Whether you have blue eyes, brown eyes, green or hazel, knowing the colour chart and knowing what colours look best to compliment your eyes is a game changer for your make-up looks. Any eyeshadow colour will look amazing on your eyes, but it is scientifically proven that certain colours can enhance your eye colour more, which we can all agree we wouldn’t want to miss out on knowing.
The colour wheel is a fundamental beauty tool that will help you identify what colour suits your eyes best. Depending on your eye colour, the general practice of the colour wheel is to go with the colours opposite what your eye colour is, as this set of colours will make your eyes pop the most. Picking the right eyeshadow colours can elevate your make-up look and make your eye’s natural beauty shine through.
Blue Eyes
Blue eyes come in all shades and pigments, some are paler, some are very bright, and some have a mix of different shades within them, so as a general rule of thumb when looking at what colours would make your blue eyes pop, go on the opposite of the colour wheel. For blue eyes, oranges, browns and copper colours alongside peach and berry tones are perfect to really make their blue eyes pop. The burnt orange aesthetic is one that contrasts well with blue eyes and can be easily dressed up with a touch of champagne glitter or dressed down by leaving it natural. The Pantherine Eyeshadow Palette is a lovely coppery and burnt orange eyeshadow palette that would be very flattering for those of you who have blue eyes. The Mac Art Library Flame Boyant palette is a rich pigmented palette that has an array of warm colours that work extremely well with blue eyes to help make them pop.
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TikTok influencer Bex Beauty has rocked a stunning muted grey eyeshadow look on her blue eyes to create an elaborate popping effect that really accentuates her eyes nicely. She has used heavy black winged eyeliner to create a siren eyes effect with the added feature of a white eyeliner stripe across the top of her eyes to make them appear brighter and not as heavy. This look can be easily replicated using the Mac Small Eyeshadow which has a muted matte finish that mirrors the one used by the influencer.
Another translucent look by TikTok Frankie is the gorgeous turquoise and purple eyeshadow black eyeliner that gives a euphoric vibe to the make-up look. The Revolution Make-Up Obsession Palette has some lovely shimmery eyeshadow colours that would be ideal to recreate this look. The Beauty Bay Midnight palette would be a very complimentary palette to pair with the Revolution Makeup Obsession palette to help create this look.
For those of you who like something a little brighter and more colourful, this next look by TikToker Linda Hallberg is one that we’re sure you’ll be obsessed with. This influencer has gone for a bold pinkie-purple look that has shimmering silver in the middle of the eyes. This look is bold and daring and is perfect for any eye colour but makes the influencer’s blue eyes pop and demands attention to be shown to her gorgeous eyeshadow look. The NYX Festival eyeshadow palette has some very pigmented pinks and purples that would be perfect for this look.
Brown Eyes
Brown eyes are amazing as they naturally have a lot of pigment to them, so they go with lots of different colours. If you really want to make your brown eyes pop and sparkle, then any bold colour would be a safe bet. Green, yellow, orange and reds are all very flattering and can really level up your make-up look.
Influencer Isabelle Ikpeme created a very bold and very eye-catching make-up look that showcased her brown eyes gorgeously by using fluorescent yellow and blue eyeshadow. These colours used together are very contrasting and draw attention to your eyes making them sparkle. The make-up Revolution Colour Book Eyeshadow palette CBO5 included both yellow and blue eyeshadow shades which have a nice pigment and are perfect for this look.
For those of you who love the idea of a yellow eyeshadow to bring some life to your eyes but also don’t want to be too bold with the look, then this next look is right up your street. Influencer Jenesis Alonso uses the About Face Shadow Stick-in-shade Chaos Theory in the corner of her eyes to create a rich-coloured eyeshadow look for her make-up. She then goes in with some sparkly pale-yellow eyeshadow at the ends to complete the look and give off that sunny appearance that really makes her eyes pop. The Nars Goldfinger eyeshadow palette would be perfect for that subtle glittery yellow finish at the end of the eyes that this look includes.
If you’re loving the idea of a sparkly bright eyeshadow look but yellow isn’t your sort of vibe, then why not try the golden-brown look? This eyeshadow look is timeless and is so gorgeous on brown eyes. The brown eyeliner is so flattering to your eyes and the sparkly gold gives that pump of life and colour that the eyes require to make them pop. Kiko Cosmetics has a rich golden eyeshadow that looks unreal and would be perfect if you were looking to recreate this look.
Another great eyeshadow look that can be universal and make all eye shades pop is a pink shimmery look that is ideal for those of you who want a fun and cute make-up look. You can use festival glitter or normal eye shadow glitter to create these looks, the Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick Compact in shade Rose is a lovely shimmery pink eyeshadow that has the illuminating powder to help create a flawless-looking soft glow.
Changing up the colour of the mascara you use is also a great way to make your brown eyes pop. Blue and brown eyeshadow is a fun and quirky alternative that really draws attention to your eyes and makes them shine. Benefits Badgal Bang Volumizing Mascara in the shade blue is bold and playful and goes well with brown eyes, for those of you wanting to be a little daring.
Green Eyes
Now for the green eyes gang, the complimentary colours for those who have green eyes are reds and dark pinks, so if you’re wanting to really make your green eyes stand out, one of the two shades would be ideal. TikTok Greta Mikki rocks a lovely purple deep berry eyeliner that truly makes her eyes sparkle beautifully.
The Beauty Pie Gel Eyeliner in Very Pretty Plum is a lovely eyeliner that would be complementary to your green eyes and allow them to pop. A purple eyeshadow is another alteration to this look if you’re not confident with eyeliner, you could do a smokey purple eye or simply add a little splash of purple in the corner of your eyes to bring in some colour and make the eyes pop.
Influencer Suzi Sina has styled a more subtle purple eyeshadow look to make her green eyes pop by having a faint eyeshadow eyeliner design along the crease of her eyes adding a very light shimmery pink in the middle of her eyelids to add that shimmery glow. She then goes in and adds depth to her eyes by using black eyeliner and volumizing mascara to finish the look. The Kiko Water eyeshadow in Plum is a lovely shimmery pink and would be a nice product to use to create this look, or alternatively, the Urban Decay Ultraviolet palette has an array of purples and pinks to choose from and would be flattering upon your eyes. Having coloured eyeliner is also quirky and fun so when rocking this look, you’ll also be allowing your creative and fun side to shine through too.
Hazel Eyes
If you were worried we forgot about the hazel eyes out there, don’t worry, we’ve got an amazing look for you guys to try! If you have hazel eyes you can drift between our brown and green eye make-up looks like your eyes have similar attributes to that of green and brown eyes. But if you want a colour that will for sure make your hazel eyes pop, then your colour is green. Green eyeshadow shines a light on those beautiful eyes of yours and makes them pop more than any other colour.
Beauty Bay does a lovely earthy eyeshadow palette that would be ideal if you were looking for a variety of green eyeshadow to choose from to recreate the look fashioned by the influencer Muariana. Alternatively, you could also use green eyeliner or a dash of green sparkly eyeshadow on your eyes if you were not sold by the full-blown green eyeshadow aesthetic. Urban Decay does a shimmery green eyeliner that won’t budge throughout the day and has a creamy texture, so it glides into your eyes beautifully, that would be perfect for a look like this.
Words By Sophia-fai Roche
Header Graphics Image By Mia Washbrook
