Eyes are one of the most expressive features on a person’s face. They reveal a lot about a person, so when you’re choosing eye makeup for green eyes you want to make sound choices that really make your eyes the star of the show. Ultimately the biggest problem most people seem to have is figuring out the whole complimentary color advice that nearly every beauty expert talks about. What that means is simply finding colors on the opposite side of the color wheel in terms of eye makeup.
There are a variety of options for green eyed gals including purple. Keep this hue on the light side. You can pair it easily with either black or purple liner if you want, and clean crisp mascara to round everything out.
If purple isn’t your cup of tea there are certainly other color options in eye makeup for green eyes. Pink, brown, wine tones – all of these create a magnificent backdrop leaving your green eyes as the true centerpiece. When you go with these colors consider adding similar tones or bronze by way of lipstick and rouge.
When you’re getting ready for a night on the town, go ahead and extend your eye liner, winging it a bit toward the end. This creates a more dramatic look no matter the color pallet you’ve chosen for the evening. Remember, however, that you can be a little bolder by night – go for the gusto with shimmery gold eye shadow.
In terms of what NOT to wear – amber, jade and orange tones are iffy at best with green eyes, yellow rarely works. Blue is another tricky color depending on the shade. Turquoise might be ok as is light blue sometimes. The key is looking for a color that doesn’t detract from your eyes, making them look dull. If you try one color on one lid, and another on your second lid – you’ll pretty quickly begin to see the difference between lifeless looking eyes and ones that sparkle.
If you’re a fan of the smoky look in eye makeup for green eyes, you can pull it off by using grey and silver. This combination is very classic and romantic, best suited for evening engagements.
HINT: it’s always a good idea to have a few test runs on the makeup combination you’ve chosen. Put it on and wear it for several hours of day light and see how it wears and looks as the day goes on. Do the same thing at night. That way when an important occasion comes up you already know what adjustments to make so your eye makeup lasts as long as you do.
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