Our eyes pull a lot of attraction to our face, and with the right eye makeup, you can be the cynosure of all eyes. Eyeshadows are colored powder pigments that give your eyes a whole new look. With different colors comes different looks and we have made the work easy for you by compiling 20 eyeshadow looks you can easily rock.
Here’s a list of 20 eyeshadow looks and the steps to easily recreate these looks.
1. Colorful Green Eyeshadow Wing
To reproduce this exact look, follow these steps:
Groom your eyebrow into a fitted shape and state.
Use a white liquid eyeliner to draw a line on the lash line of your eyelid and extend it to the outer corner of your eyes to form a wing at the edge.
Use an eyeshadow brush to apply a green-colored eyeshadow above the white line on your eyelid from the inner to the outer corner and extend it as a wing.
Then use a white eyeliner to draw a line mapping the green-colored eyeshadow on your lid and extend it as a wing at the corner of your eyes.
Use an eyeshadow brush to apply a wine-colored eyeshadow directly under your eyebrow and extend downwards to the white line mapping the green eyeshadow on your lid.
For more green eyeshadow looks read this article: 10 green eyeshadow looks.
2. Turquoise Blue and Brown Eyeshadow
This beautiful torquoise blue eyeshadow with brown eyeshadow look is a subtle yet vibrant look. To recreate this look, follow these simple steps:
Begin with a well-carved eyebrow.
With the use of a brown eyepencil fill your eyebrow.
Next, use a concealer to map and line your brow correctly. Gently blend the concealer into the skin.
Apply concealer on your eyelid as a base to prevent the eyeshadow from creasing.
Apply a turquoise blue shade from a matte eyeshadow palette, starting from the inner corner of the eye and extending a little bit towards the middle part of the eyelid.
From where the blue eyeshadow color stops, apply a shiny brown colored eyeshadow from a shimmer palette
Also, do not get to the crease while applying.
Spread the “brown” shade a little bit into the outer corner of the eye.
Apply a black liner from the inner corner to the outer corner of the eye, make it very bold and give it a bold wing. Ensure that the bold line forms a wing at the edge stops way outside the outer corner of the eye.
On the waterline apply the turquoise blue eyeshadow.
Next, apply the black liner boldly again from the inner to the outer corner of the lower lid, connecting it with the one on the outer corner of the upper eyelid.
For more blue eyeshadow looks, read: 10 Blue Eyeshadow looks
3. Shining gold and black eyeliner combo
This eyeshadow look is a bold golden glitter with black eyeliner wing. To recreate this look, follow these simple and easy steps:
Start with grooming your eyebrows.
Apply a makeup primer to your eyelid and ensure that you blend into the skin.
Use a black liquid eyeliner to draw a straight line on your eyelid, along your lash line, and extend it as a short wing at the outer corner of your eyes.
Apply a black colored eyeshadow from the inner corner of your eyes and extend it to the middle of your eyelid along your lash line.
Use your eyeshadow brush to apply a shiny gold-colored eyeshadow above the black line on your upper eyelid.
Use the same black-colored eyeshadow brush to line your lower lid directly under your lash.
Then make use of the same shiny gold-colored eyeshadow brush to highlight the edge of your lower lid but literally below the black eye shadow.
Complete your look with false lashes.
4. Rainbow Wing Eyeshadow Makeup
To recreate this look, follow these simple steps:
Start with adequately arranging and carving your eyebrow till it’s well groomed.
Apply a primer on your eyelid and blend into the skin properly.
Use an eyeshadow brush and apply a gold-colored eyeshadow from the beginning of your eyelid to the middle.
Apply a silver-colored eyeshadow with a brush around the upper area of the gold eyeshadow and extend it down to the inner corner of your eyelid.
Use an eyeshadow brush to apply a pink-colored eyeshadow to your eyelid from the middle to the outer corner.
Please use an eyeshadow brush and apply a purple-colored eyeshadow from the outer corner of your eyes, extending it as a wing at the edge.
Use a white liquid eyeliner to line or map around the purple eyeshadow you extended as a wing at the edge of your upper lid.
5. Sparkly Yellow Eyeshadow Makeup
Burst forth in this sparkly yellow eyeshadow look. A shiny glitter is added to the inner corners and center of the eyelid for that sparkly look.
To recreate this look, follow these steps:
Begin with well-groomed eyebrows
Apply a black liquid eyeliner from the inner corner of your eyelid and extend it to the outer corner of your eyes to form a wing.
Use an eyeshadow brush to apply a yellow-colored eyeshadow above the black line on your upper lid. Apply the yellow eyeshadow fully from the inner corner of your eyes and extend it to the outer corner to rest on the upper line of the wing.
Use a tiny brush to apply yellow eyeshadow to the lower part of your lower eyelid.
Finally, with an eyeshadow brush apply some gold glitter to the inner corner of your eyes and at the center of your eyelid.
6. Simple eyeshadow look
This almost-no makeup look is very simple to recreate, follow these simple steps:
Begin with well-groomed eyebrows
Use a tiny brush and apply a black colored eyeshadow lightly as a line on your eyelid. Extend it to the outer corner of your eyes as a wing at the edge.
