Makeup for gray eyes
The most common in our time is the gray color of the eyes. However, he does not at all speak of the dullness and inexpressiveness of their owners. Gray-eyed girls do not like boredom and monotony, they strive for diversity and constant improvement. Also, their iris can change during the day depending on the circumstances. Such eyes can have a huge number of shades, dark or light, going into green or blue.
Gray eyes make their owner sophisticated, mysterious and tender. Some women dream of having bright and expressive green or blue eyes. But the beauty of the gray tone is that you can pick up the largest number of makeup options for it, thereby shading and giving an unusual radiance to the look.
Let's look at what makeup features are for such eyes and how to choose it, taking into account the color type, hair tone and skin.
Peculiarities
The most common makeup technique for gray eyes is the use of gray shadows. This is the most advantageous option, allowing you to reveal all the beautiful features of the girl. In this case, you can use any options for the gray palette: light, silver, metallic, shades of asphalt. They will be appropriate in both daytime and evening make-up. The main thing is to choose suitable partners for this range.
- Tones such as golden and sandy, chocolate, peach and wood, purple and blue are perfect for the gray shade of the iris. The colors of precious metals: gold, copper and bronze can well make up a festive look, can be used alone or with colors of cinnamon, wood or chocolate.
- Dark brown, black or dark metallic suitable for use as an eyeliner, they perfectly emphasize the shape of the eye, highlight and make the eyes more spectacular.
- Shades of wine and purple will soften the look, make the image more lively and playful. The light tones of these spectra are suitable for a daytime make-up, while the eggplant and plum options will create a rich evening look.
To give depth and expressiveness to the visage, experts use three colors, turning one into another. The lightest tone is applied at the inner corner of the eye, so that the look is more open and fresh. From the side of the outer corner, the darkest cosmetics are used, creating volume and forming the most attractive shape of the eye. A medium tone is applied to the middle of the century. They are carefully shaded so that no obvious boundaries of transitions are visible. To create a daytime look, you can draw arrows in wine, black or natural color along the roots of the eyelashes.
- Everyday make-up will become lighter and more attractive if the arrows are also well shaded. So they will accentuate the eyes, emphasize the eyelashes and make them longer and more magnificent.
- In the evening look Makeup in the style of "cat's eyes" or "smoky eyes" would be appropriate
Let's determine which shadows are preferable to use for gray-eyed girls:
- For dark skin it is best to choose cold shades of shadows, so the eyes will be emphasized in comparison with the skin.
- For fair or pale skin on the aristocratic property of the skin can be emphasized with the help of warm tones.
- Brown gamma for dark-skinned women will help emphasize the depth of the eyes and the contrast of the gray iris with dark skin.
- Blue and blue shades will help to give the appropriate undertone to the iris.
- Fresh greens and purples will make the look brighter and more expressive in combination with a cold skin.
- To create any type of make-up, metal colors are suitable: steel, gold, copper, silver.
- Light and airy look will help to decorate the shadows of white, gray and black, burgundy, greenery, chocolate, brown tones.
- Expressiveness of the face will give bronze, copper, brick and coral, as well as peach and terracotta.
- In a dramatic evening the image can use blue, blue and purple colors, turquoise, caramel, pink and silver.
A very large variety of options and combinations suits gray eyes. But not everything is worth using.
- Bright and dark, but at the same time, shades related to warm colors can make the eyes swollen, and the face tired and sick.
- A perfect match of the color of the shadows and the iris is not welcome, so the eyes get lost in their background.
- Fully summed up by radical black cWith a veil, the eyes will appear visually smaller and narrower.
- matte shadows are not the best solution for gray-eyed ladies.
- Too bright colors, especially in everyday use, will make the image ridiculous and vulgar.
It is best to choose a make-up of gray eyes, depending on the color type of their owner. Hair will play a huge role in the choice.
- Blondes make the image soft and expressive will help cosmetics of a warm range. Chocolate tones are especially suitable for this purpose. To create depth, you can use a combination of neutral beige tones, with a mother-of-pearl effect, a delicate peach. You can decorate and emphasize the eyes with a black or dark brown eyeliner or pencil. The final touch will be the use of a lengthening or voluminous mascara in a classic black or soft chocolate shade.
- For blond hair in combination with gray, you can use almost the entire palette of tools. The main thing is to take into account their relevance, correctly choose a combination of colors among themselves, clothes and accessories.
- For dark chestnut hair, a good solution would be to emphasize the fresh shade of the iris with the help of appropriate tones in makeup. Blue shadows will turn the undertone of the eyes into blue, and ashen ones will make them green.
- Brunettes with a cold color type suitable shades of purple. To soften the image, you can use the range of chocolate and other warm options. But it is better to choose shadows with mother of pearl. For an everyday look, it is not necessary to use a rich combination of colors in the shadows. To make a simple make-up, just line your eyes with a natural brown or black pencil and use mascara. In the case of deep-set eyes, the inner side of the lower eyelid should be painted over with a white pencil, and for convex eyes, on the contrary, black can be used.
