13 Mermaid-Inspired Beauty Looks for Every Wannabe Sea Goddess

Life is just much more beautiful under the sea. 🐚 🐠 🐳

Mermaids are the most stunning of all the mythical creatures. Whether they’re fresh-faced beauties like your beloved Ariel or take a more sinister style approach, the queens of the deep blue sea have a few beauty tricks we’d love to adopt. With beach season around the corner, it’s to be expected that beauty-obsessed babes will start to take inspiration from mermaids. These are just a few of the ways you can steal their style and find some awesome products that will help you get the look.

1. Add a touch of sparkle to your eyes

What is a mermaid without a touch of glitter?

Try: MAC Cosmetics Mixing Medium Eyeliner, MAC Cosmetics Glitter

2. Give your lips the underwater treatment

Only a merman could earn a kiss from these lacquered lips.

Try: Kat Von D Studded Kiss Lipstick in Poe, Kat Von D Studded Kiss Lipstick in Plan9, Kat Von D Metal Crush Eyeshadow in Electric Warrior

3. Use a monochromatic color palette to give your eyes and lips a deep-below-the-sea feel

Seashell crown optional.

Try: Soft, pastel shades with reflective glitter

4. A seafoam shadow with an icy touch will make you look like an oceanic goddess

Just look out for any sea witches who try to snatch your new signature style.

Try: Johnny Concert Amplified Eyeshadow in Electric Heart

5. Use a turquoise liner to up your crease

A touch of blue always feels like home.

Try: stila Waterproof Liquid Liner in Turquoise

6. Highlight your brows with a touch of gold

7. Give your eye makeup an ocean spray effect

There are few things as pretty as an ocean wave.

Try: NARS Cream Eyeshadow Duo in Burn it Blue

8. A sunkissed look will make you look lit from within like a radiant mermaid

No UV Rays necessary.

Try: BECCA Cosmetics Backlight Priming Filter, BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector in Opal

9. If you can’t commit to soft, blue mermaid hair, a lush pair of lashes will be lovely

They’ll be lusting after your lashes from one coast to the the other.

Try: Huda Beauty Mink Lash in Audrey

10. A silver shadow with a glossy finish will make you look like an ocean goddess

These shimmering shades mimic the ocean after nightfall.

Try: Maybelline Color Tattoo in Shimmering Sea, MAC x Brooke Candy Studio Eye Gloss in Whiteyin

11. Take it to the dark side of the ocean with these jewel-toned shades on the eyes and lips

An eye look as dark as the deep, blue sea.

Try: Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix Palette, Colour Pop Ultra Matte Liquid Lipstick in Jellies

12. Turn your eyes into an oceanside sunset

This eye look will be as unforgettable as the first time you watched the sunset by the water.

Try: Maybelline Color Tattoo Metal 24 Hour Cream Gel Eyeshadow in Gold Rush, Maybelline Color Tattoo Pure Pigments in Potent Purple

13. Give your lids new life using water-inspired hues

An eye look that will make you want to travel to tropical oceans.

Try: BH Cosmetics Take Me To Brazil Palette