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5 Uplifting Light Blue Eyeshadows

I love a good sky blue/pastel blue eyeshadow, especially for spring, but it also can work really with more summery colors as a way to tone down some of the vibrancy of those brighter hues.

1. Buxom Husky — light ethereal blue with a soft frosted finish
2. MAC Styledriven — light-medium blue with a soft frosted finish
3. Make Up For Ever #150 — pale sky blue
4. Urban Decay Clash — vibrant sky blue with sparkle
5. Bare Escentuals Illusion — pale pastel blue

What’s your favorite light blue eyeshadow?

5 Shades of Aqua Eyeshadow

It’s hard to find a really awesome aqua eyeshadow, because aqua tends to be a lighter color–almost pastel–that they can be sheer and/or chalky (or just powdery). Sometimes they lean blue, other times they lean green.  I wouldn’t call this the best of aqua, because there are many more aqua shades I’ve swatched!

• Bare Escentuals Illusion is a pale aqua blue
• Inglot #345 is a pale aqua green
• MAC Aqua is an aqua green
• Milani Caribbean Sea is light-medium aqua blue
• Giorgio Armani Airy Jade is an ultra pale, frosted aqua blue

What’s your favorite aqua-hued eyeshadow?