Blue eyes - one of the rarest, along with gray. Happy owners of blue eyes more than once became the standards of beauty and charm. However, not every girl knows how to properly emphasize the brightness of the eyes and highlight them, making it more noticeable and attractive. To do this, you must master a number of rules on makeup especially for blue-eyed beauties.
Basic rules for blue eye makeup
Blue eyes are a huge range of makeup options. A lot of techniques and shades suit their owners, but a lot also depends on the hair color, skin tone, shape of the eyes themselves. However, there are a number of rules that must be followed when choosing a makeup:
- You can emphasize the color of the eyes in a daily make-up with a single color shade;
- You should avoid the shade of the shadows, completely coinciding with the color of the eyes;
- Before applying eye makeup, you must carefully prepare the base for the face;
- To create a light image, it is enough to apply a soft contour pencil kayal in blue or blue tones;
- Nude makeup can be used exclusively with bright accents, such as arrows or shimmer;
- Neutral brown shades are suitable for the blue eyes make-up; other colors should be rich and colorful.
Blue-eyed girls need to highlight the look - this is the main and most important recommendation of professional makeup artists. This is especially true for light skin, as blue eyes can be lost on the background.
Warm shades of shadows are ideal for girls with blue eyes:
- Golden;
- Peach;
- Powdery;
- Milk chocolate;
- Pale pink;
- Champagne;
- Lavender.
These tones are best used as primary shadows, on top of which bright colors are applied, draw arrows or use various techniques. Choosing shadows you need to remember that shades with an orange shade will suit the blue eyes, while too bright red undertones can make your eyes look sore and tired.
As an additional bright shade to the blue eyes fit the shadow:
- Copper;
- Bronze;
- Lilac;
- Coffee;
- Turquoise;
- Emerald;
- Lime;
- Yellow;
- Ultramarine;
- Cobalt;
- Plum.
Black eyeliner for blue eyes is better to replace the brown, gray or even blue and green. Do not forget about the brilliance: glitter, mother of pearl, shimmer, but with them you need to be careful and know the measure. Lipstick is chosen in accordance with the rest of the makeup and for its intended purpose.
Suitable technology
To create a beautiful makeup for blue eyes, you can use special techniques. A definite plus for girls with blue eyes is that almost all known make-up techniques will suit them:
- Smokey Ice;
- With arrows;
- A loop;
- Bird wing;
- Butterfly;
- Banana;
- Relief.
Depending on the purpose of makeup choose the appropriate technique. Makeup artists recommend combining colors and playing on contrasts in order to achieve a more expressive look.
Bright shades should be combined with a nude base, and dark with a shimmer or glitter. Saturated tones from different color spectra are better not to combine in one make-up, otherwise you can achieve the opposite effect.
The most relevant makeup options for blue eyes are Smokey Eyes, with arrows, relief and loop. And the first three most common and simple in execution.
Evening makeup for blue eyes
Beautiful makeup for gray-blue eyes, suitable for evening events, can be made of two types: bright and expressive. In the first case, saturated and colorful shades of shadows are used:
- Turquoise;
- Emerald;
- Purple;
- Violet;
- Lilac.
For such makeup fit nude shades of lipstick: peach, beige, dusty rose. In this case, the tone of the lips and shadows should not create clear contrasts. From the technician it is better to choose relief or smoky ice. Bright evening make-up is suitable for parties, celebrations of the New Year and other magnificent celebrations.
Expressive evening makeup for brown eyes is done mainly for weddings, dates, business dinners and family get-togethers. It uses less muffled pearl shades:
- Golden;
- Coral;
- Chocolate;
- Cinnamon;
- Bronze;
- Amber.
Lips in this case should also be distinguished using red, purple, purple, wine lipstick. To make-up you can add arrows or highlight the look with the help of the contour. The ideal application will be techniques: Smokey ice, with arrows, relief or bird wing.
Create a spectacular evening makeup for blue eyes in the technique of "wing" is quite easy at home, without possessing special skills.
Stage 1: preparation of the foundation. On the eyelid, apply pearl shades of peach or champagne color. From the mobile century, gently blend them, adding a little shine to the fixed eyelid.
Stage 2: lower arrow. Using a narrow brush, type the shadow of a light brown or with an orange subtone and draw an arrow from the outer corner of the lower eyelid upwards, thus forming a line resembling the wingspan.
