19 Party-Proof New Year’s Eve Makeup Looks

Discover my New Year’s Eve makeup ideas look book with magical makeup inspiration perfect for celebrating the new year.

Darlings, 2023 is coming to an end which can only mean one thing: it’s time to start planning a magical makeup look to wear on New Year’s Eve! Need some party makeup inspiration, darlings? Discover my New Year’s Eve makeup ideas including dazzling, decade-inspired looks and makeup magic from the set of my fabulous Holiday campaign, then create your own mesmerising makeup look that’s primed to party all night!

Discover 19 Magical New Year’s Eve Makeup Ideas

The Snow Bunny Look

Baby, it’s cold outside! The Snow Bunny look is a perfect choice for your New Year’s Eve makeup! Icy eyeshadow lights up a cold winter night and looks irresistible under the mistletoe and a pop of soft-pink blush gives your complexion that adorable, out-in-the-cold look. Get the look by mixing my Hypnotising Pop Shots in Cosmic Rocks and Diamond Eyes to create an iridescent eye makeup look with a flawless, frosted finish. For lips and cheeks, think pink! Makeup must-haves like my Hot Lips 2 Lipstick in Dancefloor Princess and my Matte Beauty Blush Wand in Pink Pop will be perfect for giving your lips and cheeks a winter-blushed appearance.

Red Wine Makeup

Darlings, let me spill all of my beauty secrets for creating the most radiant red wine makeup look! Red wine makeup takes inspiration from the deep, indulgent hues that swirl around a glass of festive red wine. Deep burgundies, red-browns, and plum purples are perfect for creating an intoxicating New Year’s Eve makeup look for everyone at the party to drink in! Use the pinkened red shades in my Pillow Talk Beautyverse Love Palette to give your eyes a festive Pillow Talk glow, then use red wine makeup must-haves like Pillow Talk Matte Beauty Blush Wand in Dream Pop and Lip Lustre lip gloss in Unleash Me to pour pops of radiant red into your New Year’s Eve makeup.

And darlings, spray on More Sex! It’s the perfect scent match for your seductive red wine makeup look!

Pillow Talk Party Makeup

Pillow Talk is for every mood and moment, darlings! My world-famous Pillow Talk collection is filled with party makeup icons that create moments of beauty magic in everyone’s perfect shade! To create a party-ready Pillow Talk look, reach for my limited-edition Pillow Talk Beautyverse Love Palette to unlock Pixie Pink party eyes, then use my Pillow Talk Matte Beauty Blush Wand to flush your cheeks with rosy matte blush. Looking for the perfect party pout? My Pillow Talk Perfect, Plump and Pout Trio features everything you need to line, enhance, and maximise the look of your lips ahead of your New Year’s kiss!

Pillow Talk + Love Frequency are a perfect love match! Spray on Love Frequency to surround yourself with a pretty pink love aura.

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Gift-Wrapped Golden Eyes

When you’re good, you’re golden! You can’t go wrong with a glowing, golden gaze, darlings! Swipe on a showstopping gold eyeshadow like my Hypnotising Pop Shot in Sunlit Diamond to create gleaming, golden eyes that hypnotise! Gold eyeshadow pairs perfectly with glossy nude lips and gold-toned highlighter! Add dots of Goldgasm Beauty Light Wand to give your cheeks a strobing golden glow, then paint on your go-to nude lip combination with a coat of Collagen Lip Bath to make your lips glow under midnight lights!

Gold is pure joy, darlings! Spray on Joyphoria to complete your good-as-gold makeup look.

  1. Kate Moss and Jourdan Dunn wearing New Year's Eve makeup looks for Charlotte Tilbury's holiday campaign

    Strobing Silver Eyes 

    Give your New Year’s Eve makeup a magical metallic party glow by packing a stunning silver eyeshadow onto the lids. Icy silver shades will create a show-stopping strobing effect that will ensure all eyes are on you! To get the look, discover the Cyber Silver shade in my Beautyverse Palette to create an out-of-this-world silver smokey eye. This eye-enhancing silver shade is perfect for creating a trending Cyber Silver look and creates effortless, strobing-effect, starry eyes! Alternatively, my Luxury Palette in The Rock Chick has a quartet of rock 'n' roll silver shades that are perfect for creating punk-inspired party eyes!

