Each one of our beautiful handmade candles with organic soy wax, fresh herbs, crystals, essential oils, and a lot of positive energy Evil Eye Protection: The Nazar Boncuk charm (or Turkish Eye Bead) is an "eye", often set on a blue background. It stares back at the world to ward off the evil eye and keep you safe from harm. Since then the people have been attaching this Turkish evil eye bead to everything they wished to protect from the evil eyes. From the newborn babies to their horses or even to the doors of their homes. What do the colors mean? In Turkey or in Greece and surrounding countries, the most popular evil eye charm color is blue.