Blue Eyeshadow GIF Tutorial

In a new series, makeup artist Daniel Martin helps us understand the art of makeup application through step-by-step GIF tutorials.

Blue eye shadow is a tricky thing. Not everyone is prepared to paint their lids up in peacock blue liner, and they’re certainly not about to cover it in a seventies-style frosty blue. Instead, Martin suggests choosing a more approachable indigo and layering over a lighter, subtly shimmery blue shadow. “It gives it that pop of extra color,” he explains. Here, he used Clinique’s Chubby Shadow stick in Massive Midnight along with YSL Beauty 4 Wet & Dry Eye Shadows in No. 14.

Blue Eyeshadow GIF Tutorial