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October 5, 2010

oh, i was afraid of blue, too.

after doing a look yesterday with green, a once feared all-over color, i decided to use an even scarier color today. blue! the eyeshadow choice of trendy 80's girls and strippers. you can look truly crazy if you do it wrong.. but i think i got it right. have a lil look - my bf and i both agree that these pics are pretty washed out. i'll do another blue look soon.. with a palette from Charles of the Ritz i've had forrreverrrr. my mom used to work for them, so i have a few things. (still!)

**i forgot to put what i used!!!**
- Urban Decay - Piccadilly on the top/inner lid, inner v. (this was a tj maxx find so i'm not sure if it's still available)
- Archetype Cosmetics - Northern Lights on middle/outer top lid
- Aromaleigh - Scratched Scruples as the darker blue in crease and smoked up. also on lower lashline.
- MAC - Yogurt under brow, used to make all edges soft. this is my ultimate favorite matte, nude shade!
- Kryolan aqua color liner in black, with tiny art brush and water. on top lashline, and half of lower lashline, it's kind of blended with the eyeshadow.

i was going to try and implement Fyrinnae - Equality into this look, but i thought it would be too much.. now i see that it would have been a good addition. Piccadilly is such a silky soft blue that i didn't wanna overpower it with sparkles!





see y'all!

13 comments:

  1. "blue! the eyeshadow choice of trendy 80's girls and strippers. you can look truly crazy if you do it wrong" - that cracked me up, because it's so true!!

    You got it absolutely right, looks gorgeous on you!

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  2. Holy crap, no way you should be afraid. You pulled this off!!

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  3. I agree with Makeup Zombie! You look so pretty!

    Blue is a harder color for me to pull off. I have to wear brighter shades because my eyes are half-blue, half-gray, so that I don't end up with the Dreaded Flat Plane of Color.

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  4. This looks very beautiful on you . the advantage of brown eyes, a wide range of colors that you can use!!

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  5. beautifully done. looks awesome on you. love The cat liner!
    Maricela
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  6. You so pulled this off. What's the lid colour, it's lovely!

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  7. Beautiful!
    I wish I could pull off wearing blue the way you are here :)

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  8. It looks gorgeous :] I LOVE your liner! xx

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  9. I think it looks gorgeous! You do blue very well!

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  10. thank you all so much! i wasn't expecting such nice comments =)

    robyn - i used Urban Decay - Piccadilly on the inner top lid, and inner v. also, Archetype Cosmetics - Northern Lights on the mid/outer top lid. i'm gonna go back and put what i used in the post since i clearly forgot haha.

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