Amp up the wattage of your usual date night look with this smoldering smoky eye. What's the trick to perfecting the look? Start with a light base, so your metallic eye shadows really pop, explains beauty vlogger Shonagh Scott. She uses M.A.C. Pro Longwear Paint Pot, $22, in Soft Ochre to start the look, and NYX Jumbo Pencil, $4.50, in Milk, before painting on Makeup Designory Eye Color Compacts, $14.50, in Pomegranate and Bronzed, and M.A.C. Eye Shadow, $16, in Swiss Chocolate. Applying these lighter shades beforehand creates a natural gradient for your look, and makes the blended shadows look more natural.
Looking for an eye makeup look that will make brown eyes pop? Purple eye shadow combined with silver eye glitter is one way to highlight them. For this look, YouTuber Makeupby_Evelin used Makeup Geek Eye Shadow Pan, $6, in Peach Smoothie, Morocco, Deep Plum and Corrupt, along with Plum from the Lorac Pro Palette 2, $44. Blended together, they create the perfect purple to make your dark eyes the center of attention.
No-makeup makeup is genius for the girl who wants to enhance her features, but keep it au naturel. So how do you highlight your peepers subtly? Grab a neutral palette that contains satin and shimmering shadows for highlighting, and you're golden.
This particular look used the Chanel Raffinement Eyeshadow Quad, which is now discontinued, but the Chanel Les 4 Ombres Multi-Effect Quadra Eyeshadow, $61, in Spices and Mystic Eyes, is a perfect swap.
Eye shadows are supposed to highlight your eyes (duh), but they can also highlight your artistry. Like when you finally nail that cat eye you've spent months practicing (yes, that sh*t is art). By adding a nice, highlighting eye shadow (like E.L.F. Baked Eyeshadow Trio, $4) to the inner corner of the eye and a darker shadow around the extended wing, you can make small eyes appear bigger. No heavy makeup needed.
It's not hard to see why this is a top-pinned eye makeup look on Pinterest. Just look at that flawless cat eye, shimmery shadow and perfectly highlighted face. Yeah, we're swooning so hard RN. The secret to her flawless shadow? Using concealer as a base. The neutral color enhances the shadow's true pigments and sets up a smoother surface for eye shadow application. Simply dab some concealer on your fingertip and rub on your lid, all the way up to the brow bone. To ensure your shadow doesn't get caught in any fine lines, be sure to set your concealed eyes with a colorless setting powder or one close to your skin color before applying shadow (try M.A.C. Prep + Prime Transparent Finishing Powder, $27).
