Pearly eyeshades are used to highlight the brow bone, they open up the eyes and create a shimmering. Frosted effect. Avoid really pearly eye shadows if your eyelids are very wrinkly because the pearly shadows will accentuate them.
Matt Shades
Matt eyeshadows create a nice flat effect. Dark shades retreat the eyes and light shades seem to advance them. Blend a pearly shade on top of a matt shade.
What colours go with what?
Pearly Greens: These colours include pale yellows, browns & golden colours.
Wear with aqua, pale blue, green & white
Pearly Blues: include all blues & indigo
Super with jeans and black outfits.
Pearly Pinks: Reds, violets, maroon & orange
Really good with pink clothes and to give colour to black & white clothes.
Pearly Yellows & Oranges: Wear with orange & yellow but also looks great bold with black clothing
Pearly Browns & Golds: These colours look fabulous with purple and lilac
Matt Greens: Colours in this group include yellow, orange grass green & black & are very sophisticated, look best with the neutral colours of black and white to give a dramatic look.
Matt blues & violets: These include all blues & violets , can be pretty and soft or bold and bright & even deep and sultry.
Matt Pinks: This group has reds, pinks and white & these can give a sweet pretty innocent look or a passionate to classic look.
Matt Browns: Gorgeous group of soft browns maroons, wine shades. Perfect for creating sculpted wide-eyed looks.
Matt Oranges & yellows: This group is full of bright bold oranges and flashing yellow & dark reds. Colours for the bold because they make a great statement. Real fashion colours.
Matt Shades
Matt eyeshadows create a nice flat effect. Dark shades retreat the eyes and light shades seem to advance them. Blend a pearly shade on top of a matt shade.
What colours go with what?
Pearly Greens: These colours include pale yellows, browns & golden colours.
Wear with aqua, pale blue, green & white
Pearly Blues: include all blues & indigo
Super with jeans and black outfits.
Pearly Pinks: Reds, violets, maroon & orange
Really good with pink clothes and to give colour to black & white clothes.
Pearly Yellows & Oranges: Wear with orange & yellow but also looks great bold with black clothing
Pearly Browns & Golds: These colours look fabulous with purple and lilac
Matt Greens: Colours in this group include yellow, orange grass green & black & are very sophisticated, look best with the neutral colours of black and white to give a dramatic look.
Matt blues & violets: These include all blues & violets , can be pretty and soft or bold and bright & even deep and sultry.
Matt Pinks: This group has reds, pinks and white & these can give a sweet pretty innocent look or a passionate to classic look.
Matt Browns: Gorgeous group of soft browns maroons, wine shades. Perfect for creating sculpted wide-eyed looks.
Matt Oranges & yellows: This group is full of bright bold oranges and flashing yellow & dark reds. Colours for the bold because they make a great statement. Real fashion colours.
