Inspired by Chanel's Spring/Summer 2014 look

Last year, I stumbled on this glitter look from Chanel's Spring/Summer 2014 Couture Show, and I love it!  I love the dramatic thick black cat eye, and the glitter underneath the eye. 

 

This appropriate for every day right? 

"Just stare into my beautiful glittery eyes!"

I couldn't find cosmetic glitter with bigger particles, and I refuse to use craft store glitter, because it's not meant to be used on the skin, or eye, or lip area.  So I settled for cosmetic fine glitter that I found on the street near a port-a-potty.  KIDDING!  I found it etsy, from the store Addictive Cosmetics.  

So this is my version of the Chanel Spring/Summer 2014 Couture look.  I used Urban Decay's 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils in black, from their Travel Smokey Set which contains 3 of their eye pencils in a smaller travel size for the thick cat eye.  Luckily, because the cat eye doesn't require the same precision as a thin cat eye a la liquid liner, I didn't have to have to spend time perfecting it.  Save that time and precision for the glitter.   

Look at my fashionable Gap shirt with stripes.

Side view!

This is the container of "Silver Sparkle" glitter that I used.  The container sort of resembles a spice jar, so you can sprinkle out what you need instead of trying to dig for glitter, or dumping it all out.  On the carpet.  Or your hair.  Both will take forever to remove.  I just turned the container upside down to get the glitter on the lid, which I used as my palette. 

Glitter!  Sweet glitter!

Now, I have an eye primer, but because I needed a specific product to hold glitter, I also purchased Addictive Cosmetics "Fixit", which is a clear and sticky primer for glitter.  Now, Too Faced does have a product called Shadow Insurance Glitter Glue, so if you don't want to wait to order it and then have it shipped to you, you can always buy Too Faced's product from Sephora or Ulta store.  

The Fixit is a spray, which is pretty awkward to use, I had to be careful to not spray it everywhere, but it does work well.  

You can see that it is a liquid, and I would describe it as a sort of Krazy glue consistency.  The best way to use this is to spray it on the back of your hand, or maybe put it on a paint palette if you have one, and then take your brush into the primer. 

Taking my brush with the Fixit, I place the bottom of it into the glitter.  I then took the brush and applied it like I would with any liner gently placed it underneath my eye, CAREFULLY avoiding my eyeballs, and waterline.  The first time is to just create a rough guide for the the following applications of glitter.  Taking the brush, I pack the glitter on there, but instead of on the thin sharp line of the brush, I do it on the side.  This allows me to grab more glitter, and to be able to build more glitter underneath my eye.  

After getting the amount of glitter that I wanted, I simply filled my brows, added blush and highlighter to my cheeks, and then applied Burt's Bees Hawaiian Smoulder lip crayon to my lips with the addition of NYX color altering gloss.  I know the original look has more a light berry stain, or nude lip, but I don't have any of those colors, so a light pink it is!  

When wearing this be aware that when the light hits the glitter, you'll see bits of reflective light at the bottom of your eyes which is weird, but also like having your own disco balls in your vision.  

Hopefully, I can manage to take the glitter off without cutting my eye with tiny shards of glitter.