Charlotte Tilbury Super Blue Palette

[unpaid/ad/sample/affiliate] Getting blue right is something that many brands struggle with – remembering back to when I created my Fortune Favours The Brave palette with Make Up Revolution, the blue colour was the one we really struggled with because they have a tendency to shift green or just not deliver a blue enough blue. However, in the Charlotte Tilbury Super Blue Palette, they have it absolutely perfect.

Charlotte Tilbury Super Blue Palette

Actually, I’ll go so far as to say it’s the best blue I think I’ve come across because it’s so vibrant and so dense. The brand is referring to the four new palettes as ‘colour coded’ and this particular colour-way is designed to bring out amber tones in brown eyes (which is a very welcome PR touch to send me the right palette for my eyes rather than dropping the lot). The other palettes are Copper Charge for Blue Eyes (nothing makes blue eyes pop more than sunset shades), Green Lights to amplify green and gold tones in hazel eyes and Mesmerising Maroon to boost green eyes. They all work on the simple colour principles that opposites make eye colours pop while neighbour shades amplify and enhance.

Charlotte Tilbury Super Blue Palette

For each palette, there is a double-ended eye liner as an option too. Mine is black navy with electric blue – I’ve got to admit that I am very taken with it.

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Charlotte Tilbury Super Blue Palette

I’m trying to pluck up courage to do an Instagram video with this – but the shades are so strong, I could easily get it wrong without some practice – and I try not to practice ahead because I think you should see it as it really is, not a refined and practised version. I might have to give this a go alone first though (PS: I have now done this – top tip is to use the electric blue shade with a wet brush to get the full colour intensity).

Charlotte Tilbury Super Blue Palette

I mean, you can see just how vibrant these colours are. There’s no doubt that this blue will bring your brown eyes to life – it’s absolutely beautiful – but if you feel daunted, the liner HERE is your friend. I’d use a hazel-ish shade that I already have as a base and do a close-to-lash line, a little bit smudged if you’re worried about precision, in the blue and I’d then use the navy as a kohl and add black mascara. The Palettes HERE are £40 (non affiliate HERE) and the liners are £21.

 

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9 responses to “Charlotte Tilbury Super Blue Palette”

  1. Nusrat

    I’ve tried with blue eyeshadow/liner (seeing as apparently it makes my eye colour pop), but it never fails to make me look tired and make my skin look sallow. For reference I’ve got very dark brown eyes and dark, Asian, warm olive skin. My friend (brown eyes, very light East Asian skintone) also has the same problem. Maybe we’re just too warm toned? I guess some of us just have to stick with neutrals. :/

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    1. Jane

      It sounds like it SHOULD really suit you – maybe just a fine blue line close to the lashes might work for you – it’s how I wore my eyes yesterday over a light brown sheen base.

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    2. Arpita

      I am Asian Indian with very dark brown (almost black) eyes and medium brown skin. I love Urban Decay’s eye makeup; I find that it really suits darker skin tones. The UD shade called Plunge is a deep, vibrant metallic teal blue that I think looks good on me. Perhaps you can look for a similar shade? (I live in the U.S. where UD is widely available; I am unsure if you can obtain it in other countries.)

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      1. Jane

        Oh yes, you’re right – UD make such vibrant shades that I think they really compliment deeper tones.

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    3. Abraxas

      Tightline with blue and blue mascara….a soft brown shadow with dark blue shade on the outer ‘v’ to give the eye a bit of depth being careful not to use too much. I’m not having huge amounts of luck with blue palettes either so I only use a touch of blue and this seems to work much better.

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      1. Jane

        Sounds lovely – blue can be rally difficult.

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    4. Sebastian

      You need a blue with warm undertones – anyone can wear any colour, it’s just a matter of getting the undertones and saturation right. Teal or petrol blue would work well. Warm grey blue and turquoise are also good, and maybe a purplish iris blue. It sounds like looking at blues aimed at Spring and Autumn complexions might help – I take colour analysis with a pinch of salt since it’s a guide rather than an exact science, but the principles are helpful for figuring out what specific shades suit you rather than general colours.

      By olive, do you mean actual green undertones? Green undertones (olive does not just mean a deeper skin tone) can make brighter colours look odd. Generally, muted and less saturated colours look best. Olive undertones are very common in Asian skin types, and you can often see the similarities with olive skin tones in people from the Mediterranean (and often there is a shared genetic heritage thanks to the Persian and Ottoman empires). The OliveMUA community on reddit is incredibly helpful, by the way.

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      1. Jane

        Thanks for this – so helpful!

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  2. Nusrat

    Thanks for all your suggestions – I wasn’t expecting so many good tips! I’ll certainly give it another go. xx

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