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13 Unexpected Ways to Wear Gold Makeup

This season, it's all about going for the gold (makeup, that is)
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Move over, silver and bronze. It's officially the season of gold makeup. Every winter, we can't help but add a touch of metallic sparkle -- be it gilded lids or glittery polish -- to our makeup repertoire, and this year, it's all about gold, the color of luxury, opulence and #winning (and who doesn't want to go into the New Year with that mindset?). That's why it's the only metallic we're wearing this holiday season, ensuring we'll take first place in makeup at all of our gatherings. Here, take inspiration from 13 of the most gorgeous ways to wear gold makeup.

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Gold Makeup: Sparkly Golden Eye
Up the ante on a dramatic cat eye by adding gold glitter. Sweep a gold eye shadow over your entire lid. Use a black liquid liner to create a thick cat eye. Next, take a glittery gel liner -- we're obsessed with Urban Decay Heavy Metal Eyeliner, $20, in Midnight Cowboy, because it's easy to apply and there's no fallout -- and use it to trace over the gold shadow on your lid that still shows. Be sure to let it dry before opening your eyes.

Keep the rest of your face neutral to let your eyes really pop.

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Gold Eyeliner FTW
Makeup artist Lisa Eldridge uses a mixture of rose gold shadow and gilded liner to create this holiday-ready, gold eye makeup look. Line your eyes from inner to outer corner with a golden eyeliner, like Lancome Artliner 24H, $23, in Gold, to get a similarly festive look.

Get the full makeup tutorial here.

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Strobe Your Way to a Golden Glow
Kendall Jenner's otherworldly glow requires some serious highlighting makeup skills (luckily, we've got the strobing tutorial right here). To prep your skin so it glows like an angel, use Deciem Hylamide Finisher Photography Foundation, $21, in Golden Tan, which will add a subtle golden glow to your skin and blur away imperfections -- essentially, you'll look amazing sans Instagram filter. Though it's called foundation, it's more of a skin care step, so you can add your foundation over it if needed.

Then, use a liquid golden highlighter, like Koh Gen Do Aqua Foundation Illuminator, $39. Apply it wherever the light would naturally hit your face -- down your nose, on your forehead, cheekbones, chin and cupid's bow.

To make your skin look extra angelic (and to set the look so your highlighter doesn't turn into greaseball city), use a fluffy brush to apply a gold powder highlighter over your liquid one. We like Boots No. 7 Shimmer Palette, $14.99, because it comes with multiple shades of gold makeup that can be blended together or worn separately.

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Shimmering Gold Eye Makeup
A swipe of gold shadow, like E.L.F. Long-Lasting Lustrous Eyeshadow, $3, in Toast across your lid and in the crease of your eye is a pretty, subtle take on the gold makeup trend. Do like Gigi Hadid (words to live by) here and pair it with a subtle black liner, white liner on your lower waterline, and a nude-brown lipstick.

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BY ALLIE FLINN | DEC 15, 2016 | SHARES
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