Kinds
If you learn how to use the colors in the makeup of gray eyes correctly, choosing them for the occasion of going out, clothes and accessories, you can not only like yourself, but also everyone around you.
- Everyday look. In it, gray-eyed girls can use a large number of shades. Every day you should not use bright versions of terracotta or orange. They will distract from the color of the iris, focusing on the eyelids, while they can make the eyes look tired and inflamed. A gentle look will help create a natural, natural color of the shadows. A gray palette is universal for gray eyes, these are both light and dark tones, ashy, asphalt, mother-of-pearl or with sparkles. To visually make the iris darker, you need to use light makeup in the visage. The rule also works in the opposite direction, dark makeup will present the iris much lighter. Summing up such eyes can be done in different colors of pencils, shadows or eyeliner. Experts recommend making the arrows thin, not going beyond the border of the eyelashes. Otherwise, they will cut the eyes narrower and fail them. For large eyes, you can bring the inner eyelid from below with a black pencil, and small ones will visually expand the white eyeliner.
- Evening look. In the daytime, a girl with a gray iris may not use shadows at all, creating a light or summer make-up with a pencil and mascara. But a festive make-up must be special in order to capture the imagination of others. Such a make-up is best done using mother-of-pearl shades of bright colors.
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dark makeup gray eyes are suitable for brunettes. It will make the eyes lighter and favorably emphasize their contrast.
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Bright makeup can use brown-haired, fair-haired or dark-haired. It can use metallic tones, shades of precious metals, eggplant and wine.You can choose tones, for example, under a blue dress, especially since the blue and blue gamma will give the iris a depth of color and an appropriate undertone. For red-haired girls, the tones of copper, gold or bronze are perfect.
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- A neat make-up with a combination of delicate peach and mouse tones will help create business image. It can be light daytime or festive if you add a simple classic black arrow. Such an image is always fresh and relevant, suitable for both young ladies and those who have crossed the mark of 50 years.
Beautiful makeup should combine shades of shadows, blush and lipstick, be neat and matched to the upcoming event. Gray eyes can be decorated with shadows or their combination with arrows.
- One can especially highlight wedding makeup for gray eyes Since the image of the bride usually implies a white dress, delicate flowers and an innocent look, natural shades of beige, gold and silver will look best in it. It is better to choose them taking into account the color of the hair and skin of the bride. Bright and unusual colors in a wedding make-up should be avoided, red or purple will look strange. The exceptions are thematic weddings or the use of a special range in the design, decor of the dress and bouquet. Mascara and eyeliner can be classic black or natural brown.
How to choose cosmetics?
Cosmetics should be chosen depending on the color type of appearance and the event in which it is planned to use it. It is easy to do gray eye makeup using good cosmetics. Let's take a look at some of the options on the market. They most successfully fit the spring color type and are most popular with makeup artists and ordinary girls.
- Palette containing six shades from Guerlen. This product contains a beige tone and a bone tone, which allows you to create a laid-back nude look. In addition, the set includes black, satin grey, purple and brown shades, allowing you to create a look for all occasions.
- The Bohemian Chic palette from NYX contains a fairly rich selection of matte eyeshadows. You can even take it with you, it is equipped with a large mirror, two blush options and 24 eyeshadow options, including beige, brown, gray natural scales. She makes a great everyday look.
- L'Oreal's "Color Riche" is a four-tone palette perfect for blue-grey irises.. Shadows of lilac and blue undertones will help make gray eyes deeper, more saturated, with a bluish tint.
- The Urban Decay brand presents two palette options for creating a festive look for gray-eyed girls. Each of the products contains twelve shades with a slight shimmer. Thanks to a rich assortment of neutral tones, it is suitable for creating an evening look and bridal make-up.
- The MAC professional cosmetics brand offers excellent quality products that can create bright and contrasting looks. Professional products provide make-up durability, comfortable texture and hypoallergenicity. In addition, the company's website has master classes on using the company's products, which will help you choose the means for the desired image.
Experts advise gray-eyed ladies to pay attention to mother-of-pearl and satin cosmetic products. They will help to give openness and sparkle to the look.
Every gray-eyed beauty in the range of cosmetics should have a palette of silver shades. You may need more than one option, but several. After all, the gray scale is universal for this color of the iris. It allows each lady to favorably emphasize the dignity of her eyes.
- fair-haired girls brown nude shades are also suitable for creating a casual look.
- Ash-haired it is better to pay attention to beige and golden options.
- Blondes suitable pastel colors. You should not choose bright eye-catching shadows with very light hair, they will make the image too defiant, especially in the daytime. Owners of golden hair can be allowed bright tones of purple or wine, but they should be used extremely sparingly. Blondes can use bolder tones with rich hair color, and with soft light shades, it is better to give preference to a nude make-up.
- Brunettes you need to choose products according to skin tone.
- Cold porcelain the skin will go well with warm shades of shadows. This will help emphasize the color of the iris. Both shadows and mascara are best chosen in tones of gold and brown.
