Recently we told you how to make up your brown eyes. However, now it is the turn of green eyes, one of the most grateful when it comes to wearing eye makeup. Regardless of whether they have one form or another, there are some colors and tricks that work best to make them look happier and according to experts, the key is to play with color and contrasts. The number one in makeup reveal how to make up your green eyes to get the most out of them.
Only two percent of the world's population has green eyes. However, within that hue, there are also greenish-brown eyes, intense green eyes, or more yellowish greens. All of them are so grateful that with any tone they will stand out and highlight their color. However, what are the eye makeups that are best for green eyes?
Browns, mauve and reddish, the eyeshadow colors that look good on green eyes
As a guideline for choosing the ideal shade of eyeshadow for green eyes or eyes that have "a greenish touch" (and who want to enhance their nuances over the predominant color of the eye) "it should be noted that green eyes with bluish touches are They look more green with slightly orange or peach reds, while greenish browns look great with purple or aubergine tones," says Gato, makeup artist at Maybelline New York.
According to make-up artist Silvia Pellissa, Creative Director & Training Manager of NYX Professional Makeup, "the ideal is to seek contrast and dare with new tones, and brown with all its nuances and smokey eye in black and gray always never fail." You only have to see the eye makeup of Sara Carbonero or Angelina Jolie or Kristen Stewart to verify that it is so.
Jonathan Flores, Sisley's make up artist, tells us that the colors that best suit green eyes are reddish and bronze.
María José García Quero, director of training at Bobbi Brown Spain assures us that as a makeup trick, "the darkest tones will always make the color of your eyes look lighter and the most important thing is to always define them with a tone that is more dark to the tone of your eyes so it can be with the same color eyeshadow and it doesn't have to always be with a black eyeliner, pencil or eyeshadow," she clarifies.
"For a day look, I would choose a reddish or copper tone that will highlight the eye by 200 percent. And if we apply mascara generously, we will have a larger look and stronger eyelashes" proposes the expert.
And for an evening look, Flores proposes choosing an eyeliner that is not in a classic black but in dark metallic green, which, by reflecting the light, gives the look a more intense and rocker touch. "The ideal would be to make a thin line and close to the lash line or if you are one of the most daring, thicker and infinite. Combine it with a matte red lipstick that is a safe bet and will make our party makeup infallible", nuances
On the other hand, Gato, a make up artist from Maybelline New York, tells us that "green eyes will look lighter and more intense if we use reddish or burgundy shadows or in shades of wine and garnet or plum. "In case we want to use a only tone, and to prevent the eye from appearing red, it is essential to make up the eyelashes intensely to frame the look well and to stand out above these tones" the expert tells us.
Light blue or green, better avoid them when making up your green eyes
According to Silvia Pellissa, make up artist at Nyx Cosmetics, there are several shades that do not stand out or favor green eyes and they are light blue shades "because they turn off and leave the eye sad according to the expert," she points out. And blues should be avoided in general because they can draw attention away from the eye color in this shade.
"Many times the fastest option is to apply shadows with a greenish or medium bluish pigment, that makes the look not have a leading role and blends in with our color and it is not the most advisable", says Jonathan Flores, Sisley's make up artist.
And María José García Quero, director of training at Bobbi Brown Spain, assures us that another very common mistake "is that people with green eyes often use the entire range of green eye products and they don't really stand out to The green color of the eyes is nothing since they go unnoticed" points out the expert.
How to make up droopy green eyes
For green eyes but with drooping eyelids, "we can give the burgundy or reddish tone in the center of the mobile eyelid, the tear duct and under the lower lashes, tearing the gaze from the middle of the eye towards the temples with a darker or black tone and the trick would be to blend the reddish color well with the dark color" recommends Gato, make up artist at Maybelline New York.
How to make up rounded and almond-shaped green eyes
"For rounded eyes we will use eye shadows (from reddish to ocher that favor green eyes) on the mobile eyelid, blurring it towards the fixed eyelid to give more depth and a sensation of greatness. And for almond-shaped eyes, play with the eyeliner. The more you lengthen the line, it will look more ripped and bigger than it is, and if you also blur it, the effect will be greater," says Paula Soroa, make up artist at Shiseido.
María José García Quero, Bobbi Brown's trainer, also gives us an infallible trick to highlight almond-shaped green eyes and that is "use an intermediate shade on the mobile eyelid and apply a darker shade on the outer corner of the eye and also blur a light line on the lower lash line giving the intensity only in the outermost area"