Hazel Eye Makeup Looks and Tips

I have hazel eyes, and I have looked up some ways to make my hazel eyes "pop." Most of the information I found, I didn't write down where I got it from. I remember looking up articles online and one time I was in a waiting room and I found it in a fashion magazine. I also got information from Goss Makeup Artist. I included his link. So I'm going to share the colors that look good and Youtube tutorials that I have tried and liked to bring out my hazel eyes.

Eye Shadow
Gold
Tan
Brown
Honey Colors
Pink
Purple
Green
Teal
Peach
Taupe
Maroon (brings out the green)
Olive (brings out the yellow so eyes appear lighter)
Goss Makeup Artist made a Youtube video saying what eye colors look good for each eye color. In the description box, he lists all the eye shadows for each eye color. It is a really handy video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raLz8pwWVFk
My eyes have green and brown in them, so I can choose from the green or brown list.

Green Eyes
Ellis Faas E114
Covergirl Eye Enhancers - Tapestry Taupe
Wet 'n Wild Idol Eyes Creme Shadow - Graphite
Shiseido Eye Color Trio VI308
Elizabeth Arden Smokey Eyes Powder Pencil - Espresso
Bobbi Brown Shimmer Eyeshadow - Rock
Nars Cream Eyeshadow - Mousson
MAC:
Satin Taupe
Woodwinked
Deep Damson
Bronze
Cranberry
Coppering
Fig 1
Amberlights
Gold Mine
Humid
Surreal
Steamy
Phloof
Freshwater
Falling Star
Plum Dressing
Mulch
Trax
Nocturnelle
Star Violet
Mystery

Brown Eyes
Estee Lauder Pure Color Gelee Powder Eyeshadow - Sapphire
Mally Beauty Volumizing Mascara - Purple
Josie Maran Argan Eyeshadow - Cinnamon
Elizabeth Arden Colour Intrigue - Indigo
L'Oreal Paris 24 HR Infallible Eyeshadow - Eternal Sunshine
Ellis Faas E118
MAC:
Sumptuous Olive
Samoa Silk
Rice Paper
Plum Dressing (amazing on brown eyes)
Silver Ring
Espresso
Humid
Gold Mine
Rule
Expensive Pink
Satellite Dreams
Paradisco
Fig 1

Eye Liner
Brown
Black
Purple
Green
Eggplant
White
Taupe
Soft red-brown

Mascara
Brown
Black
Brownish-black

Avoid
Blue eyeshadow

Lipstick
Mauve
Berry
Gold
Poppy

These are my favorite looks I've found. I put what the artist used first, and then if I used something different I listed that. I try to use what makeup I own that is similar.

This is what makeup I used in general (if you want to know.)
Eye Primer: Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Bronzer: MAC Studio Careblend Pressed Powder in Medium Deep
Black Eye Liner: Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero
White Eye Liner: Rimmel Soft Kohl Kajal Eye Liner Pencil in Pure White
Black Liquid Liner: Eyeko London Skinny Mini Liquid Eyeliner in Black
Brown Gel Liner: Maybelline Eye Studio Gel Liner in Brown
Mascara: Covergirl Clump Crusher by Lashblast Water Resistant in Very Black (top lashes), Maybelline Lash Discovery Mini-Brush Waterproof in Very Black (bottom lashes)

1. Eye Color Series: Makeup for Hazel Eyes by carahamelie03 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iHDPo_4rWw
a. Revlon Illuminance Cream Shadows in Precious Metals, gold, inner half of eye and inner corner, inner lower lash line
b. Mac Paint Pot in Dangerous Cuvee (something for purple shadow to stay on), the rest of the eyelid: Revlon Illuminance Cream Shadows in Copper Canyon, 1st shade
c. Coastal Scents 88 Metal Mania Palette, golden color, on top of cream gold: Wet 'n Wild Vanity, 5th color
d. Same palette, purple on outer half of lid, blend together with gold so no harsh lines: NYC Individual Eyes Bryant Park, 3rd color
e. Purple lower lash line
f. Same palette, bronze purple, crease and blend nicely 3/4 of way in: L'Oreal Hip Duo in Electrified, right side
g. Same palette, cream shimmer, under brow, blend out any harsh lines: Wet 'n Wild Lust, 4th color
h. Black liner, waterline, upper lash line, set with black shadow and under waterline: Wet 'n Wild Greed, 3rd color
i. Mascara
j. MAC Beauty Powder in Venomous Villains Briar Rose: Covergirl Cheekers Rose Silk
k. Revlon Lipstick in Plum Baby
l. Revlon Super Lustrous Lip Gloss in Shine City: Milani 3D Glitzy Glamour Gloss in Designer Label

