All the eye makeup inspo you’ll ever need

Eyeshadow palettes have got to be the most alluring make-up product ever. They’re just SO pretty.
But do you tend to buy the flashiest-looking one with loads of colours, to then only use one or two?
We’re going to put a stop to all of that today, with a whole bunch of eye make-up looks so inspiring, you won’t know which one to try first. So pick up your palettes and let’s go!
Tip: Use a mixture of silver and greys for a smoky eye that will make your eyes look bigger. Always use the lightest shade to highlight the inner corners. Something with lots of pigment, like Max Factor Wild Shadow Pencil in Ferocious White, will help you to recreate Tay’s fierce look.
Tip: When using a strong colour like Cara’s fiery orange, keep the rest of your make-up quite neutral and your and outfit simple.
Tip: Make glitter eyeshadow sophisticated by layering over a base of pink shadows (bh recommends: Colour by TBN Baked Eyeshadow Palette in Romantic) and focusing your glitz on the inner corners.
Tip: If your shadow colours never stand out as much as you’d like, match them with a coloured mascara. NYX Colour Mascara and L'Oréal Paris Mega Volume Miss Manga Mascara have a few fab colours to choose from.
Tip: Use a creamy highlighting shade with a neutral light brown shadow for an eye look that goes perfectly with a coloured lip.
Tip: Green eyes? You HAVE to try this look. Apply a sheer veil of purple shadow across your lids and then add definition by applying a purple liner (like Inika Organic Eyeliner in Purple Minx) across your waterline.
Tip: For a stunning daytime look, use a highlighting shade over your entire lid and then trace along your crease towards your brow with a peach colour. To take it all the way up to Rihanna’s level, add a few MODELROCK Lashes EXTREME Triple Wispy Individuals on the outer corners.
Tip: Not so handy with liquid liner? No worries. Use a mix of charcoal shadows (bh recommends: Colour by TBN Baked Shadow Palette in Smokey) to create your cat eye. Do your eyes before your foundation and keep some Wet Ones handy for cleaning up the edges.
Tip: A simple sweep of deep peach shadow can awaken your entire complexion. Try it the next time you’re feeling a little dull.
Tip: When wearing green eyeshadow, go for more of a turquoise shade than lime.
Tip: Don’t be afraid to layer completely different colours! Use cool and warm tones as a guide when choosing your combinations. Cool shades like purple, pink, blue and green work well together, as do warm shades like gold, bronze, yellow, orange and red.
Tip: Bronze and gold is a magical combo for all eye colours. Keep eyeliner to a minimum to let metallic and glitter finishes really shine.
Tip: To make blue eyeshadow classy, choose a blue that’s bordering on navy and be sure to stop right on the eye crease to avoid looking like you’re on your way to an 80s disco. bh recommends: Inika Mineral Eyeshadow in Midnight.
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93 Member Comments
Gigi Hadid's eyeshadow is to die for! If only I can do it so perfectly!
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All these ladies look divine. I definitely couldn't pull some of these look off, but I love the purple eye shadow and eye liner on green or hazel eyes. That Ariel meme is so me! Just saw new Natio eye shadow palettes yesterday, $19.95 for 15 colours. WANT!
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I love Lupita's look! I would love to try the colours myself and try not to get too intimidated by it.
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Cara Delevignes' look is well suited for the Modern Renaissance palette.
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Very interesting article. Love reading things like these. Beauty heaven has some really great informative articles. love lupitas look, i need to be more adventurous with eye makeup
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Love Cara's orange - would definitely wear it myself, but perhaps slightly toned down. I also love Rita's green and think Eva's blue makes her brown eyes really pop. For some reason blue makes brown eyes really brown :)
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A lot of these are rather tame compared to the opening blog photo, but I love the idea of coloured mascara!
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I've always loved the gold, silver and pink. It always stood out to me <3
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I like most of these looks but Rita Ora's green look is stunning, Amber Heard's subtle purple look is so wearable and of course Diane Kruger couldn't look bad if she tried but her soft metallic eye would suit anyone.
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So many different gorgeous eye looks! Gives me lots of inspiration
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I love a good brown/bronze eyeshadow, always drawn to them.
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Most of the eye looks on the models above are sooooo over the top as to be a turn off for me.
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Definitely bronze & gold type of shades for me, they really make the blue in my eyes stand out
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I really must be more adventurous! Only ever seem to use my nude shades
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Some of these are so pretty!
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Wow some of theese are shocking but i like the toned down ones.
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Wow some of theese are shocking but i like the toned down ones.
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Oh, also the orange <3
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Is there such a thing as too many eyeshadow palettes?
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I like to do combinations with pink shadow -Pink/gold, Pink/chocolate brown etc.
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I'm not sure about the orange eyeshadow.
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I like them but the orange colour isn't so great
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some really cool makeup looks
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I have green eyes, and I have noticed that when I wear my purple Elizabeth Arden eyeshadow, my eyes look more green. It's a lovely effect! :)
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Love only the first look (beautiful!), other kind of boring....
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