EASY MAKEUP TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR BLUE EYES
Nature has blessed you with beautiful blue eyes. Yes, but you don’t know what color eye shadow to use or how to make your blue eyes stand out. I will give you all my tips and tricks to enhance your look.
Let’s go for this step-by-step blue eye Makeup!
Step 1: the base for a better hold
To start, I always apply a setting primer all over the eyelid.
The objective? Brighten, smooth, and unify the eyelid, but also allow the shadows to hold better and, in particular, prevent the shadow from “running” into the creases of the eyelid.
Step 2: choosing colors
I use the Couture 5-color palette n°9 from Yves Saint Laurent. I apply the orange shadow all over the eyelid with the Passion Beauté crease eyelid brush. This shade will truly highlight the iris. Indeed, eyeshadows with warm undertones such as orange, brown, and bronze complement the iris’s blue color and will enhance it. Cool shades like pink, purple, and coral will awaken the color of the eyes.
I then apply the purple in the outer corner of the eye with the Passion Beauté angled brush and I deposit the bright pink in the crease of the eyelid.
Finally, I smooth the brow bone with the palest pink to highlight.
Step 3: liner to stretch the look
I create an eyeliner line with the Clarins Graphik Ink Liner, along the upper lashes to stretch the look.
Step 4: an intensified look thanks to mascara
I finish by applying Lancôme Hypnose volume à Porter mascara to intensify and open the eyes.
And there you have it, in the blink of an eye, your blue eyes are dazzling! And you, what is your favorite product to enhance your blue eyes? Tell me everything in the comments.
What makeup when you have blue eyes?
How do make up your blue eyes and enhance them with nuances?
Midnight blue, blue-green, ocean blue, light blue… Blue eyes are available and captivate with their deep or hypnotic character. To highlight them, makeup must be carefully selected and applied, depending on the shade of blue. A poorly chosen color and poorly matched eyeshadow can easily weigh down your eyes and dull the shine of your iris.
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Depending on the occasion and the season, we favor certain colors to beautify and illuminate the face. Good make-up gestures also adapt to the shape of the eye. Eye shadows, in harmony with the complexion, must be adapted to the color of the skin and the shade of the hair. Quite an art!
There are therefore a few rules to follow to reveal your natural beauty and your potential for seduction. To make up blue eyes and magnify them, follow some tips and tricks here that will make your ocean look irresistible!
50 shades to magnify blue eyes
Blue eyes are quite simple to make up. Just avoid tone-on-tone as much as possible. As in painting, we favor colors that combine to achieve a successful makeup look.
For eyeshadow ranges, blue eyes can enjoy warm tones as well as cold tones: from earthy brown, caramel, bronze, beige, peach, and apricot shadows to pink, violet, and coral colors that awaken the iris in the blink of an eye!
Focus on complementary colors to create contrast, illuminate, and give shine to the eye. Orange and orange-yellow, warm and bright colors, are perfect for blue eyes.
For simple blue eye makeup, opt for gray, which will suit any occasion and will accentuate your look.
Dark shades go wonderfully with blue and help intensify the look. Get doe eyes by creating an increasingly dark gradient going towards the outside of the eye, with colors such as brown or black, brown or copper, plum, purple… or in, etc. highlighting the edge of the upper eyelashes with a line of eyeliner or black pencil for a doe-eye effect.
Do you want to have a contrasting effect on your eye makeup?
- Apply cream eyeshadow in shades of brown to the entire eyelid
- Blend with your finger down to the crease of the eyelid
- Create a halo starting from the crease of the eyelid by blending down to under the eyebrow with a brush
- Add a black line along the eyelashes.
- For mascara, choose black or brown to intensify the smoky look. A line of black just at the eyelash level will immediately deepen your look.
Makeup for blue eyes: What color should you choose to bring out your irises?
Women with blue eyes are lucky and can easily enhance their makeup palette: the azure iris goes with most shades.
Makeup for blue eyes: Each eye has its makeup!
Of course, you also have to take into account the type of blue in your eye and make up your eyes according to their color.
Those with small eyes can enlarge their eyes by applying more intense makeup to the outer corner of their eyelids and further highlighting the outside of the eye with a line of eyeliner.
