Trending Makeup Tutorial: How to Use Spring 2012's Hottest Colour Palettes on Your Eyes

Posted by ChickAdvisor Team | Wednesday April 4, 2012

We've been talking quite a lot about 'Tangerine Tango' (nails! lips! and more!), Pantone's 2012 Colour of the Year. This, however, is so very very unfair to the other fresh hues on Pantone's trend list like mellow greens, saturated blues, lively pinks and purples, succulent yellows, and mushroomy taupes. There is no time like the present to get a little crazy with the trendiest colours of the season! We're here to show you just how wearable they are.

What We Used:

1. Revlon Customeyes Shadow & Liner in 'Party Pops' (C$11.99)
2. CoverGirl Lashblast 24HR (US$6.39)
3. Maybelline Illegal Length (US$7.19)
4. Revlon Grow Luscious Lash Liner in 'Onyx' (US$7.19)
5. Maybelline EyeStudio Master Precise Ink Pen Eyeliner in 'Black' (C$9.29)
6. Clinique Touch Base for Eyes in 'Nude Rose' (US$15.00)
7. Smashbox Be Discovered Palette (US$44.00)
8. NYX Eyeshadow in 'Tropical' (US$4.99)

Get The Look:

1. First, use a primer to set a base for your eyeshadows and to intensify the colours. We like Clinique Touch Base in 'Nude Rose' to bring out the taupe shades in this look and also for toning down a too bright orange.

2. Apply a bold orange shadow on your lid, all the way up to the crease making sure to concentrate most of the colour in the middle eye area. We used NYX eyeshadow in 'Tropical' for this. As you meet the crease, use a lighter, paler shade of orange to blend the orange. For this, we used the peachy shade in the Smashbox 'Be Discovered' palette as well as the orange shade in the Revlon Customeyes palette.

3. Using a flatter brush, apply the darker purple shade from the Revlon Customeyes palette (in 'Party Pops') on your crease. Fan out the color with a blending brush.

4. Using a thin eyeliner brush, apply the turquoise shade from the Revlon palette densely on your lower lash line.

5. Line your upper lash line with Maybelline EyeStudio Master Precise Ink Pen Eyeliner, creating a dramatic wing.

6. Line lower waterline with Revlon Grow Luscious Lash Liner in 'Onyx'

8. Finally, coat both your top and bottom lashes with mascara. We like to use a few different mascaras to get a really heavy, big lashes so we used CoverGirl Lashblast 24HR and Maybelline Illegal Length.

What trendy makeup colours will you be showing off this spring?

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18 Comments

	on May 02, 2012 DawnMackie 3,667 said: Love that purple palet!!! Purple is such a great colour for green and blue eyes!!
	on May 02, 2012 sirenstarlight 7,239 said: This looks amazing on you! Your eyes are so pretty! :)
	on May 01, 2012 Vlicious 3,821 said: The look looks great on you!! love the turquoise on the lower lid! I think a lot of people are afraid top experiment with colours! this was a great example of playing with colour and how great it can look!
	on April 28, 2012 fargiemargie13 1,009 said: I saw on Sephora how one of the colours for spring is tangerine. That is not the easiest to wear.
	on April 28, 2012 marebear 941 said: love the look,will definitely try it .thank you
	on April 11, 2012 Guppy 2,819 said: The turquoise looks great with Alexandras brown eyes. I think she could have used even more colour. I have seen these vivid greens, blues and yellows on eyes for spring so I got a pile of mineral shadows (cheap on Ebay) and rocked peacock eyes today!
	on April 11, 2012 chinook92 3,675 said: Wow, you look so pretty in this makeup. The colours are so fresh and I absolutely love the Revlon Eyeliner Pen! I'm on the hunt for that this weekend!
	on April 11, 2012 fredamans 12,209 said: Very pretty!
	on April 11, 2012 assia 1,578 said: Love the Revlon colors.
	on April 11, 2012 Happy Chinadoll 3,477 said: Looking good!