No matter what color your eyes are, choosing an eye shadow, eye liner or even mascara that complements your eye color can up the impact of your eyes, making brown eyes more rich and chocolately, blue eyes more piercing and vivid, rare green eyes more radiant and sparkly, and hazel eyes more intense.
How to Make Your Eyes Stand Out
The secret to mesmerizing, look-at-me eyes is knowing which color will make your natural eye color look more intense. Complementary colors - those that are opposite one another on an artist's color wheel - make each other pop, so all you need to do is select shades that contrast your eye color.
Eye Shadow Colors to Make Brown Eyes Rich & Dreamy
If you've got deep, dark brown eyes then you're lucky; most eye shadow colors will enhance your eye color. For a little extra impact, choose deep purples and navy blue colors instead of the usual black smoky eye, liner or mascara. Since contrast is the key to making your eyes stand out, ditch brown eye shadows that are close to your natural eye color and instead stock your beauty bag with mocha and cappuccino colors with a glimmer of shimmer to stand out against your brown eyes.
Eye Shadow Colors to Make Blue Eyes Vivid & Piercing
Blue eyes are coveted by many, but pairing them with the wrong shade of eye shadow or eye liner can make blue eyes look dull and tired. Pink eye shadows can make the whites of blue eyes look bloodshot, so if you've got baby blues, ditch coral and pink eye colors.
To highlight your blue eyes, look for warm, sun-kissed shades of brown and gold to increase the impact of your peepers.
How to Make Green Eyes Sparkle Like Emeralds
Green eyes are among the rarest of all eye colors, so you should do all you can to show off your beautiful green eyes rather than let them simply fade into your face. Make everyone else green with envy over your rare green eyes by using bronze, copper and soft coral and peach tones. For a more smoldering look try rich purple and violet eye shadows. Steer clear of lavender and lilac shades,and instead opt for darker shades of purple and black that can be built up for a more dramatic, smoky look.
How to Intensify Hazel Eyes
Also rare, hazel eyes have an uncanny ability to differ in intensity of green or brown depending on the light and color of your clothes. Depending on your particular shade of hazel, experiment with a color range of shadows from the green and brown-eyed suggestions to see what works best for your eyes.
Black, charcoal and grey eye shadows look fantastic on all eye colors, so for a foolproof solution, just smudge on an intense streak of black kohl along your lash lines, brush on a couple coats of mascara, and you're good to go.
Skin tone also makes a difference when it comes to making your eyes stand out. Women with darker and olive skin tones can wear brighter colors well and should try rich coppers, rust and shades of violet along with black eyeliner and oodles of thickening mascara.
Don't underestimate the power of the perfect shade of eye shadow over your entire look. Apply the right tone of eye shadow for your eye color and amp up your style from ordinary to celeb-worthy!
