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100 Vibrant Makeup Ideas

From Kaleidoscopic Eyebrows to Psychedelic Cosmetics

— March 14, 2011 — Fashion
Winter's doldrum neutral hues are giving way to the bright colors of spring, and what better way is there to usher in warmer weather than with one of these vibrant makeup ideas? From Popsicle-hued pouts to avian eye makeup inspired by tropical birds, these color-popping cosmetics shun boring shades of brown, gray and nude.

Cosmetics represent the affordable, everyday way to express yourself artistically. For some women, vibrant makeup shouts their confidence and good mood out to the world; for others, it provides a beautiful medium with which to paint beauty and creativity. Whatever your motivation for getting gussied up, these vibrant makeup ideas will help you ditch the drab hues you've been hoarding all winter in favor of bright spring shades.
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Multicolor Makeup Spreads
Multicolor Makeup Spreads
The i-D Pre-Spring 2011 Covers are Outlandish and Inidivual
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94
Supermodel Bookmarks
Supermodel Bookmarks
Vlada's Style.com Lookbook
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93
Protective Summer Cosmetics
Protective Summer Cosmetics
MAC's Baby Bloom Protects From Chill of Air-Conditioners and Sun
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92
Orange & Purple Eye Accents
Orange & Purple Eye Accents
Saturated Hues for the Miu Miu Fall/Winter 2010 Collection
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91
Bright Oversized Pouts
Bright Oversized Pouts
'3.2.1..0' by Paula Delgado Features some Gigantic Peckers
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90
Celebritized Highlighter Makeup
Celebritized Highlighter Makeup
The Nicki Minaj Black Book Magazine Cover is Bold & Bright
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89
Colorful Spring Eye-Makeup
Colorful Spring Eye-Makeup
Maggie Rizer Showcases Her Peepers for Marie Claire UK April 2011
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88
Vintage-Veiled Vixens
Vintage-Veiled Vixens
Darla Baker is a Dark Bride for L'Officiel Russia February 2011
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87
Wild Makeup
Wild Makeup
MAC's 'Style Warriors' Line Embraces Its Animal Instincts
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86
Caricature Cosmetics
Caricature Cosmetics
'Monique' by Andrea D'Aquino Features Larger-Than-Life Hair & Makeup
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85
Kaleidoscopic Eyebrows
Kaleidoscopic Eyebrows
The Alek Wek Dutch Glamour August 2010 Editorial Features Hot Makeup
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84
Onyx Lips
Onyx Lips
'Black Turquoise' by Olya Yakovleva Puts a New Spin on Black Lipstick
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83
Seasonal Makeup Art
Seasonal Makeup Art
Ryan Doco Connors' 'The 4 Seasons' Series is Stunningly Fairy-Like
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82
LED Eyelashes
LED Eyelashes
Designer Soomi Park Puts a Twinkle in Your Eye
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81
Mustard Model Makeovers
Mustard Model Makeovers
The Damir Doma SS11 Show Contained Yellow Makeup & Sexy Silhouettes
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80
Gilded Magazine Spreads
Gilded Magazine Spreads
Eugenia Mandzhieva is Golden for Soon Magazine
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79
Sloppy Cosmetics
Sloppy Cosmetics
'Particules Elementaires' for Vogue Paris Features Intentionally Chaotic Makeup
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78
Pink Eye Editorials
Pink Eye Editorials
The Anais Pouliot Grey Magazine Spread Features Blushing Beauty Looks
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77
Neon Eyeshadow
Neon Eyeshadow
The Zaiba Jabbar Fashion156 Magazine Video is All About Summer
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76
Candy Coated Makeup
Candy Coated Makeup
'Sickly Sweet' from Lucy Turner is Sugary Confection Photography
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75
Blue-Faced Fashiontography
Blue-Faced Fashiontography
Niels Raabe by Markus Lambert Editorial Turns Elizabethans Indigo
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74
Candy-Colored Headsets
Candy-Colored Headsets
Jawbone Sweetens Bluetooth Chatting With 'Earcandy' Edition
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73
Geisha Glam
Geisha Glam
Kylie's New Tour Look
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72
Birdbrained Photography
Birdbrained Photography
The 'Bird is the Word' is Disturbingly Beautiful
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71
Face Splatter Style
Face Splatter Style
Win Dows by Alastair Strong Kicks Off Volt Man With a Splash
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70
Fiercely Fuchsia Eyelids
Fiercely Fuchsia Eyelids
Spring 2010 Eye Makeup Takes on Rosy Pink Proportions
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69
Technicolor Makeup
Technicolor Makeup
Eye-Popping Color in 'Can You Feel It' for i-D Magazine Pre-Fall
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68
