How to use glitter in makeup

Apply Loose Glitter With a Mixing Liquid and Cotton Swab

If you're using loose glitter, you'll benefit from using a mixing medium, like Mehron's Mixing Liquid, to give glitter a more spreadable consistency that makes for easy application.

So, start the application process by dipping your cotton swab into a mixing medium.

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(Note: You can damp a cotton swab with setting spray if you don't have a mixing medium on hand, but the glitter will have less staying power.)

Then, roll your wet cotton swab in the loose glitter, ensuring that the entire bulb of the cotton swab is covered in glitter.

You can use anything from chunky stars to loose glitter powder, like MAC's Glitter ($23).

To create your glitter look, you might opt to create more of a glitter eyeliner look by keeping the pigment closer to the lash line, or you can go full throttle and cover your entire lid in glitter.

To create an eyeliner look, tap the glitter onto your eye using patting motions with the cot

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