To Impersonate a Mermaid by using Freshwater with aquas and crystalline blues to evoke images of the ocean and siren calls.

Go Bold With No Regrets in a sinfully rich and dark smoky eye that’s all blue and nothing but. Shamelessly smothered in the hues of blue and navy blue for a night out!

Lightly In the Crease to help add just a *touch* of dimension and color.

Make a Smoky Eye Pop by turning gray to a gray-toned-blue. It’s an eye look without a lot of color, but it isn’t so monochromatic either.

With Teals because it goes so perfectly with them. Yep, blue with teal–obviously not for those afraid to wear some color!

To Create Jewel Tones with its richness in that perfect medium blue that’s dark and yet not overwhelmingly so. Pair it with greens and teals and aquas.

In the Crease to really amp up any look–it’s such an intense dark green, which makes it perfect for adding drama.

Get Neutrals to Pop by just adding a hint of the forest-y green shade amongst more neutral/natural shades.

To Complete Your Greens and round off your collection thereof. I know you have your pastels and your medium-spring-happy greens, but have you your more forboding, deep green?

Deep Smoky Greens with Humid to help intensify any green-themed smoky eye. Line with black to really make the colors stand out!

As a Liner to make a subtle eye pop or finishing a muted olive-green eye.

With Reflects Glitter to give you an almost shimmering-water-effect that is both stunning and irresistibly fun to try!

Pair It With Golds and you can never go wrong. Humid is an excellent match for any golden-toned shadows, be them gorgeous golds or warmer greens or antique browns.

After hearing your feedback on this recent look, I thought about what other color combinations have I tried thinking they wouldn’t work…

• The Black Smoky Eye | Completely and utterly black-based through and through. I never thought this much black would come out looking anything but awful.
• Festive “Christmas” Eye | Red and green don’t blend well, and could you really wear Christmas colors? At least around the holidays… it worked!
• Non-Bright Teal | I was inspired by the brown and teal hearts on my shirt, and I wondered if it would translate in a look. I didn’t have much faith, but I liked the result!
• Too Multi-Colored | I use a lot of colors in my looks, but they’re often in the same color family, just different shades–what if I used a ton of colors from different families?
• Barbie Loves MAC | As soon as I saw the promo for it, I loved it! But I mean, would it really work? The model was pale and porcelain (I am far from it), but could you get the colors to blend together similarly? (Shh, I like mine better!)

We are always looking for ways to look better, but how about some tips on how to look better without paying a penny?

Hydrate all day long!  Water is good for you.  Drinking at least eight, eight ounce glasses of water a day will better hydrate your body.  Increasing your water intake will give you improved skin and your health.

Look in your fridge!  I bet you have a few items in there that you won’t get around to using or finishing, and maybe a few of them could be used in a homemade beauty recipe.  Those buy one, get one free eggs?  SO many face masks require egg whites or yolks.  Instead of letting a few go rotten, pamper yourself.

Get some much needed rest!  Sleep the amount you need to sleep.  We make time for so many things, but too often sleep gets the shaft.  Eight hours is the average required by most, but some need only six, while others need ten!  Find your happy medium and start going to bed a little earlier so you can get your full required amount.  You’ll look and feel better in the morning.

Smile more!  Find reasons to smile throughout the day–whatever they may be.  Everybody looks good in a smile.

Seek out some outdoor fun!  (Just make sure you wear sunscreen!)  Go for a walk around your neighborhood (alone, with friends, with the neighbor’s dog…) or take a sketch pad and sit on a park bench.  Warm temperatures, lots of scenery, and movement will refresh you.

How do you look better without spending a dime?  Share your tricks!

Vamp or die!  Go bold and totally vampy with dark red lips with subtle shimmer and shine.

Add coral for less OTT red!  So red is too bold or too much for you?  Try getting a shade with a little bit of coral in it, or even topping your go-to red with a coral gloss.  It’ll tone down the red a few notches.

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