4 Durga Puja Makeup Ideas To Make You Look The Best From The Rest 

Durga Puja epitomises the victory of good over evil and people celebrate this festival with much cheer with elaborate pandal decorations, scripture recitations, performance arts and lots of delicious food to gorge on. This is also the time for you to go from your comfy sweatpants to chic sarees and revel in the festivities. While picking an outfit isn’t tough, pairing the right makeup look to stand out from the crowd can be tricky. This is why we’re here to help you deck up for each day and look your best even while you’re gorging on some lip-smacking ‘phuchka’. Check out these 4 gorgeous, traditional Durga Puja makeup looks that you can recreate with ease. 

4 Durga Puja Makeup Look

Explore your makeup artistry this festive season with these 4 Durga puja makeup ideas: 

1. No-makeup makeup look

The 5 days of Durga puja signify different meanings and moods. While you can save heavy makeup for Ashtami or Navami puja, dedicating other days to a light makeup look can prove to be time-saving. This year, start your Durga puja makeup look by creating the iconic no-makeup look. For this, prep your face well and add a luminous glow to your complexion with a dewy primer. For a flawless and natural finish, we recommend skipping the foundation and using the concealer directly. Then, apply some blush to the apples of your cheeks to add a hint of colour to your face. Keep your Durga Puja eye makeup look simple, subtle and almost bare. Apply mascara and highlight your upper eyelids using a nude eyeshadow. Next, apply a tinted lip balm to enhance the natural colour of your lips and complete your elegant Durga Puja makeup look.  

2. Traditional makeup look

If you’re planning to go for the classic look i.e., wear a white saree with red borders, then this is the perfect makeup idea for you. For this traditional Durga puja makeup look, do your base makeup as usual. Next, give your cheeks a naturally flushed look by using a pink blush and enhance your features with a highlighter. When you have chosen a white saree with red borders for a traditional look, you can’t miss the chance to create bold ‘Durga maa’ eye makeup. To create the base of ‘Durga maa’ eye makeup, apply bronze or gold shades on the lids. Next, take a white pencil to define half of the waterline and join it with a black kajal. Then, with the help of black kajal create a winged eyeliner look for dramatic effect. Don’t forget to define the ‘v’ of your inner corner and attach the wing from the bottom. And there you are! Adorned in a white saree with red borders and a beautifully recreated Durga maa eye makeup. Add a regal touch to your lips by wearing classic red lipstick. For the perfect finish, style yourself with golden accessories such as earrings, and bangles, and don’t miss the red bindi.  

3. Ashtami makeup look

Look the best from the rest by creating a stunning Ashtami makeup look. You can celebrate this day by adding colours to your face makeup. Ace the base of Ashtami makeup look with primer, foundation, highlighter, and setting powder. Once you are done applying the base makeup, create a show-stopping Durga Puja eye makeup look. Apply the vibrant green eyeshadow on your eyelids and stand out from the rest by applying blue eyeliner on your lower lashline. Achieve dramatic and thick lashes by applying a volumising mascara. If you wish to go a mile extra for Ashtami makeup look and play around with contrasting colours, try a plum shade lipstick.  

4. Navami makeup look

Navami is the last day to worship and deck up before we all get teary-eyed to bid goodbye to Maa Durga. Now is the time for you to level up your Durga Puja makeup look one last time and celebrate the day in high spirits while doing ‘Dhunuchi Naach’ to your heart’s content. Start with prepping your skin and doing the base makeup as usual. Add drama to your Durga puja makeup look by contouring your jawline and cheekbones. Follow it up by applying a highlighter on your cupid’s bow, cheekbones, and bridge, and the tip of your nose. For your eye makeup, we recommend going for the smokey eye look. You can do so by using brown eye shadow on your eyelid and following it up with eyeliner. Complete your Durga Puja eye makeup look by applying a kajal on your upper and lower lash line. For the lips, we suggest wearing a brown lipstick.  

Drench in the mood of festivity and let your inner creativity and versatility speak on the auspicious days of Durga puja. If these looks sound overwhelming, don’t worry as we’ve got your back. Finding the perfect Durga puja makeup look is now very easy and convenient with the Maybelline Virtual Try-On tool. This tool helps you experiment with different face, eye and lip makeup products virtually, without you having to spend a penny. Additionally, you can now find your perfect foundation shade match by answering a few questions on the Maybelline Foundation Finder tool. Once you are confident, recreate your favourite Durga Puja makeup look and have all eyes on you this festive season.