Eyeshadow Masks
Eyeshadow Masks
Bold Makeup at Valentino Spring 2010 Couture
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67
Parrot-Hued Headdresses
Parrot-Hued Headdresses
Symbiosis by Zuhal Kocan Plays With Light, Color and Symbolism
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66
Customized Fake Eyelashes
Customized Fake Eyelashes
Beauty Lashes Out
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65
Hypercolor Androgyny
Hypercolor Androgyny
Phenomenon Fall 2009 Line is Gender-Confused for Dazed & Confused Japan
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64
Notched Lipstick
Notched Lipstick
AzWah Saadiq Paints V Shapes Into His Models' Lips
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63
Color Splotch Makeup
Color Splotch Makeup
Elias Hove Takes Inspiration from the Theatre of the Absurd
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62
Electric Makeup Hues
Electric Makeup Hues
MAC Autumn and Winter '08 Lines
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61
Bright Butterfly Eyelashes
Bright Butterfly Eyelashes
Lily Alden's Makeup is a Manga Masterpiece
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60
Paint Splattered Beauty Editorials
Paint Splattered Beauty Editorials
The Mirhé Grimmelmann Vogue China August 2010 Spread
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59
Avant-Garde Eyeshadow
Avant-Garde Eyeshadow
Solange Knowles Rocks a Ridge of Blue Eye Makeup
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58
Ferocious Makeup
Ferocious Makeup
'The Kids Are Alright' Russh Magazine August 2010 Spread
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57
Soft Psychedelic Spreads
Soft Psychedelic Spreads
I Feel Love by Mikael Shulz is Infused with Polychromatic Personality
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56
Colorful Cat Eye Closeups
Colorful Cat Eye Closeups
Up Close and Personal Beauty for 'Color Code' in Vogue Nippon
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55
Geometric Eye Makeup
Geometric Eye Makeup
Farzan Esfahani Autumn/Winter 2010 Collection Takes a Pop Art Spin on Fashion
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54
Rainbow Cosmetics
Rainbow Cosmetics
Vogue Italia Beauty March 2010 is Bright & Bold
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53
Candy Cane Eyebrows
Candy Cane Eyebrows
Photographer Indira Cesarine Captures Colors Perfectly
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52
Butterfly Eyes
Butterfly Eyes
Ali Charisma Autumn/Winter 2010 at Fashion Week Hong Kong
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51
Ruby Slipper Lips
Ruby Slipper Lips
'Kate' by Saima Altunkaya Focuses on a Single Facial Feature
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50
Motif Makeup
Motif Makeup
Harper's Bazzar China Celebrates 20th With Oriental Touch
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49
Embellished Bombshell Beautorials
Embellished Bombshell Beautorials
Glitterati by Jeff Tse Beams with Jessica Elise
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48
Neon Graffiti Styling
Neon Graffiti Styling
Alexis Reyna's Spring Summer 2011 Collection is Paint-Splattered
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47
Distorted Doll Faces
Distorted Doll Faces
Vivienne Westwood's Spring Summer 2011 Show has Ghostly Makeup
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46
Eccentric Eyes Editorial
Eccentric Eyes Editorial
Helene Demettre in Flair Magazine Boasts Eye-Popping Colors
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45
Feisty Makeup Photography
Feisty Makeup Photography
Gloria Rios & Andrew Quesada Feed Off Each Other's Artistry
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44
Life Savers Lips
Life Savers Lips
Soon Tong's 'Sugar Babe' is a Decadent Candy-Filled Fantasy
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43
Electrifying Eyeshadow
Electrifying Eyeshadow
Vogue Nippon Beauty Showcases Vivid Makeup Shades
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42
Gagafied Lip Gloss Lines
Gagafied Lip Gloss Lines
MAC Viva Glam Gaga Lipglass Joins the Pop Queen Cosmetics Collection
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41
Monstrous Movie Makeup
Monstrous Movie Makeup
Lisa-Marie Charron's Makeup Shots are Eerily Unique
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40
Super Smeared Shadows
Super Smeared Shadows
10 Magazine Shows Crazy Post-Party Makeup Looks
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39
All-White Cosmetics Combos
All-White Cosmetics Combos
Makeup by Mark Lim is Edgy, Avant-Garde and Just Plain Hot
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38
Hazy Masquerade Makeup
Hazy Masquerade Makeup
'Mirror Badu' by DOBERWOO Will Put You in a Trance
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37
Fiery Feathered Brows
Fiery Feathered Brows
Sergey Voronov's 'Hello Tokio' Series Offers Great Halloween Ideas
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36
Color-Pop Cosmetics
Color-Pop Cosmetics
Illamasqua Beauty Products Now Available Outside the UK
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35
Ghostly Geisha Spreads
Ghostly Geisha Spreads
The Danni Li Rouge Magazine Spread is Hauntingly Beautiful
