If you aren't the type to wear eye makeup frequently, choosing an eyeshadow shade that works for you can be difficult.Trying to find one that looks good on you can feel like a lot of work.You can use your eye color, skin tone, and hair color to find the perfect shade to complete your look.No thinking involved!
Step 1: Lighten up for blue eyes.
Dark shades will distract from your eyes.It's best to use neutral tones like coral, champagne, or gray-brown.When applying eyeshadow, try to get a champagne hue over your lid and a brown in your crease.Make your eyes stand out with a black eyeliner.
Step 2: Go smoky for gray eyes.
Gray eyes are different from hazel in that they reflect blues, grays, and greens.Using smoky shades like misty grays or silvery blues will bring out the natural gray of the eye rather than changing it's color.Try using a dark eyeliner to draw more attention to the gray.
Step 3: Use neutral colors for green eyes.
Green eyes stand out on their own, so muted colors help draw attention to their natural sparkle.Green eyes will appear more vivid with colors like a dusty purple/plum or brown.If you want a dusky purple on the crease, try a pale pink.To make the green pop, blend the two together and finish with a plum eyeliner.
Step 4: Try metallics for hazel eyes.
Similar to gray eyes, hazel eyes can change depending on what eyeshadow you use.To keep the natural hazel color, shades of bronze, gold, or deeper pinks should be used.Try out a neutral beige on the lids and a green metallic in the crease to enhance the mixed colors.
Step 5: Try using contrasting colors.
Almost anything works with brown eyes, but colors that are opposite on the color wheel like purple or teal will help deepen the brown of the eye.Salmon, a coppery gold, and a reddish brown are some of the colors that work.If you have light brown eyes, stick to neutral tones like a light pink on your lid and a reddish brown in your crease.
Step 6: Take your skin tone into account.
If you look at your veins in natural lighting, you can determine your skin tone.You have a cool skin tone if they are blue or purple.If your veins are green, you have a warm skin tone and may have olive skin.You may have a neutral skin tone if you can't determine what color they are.Keep in mind that those with darker skin can also have a warm or cool skin tone.If you don't know if you tan easily or burn in the sun, ask.You have a warm skin tone if you tan easily.If you burn, you have a cool skin tone.You can decide if you look best in silver or gold.Cool skin tones look best in silver.The neutrals look the same in both.You are likely in the neutral category if none of the methods seem to work.
Step 7: Try neutral colors for warm skin tones.
You want to work with the yellow or golden color of your skin.Natural coloring can be enhanced by using colors like bronze, light pink, coral, or light green.
Step 8: Blue and silvery colors are great for cool skin tones.
The natural colors for cool skin types are blues and pinks, so try colors like silver, teal, lilac, or gray to play up your features.
Step 9: If you want neutral skin tones, experiment with everything.
They can pull off almost any color if they have neutral skin tones.Try creams or taupes to work with natural coloring.
Step 10: Darker skin should avoid ashy or pallid colors.
The colors will wear off throughout the day.It's better to go for richer colors like jewel tones, which will appear more subdued on darker skin and last longer.
Step 11: If you want fair skin, stay away from dark grays.
These colors can make you look bruised and wash out your skin.If you want to avoid this, go for softer pastels.The colors will still stand out against your skin.
Step 12: Take a look at your hair color.
Black, brown, blonde, red/auburn, and gray/white are some of the main shades of hair.It will be easier to choose an eyeshadow that works for you.
Step 13: Try to get black and brown hair.
All colors work with brown hair.Black, purple, yellow, green, and brown are some of the bold colors that will work in contrast to your hair color.If you have fair skin and dark hair, it's best to stick to neutral colors like gold and beige, or pastels, so your skin doesn't look bruised.
Step 14: Try neutral or natural colors.
Dark eyeshadow colors can be overpowering for people with blonde hair.Natural coloring can be enhanced by sticking to colors like gray, pink, black, blue, gold, or cream.
Step 15: For auburn or red hair, try semi-muted colors.
Since red or auburn hair is already bold in coloring, shades like black, pink, gold, olive, or copper will help the hair to stand out more.The focus may be pulled away from the hair by shimmery colors.
Step 16: You can use pastels for gray or white hair.
The lighter coloring will complement the fairness of the hair color.Natural highlights in the hair can be pulled out with certain colors.
Step 17: Try different hair colors.
Choosing opposite colors on the color wheel can help make your hair color pop even more.If you have green hair, try pinks and purples.If you have pink hair, try chartreuse or lime green.Try to focus on the colors that make up your face.If you have blue hair, a gold or dusky orange would look good.