Use an eyeshadow brush to apply a gold-colored eyeshadow above the black eyeshadow on your upper lid. Make sure it’s very transparent on the surface of your eyelid.
Use the eyeshadow brush and apply the same black eyeshadow mildly to your lower lid.
7. Creamy Green and Pink Eyeshadow
To recreate this look, follow these simple steps.
Begin with carving and adequately grooming your eyebrow.
Apply a primer on your eyelid and blend gently into your skin. Ensure it dries off before applying any other thing.
With a makeup brush, apply a concealer on your eyelid as a base to prevent the eyeshadow from creasing.
From a matte eyeshadow palette, using an eyeshadow brush, apply a creamy-like green shade to your eyelid.
Apply this shade as a semi-circle from the inner corner to the outer corner of the eye.
Start from the area where the creamy shade stops, and apply a pink shade from the matte eyeshadow to give the shadows a brighter transition.
Use an eyeshadow brush to apply this pink color from the outer corner and upwards above the semi-circle, further beneath the brow bone, and extend to the inner corner of the eyelid.
Next, apply a short black eyeliner; in an effortless way, from the inner corner of the eye towards the outer corner.
You can add a very simple false eyelash to complete this genius look.
8. Smokey Brown Eyeshadow
This smokey brown eyeshadow look is a classic any day, anytime. This eyeshadow look gives you a subtle and sultry look. To recreate this look, follow these steps:
Ensure your eyebrows are well-groomed and in place.
Use a soft brown eye pencil and fill in your brows. Brush your brows with a lash brush for a smooth eyebrow look.
Map your eyebrows with a concealer and blend well into the skin
Apply a soft-toned glittering eyeshadow halfway to the eyelid from the inner corner of the eyes.
Use an eyeshadow brush and apply brown eyeshadow from the middle of the eyelid to the outer corner of the eyes.
Blend this out to the crease to create a brown smokey eye look.
Use the same eyeshadow color and apply it to your lower eyelid from the outer corner of the eyes.
As you approach the inner corner, soften the application.
Apply a natural eyelash to complete this look.
9. Smokey Eye
You can never go wrong with a smokey eye look, as it makes such a bold statement. To recreate this look, follow these steps:
Groom your eyebrows.
Apply an eyeshadow primer to your eyelid and blend it into the skin.
Apply brown eyeshadow as a base eyeshadow; apply it from the outer corner of your eyes and over your crease.
With an eyeshadow brush, apply black eyeshadow over your eyelid.
Apply a shimmering eyeshadow to the inner corner of your eyes.
Use the same black eyeshadow and line the lower lid of your eyes.
Apply your false eyelashes.
10. Rainbow-Band Eyelook
Rainbow-themed eyeshadow looks have become popular and might be what you need to make an entrance. To recreate this look, follow these steps:
Start with a well-groomed eyebrow.
Prime your eyelid with an eyeshadow primer and blend into the skin.
Use an eyeshadow brush and apply silver eyeshadow over your eyelid.
Use a black liquid eyeliner and draw a black eyeliner over your lid.
Draw out a traditional wing at the outer corner of your eyes.
Use a brush and apply different eyeshadow colors over your eyelid.
Start with yellow, and proceed to orange, green, blue, and violet.
11. Purple-line Glitter Eyeshadow
To recreate this eyeshadow look, follow these simple steps.
Apply concealer on your eyelid as a base to prevent the eyeshadow from creasing.
Apply a purple shade from a matte eyeshadow palette, beginning from the outer corner of the eye towards the area close to the outer corner of the eye.
(Avoid the crease and apply the purple color in a rainbow shape format).
From a matte palette, apply a blue shade starting from the crease on the inner corner of the eye and filling up the rainbow format into the outer corner of the eye.
Ensure the blue shade fills up the areas left from making the rainbow-shaped outline and spreads into the eye’s outer corner.
To create this glittered liner, apply eyeliner first, then glitter glue on the area outlined with the liner.
Next, apply silver glitter to this area, ensuring the liner does not exceed the area outlined.
Just above the blue shade, apply the same purple shade, spreading into the outer corner of the eye and underneath the glittered eyeliner area in this format (>). Ensure that you extend it to form a wide wing at the edge of the eye.
12. Red Alert!
The red color sends a bold and fierce statement. That’s what is expected from this red eyeshadow smokey look. To recreate this look, follow these steps:
Start with grooming your eyebrows.
Apply eyeshadow primer and blend in.
Start applying a black eyeshadow from the dip of your crease at the outer corner of your eyes.
With the same black eyeshadow, brush inwards into your crease.
Apply red eyeshadow from the inner corner of your eyes approaching the edge, and stop before the black eyeshadow.
Use the red eyeshadow color and line your lower eyelid.
Draw a wing at the outer corner of your eyes using a black liquid eyeliner. See more eyeliner looks here: 10 winged eyeliners.
Apply your false eyelashes.
13. Silver Smokey Eyeshadow
Awaken your eyes with this bright look using silver eyeshadow and some dark shade eyeshadow for a smokey eye effect. To recreate this look, follow these steps:
Groom your eyebrows to a defined shape.
