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I love doing fun makeup looks and this is one of my favorite…POP ART…it’s easy and fun, well at least for me. I broke it down to help you get this look.

EYES

Apply Sephora Brand Buildable Cover Concealer to prep lids before applying the golden peach shade from NARS Highlighting/Bronzing Blush Duo in Hungry Heart to the upper eyelids. Next, line inside the lower lash lines with Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes in White.

Use a clean mascara wand to coat lower lashes with Make Up For Ever Flash Color in White 10. Work lots of Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash mascara on to the upper lashes before applying Make Up For Ever Lashes Strip # 25026. Perfect brows with the Anastasia Highlighting Brow Kit.

CHEEKS

It’s super simple to create, layer a bright pink of Sephora Blush Me Mono Blush from the cheekbone down, concentrating the color around the apples. If you add to much color on the cheeks apply foundation over your blush to tone it down. The end result should look equal parts hot and healthy.

LIPS

Use Dior Addict Shine in Pink Lust topped off with Make Up For Ever Glossy Full Couleur in #4 for candy-coated shine.

If you’ve been reading my beauty articles you probably know by now that SMASHBOX cosmetics is one of my favorite makeup brands. Their eye illusion is a product that I have to keep stocked in my makeup kit at all times. SMASHBOX EYE ILLUSION is a quad of shimmering iridescent pastel colors that will change any eye shadow color to a new hue. You can also use it alone for more of a shimmer effect. I love that I can use it so many different ways on both women and men clients.

When I am pushed for time with a female celebrity and have to give her a new look within 5 mins, I’ll pull out the eye illusion. Using a eye shadow brush I lightly pat one of the four colors (white, green, pink, lavender) over the old eye shadow and it will just give it a new look. The only thing you would need to touch up is the eye liner that will also have a different look. I also like to use the white iridescent as a highlight color on the eyes as well as on the cheek bones on women. On men, I use it to open up their eyes to give them a fresh look especially if it’s an early call time.

Try it for yourself, you will come up with so many new eye shadow colors that you won’t need to go to the makeup counter for a long time. I promise you will love it and it’s worth $32.00

Light blue eye shadow was the most popular eye shadow color in the “70’s and 80’s”. Back then, it was applied like a little kid painting with numbers. So much so, that it scared so many women today away from the color. But now there are so many different shades of blue, that this spring you can find many shades you will love to wear.

A transparent green-blue eye shadow would work for blondes, while fair-skin brunettes should use a shimmery blue-purple. A navy or icy silver-blue eye shadow will look amazing with a brown/olive skin tone. I love to use brighter blue eye shadow on darker skin, I find the pigments of the colors show up so much better.

When you accent vibrant colors with a kohl liner or a liquid black liner it makes the eye shadow color pop and the liner define the eyes giving them shape.

My favorite four blue eye shadows to use are:

L’Oreal HIP Cream Eyeliner in Midnight Blue

Nars Eye Shadow Night Flight

Ulta Eye Shadow Blue Velvet

Sephora Chrome Mono Eye Shadow Teal Turquoise

Bright eye shadow was always my thing as a teenager. Slowly, I’ve moved to the dark, smokey-gray look, but lately I’ve been nostalgic for that wide-eyed, disco superstar appearance. Proenza Schouler marched models down the fall 08 runway with a shocking electric blue hue surrounding their eyes. Frosty peacock shadow goes really well with lilac accents for a more ethereal look. But the method I have always loved, and Eve agrees with me, is to line the eye in black before smothering your lids with a thick layer of bright blue. It makes the eye pop and is more practical for the streets. Plus, it reduced your chances of looking too much like a martian. My favorite is M.A.C. eye shadow in Clarity, but I’m sure the many brands of Sephora can serve all of your baby blue needs.