Green eyes have an eccentric look and can be quite appealing even without makeup. Just imagine how appealing they would look if you are using the right makeup. Unfortunately, most of the time women with green eyes select the wrong colors and end up with a catty look. Continue reading to find out more about the best makeup for green eyes.

As a general rule, when you are picking out eye make-up it is best to get the lighter shades for the darker green eyes and the other way around. However if you really want a dramatic appearance, you should select darker shades.

 Eye Shadow

Applying the eye shadow is actually one of the first steps after the concealer. You can find eye shadow in many different colors, but you need to select the one that is best suited for your appearance without giving you a dramatic look. The best shades for your green eyes would be brown, lilacs, plums, peach and mocha. When choosing makeup for evening function, you could use darker colors like violet, purple, gold and taupes. The brownish-pink shades will increase the vibrancy of your green eyes, so you could use it if you want to attract someone. You need to get avoid eye shadows in colors like gray, silver, white, pink and blue. You should apply a lighter shade first as a highlighter and apply it over your brow bone. Then, you can apply a dark shade to the crease of your eyes.

Eyeliner

After applying eyeshadow, your next step would be to apply the eyeliner in the right color and the right amount. The general rule for liners is to apply thin lines for big eyes and thick lines for small eyes. Of course, this will depend on the occasion. You can choose violet or plum to accentuate your green eyes. These shades will add contrast to the green color and help to accentuate your look. Choose chocolate brown for a general look, but avoid the regular black eyeliner. Some other shades that will suit your green eyes would be the dark gray, raisin and bronze. In case you don’t like Kohl, then you can also use the eyeliner on your lower brow.

Mascara

This will give your eyes a vibrant look. When you have drooping eyes, you can curl the lashes to help open them look wider. Brown mascara will look really pretty on your green eyes. In case you are fearful of experimenting with makeup for green eyes, then you can choose a transparent type. However if you feel like trying something unique, you could choose deep emerald or amethyst.

Finally, here is a video with some tips on applying makeup to green eyes. Enjoy!

Quite often, women who have green eyes are always reluctant when it comes to experimenting with eye make-up because they don’t want to spoil their striking appearance. If you are one of those women, then you will be happy to know that you can find makeup for green eyes that will really enhance your striking look. You can enhance your eyes with the right shades of eyeshadow, eyeliners, khol pencils and mascara.

When you are choosing eye makeup, you just need to know the colors to use as well as how to get the perfect combination. The following will highlight several tips and techniques that will help you to apply makeup to further enhance your green hazel eyes.

Makeup for green eyes

Since your goal is to enhance and dramatize your eyes rather than tone them down, it’s essential to use the shades that will not compete with the green color. You can choose the lighter shades if you have the darker green color eyes and choose the darker shades for light hazel green. Always remember that the colors must supplement the occasion.

When applying eye make-up, its best to choose colors such as peach, purple, violet, brown, mauve, bronze, beige and khaki. The colors of your eye pencils and eye shadow must be applied in combination, instead of using one shade for both. The eyeshadows in shades of lilacs, taupes, mocha and coral will work perfectly to create a dramatic effect.

Tips to apply eyeshadow

The application of your eye shadow will be the most important stage of using makeup on your green eyes. You can choose any of the colors mentioned previously and stay away from pink, blue, white and gray. For the application, select a light color like lilac as your highlighter. You should apply this to the row bone using one thick stroke and ensure that it’s applied evenly over the bone.

After that, you can apply a darker color like a deep purple on the crease of your eyes and make sure that it’s blended properly until it’s applied evenly around the crease. With this combination of deep purple and lilac, your hazel green eyes will reflect a stark effect. To get a more subdued look, try using a combination of lighter brown and bronze.

When you are applying makeup for green eyes, the eye pencil or eyeliner along with eyeshadow will help to further enhance your makeup. It is best to choose eye pencil with colors such as golden, shades of plums, dark gray and brown, bronze or violets. 

Some shades to avoid

It is important to know the colors to avoid when you are applying eye makeup. The first one would be the blue shade as this will not do anything for your green eyes. Its best to avoid light and dark blues, plus certain blue with undertones like pinks or purples. Besides that, pinks are one of the difficult colors to judge because some shades can look good, while others will look really bad. Silvers are definitely not good choices and would work best for blue eyes.

Unless you genuinely like the black eyeliner, you should avoid this color. Try the chocolate browns or steely grays instead. If you have small eyes, you can use white or gold to get a wider look.

General Rules

When you are choosing makeup for green eyes, a general rule would be to concentrate on warm shades and avoid the cool ones. But, as you know there are some exceptions to any rule. However, this will be a good way to select the right eyeshadow colors that will bring out the appeal of your green eyes.

Selecting eyeshadows

You can find the most popular shades for green eyes, but you can try various browns, particularly the chocolate tones. Dark greens and browns with gold or copper highlights will also be a god choice. Taupes and apricots will be good options for highlighters. To get a gorgeous evening look, the golds and coppers will be great.

Eye makeup application

The way you apply eyeshadow will depend on the amount of colors you want to wear and the occasion. When it comes to basic everyday wear, you can:

1. Use a highlighter such as crystalline over the entire eye starting from the bottom part of the crease towards the eyebrow. Next, use an apricot or taupe on the entire eyelid and ensure that it’s blended with crystalline over the crease.
2. Then, you can apply your third color using one of the methods below which could be chocolate brown, copper or dark green:
3.  Apply the color from the center of your eyelid right from the eyelash to slightly over the crease and blend it properly. To get a more dramatic look, you could blend it below the lower lashes.
4. Apply the color from the inside corner of the eyelid and the sweep outwards to the external corner. It will become thicker as you go further so ensure that it’s blended nicely.

Finally, you would apply your mascara and eyeliner using your normal techniques. So, there you have it, some excellent tips to use makeup for green eyes effectively to get the desired look.