Apply eyeshadow primer and blend into the skin.
Apply a dark-colored eyeshadow as the base eyeshadow. Apply to create a smokey-winged eye look.
With an eyeshadow brush, apply silver eyeshadow over your eyelid.
Use an eyeshadow brush and apply blue eyeshadow to your lower eyelid.
14. Gold and Sage Green Smokey look
Nail this timeless gold and sage green eyeshadow blend for that special occasion.
To recreate this look, follow these steps:
Start with a well-groomed and arranged eyebrow.
Use an eyeshadow brush to apply gold-colored eyeshadow to the inner part of your eyelid and upper eyelid.
Then use a brush to apply a sage green eyeshadow from the outer corner of your eyes and along your crease.
Blend the sage green eyeshadow to boldly highlight the outer corner of your eyes to create a smokey eye look.
Also, use the same gold eyeshadow brush to highlight the inner corner of the lower lid.
Use the sage green eyeshadow brush to highlight the outer corner of your lower lid.
Apply a false eyelash to complete this look.
15. Rainbow Lid
Intensify the rainbow look by applying it fully over your eyelid. This look would give you full rainbow coverage over your eyes. To recreate this look, follow these steps:
Properly groom your eyebrows.
Apply eyeshadow primer to your eyelid and blend in.
Dab some concealer into your eye area and blend into the skin.
Use an eyeshadow brush and apply blue eyeshadow first, then apply above in a lined format blue, purple, green, yellow, and red.
16. Bold White
Bolder eyeliners have become more trendy for many who want to flaunt their eyes. To recreate this look, follow these steps:
Start with grooming your eyebrows.
Apply eyeshadow primer and blend into the skin.
Apply a well pigmented white eyeshadow color to your entire upper eyelid.
Apply it to have a winged eye at the outer corner of the eyes.
Apply the same white eyeshadow to line the lower eyelid.
Finish the look by applying a dash of silver shimmer to the inner corner of your eyes.
17. Glittery Brown
To recreate this look, follow these simple steps.
Start with a well-groomed eyebrow.
Using an eyeshadow brush, apply dark brown eyeshadow starting from the middle of the eye, extend it to the outer corner, and gently spread just a little below the eyebrow bone and on areas just above the crease.
Ensure to also gently spread the dark color into the eye’s inner corners, but not as heavy as on the outer corner.
With a tiny eyeshadow brush, apply the silver glitter to the crease and inner corner of the eye.
Then with the aid of an eyeshadow brush, dab silver glitter over your brows also. .
Apply a light eyeliner on your lash line, and you’re ready.
18. Purple Eyeshadow Makeup
This purple eyeshadow look is all shades of purple for a beautiful yet subtle look. This look can easily be recreated by following these simple steps:
Groom your eyebrows for a better-defined look.
Apply eyeshadow primer to your eyelid.
Apply a background purple eyeshadow as a base eyeshadow
Apply a shimmering purple eyeshadow to your upper eyelid.
With an eyeshadow brush, apply purple eyeshadow to your lower eyelid and line your eyes with it.
Apply your false eyelashes.
19. Eyeshadow Color Splash
This eyeshadow look is a splash of three colors- from turquoise to green to burgundy.
To recreate this look, follow these simple steps.
Start with a well-groomed eyebrow.
Using a makeup brush apply a primer to your eyelid and blend appropriately into the skin.
Apply concealer on your eyelid as a base to prevent the eyeshadow from creasing.
Apply a turquoise blue shade on the eyelid with a shimmer eyeshadow palette and an eyeshadow brush. Avoid the crease and focus on the areas just a little above the lash line.
Apply another green-colored eyeshadow above the turquoise eyeshadow.
Spread the green eyeshadow over the rest of the eyelid underneath the brows.
Infuse a wine toned under eye splash by applying a burgundy eyeshadow under the lower eyelid for an extra splash of color.
20. Multi-colored Eyeshadow Makeup
To recreate this look, follow these simple steps.
Start with a well-groomed brow.
Apply a makeup primer and your eyelid and ensure it is correctly blended into the skin.
With a brush, apply a concealer on your eyelid as a base to prevent the eyeshadow from creasing.
Apply a sunset yellow eyeshadow from the inner corner of the eye to the middle of the eyelid.
Apply this eyeshadow in a “less than or greater than sign” format. It all depends on the eye you’re working on (in this way < >). For this eye, we’re working with the greater than > sign.
Underneath the “less than or greater than sign,” apply a slight purple/violet shade from a shimmer eyeshadow pallet.
Also, from the shimmer eyeshadow palette, apply a royal blue shade, starting from the mid-end of the “>” outlined, spreading into the outer corner of the eyelid in a “<” format.
Just a little bit outside the “wing” (starting from where the royal blue shade stops), apply a turquoise blue shade to give your eye a better transition. Do not forget to end by following the < format.
Finish up this look with a false eyelash.
Are you a beginner and would love eyeliner looks for beginners? then you should read: 20 eyeliner looks for beginners.