Glitter Pigments for Highlight and Contour

Here’s how to use the Power Pigments dry on you face for blush, highlighting, and contour to amp up your Mardi Gras makeup look.

These cosmetic grade, hyper-pigmented metallic shimmers are versatile and easy to blend. You can use them as eye shadow, lipstick or anywhere on the face. Power Pigments are made from minerals and are ethically sourced, vegan and cruelty-free.

For this Mardi Gras inspired look, Katie used:

The Highlighters:

• Golden Hour. This is a pretty, light gold-tone highlighter. It goes great on the cheekbones, nose, chin, and forehead as well as in the inner corner of the eye and brow-bone. This is a very popular highlighter because it’s flattering and easy to use. When used dry, Golden Hour is subtle and universal enough to use on a regular day wearing light or natural makeup. Add this on-top of a little concealer, powder and mascara to get a dewy, sun kissed look.
• Maid of Orleans. This is the Mardi Gras highlighter of choice. This is a much truer and bolder gold than Golden Hour. The great thing about these Power Pigments is they’re extremely versatile and easy to layer so you can make them look super extra: just add more!

Use the Elektra Power Primer or your favorite eye primer to really bring out the color, pigment and vibrancy of the Power Pigments.

The Blush:

Purple blush!? It’s Mardi Gras, darlin’! Why not? Here, Katie shows you that you can layer and blend the pigments to experiment with new shades and custom hues.

• Iris. If this was a blush that you bought at the store, you’d be like “How could I wear that!?” But after you blend it out, it’s quite pretty. You can tell it’s purple but it’s not too extreme.
• Passion Flower. If you want a little bit of color on the apple of the cheeks, you can use this lighter, silvery purple. Passion Flower is so light, it could almost work as a highlighter.
• Plum. A darker, beautiful royal purple. Plum shifts when the light hits it and has a nice iridescent blue-toned shimmer.

All makeup, especially costume makeup, is all about layering. You can layer together non-traditional hues that you wouldn’t normally wear and it can really amp up your costume.

Green Contour:

When going for a monochromatic look, it’s best to try 2-3 shades of your preferred color. This will help with blending and give the color more depth.

• City Park. This is our darkest green, it’s rich and reminiscent of lush city park in New Orleans.
• La Fee Verte. French for the Green Fairy, this pigment is a beautiful lime green and an amazing pop of color. It especially looks great in the corner of the eye when using it as eye shadow.
• Desire. This is a great medium green, a shimmery sage. Perfect for a Mardi Gras tricolor theme.

Using a green blush and contour is perfect for a snake, alligator, alien or even peacock costume. Pigments are an easy way to get your theme across without having to deal with the hassle of full face paint.

Instead of coloring your whole face or body green, just focus on your blush and contour. Blend the pigments down your neck so it fades into your natural skin color. This prevents you from having a harsh line where your green face makeup ends and will get the point across.

Layer on some Absinthe (or any!) Bolt Balm and you’ll be good to go!

• Get a post card or card stock. Anything that that can be used as a straight edge that you don’t mind getting makeup on.
• Use the straight edge to make a line on your cheekbone. If you are going for an intense look, you are done!
• For a softer, prettier look, blend the line out upward if it’s too harsh.
• Pro tip: For a more customized contour, trace your cheekbones with a pen or pencil onto your post card. Then, cut the card to perfectly fit in with your cheekbone. Next time you contour it’ll be perfect!

Watch the video above to see how simple it is to use the Power Pigments as highlight, blush and contour to up your costume game–whether it’s Carnival or any season!