“Like red lipstick and pearl necklaces, blue eyeshadow is shorthand for the very idea of beauty. It's the make-up kids draw on their paper dolls, and what Disney princesses and villains wear. Cultural icons and filmmakers use it to create stories and tellingly, it's often seen in drag (see: Divine in Pink Flamingos).” (via i-D)

“The first rule in wearing eye makeup is that you can never wear too much blue eyeshadow.” — My Girl (1991)

sources
• blue eyeshadow rules pop culture — but who actually wears it? (i-D)
• the light blue eye shadow in the movies (nss g-club)
• shades of blue: fashion’s obsession with blue eyeshadow (v magazine)
• from Blue Velvet to Buffalo 66: how blue eye shadow conquered cult film (dazed digital)