If you’re looking for the best eyeshadow for brown eyes, you have come to the right place.
You have so many beautiful shade options that will bring out the beauty in your eyes by complementing their color.
With all these options, you can surely show your style and personality in a way that is uniquely you.
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Best Eyeshadow Shades for Brown Eyes
Brown Eyeshadow
If you like to stick to neutral colors, brown is your way to go. It looks beautiful with brown eyes because it matches, so there is never any clashing.
To add some contrast without adding color, use a shade of brown that isn’t the exact shade of brown as your eyes or they will just blend in instead of standing out.
Try to go for a shade of brown that is dark if your eyes are light brown and go for a light bronze shade of brown if your have dark brown eyes.
You can even go towards the orange and yellow side of bronze.
Another gorgeous way to wear brown eyeshadow is only in the deeper creases of your eyes.
Apply a light color to the main part of the lid and add the darker brown eyeshadow in the crease and outer corner of the eyes.
You can also line the bottom of your eyes with the brown eyeshadow and wing it out at the corner to meet the top.
This adds more shadows to the already shadowed parts of your eyes and brightens the center, making your eyes look more awake.
Different shades of taupe also look amazing with brown eyes. You can find one with a shimmer to it and pair it with black eyeliner for a cat eye look.
This is an easy and quick look you can do when you need to do your makeup fast.
It looks perfectly pretty in its simplicity.
Green
If you love color, green is a great option for brown eyes. Brown and green go together so perfectly because they are the colors of the earth.
The green makes the brown stand out and really pop, especially when you use lighter greens on dark brown eyes and darker greens on light brown eyes.
The results are stunning.
If you like to stand out, you can wear a beautiful, vibrant bright green that shimmers. The brighter the better.
But if you don’t like to stand out, neutral shades of green work very well too. They are more subtle and still seriously beautiful.
You can pick a pretty matte forest green or lighter earthy green. Basically you want a green with more brown undertones in it in this case.
Purple
Purple eyeshadow will also really help to make your brown eyes stand out. It looks so beautiful with brown, especially warm purples. But cool purples will work too.
As always, you could stick with the more neutral shades of purple if you don’t want to go too bright. Warm purples with brown undertones are perfect.
Go ahead and line your whole eyes with it, and if you have hooded eyes apply it a bit above your creases so it can still be seen.
You could also go with lighter, more subtle shades of purple. It is a soft look that will keep you feeling beautiful.
If you still want your eyes lined in a darker shade, you can go with another shade of darker purple and line underneath the eyes as well.
Add mascara or lashes if you like, and you have another quick and beautiful makeup option.
Or, you could go all out and choose the most vibrant purples you could find.
Mix up lighter ones and darker ones.
Experiment with different shimmers and matte eyeshadow shades, making your own creations. The choices go on and on.
The brown and purple have a nice contrast when next to each other.
Reds and Pinks
I’m not sure if people realize just how amazing red and pink eyeshadow looks with brown eyes.
There’s just something about those 2 colors together that just goes.
Red is a bold color that draws eyes as it is, and it warms up the brown in your eyes when you wear it.
If you want a dramatic look, go with a more pigmented red eyeshadow.
Don’t be afraid to line your eyes with it also before you line it in black and add lashes.
Fuchsia eyeshadow is a whole party vibe. If you have any parties to go to or any fun occasions, this may be the color you want to wear.
It truly makes your brown eyes pop and the brown also makes the fuchsia more noticeable, so it’s a win-win.
You can dress it up with gold glitter eyeliner for more party vibes. This shade of eyeshadow is quite versatile and fun to create with.
And the best part is that it looks beautiful on all skin tones, whether you have fair skin, olive skin, or dark skin.
It contrasts with every one of those so it always stands out.
For a more subdued look, a light pink will do just fine.
It is soft and subtle and works perfectly with the whole clean girl trend going on right now.
How to Use Eyeshadow Palettes for Brown Eyes Step by Step
The baby pink against the brown is actually super pretty even if the light pink isn’t a very vibrant or bright color.
And of course adding black eyeliner to the look will perfect it even more, but this is a matter of personal preference.
You don’t have to just wear one color at a time.
You can try fun combinations to see which ones really work for your exact shade of brown eyes.
Here are some to help inspire you, along with step by step instructions on how to apply these eyeshadow looks.
Purple and Orange
Step 1
Apply a silvery white shimmer to the entire lid and underneath.
Step 2
Using a straight edge wing tool apply purple to the outer corner and crease on top.
Step 3
Point the wing tool downwards by the outer corner and line the bottom of your eyes with a darker purple.
Step 4
Apply orange eyeshadow to the main part of the eyelids and blend with the purple.
Step 5
Line the top in black and add lashes.
Black Smokey Eye
No matter what color eyes you have, framing them in black will always work. A smokey eye look is perfect for every eye color and will make your beautiful brown eyes stand out.
Step 1
Use a shimmery white eyeshadow across the upper crease, inner and outer corners, and lined under the eye.
Step 2
Starting a little bit away from the inner corner, add black eyeshadow close to the waterline.
Step 3
Use an eyeshadow blending brush to pull the black out further, blending the black with the white silver. It will create a pretty gray silver between the 2 colors like the perfect gradient, giving it a gorgeous smoked out effect.
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Of course you can use more colors than this and have fun with different smokey eyeshadow palettes but you don’t have to.
Golden Yellow and Bronzy Orange
This may not be what people envision when they imagine the best eyeshadow for brown eyes, but sandy and bronzy hues of orange and yellow eyeshadow look gorgeous with brown eyes.
You can use a combination of these golden beauties to create a unique look for your brown eyes.
Step 1
Use the darkest color, in this case a bronzy orange, in the outer corner of the eye and slightly into the crease.
Step 2
Use a golden yellow for the middle part of the eyelid and blend with darker outer corner.
Step 3
Apply a pale shimmery white eyeshadow to the inner corners of your eyes.
Step 4
Line the bottom with the golden yellow shade or bronzy orange shade, whichever you want. You can also use all 3 colors to line the bottom in the same order you applied it on top.
Step 5
And as usual, add your mascara or lashes and the look is complete.
Black and Green
Since black and green eyeshadow both look beautiful with brown eyes, why not wear them both?
The 3 colors look amazing together and are sure to draw attention to your beautiful eyes.
Step 1
Apply either black eyeshadow or black eyeliner on the upper lid near the lash line and blend until it looks smokey on top.
Step 2
Line the bottom with a shimmery green eyeshadow or eyeliner and smudge down a bit until it looks like you have a thick line on the bottom.
Step 3
Then line the bottom waterline on the inside in black. This will help the green eyeshadow to really pop.
Step 4
Add your white highlight to your inner corners and mascara to your lashes.
Done! You are a brown-eyed goddess.
Now that you know the best eyeshadow for brown eyes, which look will you try?
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