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  2. Anu wearing a Charlotte Tilbury New Year's Eve makeup look using the Beautyverse eyeshadow palette

    Dreamy Digital Lilac

    Darlings, the Digital Lilac shade from my Beautyverse Palette has been my shade of the party season! Across the red carpet and all-over social media, this gleaming lilac shade has been seen all over the eyes to create colourful makeup looks filled with euphoric disco energy! The Crystal Glow formula adorns the lids like crushed diamonds and will give your New Year’s Eve makeup look a pop of crystalline colour that will glisten under the lights as you count down to midnight.

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  3. Cheng wearing a New Year's Eve makeup look using Exagger-Eyes eyeshadow palette

    Sparkling Dancefloor Eyes 

    New Year’s Eve should be full of sparkle and magic and the best way to celebrate is with dazzling, dancefloor eyes! Use a sparkling eyeshadow topper to make your eyes shine like reflective disco balls! I recommend using my Bigger, Brighter Eyes Palette in Exagger-Eyes to give your New Year’s Eve makeup some celebratory sparkle; it’s a glimmering, rose-gold palette with a transparent topper shade designed to light up the look of the eyes and helps them to look bigger and brighter.

    Tilbury Tip: Complete your look with my Exagger-Eyes Volume Mascara for maximised, high-volume lashes!

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  4. Rina Sawayama wearing a Charlotte Tilbury New Year's Eve makeup look with Ready for Lust red lipstick

    Ready for Lust Red Lips 

    Are you Ready for Lust, darlings? My NEW! Rock Lips lipstick is a perfect red lipstick to wear with your New Year’s Eve makeup look! Whether you’re looking to dial up your look with a party-ready red lipstick or need a lip shade to match the drama of your eye makeup, this radiant, raspberry shade adds instant impact to your look. The satin finish of my famous K.I.S.S.I.N.G lipstick formula ensures your lips feel smooth and hydrated as they’re transformed with this ravishing shade of red.

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  5. Anu wearing a New Year's Eve makeup look with a nude lip

    Meet Me at Midnight Nude Lips 

    There’s nothing like finding a nude lipstick with the perfect texture and tone that complements your natural features and goes with every outfit. I’ve created a whole wardrobe of nude lipsticks so that everyone can find their perfect nude to wear with their New Year’s Eve makeup. Discover supermodel-inspired lipsticks from The Super Nudes collection like Runway Royalty; celebrity-inspired shades like Very Victoria or Nude Kate; shades of my AIRbrush Flawless Lip Blur liquid lipstick like Nude Blur; and more in my legendary lipstick line up.

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  6. Cheng wearing a New Year's Eve makeup look with matte foundation Airbrush Flawless Foundation

    Party-All-Night Matte Skin 

    If you’re anything like me, darlings, you’ll be the last one on the dancefloor this New Year’s Eve! When you’re partying all night, it’s important to wear a long-wearing foundation that will look flawless throughout all the fun. To keep your complexion looking airbrushed and flawless this new year, apply your perfect shade of my AIRbrush Flawless Foundation for magical, matte skin with lasting effect. This foundation formula delivers full coverage with a natural-matte finish, giving you that flawless feeling into the early hours!

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  7. Bella Tilbury wearing a bronzed New Year's Eve makeup look for the Charlotte Tilbury holiday campaign

    Winter Bronze 

    Being a bronzed bombshell is a year-round occupation, darlings! The night might be cold, but you can always reach for a velvety, warm-toned bronzer to create a sensationally sun-kissed New Year’s Eve makeup look! My AIRbrush Bronzer is a modern, matte bronzer that I use to bring warmth back into the complexion and create a light, sculpting effect. 

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  8. Meg wearing a glossy, glowy New Years Eve makeup look

    Glossy Glow 

    Light up the night with a gorgeous, glossy glow! My makeup secrets are beautifying, glow-boosting formulas that play with the light and look radiant from every angle; they’re dreamy additions to your New Year’s Eve makeup look and create the most gorgeous, glossy glow on the lips, cheeks and eyes. Delve into my makeup wardrobe and discover my sensation glow secrets: there’s Beauty Light Wands which are the secret to cheekbones that glow forever; Collagen Lip Bath lip glosses to help lips to look fuller and glossier; Hollywood Flawless Filter for radiant, red-carpet skin.

