The Trend: Blue

Found on Pinterest - Marc Jacobs Spring 2014

If you were following the trends at Fashion Week over a month ago now you will have seen that using the colour blue as an eyeshadow/eyeliner is the trend to go for at the moment. Of course alot of the trend that you see on the catwalk are hard to follow exactly, except if you are extremely confident. However if you are more like me and prefer your look to be more muted I have discovered a way to subtely incorporate this look into your everyday makeup.

Instead of going for a full on blue eyeshadow on you eyelid I prefer to take a more muted grey toned blue and use it subtly line the lower lashes. It's natural, easy to wear and not too in your face 'look I'm wearing blue eyeshadow'. I have recently learnt that eyeshadow colours of your eye colour are in fact very well suited to each other. As someone with blue eyes it is therefore something which I have been avoiding since a rather bad experience at the ripe old age of 12 when I bought my first ever blue eyeshadow, which let me tell you did not go down well regardless of what I thought back then.

Back to the original topic. The two colours that I have found so far which I am loving using at the moment along my bottom lash line are MAC's 'Silver Grey' and two shades in the original Urban Decay Naked Palette called 'Gunmetal' and 'Creep'.  Of the Urban Decay Shades 'Gunmetal' is the slightler lighter, navy option of the two, whereas 'Creep' is a very dark almost black shade with a hint of navy. As for the MAC option this is a very recent purchase. Don't be fooled by the name as although it does look like a silvery-grey in the palette, it has a gorgeous blue undertone. Of all three shades this is definitely my favourite.  

Let me know if you give this a try!  This is a great option for the colour phobes out there who like to stick to the uniform blacks and browns on their eyes.