Emerald green makeup: 14 ways to wear Pantone’s colour of the year on your eyes and nails

by FASHION Staff March 14, 2013

Ever since emerald was announced as the Pantone colour of the year for 2013, it’s been trending as a must-wear shade for both fashion and beauty. But how do you actually incorporate such a bold colour into your everyday look? If you’re used to wearing neutrals on your lids and lashes it can be an especially daunting colour to consider—which is why we posed the question of how to wear emerald makeup to our Beauty Panel.

(Also, considering that St. Patrick’s Day just a few days away there’s never been a better time try wearing the colour. No one will question the addition of emerald green to your beauty routine on March 17th!)

Challenge 2: Emerald is the colour of the year for 2013. How will you incorporate this colour into your beauty routine? See the answers now! »

For a few of our Beauty Panel bloggers, emerald green was a natural choice for nail polish. Tess Lopez from Makeup By Tess, Anjali Handa of Rock That Look and Jennifer Francis from Spiced Beauty all showed off green-hued manicures. Shop Pretty’s Andrea Victory-LaCasse also did an eco-friendly green manicure, but used the time between painting coats of polish to drink a very trendy green smoothie. This may seem like an unusual beauty tip, but the vitamin and antioxidant-rich drink is the best way to give your complexion a boost.

However, the real challenge for applying emerald makeup is finding a way to wear it on your eyes. Christa Potter from Perilously Pale shows one shimmering take on the shade that would look just as good on a red carpet as it would for a night out with friends. Bold N Beautiful Makeup’s Janella Panchamsingh also has a vibrant emerald eye look. And it wouldn’t be a Beauty Panel on emerald green makeup if we didn’t mention the Sephora + Pantone Universe colour collection—you’ll see many different ways to use it throughout this post.

Have a beauty question you want to see the panel answer? Send it our way at beautypanel@fashionmagazine.com. Read on for the answers to this week’s challenge and get to know all the contributors on our Beauty Panel hub page.

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