Best Mac Eyeshadows For Dark Skin
If you've got gorgeous, deep chocolate skin, you've been blessed. The only downside is finding makeup that complements your darker skin tone, because the selection is sadly limited. When it comes to eye shadows, you might feel like you have to add a million coats before it even shows up on your skin. Makeup maestro Lucky Smyler — whose clients include brown beauties Sessilee Lopez and Kerry Washington — shows you his top six shadows for darker skin tones, along with tips on how to make them stand out.
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First things first: try to avoid whites, pale blues, pale pinks, and pale greens, Smyler suggests. They can make you look ashy. An easy way to test out shadows is by trying them on your hand first. If the shade melts right into your skin, it's the one for you. If it makes your skin look dried out, toss it.
1. Laura Mercier 'Baroque' Sateen Eyeshadow, $23
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Best MAC Eyeshadows for Dark Skin For dark skin, we would avoid any pale eyeshadow, as you may end up looking ashy. It all depends on how dark your skin is, actually. Most complementary eyeshadows for olive skin. Cool tones can work too, though it’s best to throw a warm toned eyeshadow in there too to add extra depth and colour, otherwise you’re in danger of making your skin appear washed out. Mac – Sketch (dark plum) Gold.
'This shadow gives a lovely brightness to the eye without looking ashy or choppy,' Smyler says. The secret? The peach hues in this shadow blend really well on dark skin.
2. Nars 'Galapagos' Eyeshadow, $24
The deep bronze shimmer in this shadow gives the perfect amount of depth and warmth to darker skin tones, he says. Apply it with a damp eye shadow brush for a more pigmented, dramatic effect.
3. MAC Cosmetics 'Heritage Rouge' Pigment, $21
Burgundy always works well with dark skin tones, giving it a natural, seamless look, Smyler says.
4. Makeup Forever Matte Eye Dhadow #30 in Terracota, $20
For those tired days (i.e. hangovers), this shadow instantly brightens up your eyes.
5. Bobbi Brown 'Toast' Matte Eye Shadow, $21
This is an awesome highlight color or can be used all over the lid to brighten the eye, Smyler says. It also works well as a base shade, since white bases don't blend well on darker skin.
6. Sephora Collection #84 Eye Shadow in Cookie Crunch, $13
Finally, a bronze that actually shows up on darker skin. This shadow has a nice shimmer to it for a glam effect.
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I'm a mixed female, and I seem to just have such a hard time finding good makeup products. While I have (generally) decent skin, I'm not too worried about foundation/concealer etc, but due to the color of my skin, I have a really hard time finding good eyeshadow palettes for my skin color. I mostly shop drug store, and I guess I'm going to have to stop because every shadow product in my makeup bag barely shows up on my skin. I'm not very dark at all either, but the colors aren't very pigmented. I often have to do coat upon coat upon coat to even get it to look like the shade shown.
Any darker skinned people have brand/tip suggestions? I'd like it to (of course) be blendable. So more of the creamier types rather than the chalky consistency. I know a lot of great products have popped up recently, but I seem to find that they all come in $20+ one-shade packs. I've googled, but I find more results for foundation/concealer than I do shadow.
I apologize if this is a common question. Just not sure where to look at this point.