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Picking out eyeshadow colours is more than just going with a colour you like. Carefully consider your colour selection to complement your skin tone and eye colour in order to enhance your natural assets. Eye beauty can be further enhanced by complementing eyeshadow colours with your outfit, accessories or even hair colour. There are a few fail-safe eyeshadow colours that work for people of all eye colours and skin tones, according to free-beauty-tips.com. The site advises a dark base to define (like navy or charcoal) and a powder-blue shadow to highlight, or silver-sparkle shadow, for example.

Combinations for traditional eye beauty

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Eyeshadow tips for more traditional eyeshadow colour/eye colour combinations include violet, purple, grey, taupe and deep blue for blue eyes. Recommended eyeshadow colours for hazel and green eyes include: deep green, brown and deep blues for brown eye beauty.

Wearing the same eyeshadow colour as your eyes

It has been a longstanding eyeshadow tip not to wear eyeshadow in the same colour as your eyes. So, for example, if you have blue eyes it is usually advised that you stay away from blue. Not everyone agrees with this, and some makeup artists suggest that if you are able to play up the undertones in your eyes with similar eyeshadow colours, the effect will really ‘pop’.

The best thing you can do is experiment. Go to makeup counters and get your eyes made up by the sales assistants, or take home a few free samples to play with yourself. Try a different colour combination for the evening than you would usually wear for the day, in order to spice things up.