Blue eyes

In these online times it sometimes feels like non of your ideas are actually yours.

How did I suddenly become obsessed with blue eyeshadow is a mystery to me.

Maybe it started when I became very into how Hailey Bieber wears cooler tones in makeup and had that as an inspiration for my wedding makeup. I made the makeup artist switch from a warmer rose to the ‘cool baby pink’ from Saie on the day.

I have since used it daily for a bit of fresh cheek look.

Makeup artist Sara Rostrup and her magic touch for my wedding day.

Last week walking around in Paris in spring sunny weather I suddenly NEEDED that eyeshadow. At first I went to Byredo, because I felt like they would totally understand the vibe. They only had a huge palette with 20 colors, all fab! but a bit much. But next door was a MAC store. A place I haven’t visited in 20 years.

My best friend used to collect MAC eyeshadows in high school. I didn’t know anything about makeup and I also did not have a ‘clothing allowance’ like she did so I would never have money for expensive eyeshadows. She asked me weekly to go to the store and get the newest color. I let her pursued me once, bought a gold shimmer and never wore it a day in my life.

But here I was in the store asking for baby blue eyes. The makeup artist took a look at me and told me I should wear lilac instead.

Kind of killed my vibe, lilac is just not as cool as baby blue!

But she took out her brush and before I knew it I was walking the streets of Paris with lilac eyes and a MAC bag in hand. I looked incredible! Why have I never worn eyeshadow before!

Because I’m not a cool person I ended up having eyeshadow conversations with pretty much everyone I met the following night. And I think that is exactly the reason why I never experimented with this kind of makeup before. Much like taking the risk of wearing a hat.

Now I was so invested in the eyeshadow and suddenly I realized where it started. The makeup look from one of my favorite collections of fashion month. Conner Ives almost cabaret-ish makeup. Dusty lilac and pink.

Conner Ives makeup by Lucy Bridge

A bit more melancholic than my lilac adventure, and so beautiful. I think the Conner Ives was Tom Ford. The name of my new eyeshadow is almost too ironic after writing a full page of how good it made me look…. It is called #humblebrag.

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