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What colors should you use to make blue eyes look more intensely blue? I bought L´Oréal Color Appeal Trio Pro "Blue Eyes" today, and it contained one white, one light blue, and one darker blue shadow. I had always thought that you should use brown (and maybe apricot) to accentuate blue eyes? My little box of shadows wore a signature I interpreted as "Milla Jovovich", but she has green eyes, hasn´t she?? I´m so confused, someone care to enlighten me??

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I always thought that the best color for eyeshadow is the color opposite on the color wheel.... coppery brown shadow for blue eyes, purple eyeshadow for green eyes & blue shadow for brown eyes.
I have colored contacts in all the shades & I use that guide to make the contact colors stand out.

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I've found that a slightly orange-y brown (like M.A.C.'s "Bamboo") intensifies virtually any eye colour. Although this may not align with colour theory, it does work in practice. The thing to do is apply it to the lower AND upper lid, blending the edges.

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I have rather strange eyes, lots of tones and flecks in them so they actually change colour depending on colour of eyeshadow or clothing.
For the lazer beam light blue I got for: peaches, soft golds, warm browns(think milk chocolates).
For the blue/grey look I go for blues and cool browns.
For the blue/green look then it is pinks and pink lilacs.

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Yes, even brick works well with blue eyes.
My own eyes are that rather dull pond-sludge green with an amber ring around the pupil (Kate Moss has similar eyes to mine) and purple really helps to bring out the green, whereas green makes them more brownish.

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Quote: Originally Posted by donna255
For the lazer beam light blue I got for: peaches, soft golds, warm browns(think milk chocolates). Agree totally. My eyes are blue and I always go back to peachy, apricot colours ( the best of these are powder blushers which I have always used as eyeshadows) as I love the 'lazer beam light blue' these tones bring out.
I have a hard time choosing blues in shadows as most of them make my eye colour look dull. Turquoise and azure are the best blue shades for intensifying my natural eye colour.

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Thanks so much for your very helpful replies!
I tested by using blue colors on one eye, and warm brown and peacy/apricot on the other eye; there was really a difference! My eyes looked much more blue with the brown shades!
Still doesn´t solve the "mystery" with that L´Oréal shadow box, though...

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I've got greyish blue eyes.I like to use more than one colour to really intensify the look of my eyes Favourite colours for eyes on me is: drak blue,purple,grey,brown....and sometimes gold.I use the drakest colour on the whole eyelid,then add a lighter ,but similar shadow above that one.It really works!

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I also have blue eyes and agree with pretty much all the suggestions here - mostly earth tones, coppery tones or grays. Deep plum/eggplant is also great for me. Wearing blue eye shadow usually overwhelms my eye color, but I might add a touch of very dark navy for a liner/smudge, or in the crease.
But one surprising shade I discovered years ago to be very flattering is a mossy green, with a slightly metallic sheen. Revlon used to make the perfect color, which was almost an acid green, but now I do a combo with MAC. I apply Gorgeous Gold for a base and then top that with a darker shade of Greensmoke (pretty on its own too). The combo is great and really makes my blue eyes pop. You can make this lighter for day and much smokier for nightime.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention! I've also found that with blue eyes, the lipstick shade makes all the difference. Blue eyes can really be brought out with a simple, neutral brown shadow, but paired with a clear red lipstick. Very classic.

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I have blue eyes and i wear blues and a whole bunch of other colors as well.
what i like to do is use a coppery or orangy color on the lid then line with a teal or aqua color
I do this quite a bit i use MAC's mythology on the lid then line with MAC's teal pigment or one of my many teal/aqua liners