For a moment, frosty blue eyeshadow was everywhere—à la ‘90s supermodel glam. Then as the sun began to linger longer, we started craving for something a little warmer and softer; think swimming pool tiles, shimmery lagoons and the little paper umbrella in a piña colada. More striking than a baby blue, but not quite as intense as a green, enter the third option: teal.
It’s certainly no stranger to us. In the early 2000s, it appeared on tank tops, bags and bedsheets, usually to make brown look more interesting. The nostalgia factor aside, it blends the charm of a green with the mystique of a blue—spruced up with its own spunky personality. Saturated as it is, it still complements neutral hues and bold accent colours alike to fulfil all your eyemaxxing needs. In the inner corners, under the brow bone, patted onto the middle of the lids—the colour brightens everywhere it goes on the face. The best part? With a smorgasbord of formulations to choose from, you get to pick exactly how much teal you want to play around with. Below, let Vogue Singapore’s round-up of all things teal guide your foray into the aquatic scape, from glitter and matte eyeshadows to a statement mascara.
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Urban Decay 24/7 Moondust Glitter Eyeshadow Singles in Hit Shuffle
When in doubt, let a glitter add interest to the eyes. Urban Decay’s velvety vegan formula suspends microfine glitter in an emollient base, which glides on easily over the lids or a matte eyeshadow to impart a hint of teal. One swipe acts as a sheer wash, but it can also be packed on to build opacity. Either way, using your fingertip to warm up and pat the glitter on will grant you a controlled application.
Urban Decay 24/7 Moondust Glitter Eyeshadow Singles in Hit Shuffle, $31, available at iShopChangi
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Flower Knows The Sweetie Bear 6-Colour Make-up Palette in 03 Mint Chocolate
Talk about Y2K nostalgia in a palette. The ornate casing opens up to a delectable six-pan display of a matte teal flanked by muted transition shades and soft shimmers. Here you’ll find everything you need to ease yourself into the marine sphere: start by blending the brown hues into the crease and outer half of the lids, before adding the teal to the centre. Finish off with either of the shimmers to open up the eyes.
Flower Knows The Sweetie Bear 6-Colour Make-up Palette in 03 Mint Chocolate, 35 USD, available at Flower Knows
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Benefit Cosmetics Badgal Hypeliner in Rowdy Teal
If you prefer a subtler approach, start with an eyeliner. This rich, creamy formulation deposits even pigment wherever you place it, eventually setting down to become budgeproof. For starters, fill in just the upper lashline, then smudge it out lightly with a pencil brush to diffuse the colour. For a more intense look, take it into the waterlines and all the way into the inner corners. The best part? It even comes with an in-built sharpener to keep everything crisp.
Benefit Cosmetics Badgal Hypeliner in Rowdy Teal, $45, available at Sephora
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Rude Cosmetics The Spell Book Eyeshadow Palette in Love
From cruelty-free, LA-based brand Rude Cosmetics comes a nine-pan spread of teals and teal-adjacents. Buttery smooth mattes feature alongside shimmer and metallic finishes to assist in the creation of monochromatic looks. You could start off with individual colours, then eventually work your way through the palette. With an assortment like this, experimenting with the placement of your eyeshadows creates exciting new dimensions—like treating the matte teal as a brow bone highlight, for instance.
Rude Cosmetics The Spell Book Eyeshadow Palette Love, $22.09, available at Care to Beauty
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Lethal Cosmetics Charged Mascara in Current
What’s a high-impact, low-effort way of incorporating colour? Mascara. Berlin-based Lethal Cosmetics’s mascara is not only vegan and cruelty-free, but also halal-certified. Even if there isn’t any teal on the rest of your eyes, adding a few coats of this to your lashes will instantly perk up the visage. Plus, since it’s a tubing formulation, it’ll stay on throughout the day and slide off easily at night with warm water and a cotton pad.
Lethal Cosmetics Charged Mascara in Current, €14,50, available at Lethal Cosmetics
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Sephora Collection New 12H Colourful Retractable Eyeliner in 29 Shimmer Aqua
Matte eyeliners are the classic choice, but a shimmery eyeliner really packs a punch. Free from parabens, oils, silicones and sulphates, 29 Shimmer Aqua delivers a reflective streak of teal anywhere you place it. Concentrating it in the bottom waterline instantly imbues the eyes with a magnetic allure, but it can also go onto the eyelids for more intricate linework. Regardless of how you’re using it, the in-built smudger tool is there to soften or clean up the edges.
Sephora Collection New 12H Colourful Retractable Eyeliner, $22, available at Sephora
