Eye Colour and Eye Makeup

It is often said that the eyes are the mirror of the soul. To make this mirror expressive and attention-catching, women have for years cultivated the art of its visual enhancement. This time we shall look at how to make eyes even more attractive using decorative cosmetics, while keeping in mind what nature has given us - eye colour.

Let us look at the three most common basic eye shades - brown, blue and green.

Colour palette for brown-eyed women.

Recommended. Brown eyes look more expressive when the make-up consists of olive, bronze, charcoal black, grey, chocolate brown and violet shades.

Not recommended are pink or orange shades. One should also be careful with shades of violet, as an overly saturated violet will give the eyeballs a yellowish tint.

Makeup application technique.
• Apply lighter shades over the entire eyelid.
• Apply darker shades starting from the outer corner of the eye towards the inner corner, using a thick blending brush. A finer liner brush can be used to draw a thinner line in the same direction.
• Use the thick brush to blend the dark and light shades at the eyelid edges.

Colour palette for blue-eyed or grey-eyed women.

Recommended are pale pink, silvery, sandy, grey, pearlescent and lilac shades.

Not recommended are overly "heavy" shades such as chocolate brown or black. Practically all shades of green combine poorly with blue eyes. Care should be taken with pink shades so as not to accidentally create a red-eyed effect.

Makeup application technique.
• Cover the entire upper eyelid with a light or shimmery eyeshadow.
• Apply a lavender shade from the lash line to the crease of the eye and blend with the large brush.
• In the direction from the centre of the eyelid to the outer corner of the eye, apply a pale pink eyeshadow in a V shape.
• Accentuate the eye contour with an eyeliner pencil, for example a saturated blue.

Tip. An interesting effect is achieved by outlining the lower eyelid with a gold pencil and applying a violet shade on the upper eyelid.

Colour palette for green-eyed women.

Recommended is to experiment with brownish, dark green and golden shades. Peach and light brownish tones work well as a base upon which dark accents look good - deep plum and copper tones.

Not recommended are blue, its entire range of shades and silver.

Makeup application technique.
• Cover the upper eyelid with the light base colour.
• Apply a peach or taupe eyeshadow on top and blend.
• Cover the area from the lash line to the eye crease with much darker eyeshadow.
• Accentuate the eye contour with a dark brown eyeliner pencil.

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