Make up
tips
The Right Eye Shadow
for Your Eye Colour
As a makeup artist I always get asked
various questions about makeup and one
of the most popular ones is, ‘What eye
shadow to choose for my eye colour?’’.
There are so many eye shadow brands,
types and colours available to purchase,
there is no wonder why you lovely ladies
get lost in this big colourful world of
makeup. Here are some tips of what
would work best for your eye colour.
The key thing to remember is that you
want your eye colour to stand out not to
extinguish it. The most important tip is to
try and stay away from the same colour
eye shadow as your eye colour. Why?
Because matching your eye shadow to
your eye colour can look monochromatic,
they will just blend in together, so try
and avoid this. You need to bring out the
colour of your eyes, make them pop. It
doesn’t mean that you can’t ever use the
same eye shadow as your eye colour,
you can, but it won’t compliment your
eyes as much.
Blue eyes
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The right makeup should enhance the
natural blue of your eyes. As it is a cool
colour, warm shades, will compliment
your eyes best. Choose earthy colours
such as browns, taupe and slate colour
greys. Also, champagne, golden copper,
rust, terracotta, coral, rose, peach and
neutral shades. For a night out try dark
plum, violet, black or even deep blue
shades. For day time, instead of black
eye liner use dark brown, as black can
be overpowering. In fact, dark brown
mascara will complete the look nicely if
you wear warm or bronze tones as an
eye shadow.
Green eyes
If you have green eyes, warm shades
such as bronze, gold and copper will look
fabulous on you. Purple, lavender, plum
or lilac shades are also great choices
but try to avoid blue shades. Black eye
liner can be overpowering especially
on green eyes so it is better to use dark
brown, grey or even plum shades. If you
are a black liner addict try to swap it for
charcoal. Choose mascara in brown
tones too; leave the black for a night out.
Brown eyes
If you have brown eyes you are a lucky
lady! As it is a neutral colour you can get
away with almost any eye shadow colour.
One of the best colours that look great on
brown eyes is purple. Blue, teal, green,
silver and metallic tones such as gold,
bronze, browns and pink also work well
with brown eyes. As for neutrals, go for
chocolates, coppers and taupes. An eye
liner and mascara could be anything from
deep navy blue, green, purple, plum,
grey or black.