Sequins & Sparkle - Our Top Partywear Picks

Sequins and sparkle are an every day essential here at Thunder Egg, but for all you glitter-phobes now is the perfect time to bite the bullet and add some glitz to your Winter wardrobe!

Here are our top partywear picks:

Dazzle on the dance floor with this gorgeous Peach Iridescent Sequin Dress by Glamorous (£39.95).  Wear with tights and your favourite party heels.

We love this metallic jacquard floral twin set from Style London (Top £26.95, Skirt £23.95).  Wear together for an on trend look, or wear as separates - it's up to you! We think the skirt would look great with a cute fluffy jumper for a cosy date night. 

    

Another fab festive twin set for the party season is this green metallic jacquard geo print by Neon Rose (Top £24.95, Skirt £24.95).  Wear with your favourite heels, or dress down with wooly tights, winter boots, and some faux fur for a day out at the Christmas markets!   

Last but not least, who can resist a shiny handbag! We have a huge range of LYDC iridescent bags in stock in store and online.  The White Aldford Clutch (left) £22.50, and the Argill Shoulder Bag (right) £29.00 are our faves but there's loads to choose from, and we've even got purses to match.

We also have some amazing sequinned items available in our Oldham Street and Afflecks stores.  These are currently unavailable to purchase on our website so come on down for a look - glitz lovers won't be disappointed ♥  

Eggs Do Halloween!

The Thunder Egg staff celebrated Halloween a whole 6 days early at the awesome Pop Bubble Shock by Pop Bubble Rock! PBR is an amazing club night in Manchester, playing pop punk, party hip hop and showering people in confetti. Perfect for a Halloween special!

HERE is a little tutorial of how we did our (super sparkly) sugar skull faces for the night!

Here's the blank face before you begin:

STEP 1:

Remove those eyebrows! We used foundation or concealer and powder to make our eyebrows as neutral as possible. We then added a base layer of white face paint, leaving some skin showing on the cheekbones and around the eye sockets.

STEP 2:

Blend a line of dark eye shadow or powder along just under the cheekbones (where your gaps in white are) and around the top of the head. We just used our fingers to blend.

STEP 3:

Draw a circle round the eye socket using coloured kohl pencil. Follow the eyebrow around the top and then continue this line round the socket. It doesn't have to be super neat because we're going to cover it up with GEMS! Fill this in with an eye shadow of your choosing - maybe one to match your outfit? If you like, now is a good time to add liquid eyeliner to your lids and glitter around the eyes. But do make sure the whole circle is coloured in!

STEP 4:

GEMS! Use eyelash glue (the clear stuff in a little bottle is best) to stick gems on the kohl pencil line - all sizes, shapes and colours are good! We even decorated other parts of our face, such as our foreheads, with them. Just make sure the kohl pencil circle is covered. Don't forget to stick some false eyelashes on after the gems if you like!

STEP 5:

Draw a shape similar to an upside down loveheart on your nose, covering the bottom part (where your nostrils are). We used kohl pencil or liquid eyeliner for this - liquid eyeliner is probably darkest.

STEP 6:

The final step! Lips. There are a couple of options here - you could paint white over your lips and smudge some lipstick into it and paint the black lines over that OR you could do normal lipstick and have the black lines just coming out of the sides.

And you're done! We accessorized with flowers, bows and sparkles. Here's a pic of our finished outfits!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Will you be trying the sugar skulls costume? Tag us in a snap if you do- and remember to tag us on Facebook or Instagram if you also wear any Thunder Egg purchases this Halloween!