How to choose the right eye shadow for your eyes colour

Choosing the right eye shadow

It's the beauty accessory that never leaves our make-up bag. As a liner, a natural gradient effect or a smoky eye, eyeshadow can be a real ally in enlarging our eyes, illuminating them or making them as captivating as we wish. And to find the right colour eyeshadow for your eyes, there are many tricks up your sleeve. For, as with painting, in make-up it's the chromatic circle (a circle representing the colors in the same order as the colors of the rainbow) that takes precedence to find the complementary colors to colour your eyes. By playing on contrasts and nuances, colors enhance each other for a luminous, harmonious look.

Our tips

Favour contrasts and nuances, and avoid tone-on-tone, which can blur your look.
Always take your skin tone into account.
Don't combine too many colors: 4 maximum!

Just like finding your ideal foundation or concealer or even the perfect blush and even the perfect lipstickHere are our tips for finding the perfect eyeshadow for your iris colour .

Note that these rules are there to help you, but don't forget that there are no rules when it comes to make-up. The important thing is to have fun and create a look that suits you.

Which colour eyeshadow for blue eyes?

If you have blue eyes, warm tones will bring out the best in you. Your colour of choice? Orange, but also copper, gold, bronze or cream shades. But there's nothing to stop you turning to pastel shades like pink, coral or violet to brighten up your eyes. Note that by using darker shades, you'll create a contrast that will emphasize your eyes all the more. With blue eyes, a dark shade such as brown, violet, black or gray will give the impression of a lighter, more piercing blue.

You can opt for :

Le Yeux Paint Glitter Eyeshadow Violette_FR in Marron Glacé or Copper of the dawn to highlight blue eyes, and even in the shade Golden Scarab to dare colour.
Le Yeux Paint Matte Eyeshadow in Warm Caramel, Tout Doux or Tendre Corail.
L'Eye Shadow Stick Oh My Cream Skincare and its universal champagne shade
Tata Harper Cream Blush Blush Crème , in Lucky, a sublime orange shade with an after-sun effect.

Which colour eyeshadow for brown or hazel eyes?

If you have brown or hazel eyes, you're in luck, because all eyeshadow colors suit you! Rely on your skin tone or eye color to find the right colour. However, we advise you to avoid shades that are a little too close to your eyes' colour to avoid dulling your look, or pastel shades that are often too light to support the depth of your eyes. To brighten your iris, turn to bluish shades or violet and all its variations.

You can opt for :

Le Yeux Paint Glitter Eyeshadow Violette_FR, in shades Bleu de Minuit or Rêve de Dhalia d
Le Yeux Paint Matte Eyeshadow Violette_FR in shades Ciel de Nuit and Poison des Délices
Le Cream Blush Blush Crème Tata Harper in Spicy, a deep plum burgundy.

Which colour eyeshadow for green eyes?

According to the color wheel mentioned above, for green eyes, reds and pinks are the perfect shades to enhance your eyes. Pink, coral, plum, mauve, cherry and burgundy are ideal shades. On the other hand, avoid blue eyeshadow or metallic colors. And like blue eyes, green irises can dare to go tone-on-tone with a khaki eyeshadow that will make your colour eyes sparkle.

You'll love :

Le Yeux Paint Matte Eyeshadow Violette_FR in Poison des Délices, an intense plum, or Warm Caramel and Tendre Corail.
Le Liquid Powder Chromatic Eye Tint Cream Eyeshadow Ilia, in Mythic, a pink with golden undertones.
The creamy shades of Signature Lip Palette Les Filles en Rouje.

Which colour eyeshadow for dark eyes?

As with brown or hazel eyes, black eyes can afford many colors to highlight the depth of their gaze. However, we avoid pastel colors, which are not the most flattering, and instead opt for black, a sublime emerald green, brown, midnight blue or copper and gold tones. For black eyes, we're still fans of smokey make-up or dark smoky-eyes.

The eyeshadows that will suit you best if you have dark eyes are :

The Midnight Blue and Golden Scarab shades of the Yeux Paint Glitter Eyeshadow Violette_EN.
For an intense smoky look, you can even combine Yeux Paint Bleu de Minuit with Yeux Paint Ombre à Pau Eyeshadow Matte Violette_FR in Ciel de Nuit shade.
Le Liquid Powder Chromatic Eye Tint Cream Eyeshadow Ilia in Sheen, a warm bronze shade, is also a lovely ally for highlighting your eyes.

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