The Genetic Mutation We All Want

I have always been incredibly envious of Liz Taylor's definitive, brilliant violet eyes.

I love the story of her being born and doctors breaking the news to her parents that little baby Elizabeth suffered from a genetic mutation....
I'm sure their hearts stopped in this moment as they imagined what horrific disfiguring mutation had befallen their new child. And then the doctor clarifies that the mutation is distichiasis --a double row of eyelashes. How terrible! Not. 

Unfortunately for the majority of us the only way to achieve Taylor's unparalleled peepers is via colored contacts. Or, for us blue-eyed babes, use eyeshadow with some redness in it (think more maroon than lavender). I also like L'Oreal's Hip eyeshadow.

Try dipping your brush in water and then into the deeper purple and us it as a smudgy liner closest to the eye and on the actual eyelid, and the bright purple just above it. Think this look----