About eyes and colours
Thursday, December 1st, 2011I’ve been receiving sooo many eyeshadow-related questions lately, and according to my website-statistics, a lot of you, readers, are referred to my website with the keywords ‘eyeshadow colours’ and ‘eye colours’.
That’s why I made this eyeshadow-colour wheel! 
There are two easy ways to choose an eyeshadow colour:
- Match the colour with your eye colour
When I need a natural eyeshadow-look, I choose a colour that is close to my own eye colour in the colour wheel. I have brown eyes with a bit of green in it (as you can see in the website-header above), so I use a lot of chocolate browns, beiges, bronze and a soft olive green from time to time.
Here are some matchy suggestions for different eye colours:
Blue eyes / grey eyes -> blue, lavender, grey, mint green, turquoise, silver,…
Green eyes -> olive green, mint green, moss green, teal, chartreuse,…
Brown eyes -> bronze, chocolate brown, coral, warm beige, gold, eggplant,…
And some (runway make-up) examples:
- Choose a contrasting colour
An other option, is to pick a colour that is opposite of your eye colour in the colour wheel. That way, your own eye colour stands out more! Ideal for fashion-daredevils!
Some examples:
Blue eyes / grey eyes -> bronze, orange, salmon, honey-yellow,…
Green eyes -> pink, red, coral, burgundy, purple,…
Brown eyes -> blue, lavender, turquoise, silver, sage green,…
I hope these tricks & pics can be inspirational sweeties! Are you a fan of the matching colours, or do you prefer the contrasting eyeshadow colours? Let me know what you think / wear yourself! And of course: if you have more questions or requests: fire away!!
