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Gallery Update - New UK Glamour Beauty pics

Saturday 20th Nov 2010 11:17am - Comments (68) - Back to the blog

This month’s Glamour magazine features a beauty story I worked on with uber beauty photographer Kenneth Willhardt featuring 5 gorgeous party looks. With so much minimalism in make-up around this season, it was great to let loose and create these stand-out looks, full of Christmas sparkle and shine!

I’m a big fan of glitter make-up and tried to use it in lots of different ways. In the first shot I layered large ' jet bead' style glitter over a dramatic smoky eye and added fine glitter in peacock hues to accent the inner corners. For the second image I started with a classic eye and lip make-up and then added a bright violet glitter to the lips which gave a gorgeous, almost holographic effect. For the shot below, again quite a trditional make-up of liner, lashes and a matte red lip, I added fine silver glitter as highlighter on and around the cheekbones to give the make-up a twist. Its also a great way to bring a real Christmassy feel to the make-up without being over the top.

Remember, Christmas party make-up is all about having fun - it’s your chance to try something new that you wouldn’t at any other time of the year. If you’re feeling adventurous, experiment with little crystals, glitters and rhinestones around the eyes, as I did below. You can find this type of stuff at any good bead shop. It’s a really fun look and all you need is a touch of eyelash glue to make them stick.

Nails are also a great way to add glamour and interest to your party make-up – check out the amazing creations in this story by the fab David Barton! If you want to try something new without spending any money, layer a couple of colours you already have in your kit (he used red over a black base) to create a brand new shade.

For those of you who prefer a more subtle but equally glam look, keep an eye out for my Christmas Party Look tutorial which I’m going to be uploading next week. It’s definitely a less extreme version of party make-up compared with some of the examples shown here but it’s just as gorgeous with shimmering eyes and a wow factor lip!

If there is a particular look that you would like to see a tutorial on then please let me know in the comments below. If I get enough comments I'll film it!

For more details on the make-up in these photos grab a copy of this months UK Glamour.

Photographer: Kenneth Willardt

Beauty Director: Alessandra Steinherr

Hair: Kerry Warn

Nails: David Barton

Model: Tetyana Piskun At Next

Read more on: Glamour Magazine, Photo Shoots

Comments (68)

Iva Stefanova - Wednesday Dec 22nd 2010 6:01pm

I Love the first look, It's my favourite!!!! I want look like this girl :)

Mhairi - Sunday Dec 19th 2010 5:30pm

All of the looks are beautiful and the model is really gorgeous. The fourth one is my favourite look as it is glam but wearable at same time. I love your site and it has really ignited my interest in beauty & makeup again and made me realise that there are so many different ways to use makeup to express yourself and to enhance your looks. Thanks for this site, it is very professional yet accessible and always totally fantastic!! Happy Christmas.x

Liz - Friday Dec 10th 2010 5:21pm

I love the first one, but anytime I try something like that I end up looking goth or tacky.

Gemma - Wednesday Dec 8th 2010 7:57pm

WOW these are so unbelieveably amazing xxx

mln - Thursday Dec 2nd 2010 1:32am

hi lisa, all beautiful looks, i really love the second look and i would like to know what you used for the lips,please. thank you and thanks for this blog,it is so inspiring.

MichelleClaire - Wednesday Dec 1st 2010 11:09pm

I would love to see the first look! it looks so glam and so party!

Charlotte - Wednesday Dec 1st 2010 3:03pm

I love these looks Lisa. Thank you so much for all your creative advice and inspiration. I cannot wait to train as a MUA and you always make me strive to be better. x

Mari - Monday Nov 29th 2010 1:11am

Very pretty! I loved all the looks you created =) But I would love to see a tutorial of the first look and the fourth look. I never thought about using green eyeshadows for my brown eyes but it looks amazing in the first look. And the fourth look I love because of the liner and I still find it hard to achieve so it would be nice to see that tutorial =)

Ruth Mannion-Palmer - Sunday Nov 28th 2010 9:48pm

These are absolutely stunning. Thank you for your fantastic blog as a makeup artist you keep me constantly inspired :)

Anna - Friday Nov 26th 2010 6:02pm

Lisa, please film a video with second look!

Annie - Thursday Nov 25th 2010 5:09pm

I would LOVE to see a tutorial on the 2nd photo with the glitter lips. The mauve smokey eye in that picture is just lovely too! Love love love you and your videos!

sara - Thursday Nov 25th 2010 9:12am

LOVE it!!!!!

Wednesday Nov 24th 2010 3:43pm

Wooooooow All of these looks are AMAZING but i love the 1st one would love a video of that 1 ur amazing at makeup very inpirational love it!!! =) xx

Anya - Tuesday Nov 23rd 2010 11:13pm

Lisa, it would be particularly helpful if you could show how to achieve the first look! The party season is just around the corner and the components in the first look are so beautifully juxtaposed that they compliment each other for a wow factor look. Each component; the statement glitter envy-green eye and the oh so perfect pout, the perfectly arched brows and the chiseled cheeks can also be adapted into many a party look. Thanks in advance.