- Ladies who have oriental type with swarthy skin, can afford to use dark brown. In makeup, you can even use black or a very dark color, but in small quantities in the outer corner of the eye.
- Dark brown-haired women it is better to pay attention to the delicate colors of coral, peach and dark rose. Bright shades are acceptable in exceptional cases and only with the right selection for clothing.
If, when choosing a type of makeup, you cannot understand which option you like best, give the palm to “smoky eyes”.Such a make-up perfectly emphasizes the eyes and is suitable for an oval, triangular and round face.
How to apply correctly?
In addition to the right choice, makeup must be able to apply correctly. Consider several options suitable for gray-eyed beauties step by step.
The first option is suitable for fair-haired or fair-haired young ladies.
- At the beginning of any make-up the epidermis must be cleansed with the usual meansApply moisturizer or make-up base. Use foundation or BB cream and powder to even out the tone of the face and make the surface perfect and beautiful.
- Eyelids can also be covered with foundation or a special concealer to ensure long-lasting make-up.
- light shadows, white, light beige or light silver are applied to the inner corner of the eye.
- brown tones apply on the fixed eyelid closer to the outer corner of the eyes. For a daytime make-up, you can use dark beige shadows. And for red-haired girls, you can use reddish shades.
- The final touch is necessary emphasize eyes with eyeliner or pencil black or dark grey. The arrows should be thin enough and neat.
- Finish off with voluminous mascara and brow shaping using a pencil, gel or special shadows.
In the next video, we will look at daytime makeup step by step.
The festive version of makeup should differ from the usual one not only in saturation, but also in the use of special cosmetics.. Funds must be of high quality and proven, so as not to fail at a crucial moment.In addition, they must have increased resistance in order to withstand without changes for a long time, and possibly even changes in weather conditions from cold and high humidity to heat and sun.
- To create a festive make-up, preliminary cleaning of the epidermis and its preparation are required.. You need to use a moisturizer or make-up base. Be sure to even out the tone with concealer and foundation. Finish the foundation with powder.
- The inner surface of the lower eyelid must be brought white pencil for narrow eyes, and for wide eyes, you can highlight it in black.
- ATon the inner corner you need to apply light silver or shimmering white shadows.
- In the center of the moving eyelid, you need to put a light accent of turquoise.
- Blue or gray is applied along the junction line of the movable eyelid with fixed from inner to outer corner. She needs to be crushed.
- The colors on the surface of the eyelid should form a soft gradient. - from white to turquoise, then dark blue or gray. And you also need to finish with turquoise and silver in the direction of the eyebrow.
- Let's bring our eyesusing a pencil or black eyeliner. You can bring both the upper and lower eyelids. But don't make the line too thick to avoid making the eyes look smaller.
- Use mascara with the effect of volume and lengthening. For special occasions, you can use a product with the effect of false eyelashes or glue artificial tufts in the outer corner to give more expressiveness to the eyes.
Next - wedding makeup for a bride with gray eyes.
Secrets of professional makeup artists
Professionals in their field share their secrets to create a beautiful make-up that emphasizes the tenderness and beauty of gray eyes.
- Tired and sick gray eyes can look too light tones of green, sky, orange or rose.
- Neutral shades make a lovely daily image.
- For evening make-up it is better to use shades of stones. In special cases, you can decorate it with unusual arrows, use the cat-eye style, smoky design, or use extended eyelashes.
- Black and gray make-up will do for office style, as long as you don't make it too dark and flashy. At the same time, with the right design and use of mother-of-pearl and shiny cosmetics, it will make it a great option for an evening look.
- natural a feature of the gray iris is the ability to slightly change the shade depending on lighting and environment. This fact is skillfully used by makeup artists. To give a gentle blue undertone, shadows of warm shades of sand, caramel and bronze are used. And metallic shadows will give a sharp reflection of steel.
- To make the iris blue, you can cover the cilia of the lower eyelid with blue mascara or bring it with a pencil of the same color. And if you make a light refreshing touch in green tones on the upper eyelid, your eyes will sparkle in a similar shade.
- Ladies with a cold color type in makeup, it is better to use warm beige and brown shadows to highlight the eyes against the background of the skin.
- Makeup in pink and gray tones suitable for blondes and fair-haired.
- Coral, peach and dark pink eyes Suitable for brown-haired women with gray eyes.
- For small eyes do not use eyeliner too actively, it is better to draw a white line along the inside of the lower eyelid.
These tutorials will help you create the perfect makeup that will only emphasize your beauty and personality.
Be sure to focus on your color type when choosing a make-up, the natural color of hair and skin is important. Depending on the case, you can choose the colors and intensity of makeup. For everyday life the use of discreet natural shades is suitable. Gray-eyed beauties can manage in a casual look only with eyeliner and mascara. For a holiday event you can afford a choice of juicy shades, various eyeliner options and mascara colors. Bright ideas will bring new colors and a great mood to the festive look.