2. Maybelline Eye Studio Color Explosion (Forest Fury) Review & Tutorial by cherielovemakeup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO9BBrNxhXI
a. Bottom color goes in inner corner 1/3
b. Left color goes in the middle 1/3
c. Right color goes in the outer 1/3
d. Top color in the crease with a fluffy brush and outer v
e. Heaven is on a different fluffy brush under brow: Wet 'n Wild Vanity, 1st shade
f. Glitter on inner corner and up to inner crease
g. Green eyeliner underneath, or maybe the right color
h. Left color on eyeliner with angled brush
i. Bottom color goes underneath in inner corner
j. Black eyeliner in the waterline, black liquid liner upper lid, thin wing, close to lash line
k. Black mascara
l. Nars Orgasm: Wet 'n Wild Blush in Pearlescent Pink
m. Mac So Vain, peachy lip gloss: Prestige Skin Loving Minerals Lasting Moisture Lip Gloss in Soft Peach
My Thoughts: I also tried this with Maybelline Eye Studio Color Explosion in Amethyst Ablazed and it looks pretty too.

3. Eye Color Series: Makeup for Brown Eyes by carahamelie03 http://www.youtube.com/user/carahamelie03#p/search/1/N15d67SA-RY
a. MAC Paint Pot in Bare Study, inner half of lid: Maybelline Color Tattoo in Barely Beige
b. Palladio Shadow & Liner Herbal Crayon in Olive, outer half of lid blend with finger
c. NYX Creamy, inner half over Bare Study: Wet 'n Wild Comfort Zone, 1st color
d. NYX Herb, over olive base: Maybelline Sunbaked Neutrals, dark green color
e. Palladio crayon lower lash line
f. Green eyeshadow over top
g. NYX Aloha inner corner highlight: L'Oreal 24 HR Infallible Eye Shadow in Iced Latte
h. NYX Beauty Queen, crease: Maybelline Eye Studio Color Explosion in Amethyst Ablazed, the dark purple color
i. Stila Azure, crease, blend it out: Wet 'n Wild Pride, 6th color
j. Bedhead Vanilla: Wet 'n Wild Pride, 1st color
k. Black liner in waterline
l. Mascara
m. Bronzer hollows of cheek, neck
n. Elf Blush in Mellow Mauve: Rimmel Blush in Mauve Cool
o. Rimmel Lipstick in Vintage Pink: L'Oreal Lipstick in Pink Lady
p. Prestige Skin Loving Minerals Lasting Moisture Lip Gloss in Soft Peach
My Thoughts: The purple looks good with the green.

4. Sparkling Turquoise Eye Look by newapplearial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4n7zzXD7Lg
a. BeautyMaker Starlit Eye Shadow, white sparkle eyelid with finger: Maybelline Eye Studio Color Explosion in Forest Fury, glitter
b. Brown gel liner, wing, small line near lashes, connect wing to under lash line
c. Majolica Majorca Jeweling Eyes (GR791) turquoise above gel liner and wing 1/2 way, fade up outer corner: Wet 'n Wild Blue Had Me At Hello, right side eyelid color
d. Mascara
e. Canmake Cream Cheek (05) Peach tap on cheeks: Maybelline Dream Mousse Peach Satin and Wet 'n Wild Pearlescent Pink Blush
f. Lip Balm
My Thoughts: It looks so pretty and sparkly. I post shimmer on my face too, but I don't recommend it. Just keep the face look natural and let the eyes shine.

5. Natural Looking Eye Makeup Tutorial Using Drugstore Brand Products by ShyGirlBeauty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDoOgoWTQLU
a. Eye Primer
b. MAC Painterly Paint Pot: Revlon Illuminance Creams in Not Just Nudes, 1st shade
c. NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk: NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cottage Cheese
d. Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips in Hazel Eyes, third from bottom on inside half of lid
e. Same palette, 5th from bottom, outside half of lid
f. Same palette, 2nd from bottom and fourth from bottom, mix together, crease
g. Make sure all is blended.
h. Pencil brush, 3rd from top and last color outer v, bring into the lash line
i. 3rd from top lower lash line, followed by bottom color on lower lash line
j. Blend out outer v with a fluffy brush.
k. 4th color highlight under brows
l. Line waterline with white pencil
m. 4th color tearducts
n. Brown pencil lower lash line 1/2 way: I skipped this step because she said this was just for the camera.
o. Black liquid liner, top lash line
p. Mascara
q. Milani Luminous Blush: Milani Luminoso Blush
r. Rimmel East End Snob Lip Liner
s. Rimmel Lipstick in Airy Fairy

