Sometimes there’s just a little thing you come up with in your makeup routine that feels very YOU… and for me – lately – that has been glitter freckles! (Which, in looking into this a bit more, turns out was a trend on runaways in 2016? Guess I’m behind the times!)

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The idea of colourful freckles started for me last year when I decided I wanted to do a bunch of rainbow freckles on my face for a Pride look. In hindsight… that’s too many freckles, but that’s basically where this whole idea of glitter freckles blossomed from in my mind.

I’ve always had freckles, even more during the summer when I get some sun damage going on on my skin (wear your sunscreen kids). I love my freckles and never really understood why anyone would want to cover theirs… except now I’m also covering them… this time with glitter so I can highlight them!

I’ve mostly been using the Too Faced Glitter Pop! liners to cover my own freckles (and add more), but you can really use anything you feel comfortable with. I first started out with liquid lipsticks and a small brush to apply them to my face. Then I tried coloured eyeliner pencils (not so easy that way to be honest) and finally I moved on to liquid liners and now glitter liners. I like putting at least two shades together so it gives me a little bit more pizzazz and doesn’t look too one dimensional. (lol as if glitter freckles could ever seem one dimensional)

My favourite mix is probably gold and red – probably because it’s one of the more natural combinations and doesn’t looks quite as obtuse. I live for a good colour contrast on my face, but I do like the idea of subtle glitter freckles!

Mixing together blue and teal – as you can see – is a little bit more of an out-there look, although it does look subtle-ish from afar. Up close you can see how it plays out a little bit more  – almost like a bit of a glitter mask below my eyes!

And I love that different colour combos work with different eyeshadow looks:

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And while I don’t really opt for glitter freckles at the office (we all have our limits), I’ve been doing them a lot in videos and when I go out at night. It just feels special to me, you know?

So how about you – is there something you’ve tried recently in your makeup routine that you’re really loving? Something more unique, or something that feels a bit more like “you”?