Royal Icing Leopard Print Makeup Cookies

Remember the first set of makeup cookies I made way back in 2015?? SweetLeigh Printed recently created a set of makeup cookie cutters for me (and for you!) so I thought it was time for a refresh.

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I used a combination of 4 different luster dusts to create the shimmery colors on these makeup cookies. This glitter nail polish cookie is one of my favorites in the set!

Here’s what you’ll need to make these Royal Icing Leopard Print Makeup Cookies

• Chilled sheet of cookie dough
  • Orange Vanilla Cardamom Cookie Recipe
• Makeup cookie cutters
• Baking sheets and perforated baking mats
• Flood consistency royal icing in black, beige, brown, pink, and white
• Scribe tool
• Tipless decorating bags
• Bag ties or rubber bands
• Sparkling sugar
• Blush Gold luster dust
• Pink Gelato luster dust
• Golden Chocolate luster dust
• Pearl White luster dust
• Two-in-one tool (optional)
• Vodka, grain alcohol, or any flavor extract (Why alcohol? Read this!)
• Paint palette or small dishes 
• Decorator brushes (Wilton, Sweet Sticks and NYCake)

Read my Ultimate Guide To Royal Icing to learn all about royal icing consistencies.

Colors (I used Chefmaster)

• Coal Black
• Rose Pink
• Buckeye Brown
• Beige = a touch of Buckeye Brown

Baking Instructions

1. Cut the cookies from a chilled sheet of cookie dough. Use a brush to help remove the cookie dough from the small cookie cutters.
2. Bake the cookies at 350˚F for 10-12 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool completely before baking.

Eyeshadow Palette Cookie Instructions

1. Fill 3 decorating bags with white, black, and pink flood consistency royal icing. Secure the top of the bags with a rubber band or by tying a knot. This will prevent the icing from spilling out as you decorate. Cut a small opening in the tip of each bag.
2. Flood the large rectangular cookie with white flood consistency icing, leaving about ½” around the edge of the cookie. Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing. Set the cookie aside to dry overnight. 
3. Flood the handle of the eyeshadow applicator cookie with black or pink flood consistency icing. Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing. 
4. Allow the icing to dry for about 20 minutes, then fill in the sponge with white flood consistency icing. Set the cookie aside to dry overnight.
5. Place a small amount of Blush Gold, Pink Gelato, Golden Chocolate, and Pearl White luster dust in a paint palette or small dishes. Mix Blush Gold and Pink Gelato to make rose gold in one of the wells or a dish. Add a few drops of vodka and mix each color with a brush, rinsing the brush in between colors.
6. Use the scribe tool to separate the white icing into 4 sections. Paint each section with luster dust, starting with Blush Gold. Cover the Bush Gold luster with a layer of Pearl White to lighten it. Paint the next section with Pink Gelato, adding a layer of Pearl White. Paint the next section with Blush Gold. Paint the last section with Golden Chocolate, adding a layer of Blush Gold on top. 
7. Use a dry brush to dust the tip of the eyeshadow applicator with dry Golden Chocolate luster dust. Paint a stripe of gold on the handle of the black cookie with Blush Gold luster paint. Paint the pink handle with the rose gold luster paint.
8. Fill 3 decorating bags with black, beige, and brown flood consistency royal icing. 
9. Flood the outside of the eyeshadow palette with beige icing, making a line of icing between each color of eyeshadow. Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing. 
10. Immediately pipe dots with brown icing and outline them with black icing, leaving space in the outlines to make a more realistic leopard print design. Pipe small dots of black in between the larger spots. Allow the icing to dry for at least 4 hours before packaging the cookies.

Nail Polish Cookie Instructions

1. Fill 4 decorating bags with pink, black, beige, and brown flood consistency royal icing.
2. Flood a nail polish cookie with pink icing. Use the scribe tool to help shape the icing.
3. While the pink icing is still wet, sprinkle the cookie with sparkling sugar, concentrating it toward the bottom of the cookie. Allow the icing to dry for about 20 minutes and then flood the cap with black icing. 
4. Paint the pink nail polish cookie with rose gold luster paint.