HOW TO GET A MIXED METALS
MAKEUP LOOK

November 5, 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.”

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Get a Mixed Metals look with the new M·A·C Gift Of Gold holiday collection.

“THIS IS THE 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 x6: All The Riches

$25.50

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

$18.00

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.

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Hyper Real Serumizer™ Skin Balancing Hydration Serum

$45.00

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.

(1694)

Studio Radiance Serum-Powered™ Foundation

$34.50

A buildable, weightless, 24-hour hydrating foundation that smooths texture, evens tone, and blurs the look of pores.

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Extra Dimension Blush

$25.50

A blush delivering a polished look that reflects light and leaves a smooth second-skin finish.

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Eye Kohl

$18.00

An eye liner with rich colour and a silky smooth, matte/pearl finish.

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 x6: All The Riches

$25.50

A giftable, holiday-exclusive eye shadow palette featuring six shiny new neutral and jewel-toned shades.

(18182)

M·A·CStack Mascara

$21.75

An endlessly buildable, clump-resistant mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length.

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M·A·C LASH / 81 Charmer Lash

$12.00

A pair of fanned, banded clustered lashes for the natural flirt.

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Lip Pencil

$18.75

A pencil in a wide range of colours designed for shaping, lining or filling in lips.

Lipglass / Gift Of Gold

$18.00

A limited-edition lip gloss that can create a glass-like finish or a subtle sheen in three holiday-exclusive pearlescent shades.

Go grunge by mixing metallics with smoky black liner.

Darian wears Treasured Eye Shadow Palette x 6: All The Riches.

Treasured Eye Shadow Palette x6: All The Riches

$25.50

A giftable, holiday-exclusive eye shadow palette featuring six shiny new neutral and jewel-toned 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.

(1628)

Hyper Real Serumizer™ Skin Balancing Hydration Serum

$45.00

(1694)

Studio Radiance Serum-Powered™ Foundation

$34.50

A buildable, weightless, 24-hour hydrating foundation that smooths texture, evens tone, and blurs the look of pores.

(49)

Extra Dimension Blush

$25.50

A blush delivering a polished look that reflects light and leaves a smooth second-skin finish.

Tightline lash lines using Eye Kohl in 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 Riches onto lash lines for a smudged, mixed metallic finish.
Smooth Retro Matte Lipstick in Bronx onto lips.