    Discover how to get a glossy, wet-looking glow with highlighter

  9. Michaela Jae Rodriguez wearing a gold New Year's Eve makeup look

    Copper Golden Galaxy Eyes 

    For eyes that hypnotise this New Year’s Eve, adorn your lids with a gleaming copper-gold eyeshadow that enhances and illuminates the look of your eyes. Golden shades give your eye makeup a warm glow and the magical, metallic finish will flicker under the new year lights. I adore the Golden Galaxy shade in my Beautyverse Palette – it’s a shimmering amber-gold with a Crystal Glow finish that’s like gorgeous gift wrap for the eyes!

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  10. Angela Baby wearing a soft glam New Year's Eve makeup look

    Soft Glam 

    Looking for an understated, minimal makeup look? Create a simple, soft glam makeup look with my best kept beauty secrets! Discover fool-proof beauty tricks that are shortcuts to no-fuss party makeup such as using a light-coverage illuminator like Hollywood Flawless Filter to give skin a gorgeous glow; applying a flurry of Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes! mascara to instantly enhance the look of your eyes; and blotting a liquid lipstick like AIRbrush Flawless Lip Blur onto the lips with your ring finger to give them a natural-looking tint. Little hacks like these make creating a New Year’s Eve makeup look easy for everyone – even makeup beginners!

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  11. Meg wearing a New Year's Eve makeup look with sultry, smokey eyes

    Night Sky Smokey Eyes 

    I always say it, darlings – smokey eye ‘til I die! I just love the drama of a smokey eye and New Year’s Eve is a perfect time to dial up your eye makeup! You can personalise your smokey eye makeup by using your favourite colours; perhaps you want to create a subtle eye look with the matte shades in my NEW! Pillow Talk Beautyverse Love Palette or a colourful look that matches your outfit. My personal favourite is a beautiful, brown and black smokey eye using the deepest shades in The Super Nudes Easy Eye Palette to give the look a classic, rock ‘n’ roll feel.

    Discover my guide to smokey eye makeup

  12. Model wearing Charlotte Tilbury's New Year's Eve 60s makeup look

    A 60s-Inspired Makeup Look

    I’m always inspired by makeup looks of the past when creating new makeup looks, darlings, and the 60s was full of fabulous makeup inspiration. Channel the wide-eyed, babydoll look of the 60s into your New Year’s Eve makeup look by creating a graphic, 60s-inspired eye makeup look and pairing it with a powder-pink lipstick. Some makeup essentials for this look include an easy eyeliner pencil like The Classic, a liquid eyeliner like The Feline Flick, and a pale lip colour like Kim KW Hot Lips.

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  13. Model wearing a 70s New Year's Eve makeup look

    A 70s-Inspired Disco Makeup Look

    The 70s was the era of disco fever – what could be more fitting to inspire your New Year’s Eve makeup look? From colourful party eyes to bronzed, glowing skin, discover 70s makeup trends that would look sensational at any modern New Year’s Eve party. With my beauty secrets like The Rebel Luxury Palette and Goldgasm Beauty Light Wand, you can create a dazzling, disco-inspired makeup look that’s ready for the dancefloor!

  14. Model wearing an 80s New Year's Eve makeup look

    A Bold and Bright 80s-Inspired Makeup Look

    If you love colourful makeup looks, the 80s is the era for you. This New Year’s Eve, embrace 80s makeup trends like colourful eyeshadow, bright blushes, and bold lip colours to celebrate in true 80s style! Putting the finishing touches on your look with a vivid lipstick shade like Velvet Underground K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick or a poppy blush like Cheek to Chic in Love is the Drug will give your makeup an unmistakable 80s flair that feels oh so retro.

  15. Model wearing a 90s-inspired New Year's Eve makeup look using The Super Nudes Easy Eye Palette

    A Supermodel-Inspired 90s Makeup Look

    Throwback to the 90s this New Year’s Eve with a super nude, super matte 90s makeup look! The 90s was the era of the supermodel where neutral, pared-back, flawless-looking makeup looks graced runways, red carpets and magazine covers. This New Year’s Eve, you can get the 90s look with my beauty secrets! Discover my Super Nudes collection including my all-matte Super Nudes Easy Eye Palette and The Super Nudes nude lipsticks – each inspired by the supermodel icons that ruled the 90s.

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Charlotte Tilbury

Founder, President, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Charlotte Tilbury Beauty

With over 30 years experience, Charlotte Tilbury MBE is the world's number 1 makeup artist and British beauty entrepreneur. Charlotte established Charlotte Tilbury Beauty in 2013, which is now a record-breaking beauty brand that has won over 400 awards.

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