Here’s a navel idea: Switch out your morning glass of pulp for eye-catching tangerine from Dries Van Noten.
Pat a single matte shade on lids — from the inside corner to outer edge of brow bones — for a flat wash of color. Or add layers of muted yellow and persimmon for more dimension.
Make Up For Ever matte eye shadow in Tangerine, available at sephora.com, $20; Illamasqua eye shadow in Vapour, available at sephora.com, $20.
Regardless of how you feel about feathered friends, you’ll want to pluck this exotic look off Prabal Gurung’s runway.
With a base of brown and blue pigment, use a turquoise or navy liner to create a feather shape from inner lashes to outer brow bone. Then pat a corresponding blue shadow on top to set the rest.
MAC eye kohl in Blooz, available at maccosmetics.com, $15; MAC eye shadow in Freshwater, available at maccosmetics.com, $15.
Everyone knows Elizabeth Taylor had the lock on amethyst eyes. Go one shade deeper with the smoky plum seen on Nanette Lepore’s runway.
Start with a shadow pencil to create an intense color along bottom and top lashes up to the crease. Apply lighter purple on the middle of lids and a darker shade on outer corners for a two-dimensional effect.
Josie Maran eye shadow in Beautiful Purples, available at josiemarancosmetics.com, $36; Nars shadow pencil in Calabria, available at narscosmetics.com, $24.
You’re slightly terrified of things with red eyes (Godzilla, albino bunnies, newly turned vampires). Face your fears the Donna Karan way with a swipe of crimson along upper lids. Just try to avoid the woods at night.
To get glossy eyes, use primer, matte shadow, and a dab of Vaseline or clear lipgloss in the middle of your lids. For a more durable look, start with opaque color from lash line to crease. Then brush a sparkle shadow in the same hue on top.
Topshop matte eye shadow in Painted, available at us.topshop.com, $14; NYX eye shadow in Cherry, available at nyxcosmetics.com, $5.
On a scale of exquisite to hideous, chartreuse ranks somewhere around loathsome. Help Narcisco Rodriguez raise the reputation of green’s least-loved shade and give your eyes a sulfuric glow.
Purists should dip their brush in an acid yellow pigment with green undertones. The less adventurous can choose a tint that’s closer to lemon.
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics loose color in Acacia and Pollen Count, available at occmakeup.com, $12.50.
Picasso had Guernica; Duchamp had his toilet. All you need to create the dramatic angles seen at Anna Sui: liquid liner and a steady hand.
Start with a thin line along inner lashes, draw a winged shape outward, and fill in with color. If liquid liner isn’t your medium of choice, use a sharpened pencil with a narrow tip and heavy pigment.
Stila waterproof liquid liner in Indigo, available at stilacosmetics.com, $20; YSL waterproof eye pencil in Azure Blue, available at yslbeautyus.com, $29.
Beady Betty. Shifty Sally. Close-set Clara. Nix the unfortunate names — and set your peepers apart — with a strategic white or silver liner around the inner corners.
Choose a frosted white or silver shimmer, and build up the intensity with multiple coats. Finish the look with a dusk-colored cream shadow on brow bones.
Lorac 3D liquid eye shadow in Diamond, available at loraccosmetics.com, $16; Becca eye shadow in Romanticism, available at beccacosmetics.com, $24.
You’re still perfecting the light-handed approach to after-dark makeup. Practice Alexandre Herchcovitch’s subtle maneuvers with blink-and-you’ll-miss-it metallic liner.
Wash eyelids with peach or nude shadow, and accent the color with a gold cream or pencil smudged around the outer corners of eyes.
Sephora Collection liner in Gold, available at sephora.com, $12; BareMinerals eye shadow in Gold Medal, available at sephora.com, $16.
If purple is the color of kings and queens, then its cousin-once-removed must be the court jester of teal. Get in on the joke with Jason Wu’s lively version of the standard smoky eye.
Working from the inside corners out, apply a cream shadow over lids and smudge a darker shade along lashes, feathering it at the ends.
Smashbox cream eye shadow in Neptune, available at smashbox.com, $19; Too Faced eye shadow in Cop a Teal, available at toofaced.com, $18.
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