Protecting Your Crown and Glory: Happy New Year!

NYE Look 2012

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you enjoyed ringing in the new year last night. I know I did ;-). NYE gives us ladies an opportunity to get extra glam, so I went all out last night! If you'd like to see my entire look from head to toe, step inside...

The Makeup

I shared the makeup look I was going for in my post titled Two Eyes for NYE 2012.... I went with the "Glitter & Smoke" look as planned, but decided to tweak the formula a bit. Here's a list of the products I used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance eye shadow primer (Applied all over lid--not shown)
Jumbo eye shadow pencil in Milk by NYX (applied this all over lid to ensure the hot pink glitter popped)
Icing glitter cream eye shadow in hot pink (Applied this on top of the Milk)
Glitter Stack by Icing (Applied some of the hot pink glitter on top of the cream eye shadow for a more intense look)

Meet Matte dark brown eye shadow by The Balm (Applied to outer v and the crease--not shown)
Dark brown (far right above) eye shadow in Darling pallet by LA Colors (Applied above the crease)

Ice Queen by Ulta (Applied to inner corner of lid)
Sparkly pink eye shadow from the Smashbox Trio (Applied to brow bone as a highlight)

I lined the upper lids with black liquid liner and applied a black pencil liner to lower lids. I then added a few coats of mascara to my lower lashes and one coat to my upper lashes before applying Glamour falsies in E15 by Ardell. This was the finished look:

As for the rest of my face, I used:

Pur Mineral 4-in-1 powder foundation in Deeper
Pro Longwear Concealer in NC45 by MAC (as highlight)
Arena Satin eye shadow by MAC (as highlight)
Dark brown eye shadow (same color used above crease on eyes was used to contour the sides of my nose)
Translucent Prep & Prime Finishing Powder by MAC
Heather Silk powder blush by Wet n Wild

Contour and highlight up close

The Hair

Here's a quick video on how I styled my hair:

Products/Tools used:

Remington T-Studio Pearl Ceramic Heated Clip Hair Setter
Revlon curling iron
Bobby pins
Straight Edges Edging Gel by Silk Elements
Pump it Up Gold Styling Spritz by Bronner Brothers

Pics of the finished look:

The Nails

Items used:

Forget Now by Sinful Colors
Silver Glitter nail polish by L.A. Girl

I have my hair done, nails done, everything did...now, time for the fit!

The Clothes

As previously mentioned in my Two Eyes for NYE 2012... post, I purchased a shimmery, hot pink sweater dress from HMS:

I realized I don't have any "evening" jackets, so I raced to the mall and got lucky! I found a black, faux fur coat for $18.00. I put that on and some sparkly, pink pumps by Candies (The same ones I wore for NYE 2010), et voila!