6. How to Make Hazel Eyes Pop by MakeupGeekTVhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8suUpg0dLs
a. Eye Primer
b. MAC Femme Noir, v shape outer corner: Maybelline Eye Studio Color Explosion in Forest Fury, dark forest green color
c. MAC Poison Ivy, next to v and blend inward in the crease: Maybelline Eye Studio in Mad for Mauve, 3rd color
d. MAC Vanilla, inner corner: Wet 'n Wild Lust, 4th color
e. Shimmer Mint by Makeup Geek, middle of lid: Wet 'n Wild Pride, 4th color
f. MAC Orb, run above dark green to soften line: Wet 'n Wild Vanity, 1st color
g. Mascara
h. MAC Blush in Lilicent: NYC Blushable Creme Stick in Plaza Pink
i. Bobbie Brown Lipstick in Peony: Revlon Lip Butter in Sweet Tart
My Thoughts: I don't like the dramatic eye look. I tried to do my own thing (not such a harsh cat eye). The green does look good with my hazel eyes.

7. Mother's Day 2009 by EnKoreMakeup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RCWXzDYW4Y
a. Moisturizer
b. Face Primer
c. Lip Balm
d. Eye Primer
e. Stila Beaux Care Duo, burgundy, crease, outer 1/3 of lid and blend out the crease: Maybelline Eye Studio in Mad for Mauve, 4th color
f. Black liquid liner, upper lash line
g. MAC Carbon, on top of liner: Wet 'n Wild Greed, 3rd color
h. MAC Summer Neutral Eye Shadow on the rest of the eyelid, balls of the eyelid: Maybelline Eye Studio in Sea Sprite, 2nd color
i. Foundation
j. Powder
k. Concealer
l. Brown eye pencil lower lash line
m Bronzer to set eye pencil
n. MAC Mineral Blush in Nuisance: Covergirl Cheekers in Rose Silk
o. Eve Pearl Lip Pencil in Cosmo, fill in lips: Boots No.7 Lip Liner in Nude
p. Eve Pearl Stardust/Moonlight Kiss Gloss Duo: Covergirl Blast Lipstick Lip Color in Vixen (darker side)
q. Golden glimmer in the middle of the pout, bottom and top, make sure the colors transition gradually: L'Oreal Color Riche Le Gloss in The Muse's Shine
r. Mascara
My Thoughts: His mother has hazel eyes, so that's why I included this look. It looks pretty too.

Look of the Day: Complementary Colors

I've seen a lot of people post these as well, so I decided to give it a go. Today I'm getting ready for church. I'm just dressing casually. I'm wearing my new brown top. It has sort of a square neck line, and fake clear jewels along the top. It has peasant style sleeves and a drawstring at the bottom to pull it tight. I have autumn coloring, so brown is one of the colors that looks good on me. Then I'm just wearing jeans and probably my blue Keds.

For my hair, I'm just wearing it up in a ponytail. Today is supposed to get really hot.

Now for my favorite part: the makeup. I have been doing this new thing lately where for whatever color top I'm wearing, I wear the complementary color on my eyes. I found this at Makeupgeek's website. I’ll find you the link.  http://www.makeupgeek.com/tutorials/q-a-with-makeup-geek-your-burning-questions-answered/     Someone asked her if she should match her eyeshadow to her clothes and she said no. Actually, it looks nice when you wear the opposite color.  

I already have heard that makeup artists largely say the same thing about how to complement your eye color. You wear the complementary color (opposite) of your eye color. So I applied this to my clothes. This has been really fun, so instead of only wearing colors that suit my hazel eyes, I'm wearing colors depending on my clothes. My clothes already complement my warm coloring.

So since I'm wearing a brown top, it is as though I have brown eyes and I need to wear colors to complement the brown. According to my research (i.e. obsessively going around the internet trying to figure out what colors complement brown eyes), I've found out that one color that looks good on brown eyes is green. So my makeup look today is a mainly green eyed look. If you look on the color wheel the opposite of green is red and brown has a lot of red in it, which is why green is considered a good opposite of brown.

Another thing I found out about my own color of eyes (hazel) is that there are a lot of colors that go good with my color. The only color I should avoid apparently is blue, which washes the hazel out. I think wearing navy is ok though.

