Get The Goddess Look: Eos

Eos

This daughter of Theia and Hyperion, and sister to Helios (the sun) and Selena (the moon), is the goddess of the dawn and the herald of her brother, the sun. Each morning Eos rises and scatters her light across the horizon, bringing forth the day for mankind. She is the soft light of early morning, and the dew upon the ground is her tears.

Hidden behind her gentle luminosity is a beauty unmatched by mortals—and matched by few other Greek goddesses. Like Selene, Eos had a tendency in myth to abduct beautiful young men—and who would deny her? The dawn goddess holds sacred the morning dew, saffron, and the colors of morning light. Here is a list of products that will help you start your day bright and beautiful.

When Eos took Tithonos as her consort, she begged Zeus to grant the prince immortality, but she forgot to ask for eternal youth. As the decades passed so did Tithonos' youth, until he shriveled up into grasshopper. Thankfully, Bliss' godsend, The Youth As We Know It moisturizing cream, has everything needed to keep that grasshopper look at bay, including MMP Inhibitors, Wrinkle Reduction Peptides, Visual Facial Fillers, Cellular Respiration Boosters, Hyperdermal Destressors, 7-Day Hydrators, Barrier Repairing Ceramides, Wrinkle Relaxers, Multifruit Complex, and Vitazyme A. Now, can nectar and ambrosia compare?



Two of the things for which Eos was most remembered by Greek poets were for being the goddess of dawn and for seducing handsome young men, the latter being a curse placed upon her by Aphrodite for Eos' affair with Aphrodite's lover, Ares. With Laura Mercier's Lip Color - Shimmer in Pink Dawn and Seduction, you too can get the lip-smacking look of the glowing dawn goddess.






When Eos' son, Menmon, died during the Trojan War, she wept so hard that her tears covered the earth. Now, each morning she awakes from dreaming about him and weeps anew—her tears are the morning dew. Kevyn Aucoin Beauty has a more uplifting story to tell with their Dew Drop Powder Foundation, a creamy powder foundation that will keep your skin even toned and smooth from morning till night.



As the "rosy-fingered" and "golden-armed" goddess of the morning dew and light, Eos is supernaturally gorgeous. Get her pre-day peepers with Shiseido's The Makeup Hydro-Powder Eye Shadow in Goldlights, Whitelights, Rose Tulle, and Clover Dew—shades that will grant you dawn-goddess appeal no matter the time of day (or night).





Often described as "robed in saffron," Eos' beauty is unfathomable—only possibly imagined as being like a seducing screen siren of the 1960s, such as Brigitte Bardot. And like Bardot, Eos is remembered for her multiple affairs with handsome men—one could say she gets what she wants. Tocca makes the comparison more concrete by incorporating saffron and rose (both connected to Eos) into their glamorous eau de parfum inspired by Brigitte Bardot herself.


Want Eos' "rosy-fingered" glow? Sephora by OPI has just the thing with their Nail Colour in Wardrobe Change—a shimmering pink rose that will make your hands look as fresh as the morning.






By her titanic husband, Astraios, Eos was seen as the mother of the winds and the stars. And just as Eos heralds the rising of the sun each day, the Astra (stars) herald the coming of their mother. Celebrate Eos' glimmering nocturnal children with Make Up For Ever's Star Glitter, which forms a glimmering veil over the hair, body, and face.

-Dax Carver