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If there's one thing we admire about Chanel, it's how they're able to weave decadence throughout their own DNA. (Heck, even grocery shopping can be glam once Chanel-ified.) As such, we were not surprised, but still swooning upon seeing the unabashedly over-the-top eye makeup at the brand's spring 2014 haute couture show.

The look featured lower lids lined like we'd never seen, with chunky, sparkly, fit-for-an-art-project glitter. Needless to say, the magpie within us was immediately awakened. We just had to find out how we, too, could achieve this striking iridescent eye. So, we turned to makeup pro James Vincent. Might his endless bag of tips and tricks be the key to making this look work off the runway? Watch as our director of business intelligence, Shawna, gets her glitter on.
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00:11I think I found the most daring of daring looks, Chanel Spring Couture 2014,
00:16sequins on the eyes, glue, I absolutely need an expert. People come to me with
00:22crazy looks but you always bring the fashion. It can be difficult, it requires
00:28lash glue, it requires some time but I want to show you a few ways that we can
00:33get a similar feel with one simple step and one of the easiest is to use a
00:39glitter pencil and I'm lining it right along that bottom lash line and it's just
00:44a soft metallic gold glitter. Now I'm using the glitter mark and this is a
00:49glitter gel and you can apply it with a brush or you can go right in there and I
00:53love this because it will have that same type of sparkle and sheen but it's a lot
00:58easier to apply. One of the little safety tricks that I love so that I don't mess
01:02up the rest of my makeup is to use a shadow shield. They can actually help you
01:07even perfect the shape that you want the line to take. Alright and now I'm pulling
01:13out the big guns. I'm gonna use a surgical adhesive and this is a white duo
01:18adhesive that will dry clear. I'm gonna let that glue get tacky because one of the
01:22things that you'll find is you've got to let it dry for about 30 seconds and glue
01:26will apply better to other glue and I'm taking my gold straws on a tweezer and
01:34start putting them right into place and because I have that bit of glue that's
01:39already there I can just piece as I go. Once we get our crystals into place I can
01:45remove my shadow shield and any of the excess glue will come with it and what I'm
01:50left with is just this beautiful straws underneath. The other part of this look
01:55that I loved was the black liner looks so I'm using a black liquid liner I'm just
01:59gonna do a little kitten line so start at your outer corner draw your angle and
02:05then just bring it right along the lash line to connect it and you've got a
02:09really beautiful Chanel inspired look. So I'm gonna do the other eye and then I'm
02:15gonna let you take a look. Okay. Okay. I like it. It's a lot. It's a lot. I like it.
02:20Party
02:21all night. People everywhere are gonna copy this look but I love it and I hope
02:25you do too. Thank you so much. It's amazing. Thank you. Good luck.

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