Singing the film's title song onstage, Dorothy's dark glamour is painted in red lipstick and blue eye make-up. Jeff hand-mixed multiple shadows and pencils to get that deep, indigo blue that has been on many mood boards since. Like Buffalo '66 , Blue Velvet mixes time periods: the 50s rub shoulders with the 80s in an imaginary vision of America. Laura Dern's fresh-faced mid-century schoolgirl is the foil to Dorothy's vamp. No one understood blue's evocative power more than David Bowie, who wore it most memorably during his "Life on Mars"period.
In the song's Mick Rock-directed video, Bowie's eyes, with their differently sized pupils, are the clear focal points. There's no way not to see his make-up symbolically, particularly the bright robin's egg circles around his eyes. Bowie scholar and author of Future Nostalgia: Performing David Bowie Shelton Waldrep has spent a lot of time thinking about the icon's use of make-up.
He tells me that the whitened face and intense red of his hair along with the bright blue shadow may have had something to do with Pop Art and Warhol, but also with Bowie's interest in Asian masks. He used a kabuki mask in the Diamond Dogs tour. Bowie was an extreme example, but there's still an element of dress-up in blue eyeshadow, as it's such an unnatural look.
Which is why the queen of modern dress-up fantasies, Carrie Bradshaw , was able to pull it off without looking completely bizarre. Shelton Waldrop says, "Blue eyeshadow is extremely artificial. I mean, it's the one sort of makeup that doesn't seem to blend in. As Bowie knew, it's so extreme that it's mask-like. When children draw women or play at make-up, it's often blue eyeshadow that they use. Children's toy make-up usually includes a blue palette.
Getty Images. Billy Porter. Dua Lipa. Taylor Hill. Saoirse Ronan. Adwoa Aboah. A wash of two-tone sky blue eyeshadow looks seriously romantic. Poppy Delevingne. Go for heavy sky blue eyeliner a la Poppy Delevingne to give any outfit a 60s twist. Issa Rae. Mandy Moore. Alison Brie. Vanessa Hudgens. A streak of sky blue liner on your lower lids will add a dash of Summer to any look.
Lily Collins. Don't worry about a lip color, just wear lip balm. We only include products that have been independently selected by The Zoe Report's editorial team. However, we may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. Defined by cyanic shadow applied with a heavy hand — often sans blending — this decades-defying look is about as dramatic and old-school as a blue lid can get. The way to wear color on your lids, as demonstrated by known blue eyeshadow lover Lady Gaga, is to dust a little on the brow bone, or in the inner corners, or really anywhere besides where it's actually intended.
Difficulty rating: 2. Look closely and you'll see the entire eye is lined with cobalt even the bottom water line. The cobalt is continued further back along the top lash line and a lighter turquoise shade helps to brighten under the eye. Combined, these shades make dark eyes stand out beautifully. The trick to getting this right is finding impressive pigments that pack a punch try Urban Decay , then offsetting lashes with plenty of black mascara.
Harder to pull off than it looks, a full on smoky eye requires a lot of blending, a subtle graduation of shades and plenty of framing action around lashes try a navy blue shadow closer to the lash line and lots of mascara to help ground it. Do it right though and it looks incredible. This looks like the easiest look to pull off, but without the help of a liner or darker shade to frame lashes it can take a bit of getting used to. Best for the minimalists who aren't wedded to their liner, it looks best with ultra fresh, dewy skin.
Difficulty rating: 3.
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