The Yves Rocher tip
If you are blonde, the keyword is natural! No need to overdo the makeup on your blue eyes since they stand out naturally
Enlarge and intensify your blue eyes, from light to dark shades
If there are many shades of blue eyes, there are just as many reasons to change your makeup style, depending on the occasion, casual or festive!
blue eyes makeup
Brighten and enlarge your eyes
During the day, apply light shades for an open and luminous look.
For easy and quick long-lasting daily makeup during the day, we favor lightness, using light pastel colors. You can also apply a touch of taupe or caramel eyeshadow on the mobile eyelid and a white-beige pencil to illuminate the eye.
During the hot season, we like light shades to brighten up and brighten the face: pastel colors, soft coral, purple, or peach are perfect during the summer.
Comb and lengthen your eyelashes with black or brown mascara to make your eyes look bigger.
Intensify the shine of your blue eyes
In the evening, go all out with dark colors for an intense, smoky look.
For party or wedding blue eye makeup, dare to use colors and layers of gradients to bring out the intensity of your eyes. Apply a first layer of shadow to the eyelids, then a darker shadow towards the end of the eye.
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Opt for a volume mascara to thicken the lashes one by one and intensify your eyes.
Navy blue eyes will dare to wear smoky eyes in black and gray tones for an even more captivating look. Smoky makeup is perfect in the evening: by revealing the depth of your azure eyes, it may well make you dizzy!
For a party, iridescent gold will also be ideal for catching your eyes while adding a touch of glamour… here is an idea to try at home:
Make a smoky eye, and add a line of eyeliner to intensify your look. The smokey eyeshadow range goes with all azure irises and gives them lots of depth
Opt for a glittery eyeshadow to add a festive touch and shine and contrast to your party makeup
A symbol of calm and appeasement, blue can be fiery! It’s up to you to use your talents, your eyeshadows, and your pencils to invent your look…
Makeup ideas for blue eyes
Day makeup
To add elegance while being discreet and without being too heavy, we advise you to opt for natural makeup during the day. You can achieve sensational makeup in the blink of an eye.
- Apply an orange shadow over the entire eyelid with a soft makeup brush.
- Create a gradient by stretching the shadow to the base of the eyebrows
- Add a light nude beige or a touch of highlighter to the inner corner of the eye to bring light to this makeup idea
To achieve this makeup perfectly, add a line of white pencil inside your eye and brown pencil along the upper eyelashes, then finish with dark brown mascara
Make-up for the evening
Create a more pronounced evening makeup look to highlight your oceanic eyes. A special smoky eye palette will do the trick very well for darker, more vibrant colors.
- Apply a shade of brown to the entire eyelid, then blend with your finger to the crease of the eyelid.
- Place a darker eyeshadow but in the same tones, in the outer corner of the eye, going up towards the arch, using a soft makeup brush
- Create a doe eye by drawing a black or dark brown line along the upper eyelashes with a grease pencil.
- Put on intense black mascara to achieve your perfect doe-eye
Blue eye makeup for blondes
Blondes with blue eyes often have fair skin. This is why you must start by working on your complexion before applying eye makeup adapted to the color of your iris.
- Warm up your complexion by applying a pink or orange blush to the top of your cheekbones
- Put a little concealer or highlighter around the eye contour for a clean look
- Then, apply eye shadow in shades of gray or mauve and draw a line of eyeliner on your eyelid, adding a line of black pencil along the lower eyelashes.
- Finish with an ultra-black mascara, and that’s it!
Blue eye makeup for brunette
With jet-black hair and azure eyes, opt for makeup in nude shades during the day, or copper shades with beautiful black mascara. For the evening, go all out for black smoky eyes, or dark, glittery eyeshadow.
Blue eyes makeup for redheads
With beautiful red hair, women with blue eyes will see life in green! To have makeup that will make a splash while remaining natural and discreet, opt for green eyeshadow. You can also choose copper and cinnamon tones through to gray. Enhance your eyes with lengthening brown mascara to intensify.
Yves Rocher tip: For more naturalness and to soften your eyes during the day, choose a rather brown mascara and reserve black mascara for the evenings to enhance smoky eyes. Find all our new products suitable for blue eyes in our Yves Rocher store.
