EyeMakeupForBrownEyes

Eye Makeup For Brown Eyes

The eyes are the window to the soul and can reveal so much about a person’s personality, mood and emotions. For those ladies lucky enough to have brown eyes, there are many eye makeup tips and tricks you can use to help play up your eyes. Eye makeup for brown eyes can enhance the copper, green, or gold flecks commonly found in brown eyes and can help you create a bold look for evening or a professional look for day and work. No matter if your style is casual or dressy, there are many makeup tips and eye shadow colors that will enhance your brown eyes and give you the look you want.

How To Select Eye Shadow

Learning to select the most flattering shades of eye shadow colors is the foundation for creating a beautiful look. Brown eyes look beautiful when enhanced with shades that are found opposite of brown on the color wheel. For example, brown eyes look amazing with silver or gray eye shadow colors since the cool of the silver and gray are opposite of the warm brown found in your eyes. Brown eyes look gorgeous with green shadows and liners and shadows in blue are always an elegant look.

Eye Makeup Application

Once you have selected your shadow colors, it is time to have fun and apply your makeup. To apply eye color is simple and following a few makeup tips will help you create the look you want. Here are a few tips from professional makeup artists to help you create the look you want.

• Start with a clean face and begin with your eyes.
• Apply moisturizer over your face and an eye shadow primer on your lids.
• Apply a dusting of loose translucent powder under each eye with a large, fluffy brush. Applying this layer of powder will catch any shadow that falls from your lids and help you avoid streaking or smearing of your shadow onto your skin. Once you have finished your eye shadow application, simply dust off the excess along with any fallen shadow with your brush.
• Draw along your lash line with an eye liner pencil or liquid liner.
• If you are wearing multiple eye shadow shades, start with the lightest and apply the shadow from your lash line to your brow bone with a flat brush. With the medium shade, use a flat brush over your eye lid and up to the crease. Then, apply the darkest shadow into the crease of your lid and outer corner of your eyes with a dome or angle brush and blend it with the lighter shades always using downward strokes to avoid harsh lines. Lastly, apply a small dot of a highlighter shade in the middle of your eye lid and in the inner corners of your eyes. Applying a lighter shade in the center of the lid will create a flash or brightness and light when you blink and the lighter shade at the inner corners of your eyes will make your eyes look brighter, more open and bigger.
• Using your eye liner, trace your original line once more and then line your lower lashes with the liner. Layering your liner under and over your eye makeup will help set it and avoids creasing of gel or liquid liners and helps powder or pencil liners last longer.
• Once your eye makeup application is finished, swipe on one to three coats of mascara in black brown, navy blue or forest green to further enhance your brown eyes by making your lashes look luscious, voluminous, long and full.

What Brand Of Eye Makeup Should You Use?

Unless you have eye allergies and sensitivities, you can choose from a plethora of makeup manufactures to get the looks and colors you want. For those with sensitive eyes, try Almay makeup or Jane Iredale makeup. Both Almay and Jane Iredale cosmetics are formulated to be appropriate for sensitive eyes and will allow you to wear eye shadow without irritation. For those without eye sensitivities or allergy concerns, the sky is the limit in what you have to choose from. MAC makeup is a favorite of professional make up artists and provides full coverage and heavily pigmented eye shadows that are easy to apply, create a bold look and are long wearing. Bobby Brown cosmetics makes eye palettes that are designed to create looks that are perfect for day and then with a little layering are perfect for elegant evenings. Bare Escentuals offers eye shadow in crushed, powdered mineral form that can go from natural to dramatic and are suitable for contact wearers or those with allergies and sensitivities. Cover Girl, Maybelline and Revlon also offer eye makeup for brown eyes in color coordinated quads and palettes designed to enhance brown eyes. These quads and palettes are a great way to try several colors without breaking the bank.

Remember, Makeup Is Fun

Have fun playing up your brown eyes and remember it is just as easy to take off makeup you do not like as it is to put it on. Experiment with different eye shadow colors, liners, mascaras and brands to find the ones you love and compliment your look the best. Once you see how fun and easy it is to play up your natural beauty, wearing and experimenting with eye makeup for brown eyes you will love creating new looks and showing off your gorgeous look.