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Blue Makeup: Blue Eye Shadow, Blue Eye Liner, Blue Lipstick and Blue Nail Polish Recommendations

Blue is one of my favorite colors. The shades of indigo, royal blue, prussian blue, cerulean, sky blue and turquoise are particularly pleasing to me. You can imagine how ecstatic I am about the trending blue eye shadow. 

 It's not that old fashioned, intense blue the goes from the lash line to the brows that Mimi used to wear on the Drew Carey Show. It's now a soft mix of well blended shades of blue and other colors including gold, silver, white, black and peach.

 If you missed it, here is a pic of Katy Perry's blue shadow on an episode of American Idol.
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Gorgeous!!!💙
Now, her shadow is quite dramatic, not necessarily a style you would choose to wear for work or even for a night out. It's makeup for television and it's intense and amazing under the lights. It certainly can be modified to be more wearable in everyday life.

I use blue eye shadow quite frequently for prom and wedding makeup. It's nice to accent the eyes with a little blue when wearing a blue dress.

You can create a dramatic full on blue shadow look like Katy's with eye shadow or use a blue eyeliner to add just a touch of blue. You can get the blues with a blue lipstick as well.

Let's start with eye shadow.

Eye Shadow
There are lots of great eye shadow palettes available that include blues to create some beautiful blue eye shadow looks.
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I like to incorporate a bit of peach shadow to my blue eye shadow look to create a softer, easy to wear look. Orange and blue are complimentary colors so they work very well together. 

Apply a peachy shadow to the inner third of the eyelid. Add a light blue to the center of the eyelid. Apply a deeper blue to the outer third of the eyelid. Use an eye shadow brush to blend the colors together. Blending is the key to perfect eye shadow.

The Morphe Cosmetics James Charles Palette provides you with some gorgeous blue and peach options along with other vibrant color choices. It's a really popular, fun palette.
James Charles palette

The Statement Velvet Eye Shadow Palette from Beauty Counter also has gorgeous less intense Denim and Peacock shades along with the peachy Cider. This eye shadow is very pigmented and has a smooth velvety finish. It lasts all day without creasing. I just love it! 

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The Sleek I-Divine Makeup Bad Girl Palette has beautiful shades of blue along with other beautiful shades including purple and green. This palette costs under $15 so you can get a blue look without breaking the bank.
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For some blue sparkle, I recommend The Urban Decay Moondust Palette. I always love Urban Decay products! This palette has Vega, a beautiful bright blue, and Galaxy, a smoky blue gray. Element and Specter pair well with the blues. I'm loving the green, Lightyear, too! It would create a sparkling Caribbean sea look when paired with the Vega!  

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Eye Liner
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A pencil eyeliner in blue is a super easy way to add a touch of blue to your eyes. It looks especially pretty paired with eye shadow in shades of nude and gold. Also, deep blue eyeliner applied over black eyeliner intensifies the black creating dramatic color.

NYX Slide on pencil in Sunrise Blue is a lovely medium shade of blue.

Blinc Long Wearing Eyeliner Pencil in Blue is a smoky denim blue

Bare Minerals Long Lasting Eyeliner in Nonstop Navy is a nice alternative to black liner. I frequently use navy liner when applying wedding makeup instead of black liner. 
Lipstick
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Blue lipstick is not for me even though I love blue. Maybe if it was around when I was younger, I would have worn it. A Blurple (bluish purple) is as far as I'll go! Here are a few pretty blue lipsticks to try.

Zoya Tommy is a beautiful bold blurple. It is pictured above. 

NYX Macaron Pastel Lippies in Velvet Blue is a light electric blue.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Matte Lipstick in Cobalt is a beautiful deep cobalt blue.

Manic Panic After Midnight Lethal Lipstick is a metallic deep blue. Absolutely gorgeous!
 
Blue Nail Polish
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Now this is one of my very favorite blue things! Blue nail polish, especially blue polish on my toes. My clients will tell you. I almost always have blue toes! There are so many beautiful blues to try. I'll share a few shades from my favorite nail polish brand, Zoya.

Zoya Aire is a rich dusty blue cream. It's what I'm wearing in the pic above.

Zoya Blu is a pale baby blue cream. The perfect bridal something blue.

Zoya Breezi is a medium cerulean blue cream.
Zoya River is a metallic colbalt blue.

Zoya Song is a deep glitzy blue.

Zoya Rebel is a metallic sky blue with a silver shimmer.
See more Zoya colors, swatches and collections!

I hope you enjoy wearing all these gorgeous shades of blue as much as I do. Maybe you are more into purple. Click here to see some great purple cosmetics!

You can find Zoya products at salons, spas, zoya.com and on Amazon.  We carry Zoya nail polish at Styling Point in Media, Pa. Come see me to get your nails party looking pretty with a beautiful Zoya nail polish color.

       Have a Beautiful, Colorful Day! 
xo
Jill
Licensed Cosmetologist, Esthetician, Makeup Artist

 Wedding, special occasion or everyday makeup and skin care services available in the Philadelphia, Pa. area. Visit my makeup page for more information!

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