We've been going on and on about cobalt liner and lashes, but these days your look isn't complete until you've got the mani to go with the makeup. When it comes to blue polish, this one has it all: It's shimmery in a chic way, the perfect middle ground between bright blue and navy, and classic enough to wear to the office or a party. It's blue. It's new. It's YSL. Enough said.
Certain shades of blue make my skin crawl. I find powder blue to be especially offensive, and teal blue is a close second. What can I say? Some reactions are visceral. (And my frightening, blue eye makeup-wearing third-grade teacher might have something to do with it.)
But then there's cobalt -- a color so beautiful, it's magnetic. Standing in front of a wall of paint chips at Home Depot, my eyes will gravitate towards this shade every time. Cerulean, azure, lazuline -- whatever you want to call it, I think it's perfection.
So when I spotted it on the fall 2012 runways -- first in the form of liquid liner at Anna Sui, then as bold blue lashes at Stella McCartney -- it made me giddy. Soon, makeup artists and aficionados everywhere were proclaiming it a trend, and shortly after that, cobalt blue eye makeup started popping up everywhere.
It may not be the easiest trend to pull off (repeat after me: a little goes a long way), but it's so pretty that it's worth a shot. Here are the products you need.
