We all wear makeup for different reasons. For some of us, we wear makeup to feel more confident while others find it therapeutic and fun. Whatever the reason may be, most of us wear makeup to feel a certain way.
Growing up, a lot of us were told that makeup is used to enhance your natural beauty and it’s true! Wearing makeup might make us feel more confident but that canvas is always the same! Each and every one of us is beautiful in our own way, but sometimes we want to enhance that beauty a little bit.
A great way to do this is to enhance features we like most about ourselves. For many that feature is their eyes because no two eye colors are the same and it is crazy how much we can do to make them pop! While it may seem tricky to do this, it’s actually pretty easy when you have the right tools!
To make your eyes shimmer and shine, try out one of these eyeshadow palettes that would look fabulous with your eye color!
To pick the best eyeshadow colors for your personal eyeshade, you need to stick with complementary colors! The easiest and most popular way of showing this is through a color wheel.
The basics of the color wheel are whatever your eye color is, the shade directly across from it is your complementary colors! So if you have blue eyes, your complementary color would be orange. If you have green eyes, your complementary color would be red, easy!
But one color doesn’t give us many variations, which brings us to analogous colors, which are the colors on either side of your primary hue. So if you have blue eyes, your complementary color is orange but your analogous colors are blue-violet and blue-green, or really any shade of blue in general.
So now that you’ve got the basics, let’s get into the fun part!
People are always envious of blue eyes. Blue eyes look fantastic against any hair color and are usually clear and bright! But with such a brilliant shade, finding eyeshadow colors that don’t clash can feel impossible. But in fact, you actually have more complementary colors than not!
Picking out an eyeshadow palette for you is simple as blue eyes look stunning against shades of orange and complementary blues, and this could be seen on the color wheel above! To be more specific, look for shades of terracotta, coral, rose gold, copper, bronze, turquoise, navy, champagne, and gold as these are guaranteed to make your eyes pop! Finding an eyeshadow palette with these colors is easy-peasy!
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Your green eyes usually make green-eyed monsters out of everyone else. You probably get a lot of compliments of your eye color as is and since they’re so rare with only about 2% of the population having them, how could you not be envied?!
To make your eyes sparkle and pop, look towards your complementary color of red and your analogous colors of blue-green and yellow-green… so basically just every shade of green! Green eyes often have some yellow or gold in them, too, so take this into account when looking for complementary and analogous shades!
The best shades for green eyes are taupe, purple, silver, sage, bronze, pinks, reds, copper, maroon, and cranberry. These specific shades will make you be the envy of any social situation and will make your rare eyes shine!
With fall and winter just around the corner, finding an eyeshadow palette with these shades is super easy and you can find one almost everywhere!
Shop here some of the best eyeshadow palettes for green eyes:
Hazel eyes are often mistaken for green or brown which is what makes them so special! Hazel eyes have transformative powers and seem to change with the weather. Because of this, the eyeshadow shades for you are endless! You can wear almost any color and, depending on if you want your eyes to look brown or greener, you can manipulate the colors and get that effect!
The best shades for hazel eyes are endless, but we recommend trying out shades of green, plum, rose gold, mauve, purple, earthy tones, muted greens, yellow/gold, olive, understated colors that aren’t quite so bright, and pink to really make those babies pop!
Since you have so much versatility, you can find an eyeshadow palette to compliment your hazel eyes are every turn. But to help you narrow it down…
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Brown eyes are very underappreciated and shouldn’t be! Having brown eyes gives depth to the face and adds an heir of mystery to every single beauty with this eye color! Since you have brown eyes, you can pull off literally any eyeshadow color because you don’t have to worry about clashing colors!
Brown eyes look good with every color, bright or light. For brown eyes, in particular, we recommend you try out colors such as olive, green, copper, rose gold, cobalt, gold, eggplant, navy, salmon, and bronze. Like we said, you can’t clash so live out your makeup fantasy!
Like we said, your eyes are by far the easiest to shop for! And with so many new eyeshadow palettes coming out with pops of color, it shouldn’t be hard to find a palette that is both fun and practical!
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Grey eyes are another rare color that is often confused for blue or green. Grey eyes tend to reflect whatever color they’re looking at, giving them a transformative effect as well. Lucky you, you can pick blue or green eyes for the day and be the envy of everyone!
Grey eyes look amazing with dark contrast, but can also look stunning with lighter shades. In other words, you have one of the more versatile eye colors so take advantage of that! Try out colors like orange, red, violet, red-browns, wines, maroons, pinks, plums, and silver! If you want your eyes to look blue one day try out the colors recommended for blue! If you want more green, try out the shades recommended for green! The world is your oyster, and your eyes are pearls!
You’ve got some of the best eyes to do makeup on! You have gorgeous chameleon eyes, embrace it! Don’t just stick to the neutrals, go a little out of your comfort zone too! Finding an eyeshadow palette that can do both is simple!
Shop here some of the best eyeshadow palettes for grey eyes:
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