Tiffany - Tuesday Nov 23rd 2010 10:26pm

Would absolutly love to know what is on the models lips in these photo!! Gorgeous! Please do a tutorial! this make up is gorgeous! Love the Nails too! :) Keep up the good work love the blog!! xxx

mln - Tuesday Nov 23rd 2010 9:10pm

hi lisa,love all u do. where i live i can't buy the glamour uk magazine,so i would like to know what's the name of the lipstick or everything you used for the lips.it's just so gorgeous. and io vote for the second look if you do a tuto!:o)

Florence - Tuesday Nov 23rd 2010 8:36pm

I love these pictures! I buy glamour every mouth and this is the best one I have seen!!! I love all the looks and can't wait to go to a party so I can try them! Lisa please do a video of one of them so I can have a real look at how you do then and see the products!! xx

Merel - Tuesday Nov 23rd 2010 7:01pm

Amazing! And finally some truly inspiring looks for brown eyes!

lisa - Tuesday Nov 23rd 2010 2:03pm

I would love to see the 4th one as a tutorial x

Mimi - Monday Nov 22nd 2010 6:14pm

I just saved all of those pictures, they're so, so beautiful. You made something so modern, fun and sexy out of Christmas make-up. The silver highlighter is probably my favorite idea. But the holographic mouth is ahh-some too! And the hair in the first one... I die! This is my first time commenting, just wanted to say I <3 your style, you totally made me want to be friends with make-up, haha. xx

Ashleigh - Monday Nov 22nd 2010 4:40pm

Look 2 is gorgeous! I'd love to see how I could achieve that amazing glittery lip :)

Sophie - Monday Nov 22nd 2010 3:22pm

The first and second one are fabulous ! I can't choose between the two. ^^ (sorry for my english)

pat - Monday Nov 22nd 2010 2:46pm

Lisa pls make a video on what to wear for a first time date. Would be fab!! Pls show Betty some more :) xxx

Julia Arenas - Monday Nov 22nd 2010 12:25pm

That lipcolor in the first photo is gorgeous, what did you use or mix?

maddy - Monday Nov 22nd 2010 11:10am

Lisa as always, amzing looks!!!!! I always watch your tutorials because they are well done and professional but also very easely to do at home....sooooo thanks! And about the next tutorial I say the 2nd one, I loooove its retro glamour

raisa - Monday Nov 22nd 2010 5:40am

hi lisa! (: love your blog! please do a vid on the first looks! (: and show us how to contour the face! the shadows on the face completed the look! <3<3

C. Chang - Monday Nov 22nd 2010 2:01am

Please do the first or second picture! Absolutely perfect for the holiday season. Gorgeous, as usual.

Silvia - Monday Nov 22nd 2010 1:18am

Briliant ideas! Gorgeous! Love your vids and looks! well I would suggest the first one for a tutorial video, because of the layering of the colours. It seems so glamorous and deep! Really love the other ones too, especially the fourth one with that "signiture kitten flick" of yours:) So classy and sophisticated! Love your blog, L:isa!!!!! Greets! And have fun:)))

Arin - Monday Nov 22nd 2010 12:01am

Please do number 1 the smoky peacock look. you're so incredible. the skin is so gorgeous in all of the shots. so beautiful.

Lulee - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 11:06pm

please a tutorial on the first one! i adore it... the second one too if you have a chance. thanks so much lisa x0x0

Lisa - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 11:05pm

The lipstick you used in the 4th picture is just amazing! So simple but so classy at the same time!

NicolaD - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 10:26pm

Could you please do the second and fourth one. They are amazing. Love your vids Lisa.

Marina - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 8:30pm

The first image is just SO amazing, I am completely in love, this is the best makeup I've seen this month for sure. I'd definitely wear this for a party :) Recently I got myself some turquoise glitter so I plan to have some fun, too. And, yes, if you get enough votes please share on how to create the eyes from the first photo. You've got my vote x

kelley - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 7:29pm

Stunning looks! I can't wait to see your tutorial on fun holiday looks this week as the party season seems to be starting early this year. Will you be doing any looks for the 40+ crowd?

memabige - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 6:42pm

Hi dear Lisa, all photos are beautful and I have to say you born with this talent your works are amazing. thanks for sharing.xx

Serenan66 - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 5:13pm

Hi Lisa. they all looks stunning! As a christmas make up, I would do something that is a cross betweeen 2 of the pics you kindly share with us on myself. the second one with olographic lips and the one with rhinestones! Please do a tutorial that incorporate both. All my appreciation to you and your work!

Samantha Marsden - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 3:18pm

Your work is amazing!!I can't wait to see a tutorial on any of these looks! I just subscribed to your YouTube channel and I have watched every video since! You pass along great information in every video so there isn't a video that is a 'waste of time'. Love it!!

Laura - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 2:03pm

all the looks are stunning, will definitely try to emulate some of these over the festive season!

