Gently blend the colors until the blue, purple and gold subtly blend into one. Take a deep blue shadow and create a subtle V-shape at the outer corners of the eyes. Now it’s time to show off your artistic skills.Use a pale lilac color and run the brush all along the crease of the eyes, taking care to blend the edge of gold into the soft lilac color. Next, pat on a light shade of gold, covering the entire eyelid but stopping right underneath the crease.As with all eye makeup looks, apply a nude primer all over your eyelids to set the eyeshadows and make sure the effect lasts all day long.When paired with warm brown eyes though, the combination is just perfect. This color palette is a gorgeous mix of gold, lilac and blue – not usually colors typically worn together.
Round off the look with dark eyeliner all around the eyes plus lashings of mascara.įor something a little different, here is a look ideal for bohemian summer nights.To achieve that sexy smoky effect, apply a dark gray color along the crease of the eye, blending it gently from left to right as well as onto the outer corner of the eyelids.
Be careful to blend this into the skin though, or it might be a little over the top. Apply a dab of metallic highlighter to the inside corner of your eye as well as right on the brow bone.
You’d hate to have a solid line of color that stops suddenly just under the brown bone. Take particular care to blend the color into the crease of the eyes too.This will help take the guesswork out of which colors to combine. If you’re unsure which color to use, look for an eye shadow set that includes three or four complementary colors.