HOW TO GET FESTIVE CHRISTMAS MAKEUP
LOOKS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
November 5, 2024 by Cat Quinn
From festive Christmas eyeshadow looks to flashy New Year’s Eve makeup, this season is all about embracing a maximalist makeup aesthetic. “This holiday is for glam lovers,” says Chantel Miller, MAC Director of Artistry and Content. “We’re taking inspiration from the Golden Age of Hollywood and the 70s Studio 54 era and making it modern for today. It’s definitely a dress-to-impress moment.”
That means dialing classic festive makeup looks up to full volume with bold metallic shades, exciting textures and finishes, and a more-is-more mentality. Whether you need a soft glam Christmas makeup look or a bold disco eye moment that will last past midnight, you’ll find plenty of Christmas makeup inspiration below.
That means dialing classic festive makeup looks up to full volume with bold metallic shades, exciting textures and finishes, and a more-is-more mentality. Whether you need a soft glam Christmas makeup look or a bold disco eye moment that will last past midnight, you’ll find plenty of Christmas makeup inspiration below.
SHOP THE CRANBERRY MAKEUP TREND
Rose To The Occasion
MACXIMAL SILKY MATTE LIPSTICK
£25.00
3.5 G
Diva
Channel a 1920s holiday makeup look with the Treasured Eye Shadow Palette x 6: Rose To The Occasion.
Treasured Eyeshadow Palette: Rose To The Occasion
£35.00
A giftable, Christmas-exclusive eye shadow palette featuring six shiny new neutral and rose-toned shades.
Finish off your festive look with MACximal Silky Matte Lipstick in Diva.
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MACXIMAL SILKY MATTE LIPSTICK
£25.00
Our iconic Matte Lipstick is now bigger and better – with more colour, more comfort, more wear. The matte formula you know and love is upgraded to a silkier, smoother texture in pigment-rich hues – from iconic to new. Glide on for maxed-out colour with 12hr wear.
HOW TO GET THE CRANBERRY MAKEUP LOOK
Vampy Cranberry Makeup is back for the festive season, along with the juicy burgundy lipstick that has defined the look since the 1920s.
- Add a flush of colour under the apples of your cheeks with Glow Play Blush in Big Diva Energy.
- Using the Treasured Eyeshadow Palette x 6: Rose To The Occasion, sweep shade Money Mauves over the lids and define creases with Envied Violet, blending up to the brow bones.
- Then sweep on MACximal Silky Matte Lipstick in Diva.
Glow Play Cushiony Blush
£28.00
A bouncy, buildable blush that gives a cheeky flush of soft colour – now in a lightweight formula with skin-loving ingredients.
Treasured Eyeshadow Palette: Rose To The Occasion
£35.00
A giftable, Christmas-exclusive eye shadow palette featuring six shiny new neutral and rose-toned shades.
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MACXIMAL SILKY MATTE LIPSTICK
£25.00
Our iconic Matte Lipstick is now bigger and better – with more colour, more comfort, more wear. The matte formula you know and love is upgraded to a silkier, smoother texture in pigment-rich hues – from iconic to new. Glide on for maxed-out colour with 12hr wear.
SHOP THE MIXED METAL MAKEUP TREND
Dazzleshadow
£22.00
1.5 g
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Lipglass / Gift Of Gold
£22.00
Ruby Sparks
Fanta wears mixed metals.
Mix and melt your metallics for an indulgent eye look.
HOW TO GET THE MIXED METAL TREND
Why choose silver, gold or copper? You can wear them all with the mixed metal makeup trend. This festive season, stack all your metallic eyeshadows for a modern look
- Line your lower lash lines using Eye Kohl in Feline, gently smudging with your fingertips.
- Line your upper lash lines with Dazzleshadow Liquid in Everyday is sunshine.
- Finish with MACStack Mascara and a strip of 81 Charmer Lash to lashes.
