Is there an elegant, grown-up way to do glittery make-up?
It is certainly a bit tricky. Richard Dean, who is Julia Roberts’s favourite make-up artist, once told me that sparkle and shimmer were a bad idea over a certain age, as the products trickle into crows’ feet and accentuate them. Basically, because glitter is light-reflecting, it shows up flaws. Having said that, why not experiment? You can either try all-over sparkle on the eyelids – Pat McGrath did this for the autumn Prada show, using MAC scarlet glitter called Reflects Rust – this comes in four colours, £13.50, nationwide at MAC counters, www.maccosmetics.co.uk – on top of a rusty red eye shadow. Or you could try a less full-on approach with Rimmel’s Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer (£3.79, www.rimmellondon.com), which comes in five colours, all with added sparkle. You just use it as an eye liner. Another idea would be to take a gold eye shadow like Illamasqua’s Liquid Metal Solstice (£16, www.illamasqua.com). It looks like molten gold – just dab it on the lids in quite a random wa
