Aqua-Blue Eyeliner: Electric Lady Land

When everyone is riding the wave of the neon coral lip, it’s easy to forget there’s another, consistently fresh way to inject color to your sun-kissed face: the electric blue eye. Just look at Sarah Jessica Parker and Rihanna, two women who can pull almost anything off because they dare to try, and notice the high-wattage jolt via a single shot of eyeliner. Instant energy – and a little bit of good humor – to the face in a single sweep. Just make sure it is, indeed, single. More than a precise line or a slick pop of shadow and you’re going to look like a little girl who snuck into her mommy’s makeup drawer. Keep it simple and the rest of your face as neutral as possible. As in some sheen-filled lip balm (like Burt’s Bees) and little else.

The liners that will live up to your ocean-aqua expectations? Make Up For Ever‘s Aqua Eyes pencil ($18) in “Turquoise” is waterproof and smudge-proof so you’ll have bright eyes all day; plus, it can double as a shadow. Or if it’s some glimmer you’re after, try Sisley‘s Phyto-Kohl eyeliner ($53) in “Pure Saphire”, a pencil that glides on with glittering highlights to make your eyes sparkle. Nars‘ liquid liner ($27) in “Blue Bayou” and By Terry‘s Ligne Blackstar ($43) in “Ocean Spirit,” made with fountain pen technology, will grant you a precision-perfect cat eye, for a truly sharp look. All of these will have you doing the electric slide in no time!