LUX Beauty: Green Glamour for St. Patrick’s Day

Mar 12, 2013
Marisa Machak • Beauty

No one needs to wear an obnoxious amount of green on St. Patrick’s Day. Instead, try showing some Irish pride through your makeup. Create a gorgeously green beauty look with makeup trends incorporating shades of emerald, gold and teal. Utilizing the entire spectrum of Pantone’s Color of the Year is the way to stay on trend and stylish with your makeup when the 17th comes around!

Emerald Eyes

Green eye shadows may not be the first color that comes to mind for an attractive eye shadow, but it can work for St Paddy’s Day when done right. Use a creamy emerald eye shadow like the emerald Color Code Prismatic Shadow Block from Sephora + Pantone Universe. Gliding on easily for a comfortable wear, the shadow will stay in place all day long. Blend it with silver and brown tones for a smoky effect. If you’re still a bit hesitant to try green shadow, play it safer with the funky Color Watt green mascara also from Sephora + Pantone Universe. Swipe on a few thick coats to pump up the volume of green in your look.

Green Liner

Another artistic and simple way to wear green on your eyes is with green eyeliner. Paint on a cool cat eye or line the inner eye rim with Rue De Rivoli Larger than Life Liner from Nars and the 12HR Wear eye liner in Glitter Green from Sephora. Use either liner to paint a cute shamrock on your cheek if you want to look a bit more enthusiastic for the Irish holiday.

Glimmering Gold

Accentuate green shades with some glimmering shades of gold. Use gold on the lips, gold shimmer on the cheeks and gold false lashes to heighten your glam beauty routine for the 17th. Use Bobbi Brown's sparkle eye shadow in Gold Star on and around the eyes for some light shimmer and the high shimmer lip gloss in Canary for lips resembling a pot of gold under the rainbow.

Nail Art

A fun and easy way to show your Irish pride is through St. Patrick’s Day-themed nail art. Paint on some cute graphics like pots of gold, leprechaun hats, rainbows and shamrocks for a festive nail treat. Try Essie’s wide range of green nail polishes, add some glittering zest with Ciate’s Destination Party-The Hampton’s polish and an ombre effect with the Sephora + Pantone Universe’s mini graphic effects polishes to design your little St. Paddy’s Day creations.

Tone It Down With Teal

If bright greens and emeralds don’t go with your skin tone, take the high-pigmented hue down a notch by swapping it for teal. Blue green looks good on every skin tone if done in moderation. Rim your eyes with a thin line of metallic teal eye liner such as the Laura Mercier crème liner in Canard and add a shimmering shade of teal on your nails for a toned down version of green glam for St. Patrick’s Day. Use a blue mint shade on your eyes with the colorful shadow in Green Tea Time from Sephora.