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Bright Blue Pastel Lids | Topshop AW13 (Drugstore Eyes!)

!Soft blue eyeshadow Topshop look

Okay, so: I know I haven’t been the best about posting recently, but I’m trying to be better, I swear. I think I still need a couple weeks to really get back into the swing of things, but I may as well start now!

Here’s a quick, springy look to start off the week. Created by Hannah Murray for Topshop AW13 at the last last London Fashion Week, the look is “a bit Brit pop, a bit Eighties, a bit New Wave with an urban edge,” according to Murray. Backstage artists paired fresh skin with almond-shaped pastel blue eyes, and — I don’t know. It’s a bit of a “look,” isn’t it? Super-easy, but still not something I could ever see myself really loving.

Read Vogue’s backstage report for the show here, and catch a full tutorial here.

!Pastel bright blue eyes

Topshop recommends using their Eye Crayon in Kingfisher to get this look, but it’s not actually what was used backstage. Rather, Murray put down a green eyeshadow base (I’m guessing a cream eyeshadow), then topped it off with a pale blue eyeshadow.

I went with a more direct approach, layering a white primer with a matte blue eyeshadow, but I would have liked to have used something with more intensity — the soft “glow” was lovely in real life, but I think the way it photographed left a little something to be desired.

You win some, you lose some, I guess!

1. No makeup look (prep)

Start with a blank canvas

2. Cornflower blue makeup (intermed step)

& add a little colour. (Pre-blush & mascara)

The cool thing about this look, though, is that you could honestly sub in whatever shade you wanted to. I love the look of a matte finish for an eye like this, but I’m not crazy about bright blues — I think I’d have loved to do a lilac or a cobalt instead (both of which happen to be part of Sephora’s current ColorVision forecast, handily enough!)

Here are a couple springy shades that caught my eye:

Colourblocked pastel eyes

Shiseido | Sephora | MAC | Stila

Products Used

EYES

NYX HD Eye Shadow Base

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

42 Double Stack Matte Palette

Annabelle Smoothie Jumbo Eye Shadow Pencil in Licoriche

Annabelle Expandable Mascara

!Cornflower blue pasetel makeup look

LIPS & BROWS

Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Balm in Petunia

Senna Sketch-A-Brow in Mink

SKIN & CHEEKS

Korres Quercetin & Oak Antiageing Face Primer

theBalm timeBalm in Lighter Than Light

MAC Powder Blush (Matte) in Harmony

FaceFront Rocket Bronzer (Steel) in Third Kiss

Smashbox Eye Shadow (Matte) in Smoke

Clinique Blushing Powder Blush in Smoldering Plum

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