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34
Feathered Makeup
Feathered Makeup
Mark Lim Makes Bird-Brained Beauty Feasible for Fashionistas
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33
Color-Blocked Makeup
Color-Blocked Makeup
Clashing Cosmetics Punctuate Dior's Fall/Winter 2010 Haute Couture Collection
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32
Splatter-Painted Eye Makeup
Splatter-Painted Eye Makeup
'Luft' by Aaron McPolin Uses Fun, Controlled Chaos for Beauty
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31
Multicolored Makeup Masks
Multicolored Makeup Masks
Zeb Daemen and Laurent Dombrowicz Make Colors Collide
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30
Avian Makeup
Avian Makeup
Aaron McPolin 'Birdy' & 'Colour' Series Showcases Artistic Beauty Shots
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29
Sensual Lips Photography
Sensual Lips Photography
‘Lipservice' in Tush Magazine
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28
Vibrant Retro Spreads
Vibrant Retro Spreads
The Ultra Hot 'Color Me Beautiful' W Magazine September 2010 Issue
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27
Two-Tone Lipstick
Two-Tone Lipstick
Ciler Erbil Features Flawless Skin & Avant-Garde Makeup
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26
Sultry Makeup Collaborations
Sultry Makeup Collaborations
The Alice + Olivia MAC Color Cosmetics Collection
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25
Glittery Man Makeup
Glittery Man Makeup
Paul Helbers Shows Guys How to Shine in 10 Men Magazine
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24
Technicolor Woodland Shoots
Technicolor Woodland Shoots
The 'Jardins De Babylone' Series is Set in a Fantastical Forest
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23
Psychedelic Burlesque Spreads
Psychedelic Burlesque Spreads
Iris Strubegger by Francois Nars Showcases Chaotic Couture
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22
Lacy Lower Lashes
Lacy Lower Lashes
'YOUAREWOW' by Lena Erysheva Features Mask Makeup and Fake Tattoos
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21
80s Rocker-Chic Couture
80s Rocker-Chic Couture
Agyness Deyn in French Vogue
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20
War Paint Editorials
War Paint Editorials
Makeup Artist Tyen Creates Urban ‘Peintures de Guerre'
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19
Surrealist Makeup
Surrealist Makeup
Mo-Zo's Eccentric Hodgepodge of Cosmetic Beauty
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18
Comic-Inspired Makeup
Comic-Inspired Makeup
Monrad and Andren Look Fabulous in Issue 21 of Tush Magazine
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17
Tribal Makeup
Tribal Makeup
MAC's Upcoming 'Colour Craft' Line is a Must for Exotic Divas
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16
Ronald McDonald Hair
Ronald McDonald Hair
Space-Age Clown Locks in 'Alien Dolls' by Paco Peregrin & Kattaca
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15
Hypercolor Lips
Hypercolor Lips
Daniela Glunz Experiments with Common Cosmetic Photography
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14
Technicolor Makeup Shoots
Technicolor Makeup Shoots
Vogue Paris 90th Anniversary Issue Shows Us the Future of Cosmetics
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13
Nature-Inspired Makeup
Nature-Inspired Makeup
Artists Celebrate Flora and Fauna With Cosmetics
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12
Boy George Runway Makeup
Boy George Runway Makeup
80's Face Paint is Back in Fashion, and It's Bad
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11
Kaleidoscopic Lips
Kaleidoscopic Lips
Surreal Makeup from Sylvia Dell' Orto
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10
Living Doll Photography
Living Doll Photography
Andy Julia's Photos Turn Models into Mannequins
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9
Glitter-Encrusted Eyelids
Glitter-Encrusted Eyelids
Luscious Lips & Vivid Colors Create Picture-Perfect Editorials
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8
Magnificent Makeup Masks
Magnificent Makeup Masks
Igor Bogun's Transcendent Fashion Photography
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7
Fruity Makeup
Fruity Makeup
Creative Cosmetics Turn Your Face into a Watermelon
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6
Monochromatic Makeup
Monochromatic Makeup
Rosario Ruiz's 'Colormiuse' Models Rock One Shade Apiece
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5
Magnificent Manga Makeup
Magnificent Manga Makeup
Anime-Inspired Cosmetics & Extreme Makeup
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4
Crazy Clownish Cosmetics
Crazy Clownish Cosmetics
The Igor Oussenko 'Vision of Beauty' Series
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3
Kaleidoscope Kissers
Kaleidoscope Kissers
Glittery Mouthpieces By Ralf Pulmann Bring Back Neon Lips
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2
80s Eye Makeup
80s Eye Makeup
High-Drama Edgy Eyes Hit the Runways
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1
Manga Makeup
Manga Makeup
Extreme Japanese Anime Eyes
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