Girls in the Beauty Department

The Impossible Has Occurred: Adriana Lima Has Made Me Crave Frosty White Eyeshadow

You know that super-shimmery white color in your eyeshadow quad—the one you've been not so much actively avoiding as kind of afraid to experiment with? Turns out you were just saving it for a very good cause: Copying the eye makeup Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima has on in this photo. How positively fetching does Adriana look with those inner Vs of sparkling white? Oh, fine, she always looks positively fetching. But here I really love how the rest of her makeup looks so natural, and the white serves as a statement—one that's soft enough for daytime but subtly glamorous. It brightens her whole face too. White super-shimmery eyeshadow, I apologize for underestimating you. Would you copy this eye makeup look seen on Adriana Lima? Photo: Getty Images

You know that super-shimmery white color in your eyeshadow quad—the one you've been not so much actively avoiding as kind of afraid to experiment with? Turns out you were just saving it for a very good cause: Copying the eye makeup Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima has on in this photo.

How positively fetching does Adriana look with those inner Vs of sparkling white? Oh, fine, she always looks positively fetching. But here I really love how the rest of her makeup looks so natural, and the white serves as a statement—one that's soft enough for daytime but subtly glamorous. It brightens her whole face too.

White super-shimmery eyeshadow, I apologize for underestimating you.

Would you copy this eye makeup look seen on Adriana Lima?

Photo: Getty Images