“How To Make Glitter Tattoos”
Body glitter is a great makeup product to have fun with. You can use it to shimmer and sparkle in soft evening lightening or you can go all out and create wild fantasy makeup looks. One of the most creative ways to use it is by making temporary tattoos. It’s fun, easy to do and you can use ordinary makeup products. Several makeup tips are all it takes to get started.
Body Glitter Tattoos
If you’ve ever wanted to wear a temporary tattoo that sparkles in the light then this is an easy technique to create a temporary tattoo. It can be done by drawing on a tattoo with a gel eyeliner pen and then filling it in with color body glitter. With the range of colors available you can experiment with a variety of designs. Here’s how: 
1. Use a black eyeliner pen to draw a black line temporary tattoo design. Lancome or Almay offer eyeliner pens with good tips for drawing. Try a freeform design, a heart or fairy wings.
2. Let the eyeliner dry and then fill it in with a little color using glitter makeup. Hard Candy Cosmetics has a great line of glitter makeup and it’s very affordable.
3. If you buy a light color in a clear gel form you can add mineral mica pigments to it. In fact, mineral shimmer products can add depth to your colors.
4. When you paint over the lines from your design you’ll see that it gives you instant depth of color. You can also fill in a design and leave the black outline to frame it. Another way to do this is to use colorful eyeliner pens to fill in a design and then paint your sparkle over it.
How To Make Body Glitter
You can make your own custom colors with makeup you already own. Shimmer cosmetics, mineral makeup pigments, can be added to your other cosmetic products. This makes them very versatile. There are several ways to add a little sparkle to your makeup and these are the ones that you might want to experiment with.
- Take a little translucent powder and add some gold shimmer to it. You can even grind up a gold eyeshadow and add it to the powder. Then dust it on your shoulders with a makeup brush.
- Multi-use makeup products like blush sticks work great for highlighting cheeks and shoulders. If yours doesn’t have enough shimmer to it, then dip it in a little mineral mica pigment to get a more intense highlight.
- Think of gels and powders as the base for the your colorful pigments and experiment by making small amounts. Once you find a perfect color combination store it in a little empty lip gloss container. You’ll have it on hand anytime you need it.
Having a little body glitter on hand can make for fun makeup moments. It adds a dash of creativity to any makeup look.