, then blend a soft, shimmery highlighting and strobing cream like Watt’s Up along the tops of cheekbones, the bridge of your nose and cupid’s bow.

It’s the Most Browtiful Time of the Year

Groomed brows are key to achieving a party-perfect look. ‘Brow shaping has the power to transform your features, brows can even help contour your face,’ says Menat El Abd, Middle East Brow Artist. For example, less space between eyebrows creates a slimming effect on the nose, while extending the tail end of the brow makes a round face look leaner. We call this technique ‘brow contouring’. For expert help, pop into your nearest Benefit BrowBar Beauty Lounge to reveal your ideal brow shape with a Signature Brow Mapping. This personalised consultation is complimentary, so tweeze the season!

Feathered Brows are Comin’ to Town

After you’ve shaped your brows, get them all decked out. To get Instagram-worthy feathered brows like those seen on our model, draw short upward strokes with a super fine tip pencil like Precisely, My Brow. Use a light flicking motion with the tip of your pencil in the direction of your natural hair growth, and finish by brushing on 3D Browtones instant highlighting gel to add subtle highlights and dimension to brows.

Yule Have the Hottest Party Peepers

For big, sexy eyes that will put you at the top of the ‘naughty’ list, stroke They’re Real Eyeliner along the upper lash line, flicking up the outer corners to create a cat-eye effect. Then apply They’re Real Lengthening Mascara, holding the wand horizontally wiggling through lashes from base to tip. Next, hold the wand vertically and stroke the custom dome tip through lashes for curl and separation.

 

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