Beatrice - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 1:54pm

I'd love to see a tutorial for the first one and for the last look also, I love the rhinestones <3

Carlijn - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 1:46pm

Those pictures just totally convinced me to get the Glamour UK edition (for some reason I always find Dutch magazines so blaaah over the holidays, they don't have that sparkle or glamour UK mags do have) And I adore the look in the first shot, all girls (and some guys) love glitter ;)

Maria - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 12:26pm

I agree, the first one is really spectacular, and looks really intricate I'd love to know how u did it!

Trizzie - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 10:30am

Wow stunning pictures, love them all! although the first and second one are absoluteley deligthful, I'd would love to see a tutorial on those sparkling eyes and on the shiny lips. You amaze us with your work, thank you very much for posting all this!

Rita - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 7:04am

This is absolutely stunning! I'd love to see 1st look with all those peacock sparkles! Amazing job once again Lisa, i bow in front of u! xx

Jocelyn - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 5:24am

Film it all ! i love everything you do !! so keep the tutorials coming!! why would you even have to ask?!. I love you and your work. xoxo.

Kel - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 4:27am

These are all beautiful! I like the eyeshadow in the second one and the idea of the last one, with the blush around the eyes. I'd like to see a video for either of those. Though I don't know how I would make the blush around the eyes work for everyday. I guess just into the brow bone, not really under the eye. Or maybe it's just the way the picture is, maybe it is just on her cheek. Either way i love that picture. Do you remember the color you used for that blush? And that taupey eyeshadow color in the second pic? Thanks!

Isabella - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 3:24am

Lisa do you remember what the lippie was in the 3rd picture? I've been looking for an orangey/warm based matte red for a long time and this one is so striking (at least it looks warm on my monitor). As for the tutorial, I would love to see the look on the first picture. This is my first time commenting and I just wanted to add it is truly a pleasure watching your videos, you are so intelligent, beautiful, down to earth, charming and eloquent and thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us!

rachael - Sunday Nov 21st 2010 12:35am

Please do a tutorial on the first look! Perfect for party season. I have the magazine but would love to be able to watch you recreating the look on video.

amyC - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 9:53pm

Everything you touch just turns to classy glamour :)

Jennifer - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 8:21pm

Oh my goodness. What is the eyeshadow you used in the second look? I need that shade of mauve-taupe gorgeousness in my life!!!

Hazel - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 7:55pm

These looks are so gorgeous, it's hard to choose a favourite! I love the first one but I adore the crystals around the eye and false lashes in the last pic - so over the top glam I love it! Do you know which pink nail varnish was used? I want it! x

jess - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 7:50pm

2nd pic, for sure.

Norma jean - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 7:32pm

I love the first look,please do a tutorial on that one,its really a great one for christmas!

Oksana - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 6:23pm

First and second looks are my favorite!

Louise - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 6:13pm

I love them all, I couldn't pick one out, the eyes on the first picture are amazing, I love the lips on the second. The red matte lip on the third is that Mac Ruby Woo? I have that but I wore it out lately and it looked great for a while then I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and it had gone terrible, I looked like I had that bleeding effect around my mouth and looked older. If you could explain how to keep a red matte lip looking good and non ageing that would be brilliant ie third look.. thank you.. love your site :)

Eleonore - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 5:35pm

Gorgeous looks and photos! and I am looking forward to your next week tutorial (thanks for those, Lisa, they DO help SO MUCH!!!xxxx

Kyong - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 5:33pm

Awesome inspiration, but I love the 2nd look, very wearable.

Kyong - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 5:29pm

tamsin - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 5:18pm

The first please as it looks the most difficult to recreate without your tips!

Lisa Eldridge - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 5:05pm

@fiona, its called pink pout x @babs cant remember the shade off the top of my head..i'll have to look in the mag to remind myself x

Jess M - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 4:57pm

Every picture is a work of art, I love 2 and 3! And the 4th is so fun! x

Lisa Eldridge - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 4:39pm

@fiona yes, I think it was the pale pink one from Revlon x @Irma its just a thinker version of the regular kitten liner - see my video on the technique I use. Extend it out further and make it thicker x

Babs - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 4:37pm

absolutely beautiful pictures! I would love to know the lipcolor in the 4th one and the name of the model??

Irma - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 3:55pm

woooooooooow. please Lisa tell us what you used on the fourth pic, it's so glamurous! how you do such a thick eyeliner

dany - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 3:44pm

I agree!!!! I'd love a video on the fisrt one!!!!!

Roxy - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 3:31pm

I also love the first one!

Mariella - Musing On Beauty - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 3:28pm

All these looks are beautiful and inspireing! Thanks for sharing!

Karen Walsh - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 3:28pm

please please please the 4th one! its very guess by marciano from their optical campaign this year and I have been staring lustfully at those posters for the last few weeks!or at least maybe just list the products used especially the lippie???thank you, love your work!!

fiona - Saturday Nov 20th 2010 3:23pm

DEFINATELY the first one!!in the mag it says you used revlon nude attitude but that seems much more beige than the pink in the shot??!

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