A late post for a manic Monday complete with food spills, traffic, and a long shoot day. Now in bed with my Mac Book on my lap, feet on a pillow, and Hoarders on TV, I’m finally ready to write on my day in makeup.

While blue wouldn’t necessarily be the right choice for you (or most), matching your lip color with your nail color is a super cute way to punch up an ensemble. The colors in the clothing and accessories on the job today were all sorts of bright, so we decided to go really strong on the makeup in the same direction using that matching concept.

Choose a bright color like pink, tangerine, or purple for summer and keep the rest of the face simple. Like the iphone pic above of model Alex showing off her matching lips and nails, you can use the color to play with a vivid outfit. Or, the matching lips and nails can be your accessory to basics like black, white, or grey. A solid cocktail dress with bright pink lips and bright pink nails would be a-mazing.

I had painted my nails blue too, so adorable photo assistant Beatrice took this pic of all that blue on blue madness. I know I’m such a tease, but I’ve been forbidden from posting pics of the actual shoot before the images are published…