Best eyeshadows for brown eyes

Ahhh, brown eyes. The most common of the iris colours. And therefore the least desired. Seriously, have you ever heard someone say, “Ugh, what I would give for brown eyes!”? Or what about, “Whhhhhyyy didn’t I get my dad’s brown eyes? Whhhhyyy?”

But you know what? Brown eyes are just as pretty as baby blues or emerald greens (having brown eyes myself gives me no bias). They can be just as striking, just as enticing, and just as covetable. And to ensure they always look their best, it’s a great – nay wonderful! – idea to enhance your peepers by picking the eyeshadow shades that’ll suit ‘em best.

BEST EYESHADOWS FOR BROWN EYES

There are two ways you can go about picking your eyeshadow shades. You can choose certain hues to intensify your eyes (so make them stand out even more), or you can go for shades that’ll complement your eyes.

If you want to enhance any shade of brown eyes, your best bet is to pick eyeshadows with blues and greens. Think navy, teal, turquoise, baby blue, cobalt blue, blue-greys and royal blues. These colours will be a wonderful contrast against your brown eyes.
Try:

Body Shop Baked to Last Eye Colour in Sapphire.
ModelCO Eye Shadow Trio in Island Fever.
Bourjois Little Round Pot Eyeshadow in Bleu Passe.
MAC Eyeshadow in Contrast.

If you would prefer to use a shade that’ll complement your eye colour, then you need to factor in the type of brown eyes you have.

For warm brown eyes

Warm brown eyes, like Camille Belle’s and Jennifer Lopez’s, are usually a bit lighter and feature more tones of yellow and green. The shades that’ll suit your eyes best are beiges, caramels, mid-browns, golds, golds with a teeny tiny hint of green, peaches, and even oranges and yellows.

Try:

Mirenesse SuperlongWear Gel Mineral Face Colour in Peach Tango.
Innoxa Eyeshadow Compact in Naturally Nude.
Chi Chi Baked Eyeshadow in Beautiful Day.
La Biosthetique Belevance Beauty Eyes Collection in Natural.

For cool brown eyes

Cool brown eyes tend to be a bit darker and deeper, and have hints of red or purple in them. Keri Washington and Jessica Alba’s eyes are perfect examples. For your eyes, it’s best to use shades like pinks (especially dusty pink), burgundies, dark browns, purples, and metallics like copper and bronze.

Try:

Revlon ColorStay 16 Hour Eyeshadow Palette in Seductive.
Designer Brands 12 Mineral Eyeshadow Palette in Radiant.
Mirabella Eye Colour in Sienna
asap pure mineral eye colour in three

Do you have brown eyes? Which colours do you often wear to bring out your eyes?

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Sparkle 77 24 May 2017 2:46 PM

Best eyeshadows for brown eyes

I have dark brown eyes and i like dark brown, navy. or purple for the lid and the rest I just use the lighter shades to fill in the other areas. If I use pale on my lids I need to line (which I do anyway:))

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Goddess..... 4 May 2017 5:39 AM

I like the dark colours but I also mix it up with the lights too. My favourite look is dark blue eye liner & warmish green they are great together can't go wrong with that.

Antheapatteson 20 Apr 2017 9:03 PM

Decided I'm going to try some turquoise!!!

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Antheapatteson 18 Apr 2017 9:40 AM

I have brown eyes and I've only ever been game enough to wear brown eye shadow. I need to go outside my comfort zone a bit more I think haha

Shop A Everyday 9 Apr 2017 6:18 PM

You can anything really

Retro-glam 7 Apr 2017 10:12 PM

I tend to stick to black and white and nude shades for my reddish brown eyes.
How do I accentuate the red in my eyes tho... God knows!!

jlsta 2 Mar 2017 2:07 PM

i have brown eyes and find any colour brings out my eyes, very lucky!

Stephanie2494 11 Jan 2017 8:00 PM

I have brown eyes, I tend to stick to nude colours, I am not too adventurous with my eyeshadow.

Heidi366 11 Jul 2016 12:58 PM

I have warm blue eyes, but I've always wanted to wear the vast colour range available to those with brown eyes

lauratough 6 May 2016 4:54 PM

I have brown eyes and I tend to always go for nudes and natural shimmer colours, I just prefer a more natural look!

preciousia 6 May 2016 1:39 AM

so nice.

Goddess..... 19 Mar 2016 1:42 AM

My eyes are the cool brown look although I don't necessary agree those tones will suit me they just seem too plain. I've tried in the past light shades they are ok but I'd prefer the dark shades as those bring out my beautiful eyes & they suit me plus what ever I use has to suit my skin tone as well.

duality 9 Dec 2015 10:26 PM

Was hoping for a little inspiration for other colours not just the usual nude shades I'm already using. Can't warm Browns pull off other colours?

Yohanna 30 Nov 2015 7:01 PM

No wonder I never liked beiges, caramels, browns, bronze, coppers...they are not flattering at all to my skin tone or eye colour. Thanks BH for clarifying why. My eyes are blue-green

Heidi Purrs 9 Nov 2015 1:44 AM

I have warm brown eyes mixed with some green... So... Hazel, haha. The colours for warm brown eyes suit me.

sporty_ytl 8 Oct 2015 7:41 PM

Interesting! Have no idea that brown eyes can be categorise into cool and warm.

Sarah Matthews 24 Sep 2015 1:32 PM

this is perfect I am doing my best to master eye shadow and with my warm brown eyes I'm excited to try out some peachy colours!

lov3.arashi 13 Sep 2015 8:10 PM

What about black eyes? Would brown/copper tone still work well?

Stephanie885 22 Aug 2015 10:01 AM

I have cool brown eyes, and those purples look good to try.

Hayley644 11 Aug 2015 8:34 PM

Interesting, I need to try some of these out since I have brown eyes.

CaspianMakeupAustralia 11 Aug 2015 11:53 AM

i feel so lucky to have brown eyes- almost any colours work. i use literally every colour , but fid that greens and purple esepcially pops. having tanned and olive skin, and black eyelashes , i LOVE LOVE using gold eyeshadow and liner...really finishes a glam and polished look

crystalclear 11 Aug 2015 9:26 AM

My youngest daughter has beautiful brown eyes. When she gets a bit older these tips will be great for her if she likes playing around with makeup and I think she will knowing her.

Petal 3 Aug 2015 11:37 AM

I have green eyes, but I still enjoyed looking at all the pretty eyeshadows in this article!

Shop A Everyday 18 Jul 2015 7:14 PM

Some lovely shades and colours here

Shop A Everyday 4 Jul 2015 12:17 AM

I think plums and greens would go beautifully with brown eyes

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