Whether you swipe a single eye shadow shade across your lids or use a palette of multiple colors to contour and enhance your eye's shape, eye shadow is arguably one of the most effective tools you can use when putting on your face. Nude, matte eye shadows can help you achieve a daytime-appropriate look, while shimmery colors can brighten your eyes and help you create a stunning smokey eye makeup look. Take a look through what our readers have to say about hundreds of different eye shadows, and which they voted as the best. Then up your eye makeup game -- we guarantee they'll inspire some enviable eye makeup ideas.

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