Prom 2008: Vibrant Teal & Purple Dresses & Makeup

Date: Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Author:

It’s prom season, and I’ve been getting more and more requests on what to do makeup-wise! If you know me, you know I’m an advocate of coordinating your eye makeup with your clothes, and the dress is no exception.

This vibrant multi-colored dress should help inspire you when thinking of appropriate makeup to pair it with. I love the idea of doing a mermaid inspired eye (#2 shown) with a purple twist (perhaps having some Parfait Amour or Contrast eyeshadow in the outer crease/lid). But because the gown has so much blue and purple, you can easily opt for an all-purple eye or even all-teal eye. To downplay the colors, you can go for a subtle smoky eye that has a little bit of blue or purple accents to help tie everything together.

Check out details for the looks suggested: one, two, three. Dress is available at Nordstrom.com for $286.00.

26 thoughts on “Prom 2008: Vibrant Teal & Purple Dresses & Makeup

  1. Natasha says:

    i’m loving this Christine! featuring a dress and linking it to “suggested looks” that you’ve done before that would compliment/ complete the overall look.

    this is a great inclusion to your blog! i look forward to more : )

  2. Morgan says:

    Very cute idea with the coordinating makeup looks. Love it!

  3. Sash says:

    I wish I knew about your blog a little more before my prom! I hated my make-up, it was so amateurish!

    *BAD MEMORIES=(*

  4. Julia says:

    Same Sash! Except I got my make-up professionally done…. But I wasn’t happy with it! I feel like I could do a better job on it now than I had for prom 2 years ago :(

  5. Angie says:

    Wow! Hope you can do more of this dress feature and the kind of makeup to go with it. It rocks!

  6. ilovecheese says:

    This feature is awesome Christine! I’m sure many girls will get loads of ideas from your suggestions! Have you posted all these looks in the site already? I love the last look – the teal smoky one. Can we see a tutorial on that, if possible? Thank you :D

  7. MariahGem says:

    Oh man, that dress is so gorgeous! I love the dip-dye thing that’s in right now! I love two tone things!! I love the three eye looks too! I think I would go with a purple one, like the top one, or the bottom. It would accent the dress best since there’s less purple on the dress! FABULOUS!

  8. Zainy says:

    Hey Cristine,

    WOWWWWWWWWWWWW I LOVE UR LOOOOKS AND HER DRESS *FABULOUS* TO COMPARE WITH.OH GAWD IM FLATTERED!!! A KISSY FOR UR THIS POST :-* :) )

    HOPING TO C MORE POSTS ,SIMILAR TO THIS!!

    LUV,
    ZzAINY..

  9. Maham says:

    This is a great idea. You always seems to amaze me with your committment. Great looks for the dress. Look forward to more x

  10. Marcela says:

    Great feature Christine!!! I remember that I did my own makeup but wasn’t the owner of a good foundation, so I was really pink cheeked when it finished…and the dress??? God what was I thinking of??? Hahaha…well at least this will help girls inspire themselves and make (hopefully) a better choice than mine!!! :p

    • Christine says:

      Thanks, Marcela! I am always getting requests for makeup ideas around this time of the year, so I thought some general ideas would be helpful.

      LOL, aww!!

  11. Winnie says:

    I love this idea of combining looks with the ‘prom’ dresses! My make up was boring when it was my prom years ago, but it will be a different story when it comes to me graduation ball! Thanks Christine :)

  12. Brittany says:

    What would you recommend for being a bridesmaid with a purple dress? I love doing dark purple smokey-ish eyes, but I’m not sure if that would be too dramatic. The wedding is at night though…

    • Christine says:

      It’s probably a little dramatic – I would go for a subtle smoky eye, and of course, check with the bride, too :) She may have other ideas!

  13. Chrissey says:

    I am obsessed with this dress and have been looking all over the internet for it. Where can I find this dress or one similar to it??