Choosing eyeshadow colors can be tricky. We’ve all experimented with colors that looked great in the magazine or on some celebrity, but then on ourselves they didn’t quite work. So how to choose? Should you try to match your clothing? Your lipstick? Use colors that complement your eye color? Go with this season’s trends?
You can allow the current trends and colors you see on celebrities to influence your look, but first and foremost we recommend sticking with shades that suit your skin tone. Within those shades, you will still have a number of different colors to choose from depending on what outfit you’re wearing that day, or how bold you want your look to be.
Determining Your Skin’s Undertone
If you have never determined whether your skin is cool or warm, this is your first step, as your skin tone should guide all your color choices, and not just in makeup but also for your clothing and hair color. The difference between wearing colors that complement your skin tone versus those that don’t, is HUGE. Once you start to really pay attention to choosing colors that enhance your skin, you will notice how key the right colors are to how healthy and vibrant you look (or how dull and sickly you can look if you choose incorrectly).
If you have never had your colors analyzed and aren’t sure whether your skin is warm or cool, head over to our article on choosing the right makeup colors for every skin tone.
Great Eyeshadow Colors for YOU
Once you have determined whether you are cool or warm, here is a quick cheat sheet on colors that work best on each skin tone:
Warm Skin: You should gravitate towards eyeshadow shades that are earthy and have a yellow base. Moss greens, bronzes, browns, peaches and champagne will look gorgeous on you and bring out the warmth of your skin.
Cool Skin: You should gravitate towards eyeshadow shades that have a blue base. Burgundies, violets, turquoise, lavenders, sea greens and true pinks will give your skin a luminous, healthy glow.
Is this all still too complicated? A super easy shortcut to perfectly coordinated eye makeup is to grab a MINERALIST Eyeshadow Palette from bareMinerals. Each palette comes with 6 complementary shades and each color is numbered with instructions on where to apply each. There are two MINERALIST palettes designed for cool skin tones and two for warm skin tones. Learn more about choosing and using MINERALIST eyeshadow.
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