Dazzleshadow Liquid
£22.00
An ultra-shiny liquid eyeshadow that glides across lids for a wash of brilliant colour that keeps its splendour for up to eight hours.
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MACStack Mascara
£27.00
An endlessly buildable, non-clumping mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length. Now available in Chesnut Stack, our brown mascara!
81 Charmer Lash
£6.25
A set of three customizable lash sections that allow you to go from casual to kinky with this ménage à trois of lashes.
- Line lips with Lip Pencil in Chestnut and sweep on Lipglass/Gift Of Gold in Ruby Sparks.
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Lip Pencil
£20.00
An ultra-precise lip liner with a creamy formula in a wide range of shades, designed for shaping, lining or filing in lips.
Lipglass / Gift Of Gold
£22.00
A special-edition lip gloss that can create a glass-like finish or a subtle sheen – in three Christmas-exclusive pearlescent shades and limited-edition gold-toned packaging.
SHOP THE MARTINI MAKEUP TREND
Flirty Martini
MACXIMAL SILKY MATTE LIPSTICK
£25.00
3.5 G
Honeylove
Memphis wears ChromaCrayon Eyeshadow Stick in Flirty Martini.
HOW TO GET THE MARTINI MAKEUP TREND
If you like your christmas cocktail extra-dirty, you’ll love the chic Martini Makeup look. Leaning on earthy olive tones, it looks especially cool paired with pouty concealer lips.
- Sweep Chromacrayon Eyeshadow Stick in Flirty Martini across your lids and lower lash lines.
- Add definition with Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eyeliner in Glide Or Die and MACStack Mascara.
Chromacrayon Eyeshadow Stick / Gift of Gold
£26.00
An eye shadow stick that glides effortlessly onto lids with decadent colour payoff – in three Christmas-exclusive metallic shades and limited-edition gold-toned packaging.
Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eyeliner
£22.00
With 12-hour waterline and 24-hour+ lid wear, discover smooth-glide application and saturated colour in a single swipe.
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MACStack Mascara
£27.00
An endlessly buildable, non-clumping mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length. Now available in Chesnut Stack, our brown mascara!
- Finish with a generous sweep of MACximal Silky Matte Lipstick in Honeylove.
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MACXIMAL SILKY MATTE LIPSTICK
£25.00
Our iconic Matte Lipstick is now bigger and better – with more colour, more comfort, more wear. The matte formula you know and love is upgraded to a silkier, smoother texture in pigment-rich hues – from iconic to new. Glide on for maxed-out colour with 12hr wear.
SHOP THE HOLIDAY BOLD GLAM TREND
Rose To The Occasion
Regal Red
Memphis pairs the Treasured Eyeshadow Palette x 6: Rose To The Occasion with Frost Lipstick / Gift Of Gold in Regal Red.
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A classic red lip look always works for the festive season, but this year, give your go-to style an upgrade with bold berry cut creases and radiant highlighter.
- Line your upper lash lines with Eye Kohl in Feline.
- Define your creases with the shade Plum What May from the Treasured Eyeshadow Palette x 6: Rose To The Occasion.
- Using Extra Dimension Skinfinish in shade Double-Gleam, swipe on your cheeks and highlight cheekbones.
Treasured Eyeshadow Palette: Rose To The Occasion
£35.00
A giftable, Christmas-exclusive eye shadow palette featuring six shiny new neutral and rose-toned shades.
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Extra Dimension Skinfinish
£34.00
A liquid-powder highlighter that gives skin a metallic-glow finish.
- Line lips with Lip Pencil in Mahogany and fill in with Frost Lipstick / Gift Of Gold in Regal Red.
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Lip Pencil
£20.00
An ultra-precise lip liner with a creamy formula in a wide range of shades, designed for shaping, lining or filing in lips.
Frost Lipstick / Gift Of Gold
£22.00
A limited-edition Lipstick with smooth, buildable coverage and a pearlescent semi-lustrous finish – in three Christmas-exclusive shades and limited-edition gold-toned packaging.
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