Stage 3: feathering and dark shades. A little blend the resulting up arrow, trying to keep the contour. Choose a darker shade from the palette, for example, milk chocolate or cinnamon, and apply to the outer corner of the eye along the contour of the arrow, also blend.
Stage 4: the upper arrow. Oblique brush hold the darkest shade of the arrow on the upper eyelid along the line of growth of eyelashes. The arrow should be thin, come from the middle of the eye and go beyond the century, repeating the shape of the bottom.
Stage 5: adding dark shadows. We add the same shade with which the upper arrow is drawn, along the contour of the line to the outer corner of the eye. Carefully blend for a smooth and blurry transition between shadows.
Stage 6: eyelashes. For evening make-up it is recommended to choose a black mascara. Carefully stain it eyelashes, trying not to hurt the makeup. We do not touch the lower eyelashes to create the effect of a “wide-open” look.
For such evening makeup, you can choose almost any shade of lipstick, including matte and satin finish. Ideally combined with champagne color lipstick with a shimmer, scarlet or wine hue and pearl lilac tones.
Day makeup for blue eyes
Creating casual makeup for gray-blue eyes is quite simple. The basis of the make-up will be a combination of nude shades of shadows and one bright accent. In this case, the emphasis can be made not only on the lips, but also add to eye makeup.
The main thing for day makeup is a good preparation of the skin for further makeup application. It includes the use of moisturizer, concealer, BB-cream, concealer, tonal foundation, powder and blush or bronzer.
You can create interesting day makeup for blue eyes with neutral shades of shadows and rich eyeliner.
Stage 1: the basis. After applying the concealer or tonal means to the eyelid, add a thin layer of pearl or satin shadows of a delicate shade to it: beige, champagne, light brown. Shade so that the shadow covered the entire eyelid.
Stage 2: toning. At this stage, use the shadow on the tone two darker than the previous one. You can choose shades of milk chocolate or light beige. We add them from the fold to the fixed eyelid and blend beyond the outer edges of the eye, forming a sharp corner.
Stage 3: eyeliner century. Choose a soft pencil of bright color: blue, blue, emerald, indigo, sea wave. We hold a neat arrow under the lower eyelid along the line of eyelash growth. The arrow should be the same width, not too narrow and not too thick. It is recommended only slightly shade the pencil.
Stage 4: eyelashes. Black or dark brown ink carefully paint over eyelashes. You can use the overhead, in that case, if they are not too lush. Overhead should also be painted over at the roots to create a monotony with natural cilia.
To give depth to the eye, you can add a little highlighter to the inner corner of the eye. For a daytime make-up suitable lipstick. The most successful options will be shades of taupe, dusty rose, light beige, champagne, light brown, solid and lilac. It is better to avoid bright tones of lipstick.
For brunettes
Brunettes with blue eyes are quite easy to create a vivid and memorable image, and without using saturated colors in make-up, except for large-scale evening festivities.
Dark-eyed blue-eyed girls should prefer cold tones:
- Gray;
- Blue;
- Lilovomu;
- Silver;
- Lavender
Smoky ice is considered to be an ideal technique for blue eyes and dark hair. Smoky makeup perfectly complement both evening and daytime image.
However, for brunettes with blue eyes, there are contraindications. Do not use the shadows in the palettes of pink, green, in some cases brown. You should also carefully select shades of blue.
Lipstick should be replaced with lip gloss or use creamy textures in nude tones: beige, peach, coral, flesh.
For blondes
The palette of shadows for girls with blond hair and blue eyes is more extensive than for brunettes and brown-haired women. For daytime makeup, makeup artists recommend using a small amount of makeup in delicate nuances:
- Purple;
- Purple;
- Peach;
- Pink;
- Gray.
In the evening make-up of blondes with blue eyes, shades will be ideally combined:
- Burgundy;
- Brown;
- Cinnamon;
- Golden;
- Violet.
It is necessary to take into account the skin color, for example, girls with a pale shade of the epidermis are better to refrain from golden shadows. The technique of applying shadows is best used in accordance with the shape of the eye. A universal option is considered to be a relief in which tones from one palette are used, but no more than three at a time.
Strictly do not fit the blue-eyed blondes make-up options using rich shadows in shades:
- Turquoise;
- Emerald;
- Purple;
- Indigo.
Lipstick is recommended to choose with satin or pearl finish. Ordinary gloss with pink or red subtone will also work. Matte lipstick on the contrary will give the image a couple of extra years.
In pink colors you can make up for blue eyes and brown hair. The make-up will be very gentle, and the time spent on its application is minimal.
