Beauty

[pommom]

The '80s was the last time I used muted shades of blue eyeshadow.  Haven't gone back to using that shade for decades.

A week ago I was at a social event and this mature lady came up to join our discussion.  She wore blue eyeshadow and it looked fabulous.  It was soft, matte and very well blended. I was mesmerized by the look.

Blue eyeshadow - yay or nay?

[SurferWife]

YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[suzyQ3]

I think it really depends upon the shade and application. I won't be going back to light blue of the 60s applied all over my eyelids.

But I do use some shades of blue for accent.

[ECBG]

Yea, If it's not a replay of the 60's.  Bare Minerals had a two piece set that Leslie described as that beautiful blue-purple shade that went with denim.  I remember it because I thought it was blue and gray.  I ordered some and never used it.  Revlon has a navy in one of their 4 color sets.  It does look great with taupe/gray.

[blueroses47]

I've always been a big fan of bluish eyeshadow.  The blue that is kind of blue gray.  Navy is nice too, for a deeper shade.

For years, and years I would stick to those colors, but the past few years with all this emphasis on different shades, and all those (tempting) palettes, I was using a lot of nudes, brownish shades, just a lot of other colors.  I thought I should try to branch out and keep up to date, not stay in the same old rut.

Then a couple of weeks ago, I got out my tried and true blue-grays, and I have to say with my coloring, they looked so much better.  I have brown hair, hazel eyes, light coloring in general and the blue/gray is just so much more flattering than other neutrals in the beige brown family.

[Daysdee]

I'm a senior and I like and wear blue eyeshadow.   I also like to wear a light-colored eye shadow ( beige-ish)  and use a dark blue eyeliner.  I have brown eyes.

[VaBelle35]

I had the BE eye color Denim a great color. But, I have a cobalt allergy so I have to be careful with blues and purples. Primer helps a lot.

[SilleeMee]

I like to apply a dark-navy liner and smudge it out on my lids towards the outer parts...sort of a smoked out version with navy instead of  gray or brown. I use the same navy liner on my waterlines to give it more definition and it makes the whites of my eyes really pop.

[SurferWife]

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@ECBGwrote:

Yea, If it's not a replay of the 60's.  Bare Minerals had a two piece set that Leslie described as that beautiful blue-purple shade that went with denim.  I remember it because I thought it was blue and gray.  I ordered some and never used it.  Revlon has a navy in one of their 4 color sets.  It does look great with taupe/gray.

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@ECBG...wow!  That's beautiful!  I don't buy Revlon but I certainly may consider getting that set.  That is simply perfect.

[Shanus]

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@pommomwrote:

The '80s was the last time I used muted shades of blue eyeshadow.  Haven't gone back to using that shade for decades.

A week ago I was at a social event and this mature lady came up to join our discussion.  She wore blue eyeshadow and it looked fabulous.  It was soft, matte and very well blended. I was mesmerized by the look.

Blue eyeshadow - yay or nay?

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@pommom  It’s a nay for me because my Mom has always worn some shade of obvious blue/turquoise shadow...at 90, she’s the only one in assisted living wearing makeup at all...and there it is, bright blue shadow and liner. She has gorgeous blue eyes and I’ve tried to convince her that her eyes would be more the focus if they had taupe/pale camel/beige shades on the lids. Looking at her, you don’t see her blue eyes, you see blue eye makeup.

There’s the roots of my natural makeup look...Mom’s wearing the same makeup shades since I was a little girl...very bright & just not my thing. I backed off yrs. ago thinking she’d look around and catch on, but nope.