How to Select Eye Makeup That Complements African-American Coloring

Your eyes are your face's most prominent feature. Eye shadow contours, eyeliner defines and mascara adds length and drama to your lashes. Your perfect palette depends on the depth of color in your skin, as well as its undertones.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Mirrors
• Eye Shadow
• Eye Shadow Brushes
• Eyebrow Pencils
• Eyelash Curlers
• Eyeliners
• Liquid Eyeliners
• Makeup Brushes
• Mascara
• Waterproof Mascaras

1. Determine if your skin has warm or cool undertones. If you have darker skin, accentuate your eyes with shadows and liners whose colors are richer and deeper in intensity.

2. Enhance a warm complexion with shadows that range between soft orange and rust, from honey to cinnamon. Choose liners that are soft to rich brown, and opt for brown or brown- black mascara.

3. Complement cooler complexions with shadows in varying shades of blue, purple and pink. Go with liners that are slate gray to soft purple, and wear black or dark gray mascara. Green flatters skin that has both warm and cool undertones. Blue-greens complement cooler complexions, and brownish, earthy greens enhance warmer ones.

4. Add glamour to a warm complexion with coppery or golden shadow. Pearly purple or silvery blue shadows will glamorize a cooler skin tone.

Tips & Warnings

• Take some time to experiment with color. Head to your local department store and have a beauty consultant do each eye in a different color scheme to envision your possibilities.

• The right brow shape will accentuate your eyes and enhance your features. Pencil in thin brows for more definition.

• Choose long-wearing and hypoallergenic eye makeup formulas to minimize potential eye irritation.