I found a beautiful makeup artist on youtube that has a makeup look for each eye color. Here is her link to brown eyes:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15d67SA-RY&feature=channel_video_title       

I took notes on her look so I could copy it using my own colors.

Eye Color Series: Makeup for Brown Eyes by carahamelie03

1. Mac Bare Study paint pot inner corner

2. Palladio Olive Crayon outer half of lid, blend with finger

3. Nyx creamy, soft beige inner half of eye over Bare Study

4. Nyx Herb, dark green base, blend into creamy color (this is an olive color)

5. Palladio Olive Crayon on lower lash line

6. Nyx Herb over top

7. Nyx Aloha inner corner highlight (this is a shimmery, light pink-brown)

8. Nyx Beauty Queen, fluffy crease brush in the crease (this is a plumy purple color)

9. Azure by Stila using a small pencil brush to darken the crease dimension in eye, not over powering but blend it out (this is a medium blue color)

10. vanilla matte white highlight

11. Mac Smolder eyeliner in waterline

12. Winged Mac Black Track Fluid Line on upper lash line

13. Mascara

14. Bronzer to bring color to face, contour, neck under the chin

15. Mauve cool toned blush because eyes are cool toned on the apples, blend back

16. Rimmel Vintage Pink, cool toned matte lipstick, dabbing on lips

17. Prestige soft peach lip gloss

My Thoughts: I'm going to copy this look, but not exactly. The only products I have the same as her is the Palladio crayon and the Prestige lip gloss. I'm going to skip the black in the waterline because I don't think that looks good on me. I also think it's a little too much for daytime at church. I don't want to look like I have tons of makeup on. Instead of black liner, I may use brown instead. Brown looks more natural on me. 

Also, I have a new obsession when it comes to wearing blush and lipstick. This is from the makeupgeek as well. Here is the video that inspired it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOhfYM2p99E 

It shows how to match your lipstick to your eye shadow. So according to her you want to wear cool toned blush and lipstick if you are wearing warm eye shadow and warm cheeks and lips if you are wearing cool toned eye shadow. So, since this look calls for cool eye shadow, I'm going to wear a peachy blush and peach lip gloss. She used the lip gloss that I will wear, but I won't copy the mauve blush.

When I start applying the makeup, especially when it gets into putting on the purple and blue shades I may skip it because I don't want too much makeup on. Today is supposed to be 91 degrees!!! That would be silly if I wear a smoky eye, also I don't think it's appropriate for church. I know that's probably silly considering I'm wearing casual clothes to church, since a lot of people would consider that inappropriate. I guess it would look weird if I had on a lot of makeup with such casual clothes too.

This is the makeup look that I actually did wear:

1. Revlon Not Just Nudes, 1^st color inner half of lid

2. Palladio Shadow & Liner Herbal Crayon in Olive, outer half of lid blended with finger

3. Wet ‘n Wild Color Icon Palette in Vanity, 1^st color, put over inner half cream

4. Maybelline Enchanted Forest, green color, put over outer half olive color

5. Palladio lower lash line

6. Maybelline green color lower lash line

7. Wet ‘n Wild The Gilded Age trio, browbone color as an inner corner highlight

8. Wet ‘n Wild 8-Pan Palette in Petal Pusher, 3^rd shade in crease using a fluffy crease brush

9. e.l.f. 32 Eyeshadow Palette, 3^rd row, last color, using a small pencil brush to darken crease dimension in eye, not over powering, blend it out

10. Wet ‘n Wild 8-Pan Palette in Petal Pusher, 1^st color under brow as a highlight

11. Physician’s Formula Shimmer Strips Gel Liner for Glam Hazel Eyes in black (no wing)

12. L’Oreal Voluminous Waterproof Mascara in Black Brown

13. NYC Smooth Skin Bronzing Face Powder in Sunny to bring color to my face, contour, neck under chin

14. Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso

15. Prestige Skin Loving Minerals Lasting Moisture Lip Gloss in Soft Peach

My Thoughts: This is so pretty! You should try it! Even though I don’t have brown eyes, I felt like it made my hazel eyes pop. I didn’t use a lipstick because I felt like my eyes were all ready pretty dramatic, and I wanted to go light on the lips. I decided the black liner on top wasn’t too bad to do, and I did the purple and blue because I was curious to see how it would look. Hopefully this isn’t too much for a daytime look. I put Too Faced Shadow Insurance so let’s see how well it holds up.

What is your face of the day? Do you over think things like I do? What do you think about the complementary colors idea? Please, feel free to leave me a comment!