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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MIXED METAL MAKEUP

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

Treasured Eye Shadow Palette: All The Riches

“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: All The Riches

$108.00

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

$48.00

A limited-edition, weightless cream blush that provides buildable coverage with a dewy metallic finish in three holiday-exclusive luminous 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.

MAC Hyper Real Serumizer

$80.00

A serum-moisturiser hybrid that balances, retexturises and strengthens the skin barrier for a petal-soft, pore-minimised canvas with lit-from-within radiance.

Studio Radiance Serum-Powered™ Foundation

$88.00

A moisturising, softly luminous and skin-enhancing serum foundation that delivers +209% instant hydration, medium buildable smoothing coverage and lasting radiance.

Extra Dimension Blush

$67.00

A liquid-powder blush with prismatic reflections in five shimmering shades. Impact ranges from sheer crystallized light to a highly polished metallic effect. Lasts up to 6 hours.

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: All The Riches

$108.00

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

M·A·CStack Mascara

$65.00

MEGA
A continuously buildable mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length, with a bigger brush that delivers instant volume and is ideal for longer or upper lashes.

MICRO
A continuously buildable mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length, with a smaller brush that delivers ultra-precise application and is ideal for shorter or lower lashes.

M·A·C LASH / 81 Charmer Lash

$36.00

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

Lip Pencil

$46.00

An ultra-precise lip liner in a wide range of creamy shades designed for shaping, lining or filing in lips.

Lipglass / Gift Of Gold

$48.00

A limited-edition, weightless cream blush that provides buildable coverage with a dewy metallic finish in three holiday-exclusive luminous 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: All The Riches

$108.00

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.

MAC Hyper Real Serumizer

$80.00

A serum-moisturiser hybrid that balances, retexturises and strengthens the skin barrier for a petal-soft, pore-minimised canvas with lit-from-within radiance.

Studio Radiance Serum-Powered™ Foundation

$88.00

A moisturising, softly luminous and skin-enhancing serum foundation that delivers +209% instant hydration, medium buildable smoothing coverage and lasting radiance.

Extra Dimension Blush

$67.00

A liquid-powder blush with prismatic reflections in five shimmering shades. Impact ranges from sheer crystallized light to a highly polished metallic effect. Lasts up to 6 hours.

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.

Treasured Eye Shadow Palette: All The Riches

$108.00

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