A re you the kind of girl who wears the same black liner everyday? Bored to tears with the same eyeshadow colour you find yourself reaching for all the time? If your answer is “Yes” to both, then I have to ask you another question: Why?? Really, why do you do those things in the first place, when the (makeup) world is your oyster?
There are so many types of eye makeup products out there you can play around with to create different looks. There are seven days in a week – that’s seven different eye makeup looks per week! So why be timid and limit yourself? Let these beauties show you how to spice up your daily makeup!
Monday: Bright Lights
Everyone dreads the Monday blues. What better to counteract them than colourful makeup to lift your moods up? Get bright on your lids and spirit with eye-catching rainbow hues!
Nelly Furtado gets playful with vivid turquoise eyeshadow
Who knew green eyeshadow can look this good? Ginnifer Goodwin certainly did!
Tuesday: Clean and Neutral
After a day of getting compliments on how fantastic your fun shadow colour was, maybe it’s time to tone it down – but not too much, oh no. Neutral does not and should not mean boring! Play around with neutral shades to create an attention-grabbing look.
Diane Kruger used only one neutral eyeshadow colour and blend it around her eyes
Mila Kunis looks pretty as anything in rich neutral brown shades on her eyes
Wednesday: Sultry Smokey
Who says you can’t do smokey during the day? Just keep it simple and sweet! Nothing too dark and nothing too harsh and you’re good to go. The best thing about this eye look is it takes you from day to night without any hassle. Just a little bit of a touch up after work and you’re looking peachy and perfect again.
Using silvers and brown, Kelly Rowland is camera-ready, day to night
Duchess of Cambridge aka Kate Middleton remains elegant and appropriate by smudging a dark blue shade around her eyes
Thursday: Throwback to the Retro Years
The ladies from the 70’s really knew how to party, and their makeup showed it! With bold, winged-out liner or eyeshadow, we too can steal some of the retro vibe from those years.
Emma Stone certainly loves her cat-eyes!
Abigail Breslin looks super cool and youthful in winged out blue liquid liner
Friday: Sexy Metallic
Metallic colours are a great way to kick it up a notch! Pick any hue that has a that metallic sheen and pack it around the eyes. Metallic metals such as silver, bronze and gold are the best as they suit pretty much every skin tone. A brightly coloured metallic eyeshadow is good on its own too (as Ginnifer Goodwin proved above with her metallic lime green shadow) but if you worry about standing out a little too much, mix metallic brights with matte neutrals to tone down a bright metal colour, especially at the outer corner of your eyes.
Kristen Stewart stays cool in a metallic silver shadow
Adrienne Bailon heats it up in metallic gold tones and smoked it out with a brown shade
Saturday: Gems and Jewel Tone
Gems and stones are really nature’s gifts to us women. But nobody says you should actually own them; have you seen the price of a half carat sapphire lately?? Visit a jewellery store simply to get inspired by their beautiful rich colours. Then, head over to the nearest beauty store and snap up eyeshadows in similar sumptuous shades for your eyes!
Olivia Wilde stands out in a bright purple amethyst on the lids
Smudge a deep sapphire blue shadow near your top and bottom lashes to get sultry as Lea Michele
Sunday: Convert Crayon Hues to Liners
Remember using those colourful selections in your crayon box when you were a wee little person in art class? Of course you do! And be honest, you too arranged and re-arranged those colours from whites and yellows to greys and blacks from end to end. Well, it’s never too late to play around with the bright colours! But instead of crayons, imagine a vanity box full of eyeliners in all those delightful shades. Insert the colours subtly into your looks by using them for a casual Sunday. A small tip: you can create the same liner effect with eyeshadows; just use a thin angled brush to apply.
January Jones lines her top lid with a medium blue shadow for a fresh take on liners
Stay youthful with a vivid green colour under the lower lashes like Leona Lewis
Mix them up as you wish. Just remember, have fun and stay young!
Source(s) & photo(s): StyleBistro, nymag.com
