Example 1
Alec's eyes are very blue in color.
As opposed to being very blue in texture? We kid, we kid. But this sentence is still wickedly wordy. Blue is a color, so you don't need to say in color.
Example 2
Elaine is camping out in front of Best Buy in order to be the first person in line for the new Playstation.
This sentence is wordy because of in order. We simply don't need it. Instead, we could say Elaine is camping out in front of Best Buy to be first in line for the new Playstation.
See what we did there? We cut out person, too. It may be presumptuous, but we're pretty sure all of the folks in line with Elaine will be people, too (at least until the robot overlords take over), so the distinction that she'll be the first person is unnecessary.
Example 3
Kait only packed the basic important essentials for the camping trip at Lake Tahoe.
Nope. Nope nope nope. The essentials for a camping trip (which are, um, graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate, right? Right?) are already important. They're what you need at the most basic level. You only need to say "essentials." That word packs a lot in… unlike Kait, whose backpack is probably pretty light.