Vibrant, colorful, eye-catching makeup looks are all the rage right now. While smokey eye looks and nude shades can be great choices in your every day life, sometimes you’re looking for something a little more creative and colorful.
If you’re just getting started with makeup, playing with bright colors can be a little bit intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be. Think of bright eyeshadow looks as a way for you to experiment with and get better at makeup while also using your makeup as a way to express yourself.
There are a ton of makeup palettes out there that are full of bold and bright colors that are perfect for people to step out of the box and work pops of color into their makeup. Here are 15 eyeshadow palettes that will liven up any of your makeup looks!
Here’s a good palette if you’re looking to start getting into using more colors in your eye makeup. This palette from Anastasia Beverly Hills comes with nine shades that are a mix of colorful shades and more natural shades. The colors in this palette will give your makeup looks a nice pop, but are subdued enough to work into your every day looks. There’s a mix of matte shades and shimmery shades, so you can play with different looks from day to day.
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Try this Neon Obsessions palette from Huda Beauty if you’re looking to add a bright pop of pink into your makeup look. Four of the nine shades in this palette are shimmery glitter shades, which are perfect for an eye makeup look that you’re wearing on a Friday night out with friends. Let your inner Regina George out with this eye popping pink eyeshadow palette.
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The Radioactive palette from Melt Cosmetics has every color of the rainbow. It has eight neon shades that are sure to make any eye makeup look pop. The colors in this palette are pressed pigments, so the payoff from these shades are unbelievable.
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The Sweet Violet fun sized eyeshadow palette from Violet Voss offers all of the color and pigment you would get from a full size palette without taking up nearly as much space. It’s full of purples, blues and pinks, which are perfect for crafting bold nighttime eye makeup looks.
There are shimmery and matte shades in this palette, so you have all you need for a eye popping look in the palm of your hand.
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The beach is full of fun, bright colors to inspire your summer eye makeup looks, and the Flamingo PRO palette from Violet Voss captures those beach vibes perfectly.
It comes with 20 bright and vibrant shades with names inspired by the beach, like Tidal Wave, Popsicle, and Seashell. This palette is the perfect choice if you’re looking for some colorful eyeshadow to craft vibrant summer eye makeup looks.
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It’s always super helpful when you can do your entire eye makeup look out of one palette, and the James Charles palette by Morphe is the perfect palette for that. You can have all of your eyeshadow needs met with this one palette.
This palette has a mix of matte and shimmery highly pigmented shades. No matter what kind of look you’re going for the James Charles palette is sure to have the shades for you. It gives you the capability to be as creative with your eye makeup as you want to be.
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Sometimes you’re looking for a bold, vibrant eye look that rivals the neon signs you’d see in a city at night, and the Wired pressed pigment palette from Urban Decay is the perfect choice for that. It comes with ten creamy shades that are super pigmented and also easy to blend and build.
If you’re looking for something a little more subdued with this palette, use the true white shade Glitch to turn these neon shades into colorful pastels. This palette will have you ready for a night out in no time.
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The e.l.f. x JKissa To The Rescue palette has every color of the rainbow– literally. It comes with 18 shades with matte, shimmer, and metallic shades, giving you a ton of freedom to do your makeup however you want.
As a bonus, this palette is vegan and cruelty-free, so this is a perfect choice if you’re looking for a colorful eyeshadow palette that was ethically created.
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Maddie Ziegler is well-known for being an amazing dancer, and now you can have a makeup palette inspired by her in your life. The Imagination palette by Morphe and Maddie Ziegler is full of bright and colorful shades that can allow you to let your imagination run wild.
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Palettes don’t always need to be huge to pack a giant punch of color. The Zulu palette from Juvia’s Place comes with nine super bright shades that will liven up any and all eye makeup looks when you’re looking to make your eyeshadow pop.
It comes with metallic and matte shades, perfect for crafting a balanced and in depth look. The bright colors in this palette are perfect for letting out your inner artist and making looks that are good for day time or night time.
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Patricia Bright, a makeup artist of Instagram fame, teamed up with Makeup Revolution to create a highly pigmented 28 shade eyeshadow palette. It comes with matte, shimmery, and metallic shades, which gives you everything you need to craft a variety of eye catching makeup looks.
There are colors in here that are difficult to find in other palettes, like a neon orange, bright yellow, and shimmery ruby red. It’s also vegan and cruelty free.
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Birds are known in nature for their vibrant, colorful feathers. You can take inspiration from them in your makeup looks with the Birds of Paradise Forever Flawless palette from Makeup Revolution.
This palette comes with 18 tropical colored eye shadow shades. They come with exotic names inspired by birds and paradise, like Take Flight, Love Birds, Tweet and Tail Feather. With this palette, your makeup will be ready for wherever your wings decide to carry you.
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The Brights Ultimate Shadow Palette from NYX is the perfect choice if you’re looking for professional quality colorful shadows in one palette. All of the shades in this palette are velvety and blendable and come in a variety of finishes, like mattes, satins, shimmers, and metallics.
Whether you’re looking for a little pop of color or a full blown bold eye look, this palette is a great choice for you.
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The cities of Japan are full of bright lights and vibrant colors, and now you can use those colors as inspiration for your makeup looks with the Trendy in Tokyo palette from BH Cosmetics.
It comes with 16 vibrant and easy to blend eyeshadow shades that will help you create bold eye looks. The shades are inspired by Japan, with names like Anime, Sushi, Wasabi, and Mt. Fuji.
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