The second look I put together using the ever-beautiful Urban Decay Vice Palette is called Purple Perfection. I’m a huge lover of purple, and whenever I’m buying anything, if it comes in purple, it’s mine! Purple is one of those eyeshadow shades that is universally gorgeous on absolutely anyone of any skin tone or any age. It makes green and blue eyes pop, and it helps brown and hazel eyes to really sparkle and shine. Purple is a great way to update your typical neutral eyeshadow shades. Inside, I’ve got the look for you, a guide on how to achieve it, and plenty more pictures!
Above is a guide with the eyeshadow shades I used highlighted in hot pink squares. Here is how to achieve the look:
- Apply “Rapture” (third row, second from left) over your entire eyelid up to the crease.
- Apply “Vice” (third row, third from left) into the crease of your eye, blending slightly upward and outward. Work this color into your crease in two or three layers so that it blends in beautifully with your lid shade.
- Apply “Provocateur” (third row, far left) into the inner corners of your eyes for a bright pop of light shimmer. Also, using your fingertip, apply this onto the middle of your eyelid. This will help your eyelid color look even brighter and lighter, and help the light shine to the center of your eye.
- Apply “Vice” to your entire lower lash-line for a pop of bright purple color that complements your crease.
- Apply “Laced” (last row, far right) to your brow-bone as a highlight, and work it slightly downward to blend it in with your crease color.
- Apply black eyeliner to your lower waterline. Curl your lashes and apply mascara.
This look would be especially fun with some bright purple eyeliner on your upper lash-line, or even some glitter on your eyelid or along your upper lash-line as well. I decided to leave liner off my upper lash-line so that the violet shades could really open up my eye and shine through. The colors are incredibly blendable, soft, and pigmented.
Overall, you just can’t go wrong with purple eyeshadow. It can be worn toned down for a daytime look (for this, skip the eyeliner on the lower water-line), or glammed up even more by smoking this eye look out with some black eyeshadow on the outer third of your eye. You can go playful by adding glitter to the eyelid or liner, or really open the eye up with a flesh-toned liner on your lower water-line. The possibilities are endless, but the violet shades in this palette are amazing and so easy to work with.
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**See my “Metal Mania” look using this palette**
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Emily Stevens says
I just got this palette, and OMG, the excitement! The first thing I did was use Blitz over the entire lid up to the crease, black market on the outer fourth and in the outer 1/2 crease, and Free Bird on the inner third, and inner 1/2 of the crease. All lightly blended of course. Black eyeliner on the lower lash line, drawn to a cat-eye and black mascara. Also, the 24/7 liquid in El Dorado on the upper lid (cat-eyed) gives it that extra WOW-factor. Love the site, btw. You’re super-fabulous.
BeautyGala says
That sounds gorgeous Emily! Feel free to send pictures of your look anytime, I always love seeing how other people use palettes 🙂