Hey, guys!
Lately I’ve been loving nautical themes, and I suspect it has to do with summer. My brain’s on a sunny beach somewhere far away, and its gentle waves have shooed away the stress of my exams.
Maybe that’s a dream that won’t be happening any time soon, but I can still pretend with makeup looks like this ocean-inspired eye of the day!
Here’s what I used to get the look:
- Too Faced Shadow Insurance ($17)
- Revlon Illuminance Crème Shadows in Not Just Nudes (about $7)
- Victoria’s Secret Beauty Rush Wet/Dry Shadow in Blue-Ray ($7)
- Covergirl Quad in Tropical Fusion (about $5)
- Milani Liquif’Eye Eyeliner in Gold ($6)
- The Body Shop Super Volume Mascara in Cobalt ($14)
First, I primed my lids with Too Faced Shadow Insurance to prevent creasing and fading. Then, using a finger, I patted the light matte shade in Revlon’s Not Just Nudes quad over my lids to creates a base to amplify the vibrance of the colors to follow.
Next, I covered the inner two thirds of my eyelid with Victoria’s Secret Eyeshadow in Blue-Ray.
Then, using a blending brush, I applied the teal shade from the Covergirl quad to the outer corners of the eyes, then brought it up into the crease and blended it out in a rounded shape.
To add more dimension to the look, I applied the royal blue from the same quad also at the outer corners, and using a smaller, denser brush, made a sort of rounded triangle shape.
Time to add some sunshine!
Now here I lined my upper and lower lashlines (you can also line your waterline if you’d like) with Milani Liquif’Eye Gold Eyeliner.
This next step is the last one and it’s optional. You could just curl your lashes and apply your favorite black or brown mascara, but if you want an extra POP!, I think blue mascara makes this look super pretty. I used The Body Shop Super Volume Mascara in Cobalt.
And there you have it! I hope you enjoyed.
raktion says
June 15th, 2010 at 11:35 pmnice color! Like it.. ^_^
SHARON says
June 15th, 2010 at 11:52 pmlove it!
jeannie says
June 16th, 2010 at 12:53 amnice combo, karen!
gio says
June 16th, 2010 at 4:44 amThat’s a beautiful look, I love it!
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Vonvon says
June 16th, 2010 at 5:00 amVery summery indeed! Love the blend of blues, and that gold liner.
And The Body Shop mascara is really blue. I am always on the look out for colored mascara but somehow the colored ones I found didn’t really show up as colors on my lashes.
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Nina says
June 16th, 2010 at 5:29 amThank you for this look – I have the Milani Liquifeye in Gold too and have been wondering what to do with it. You gave me the perfectest idea! Coolness!!!
Bunny Masseuse says
June 16th, 2010 at 6:28 amLove the look, and LOVE that you showed it step by step, for eye makeup slobs like me I appreciate it!
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Phyrra says
June 16th, 2010 at 6:39 amThis is such an adorable look! I especially love the blue mascara.
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Karen B says
June 16th, 2010 at 7:26 amThat blue looks amazing 🙂
Beauty addict says
June 16th, 2010 at 7:37 amLovely look! Really simple but very nice! <3
Jackelina says
June 16th, 2010 at 7:47 ami love the way you photographed this tutorial step by step… it really helps – please do more like this :]
Womble says
June 16th, 2010 at 9:25 amThat looks gorgeous! i gotta try out that look!!!
Marce says
June 16th, 2010 at 9:54 amWow hon, this looks beautiful! Very ocean like and mermaid-ish 😀
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Lindsay says
June 16th, 2010 at 10:02 amPretty combo!
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Trisha says
June 16th, 2010 at 11:14 amI like the addition of the colored mascara. You see that so rarely these days.
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Sexy Sadie says
June 16th, 2010 at 12:05 pmIt was goodlooking, but I am a bit aware of the blue mascara.
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Eva says
June 16th, 2010 at 12:09 pmGorgeous colour combo but it looks a bit unfinished without a highlighter…
Monica says
June 16th, 2010 at 12:46 pmLove it! And love that she used many less-expensive products. For trendy hues like turquoise, I hate to commit to a $35 palette.
Agnes says
June 16th, 2010 at 1:35 pmWow! that looks really good and seems so easy to do! 😀 The blue lashes look good on you! but i dont think it’ll be the same on me haha. thanks for the tutorial! 🙂
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Jen says
June 16th, 2010 at 1:53 pmYour blue lashes looks stunning! I like this look.
Ashley says
June 16th, 2010 at 4:15 pmKaren,
I really like that you did a tutorial for this! I would love to see more in the future!
Tracy says
June 16th, 2010 at 8:22 pmI really like the gold liner with blue eyeshadow! Great idea-I hardly wear blue eyeshadow because I think black eyeliner just looks too stark and makes it un-summery. Totally going to try this tomorrow!
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makeup morsels says
June 16th, 2010 at 9:54 pmThanks for all your nice comments guys!
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jess says
June 16th, 2010 at 11:48 pmI love that blue mascara! Gorgeous for a hot summer day with a little bronzer!
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Ammie says
June 17th, 2010 at 7:00 amThat’s such a beautiful look.
tomi // my tiger lily makeup says
June 17th, 2010 at 1:30 pmShoot girl, congrats on being featured! I love this look and the blue mascara! The gold really shows up beautifully against the blue 🙂 As always, I like the step by step! ~your best friend <3
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Sharan says
June 18th, 2010 at 10:50 amlove the gold eye linear, really made it look amazing rather than tacky! the colour combination is amazing, but wud it work on a medium skin-tone thou?
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Sharan says
June 18th, 2010 at 10:52 amlove the gold eye linear, really made it look amazing rather than tacky! the colour combination is amazing, but wud it work on a medium skin-tone thou?
Elena says
June 20th, 2010 at 9:05 pmThat’s really cute – very nice colors!
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beth says
June 21st, 2010 at 2:16 pmahh i love that mascara; i bought it last summer and i love how blue it is. looks excellent on you.
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AboutSkinCare says
April 20th, 2011 at 9:41 amWow… that’s a nice metallic shade of eyeshadow there. There Liquif’Eye Gold eye-liner definitely breaks the blue and gives that nice Egyptian princess look. Love it. Looking forward to more tutorials in the future.
Jen