HOW TO GET A
MIXED METALS
MAKEUP LOOK
December 1, 2024 by Cat Quinn
Choosing metallic eye shadow for your New Year’s Eve makeup might feel a bit “florals for spring” – but this season, the classic look is getting an overhaul.
After years of dainty, matchy-matchy gold and silver looks, we’re embracing maximalist metal makeup. Rather than stick to a single shade, we’re stacking and layering our metallics like vintage costume jewelry.
“For so long, mixing metals was seen as a fashion faux pas,” says Victor Cembellin, M·A·C Global Senior Artist. “Now, these metallic colour combinations feel extremely modern as we embrace the unconventional.”
Whether you want a bold flourish or something a little more delicate, the secret to this more-is-more makeup look is in the Artistry. Mix and melt metallics into one another, creating harmony in the imperfection. “Precious metals don’t need to be ‘precious’ when it comes to makeup application,” says Cembellin. “This is the unpolished movement of polished metals.”
After years of dainty, matchy-matchy gold and silver looks, we’re embracing maximalist metal makeup. Rather than stick to a single shade, we’re stacking and layering our metallics like vintage costume jewelry.
“For so long, mixing metals was seen as a fashion faux pas,” says Victor Cembellin, M·A·C Global Senior Artist. “Now, these metallic colour combinations feel extremely modern as we embrace the unconventional.”
Whether you want a bold flourish or something a little more delicate, the secret to this more-is-more makeup look is in the Artistry. Mix and melt metallics into one another, creating harmony in the imperfection. “Precious metals don’t need to be ‘precious’ when it comes to makeup application,” says Cembellin. “This is the unpolished movement of polished metals.”
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Get a Mixed Metals look with the new M·A·C Gift Of Gold holiday collection.
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“THIS IS THE
UNPOLISHED
MOVEMENT OF
POLISHED METALS.”
UNPOLISHED
MOVEMENT OF
POLISHED METALS.”
—VICTOR CEMBELLIN, M·A·C GLOBAL SENIOR ARTIST
Fanta wears Treasured Eye Shadow Palette x 6: All The Riches.
Treasured Eye Shadow Palette: All The Riches Worth 190 AED
190 AED
A giftable, holiday-exclusive eye shadow palette featuring six shiny new neutral and jewel-toned shades.
Recreate this metallic lip look with Lipglass / Gift Of Gold in Ruby Sparks.
Lipglass / Gift Of Gold
125 AED
A limited-edition lip gloss that can create a glass-like finish or a subtle sheen in three holiday-exclusive pearlescent shades.
HOW TO GET THE MIXED METAL MAKEUP LOOK
LOOK 1: Bling in the New Year with a metal makeup look.
- Prep and hydrate your complexion with Hyper Real Serumizer™ Skin Balancing Hydration Serum.
- Even skin tone with Studio Radiance Serum-Powered™ Foundation.
- Sweep Extra Dimension Blush in Cheeky Bits across cheeks, bringing upward toward temples.
- Tightline lash lines using Eye Kohl in Feline.
Hyper Real Serumizer™ Serum-Moisturizer Hybrid
240 AED
A serum-moisturizer hybrid that visibly reduces dark spots and the appearance of pores, hydrates, retexturizes and strengthens the skin barrier for a petal-smooth, even canvas with lit-from-within radiance.
Studio Radiance Serum-Powered™ Foundation
250 AED
A buildable, weightless, 24-hour hydrating foundation that smooths texture, evens tone, and blurs the look of pores.
(1)
Extra Dimension Blush
140 AED
A liquid-powder blush with prismatic reflections in five shimmering shades. Impact ranges from sheer crystallized light to a highly polished metallic effect. Lasts up to 6 hours.
- Sweep shade Cash Or Credit from the Treasured Eye Shadow Palette x 6: All The Riches across lids and along lower lash lines. Then, bring the shade Money Stack through creases.
- Highlight with the shade Terry Gold on inner corners, then tap Pigment in Copper onto brow bones.
- Coat lashes with a generous amount of M·A·CStack Mascara, then add M·A·C Lash / 81 Charmer Lash for a winged-out effect.
- Line lips using Lip Pencil in Chestnut, then smooth on Lipglass / Gift Of Gold in Ruby Sparks.
Treasured Eye Shadow Palette: All The Riches Worth 190 AED
190 AED
A giftable, holiday-exclusive eye shadow palette featuring six shiny new neutral and jewel-toned shades.
(2)
M·A·CStack Mascara
155 AED
An endlessly buildable, clump-resistant mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length.
(2)
Lip Pencil
100 AED
An ultra-precise lip liner in a wide range of creamy shades designed for shaping, lining or filing in lips.
Lipglass / Gift Of Gold
125 AED
A limited-edition lip gloss that can create a glass-like finish or a subtle sheen in three holiday-exclusive pearlescent shades.
LOOK 2: Master your New Year makeup with metallic eye shadow and highlighter that glimmers.
- Prep and hydrate your complexion with Hyper Real Serumizer™ Skin Balancing Hydration Serum.
- Even skin tone with Studio Radiance Serum-Powered™ Foundation.
- Sweep Extra Dimension Blush in Cheeky Bits across cheeks, bringing upward toward temples.
Hyper Real Serumizer™ Serum-Moisturizer Hybrid
240 AED
A serum-moisturizer hybrid that visibly reduces dark spots and the appearance of pores, hydrates, retexturizes and strengthens the skin barrier for a petal-smooth, even canvas with lit-from-within radiance.
Studio Radiance Serum-Powered™ Foundation
250 AED
A buildable, weightless, 24-hour hydrating foundation that smooths texture, evens tone, and blurs the look of pores.
(1)
Extra Dimension Blush
140 AED
A liquid-powder blush with prismatic reflections in five shimmering shades. Impact ranges from sheer crystallized light to a highly polished metallic effect. Lasts up to 6 hours.
- Tightline lash lines usingEye Kohlin Feline, gently smudging with fingertips.
- Using a 212S Flat Definer Brush, press shades Plumage 2.0 and Keep The Change from the Treasured Eye Shadow Palette x 6: All The Richesonto lash lines for a smudged, mixed metallic finish.
Treasured Eye Shadow Palette: All The Riches Worth 190 AED
190 AED
A giftable, holiday-exclusive eye shadow palette featuring six shiny new neutral and jewel-toned shades.
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