How to Choose the Perfect Eyeshadow According to Your Eye Color?

Choosing Your Eyeshadow

It's the beauty accessory that never leaves our makeup bag. Whether as a liner, in a natural gradient effect, or a smoky eye, eyeshadow can be a true ally to enlarge, illuminate, or make our gaze captivating. To find the right eyeshadow colour for your eyes, there are many tricks. Just like in painting, in makeup, the colour wheel (a circle representing colours in the same order as the colours of the rainbow) is essential to know the complementary colours to the colour of your eyes. By playing with contrasts and nuances, colours enhance each other for a luminous and harmonious result.

Our Tips:

Prefer contrasts and nuances, and avoid monochromatic tones that can dull your gaze.
Always consider your skin tone.
Don't combine too many colours: prefer a maximum of 4
Just as finding your ideal foundation or concealer, perfect blush, or even the ideal lipstick, we share our tips for finding the perfect eyeshadow based on the colour of your iris.

Note that these rules are here to help you, but don't forget that in makeup, there are no rules. The important thing is to have fun and create a look that suits you and pleases you.

What eyeshadow colour for blue eyes?

If you have blue eyes, warm tones will best enhance your gaze. What is your preferred colour? Orange, but also coppery, golden, bronze, or even cream shades. However, you can also opt for pastel shades like pink, coral, or violet to illuminate your eyes. Avoid monochromatic tones that may dull your gaze. Note that using dark shades will create a contrast that will further highlight your gaze. With blue eyes, a dark shade like brown, purple, black, or even grey will give the impression of a lighter and more piercing blue.

If you have blue eyes, you’ll love:

The Violette_FR Yeux Paint Twinkling Liquid Eyeshadow in the shade Marron Glacé or Cuire de l’Aube and even the Scarabée d’Or shade for a bold touch of colour.
The Yeux Paint Matte Liquid Eyeshadow in Caramel Chaud, Tout Doux or Tendre Corail.
The Oh My Cream Skincare Eyeshadow Stick in the universal champagne shad for a natural finishes.
The Tata Harper Cream Blush in the shade Lucky for a sublime sun-kissed orange.

What eyeshadow colour for brown or hazel eyes?

If you have brown or hazel eyes, you're lucky because all eyeshadow colours suit you! Rely on your skin tone to find the right shade. However, we recommend avoiding shades that are too close to the colour of your eyes to avoid dulling your gaze or pastel shades that are often too light to support the depth of your eyes. Turn to bluish tones or violet and all its variations to brighten your iris.

If you have brown or hazel eyes, you’ll love:

The Violette_FR Yeux Paint Twinkling Liquid Eyeshadow in shades Bleu de Minuit or Rêve de Dahlia.
The Yeux Paint Matte Liquid Eyeshadow, in the shades Ciel de Nuit and Poison des Délices.
The Tata Harper Cream Blush in the Spicy shade, a deep burgundy plum.

What eyeshadow colour for green eyes?

According to the aforementioned colour wheel, for green eyes, red and pink tones will perfectly enhance your gaze. Rose, coral, plum, mauve, cherry, and burgundy are ideal shades. However, avoid blue eyeshadow or metallic colours. Similar to blue eyes, green irises can dare to go monochromatic by opting for a khaki eyeshadow that will make your eyes sparkle.

If you have green eyes, you'll adore:

The Violette_FR Yeux Paint Matte Liquid Eyeshadow in the Poison des Délices shade, an intense plum, or the softer shades Caramel Chaud and Tendre Corail.
The Ilia Liquid Powder Chromatic Eye Tint Cream Eyeshadow in the Mythic shade, a rose with golden undertones.
The creamy shades from the Les Filles en Rouje Signature Lip Palette to enhance your gaze.

What eyeshadow colour for black eyes?

As with brown or hazel eyes, black eyes can be given many colours to highlight the depth of their gaze. Rely on your skin tone or eye colour to find the right shade. However, we recommend avoiding shades that are too close to the colour of your eyes to avoid dulling your gaze or pastel shades that are often too light to support the depth of your eyes. Turn to bluish tones or violet and all its variations to brighten your iris.

If you have black eyes, you’ll love:

The Violette_FR Yeux Paint Twinkling Liquid Eyeshadow in shades Bleu de Minuit or Rêve de Dahlia.
The Yeux Paint Matte Liquid Eyeshadow, in the shades Ciel de Nuit and Poison des Délices.
The Tata Harper Cream Blush in the Spicy shade, a deep burgundy plum.

If you still have questions about a product or want to go further in your beauty routine, our experts are here to help you, via email at consultation@ohmycream.com. You can also visit the store to benefit from the expert advice of our beauty coaches.

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